Heated fluid regulators
AssigneeEmerson Process Management Regulator Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJames Lyman Griffin, Jr., Harold Joe McKinney
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Abstract
Example apparatus for regulator heat transfer are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a housing including an inlet, an outlet, a first valve, and a stem disposed therein. The example apparatus includes a vortex generator disposed in the housing. A fluid is to flow from the inlet through the vortex generator. The example apparatus includes a second valve disposed in the vortex generator. In the example apparatus, the vortex generator is to generate heat prior to the fluid flowing through the second valve to the outlet. The stem is to control the first valve and the second valve to regulate an amount of the heat conveyed to the first valve.
Claims19
An apparatus, comprising:
- a housing including an inlet, an outlet, a first valve, and a stem disposed therein;
- a vortex generator disposed in the housing, a fluid to flow from the inlet through the vortex generator, the first valve external to the vortex generator;
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- a second valve disposed in the vortex generator, the vortex generator to generate heat prior to the fluid flowing through the second valve to the outlet, the stem to control the first valve and the second valve to regulate an amount of the heat conveyed to the first valve.
A regulator, comprising:
- a body having an inlet, an outlet, a first valve, and a stem disposed therein, a fluid to flow from the inlet to the outlet;
- a vortex tube to heat the fluid prior to the fluid flowing through the first valve, the stem and at least a portion of the vortex tube disposed in an interior of the body, the first valve external to the vortex tube;
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- a second valve disposed in the vortex tube, the stem to control the first valve and the second valve to regulate an amount of the fluid flowing from the vortex tube to the first valve.
An apparatus, comprising:
- means for regulating pressure of a fluid;
- means for heating the means for regulating pressure;
- first means for controlling a first flow of the fluid from the means for heating to the means for regulating pressure;
- second means for controlling a second flow of the fluid at the means for regulating pressure, the second means for controlling external to the means for heating;
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- means for positioning the first means for controlling and the second means for controlling, the means for positioning to position the first means for controlling and the second means for controlling based on an amount of heat to be conveyed to the second means for controlling, the means for regulating pressure, the means for heating, and the means for positioning disposed in one body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.