RICHARD K BALDNER
Engineers in Hopkins, MN
License number
Pennsylvania PE031334E
Category
Engineers
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
2
Hopkins, MN 55345
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Personal information
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Address
Phone
15309 Lake Rose Ln, Minnetonka, MN 55345
15309 Lake Rose Ln, Minnetonka, MN 55345
Minneapolis, MN
Professional information
Regenerative Air Heater
US Patent:
4322205, Mar 30, 1982
Filed:
Nov 26, 1980
Appl. No.:
6/210486
Inventors:
Paul B. Hasselquist - Maple Grove MN
Richard Baldner - Minnetonka MN
Richard Baldner - Minnetonka MN
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States
Department of Energy - Washington DC
Department of Energy - Washington DC
International Classification:
C21B 900, F24H 700, F23L 1502
US Classification:
432214
Abstract:
A gas-cooled steel skirt is used to support a refractory cored brick matrix and dome structure in a high temperature regenerative air heater useful in magnetohydrodynamic power generation. The steel skirt thermally expands to accommodate the thermal expansion of the dome structure despite substantial temperature differential thereby reducing relative movement between the dome bricks. Gas cooling of the steel skirt allows the structure to operate above its normal temperature during clean-out cycles and also allows for the control of the thermal expansion of the steel skirt.