Nozzle apparatus and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9731305-B2
Application number	US-201615148467-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2016
Priority date	Nov 21, 2011
Publication date	Aug 15, 2017
Grant date	Aug 15, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure introduces a nozzle apparatus and method. In one embodiment, a spray nozzle apparatus is described. The spray nozzle apparatus includes a plurality of flow channels formed by the combination of a: sprayhead, a major element, and a minor element. The sprayhead may have a plurality of holes. The major element is retained within the sprayhead by a nozzle nut and spring, allowing a first annular gap to form between the sprayhead and the major element. The minor element is retained within the major element by a second nozzle nut and second spring, allowing a second annular gap to form between the major element and the minor element. The minor element may have an axial hole. Other embodiments also are described.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for optimizing fluid flows comprising:
providing a triple nozzle block assembly including a spray head, a major element retained within said spray head and a minor element retained within said major element and said triple block assembly further including three flow channels that are optimized for particle size and spatial distribution;
adjusting the relative positioning of said spray head, said major element, and said minor element to optimize said triple nozzle block assembly with an injection angle for each of the plurality of flow channels to obtain the optimal particle droplet size during fluid distribution; and
further comprising injecting a fluid into the plurality of flow channels.

2. The method of optimizing fluid flow according to claim 1 , wherein optimizing further comprises sizing the annular width and injection angle of at least one of the plurality of flow channels to match conditions in steam flow.

3. The method of optimizing fluid flow according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid is water.

4. The method of optimizing fluid flow according to claim 1 , wherein steam is generated by injecting water at room temperature into flowing superheated steam to generate a desired equilibrium temperature.

5. The method of optimizing fluid flow according to claim 1 , wherein said fluid is water which is transformed from liquid fluid to gas by an increase in temperature.

Assignees

• Univ King Saud

Inventors

• Al-Ansary Hany A
• Schoonover Kevin G
• Abdel-Khalik Said I

Classifications

• B05B1/34 Primary

  designed to influence the nature of flow of the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. to produce swirl (designed to control volume of flow B05B1/30) · CPC title

• F22G5/123

  Water injection apparatus · CPC title

• B05B1/14

  with multiple outlet openings (B05B1/02, B05B1/26 take precedence); with strainers in or outside the outlet opening · CPC title

• B05B1/3405 Primary

  to produce swirl · CPC title