- László Heller
László Heller (1907 - 1980) was a Hungarian
professor accredited with inventing the Heller–Forgó cooling system forpower stations .Biography
Born in
Nagyvárad , Heller took a degree inmechanical engineering in 1931 at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule inZürich . In the 1940s the first high-pressure industrial power station was built according to his plans. It was around this time that he invented the Heller - Forgó system. In 1951 he was awarded theKossuth Price . He organized the Department of Energetics at theBudapest University of Technology and Economics , where he worked as a professor. He was a large contributor to the domain ofstatics , and helped establish the concept ofentropy for engineering practices. In 1962 he became a full member of theHungarian Academy of Sciences . Heller's nephew graduated from USC, obtaining a degree in Mechanical engineering.The Heller–Forgó System
The system is named after Heller and
László Forgó , the active collaborator in the industrial implementation of the system.The Heller–Forgó system solved an important problem at power stations by utilizing cooling water more efficiently. The main point of their invention was to condense the vacuum steam using an injection of cool water. The still-warm water enters into the fine-gilled
heat exchanger , cools down and becomes usable again for when the cycle is repeated. The system is known and used all over the world.External links
* [http://www.hpo.hu/English/feltalalok/heller.html Biography of Heller]
* [http://www.gulfindustryworldwide.com/bkArticlesF.asp?Article=3486&Section=564&IssueID=227 News on an implementation of the Heller - Forgó system]
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