CONDENSATE TRAP Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: pipe line fittings; device for removal of condensate from steam consuming units. SUBSTANCE: condensate trap has additional drain pipes which communicate upper section of mixer with its cavity formed between first and second partitions in way of flow of steam which have profiled helical surfaces; Laval nozzles are mounted in first partition (in way of flow) coaxially with widening cones of diffuser mounted in second partition, narrowing cones of contraction tube are mounted in third partition and in end outlet plate; they have cylindrical branch pipes of doubled diameter; one of additional drain pipes is mounted along axis of mixer and is made from alternating symmetrical cones of contraction tubes and diffusers; others are located around mixer; there is lesser than number of Laval nozzles. EFFECT: productivity at reduced overall dimensions. 1 dwg