Heat flux limiting sleeves

Patent · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:865563

Harris, William G ^[1]

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1. Tampa, FL

A heat limiting tubular sleeve extending over only a portion of a tube having a generally uniform outside diameter, the sleeve being open on both ends, having one end thereof larger in diameter than the other end thereof and having a wall thickness which decreases in the same direction as the diameter of the sleeve decreases so that the heat transfer through the sleeve and tube is less adjacent the large diameter end of the sleeve than adjacent the other end thereof.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: EN-77-C-02-4177
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4537249
• OSTI ID: 865563
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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flux
limiting
sleeves
tubular
sleeve
extending
portion
tube
uniform
outside
diameter
larger
wall
thickness
decreases
direction
transfer
adjacent
outside diameter
heat flux
wall thickness
heat transfer
tubular sleeve
uniform outside
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