CAPILLARY TYPE STEAM GENERATOR Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: power machine engineering, namely refrigerating technology, possibly recovery of low potential energy of waste gases and liquids. SUBSTANCE: apparatus includes housing with upper and lower covers having branch pipes for inlet and outlet of cooled heat-transfer agent, working liquid and vapor, circulation pipe with hydraulic lock inside which upper and lower tube walls are placed. Said tube walls are mutually joined by means of tubes for heat-transfer agent passing through openings in horizontal partitions dividing inner cavity of housing by rising steps made of porous material with pores in the form of vertical cone capillaries with top faces of truncated cone turned upwards and vapor chambers. EFFECT: enhanced reliability and efficiency of generator. 1 dwg