Anode mounting head for heater treaters and other devices
AssigneeGalvotec Alloys, Inc.
InventorJames Lenar
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a removable and reusable anode mounting head for use with heater treaters, tanks, pressure vessels and production vessels. More particularly, the present invention provides a reusable anode mounting head with metallic and non-metallic components that enable electrical connection to the vessel and insulation at a connection to the vessel (e.g., via coupling).
Claims25
An anode mounting apparatus that is configured to attach to a selected vessel that is to be protected from corrosion, wherein the vessel has a vessel wall and a vessel interior, comprising:
- a) a reusable cap that includes a non-metallic portion;
- b) an anode body;
- c) said cap carrying a metallic component imbedded in said non-metallic portion that has a connecting portion configured to removably connect with said anode;
- d) wherein the cap is separable from the anode body in a disconnected position, wherein said metallic component remains imbedded within said cap in said disconnected position;
- e) wherein the anode body is removably attachable to the connecting portion of said metallic component;
- f) said metallic component having a metal fastener that forms a removable connection between the metallic component and the vessel wall;
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- g) said metal fastener enabling electrical connection to:
- a shunt for current or voltage monitoring;
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- a resistor for regulation of anode current or voltage output.
An anode mounting apparatus that is configured to attach to a selected vessel that is to be protected from corrosion, wherein the vessel has a vessel wall and a vessel interior, comprising:
- a) a reusable anode cap that includes a non-metallic portion;
- b) an anode body;
- c) a metallic component affixed to and imbedded in said cap non-metallic portion, so that when the anode cap is separated from the anode body, the metallic component remains imbedded in the anode cap;
- d) wherein said metallic component has a first metallic connecting portion;
- e) wherein said anode body removably connects to the first metallic connecting portion of said metallic component;
- f) said metallic component having a second metallic connecting portion that forms a connection between the metallic component and the vessel wall;
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- g) said second metallic connecting portion enabling electrical connection to:
- a shunt for current or voltage monitoring;
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- a resistor for regulation of anode current or voltage output.
A vessel sacrificial anode and head cover apparatus, comprising:
- a) an anode body for protecting a vessel from corrosion, the vessel having an interior, the anode body having a length, a top end that extends beyond the interior of the vessel when installed in the vessel, a bottom end that is encased within the vessel when installed in the vessel, and wherein said body extends between the top and bottom ends;
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- b) an anode cover;
- c) wherein the anode cover is removably attachable to the top end of the anode body;
- d) wherein upon corrosion of the anode body, the anode cover can be removed and reused on a replacement new anode body;
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- e) said anode cover including a non-metallic cap and a metallic component imbedded within said non-metallic cap, so that when the anode cover is separated from the anode body, the metallic component remains imbedded in the anode cover;
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- f) wherein said metallic component has a metallic connecting portion that enables a removable connection to be made with said anode body top end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.