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FILE NAME: Foster Wheeler (FW) DATE: 1949 DOC#: FW003 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Published Advertisement in Trade Journal .(A^ ( W jpHp Fo ster W h ee l e r AJa/ fP> FIRST EXPANDED TUNE CONDENSERS mm -'1 Expanded tube condenser design, intro duced 20 years ago by Foster Wheeler and considered a highlight of condenser development, is used by modern con denser manufacturers. The design com pletely eliminates leakage of circulating water into the condensate. Condensate contamination became a m ajor problem with the advent of higher pressure and temperature steam gener ators. Slight impurity of feed water, un noticed for years in plants operating at 300 or 400 psi, quickly forms heavy scale at higher pressures and tempera tures. Modern steam generators need almost chemically pure feed water -- purer than drinking water. Foster Wheeler anticipated this prob- lem by designing t|ie first expanded tube condenser for stationary power plants. The condensers illustrated, first prac tical application of this design, were built in 1925 by Foster Wheeler for the Trinidad, Texas, station of the Texas Power & Light Company. Test data proved that expanded tube condensers provide feed water purer than all pre vious types. Foster Wheeler offers industry prac tical engineering ability and experience plus foresight necessary for progress. foster Wheeler Corporation 165 Broadway, H.Y.6.N.Y.