A monotube steam generator is a type of steam generator consisting of a single tube, usually in a multi-layer spiral, that forms a once-through steam generator (OTSG). The first of these was the Herreshoff steam generator of 1873.[1]
Principles
[edit]For the sake of efficiency, it is desirable to minimise the steam content of the generator. Heat can then be transferred efficiently into liquid water, rather than into low-density steam. Monotube steam generators may either boil gradually along their length, usually pumped circulation systems,[2] but where this boiling does not disrupt the circulation. Otherwise they can use the Benson supercritical system, where the pressure is sufficient to prevent boiling (within the heated volume) altogether.[3]
Examples
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Examples of Monotube steam generators include:
- Industrial steam generators [4]
- The water-tube boilers of the monotube type used in steam cars, such as:
- AMC
- Clayton Steam Generator
- Doble steam car
- Gardner-Serpollet
- Locomobile Company of America
- White Motor Company, US patent 659,837 of 1900 [5]
Flash boilers
[edit]A flash boiler is a particular type of low-water-content monotube boiler. Modern use is confined to model steam boats but, historically, flash boilers were used in Gardner-Serpollet steam cars.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Light Steam Power. XXIV (3): 157–159. July–September 1975.
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