COOLING SYSTEM OF SHIPBOARD POWER PLANT Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: shipboard power plants working in ice conditions and in extreme contamination. SUBSTANCE: cooling system includes main condenser provided with steam pipe line and condensate discharge pipe line, sea water intake and discharge pipe lines brought out to sea chest, circulating pump and gate valves; power plant is provided with additional loop for removal of heat to sea water which is made in form of auxiliary condenser connected to steam pipe line and to condensate discharge pipe line; auxiliary condenser is provided with built-in heat-absorbing unit combined with heat absorbing part of at least one thermal tube; heat-liberating part of thermal tube is brought out to sea chest and is combined with heat-liberating unit located in this chest. Heat-absorbing and heat-liberating units are made from material possessing properties of thermoelastic martensite conversion. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency. 1 dwg