# US 12,440,803 B2 · Systems and methods for single header glycol distribution for multiplexed heat exchangers > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,440,803 B2 - Document ID: US12440803B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/595,761 - Filed: 2024-03-05 - Published: 2024-10-17 - Granted: 2025-10-14 - Earliest claimed: 2020-12-30 - Assignees: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. - Applicants: Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S., Inc. - Inventors: Stefano Vezil; Henry Y. Mark; Riccardo Poian; Scott A. Johnson - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12440803B2 ## CPC - B01D 53/265: {by refrigeration (condensation)} - F04B 39/16: Filtration; Moisture separation - B01D 2257/80: Water - B01D 2258/06: Polluted air - F28D 2021/0038: {for drying or dehumidifying gases or vapours} - B01D: SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D; by pneumatic jigs or tables B03B; by other dry methods B07; magnetic or electrostatic separation of solid materials from solid materials or fluids, separation by high-voltage electric fields B03C; centrifuges, vortex apparatus B04; presses per se for squeezing-out liquid from liquid-containing material B30B9/02; treatment of water C02F, e.g. softening by ion-exchange C02F1/42; {arrangements of air intake cleaners in gas turbine plants F02C7/05} ; arrangements or mounting of filters in air-conditioning, air-humidification or ventilation F24F13/28) - F04B: POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (machines for liquids, or pumps, of rotary-piston or oscillating-piston type F04C; non-positive-displacement pumps F04D; pumping of fluid by direct contact of another fluid or by using inertia of fluid to be pumped F04F) - F28D: HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT (fluid heaters having heat generating means and heat transferring means F24H; furnaces F27; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general) ## Abstract Cooling medium circulation systems for supplying a cooling medium through a single header to multiplexed heat exchangers are described. In an aspect, a system includes, but is not limited to, a storage tank configured to hold a cooling medium in a fluid state; first and second circulation pumps fluidically coupled to the storage tank; a single cooling medium header fluidically coupled with each of the circulation pumps; a first dryer module configured to direct a first portion of cooling medium from the single cooling medium header past a first stream of compressed air and to direct the first portion of cooling medium back to the storage tank; and a second dryer module fluidically configured to direct a second portion of cooling medium from the single cooling medium header past a second stream of compressed air. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for circulating a cooling medium to condense moisture held in compressed air, the system comprising: a storage tank configured to hold a cooling medium in a fluid state within an interior of the storage tank; a first circulation pump fluidically coupled to the storage tank; a second circulation pump fluidically coupled to the storage tank; a single cooling medium header fluidically coupled with each of the first circulation pump and the second circulation pump; a dryer module fluidically coupled with each of the single cooling medium header and the storage tank, the dryer module configured to direct a portion of cooling medium received from the single cooling medium header past a stream of compressed air to condense at least a portion of moisture held in the stream of compressed air, the dryer module configured to direct the portion of cooling medium back to the storage tank. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the single cooling medium header is fluidically coupled with each of the first circulation pump and the second circulation pump via separate fluid lines. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the storage tank includes a baffle in the interior configured to mix cooling medium received from the dryer module. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the dryer module includes an outlet that is fluidically coupled with the storage tank via a fluid line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the storage tank includes a baffle in the interior, and wherein the fluid line includes a portion directed towards the baffle to mix cooling medium received from the dryer module. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the dryer module includes a chiller configured to reduce a temperature of the portion of cooling medium following condensation of at least a portion of moisture held in the stream of compressed air and prior to directing the portion of cooling medium back to the storage tank. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the first circulation pump is fluidically coupled to the storage tank via a first fluid line. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, further comprising a first valve coupled between the first circulation pump and the storage tank on the first fluid line. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, further comprising a second valve coupled between the first circulation pump and the single cooling medium header. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the second circulation pump is fluidically coupled to the storage tank via a second fluid line. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, comprising a first valve coupled between the second circulation pump and the storage tank on the second fluid line. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, further comprising a second valve coupled between the second circulation pump and the single cooling medium header. ### Claim 13 A system for circulating a cooling medium to condense moisture held in compressed air, the system comprising: a storage tank configured to hold a cooling medium in a fluid state within an interior of the storage tank; a first circulation pump fluidically coupled to the storage tank; a second circulation pump fluidically coupled to the storage tank; a cooling medium header fluidically coupled with the first circulation pump via a first fluid line and with the second circulation pump via a second fluid line; a dryer module fluidically coupled with each of the cooling medium header and the storage tank, the dryer module configured to direct a portion of cooling medium received from the cooling medium header past a stream of compressed air to condense at least a portion of moisture held in the stream of compressed air, the dryer module configured to direct the portion of cooling medium back to the storage tank. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the storage tank includes a baffle in the interior configured to mix cooling medium received from the dryer module. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the dryer module includes a chiller configured to reduce a temperature of the portion of cooling medium following condensation of at least a portion of moisture held in the stream of compressed air and prior to directing the portion of cooling medium back to the storage tank. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the first circulation pump is fluidically coupled to the storage tank via a third fluid line. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, further comprising a first valve coupled between the first circulation pump and the storage tank on the third fluid line. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The system of claim 17, further comprising a second valve coupled between the first circulation pump and the cooling medium header on the first fluid line. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the second circulation pump is fluidically coupled to the storage tank via a fourth fluid line. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, further comprising a first valve coupled between the second circulation pump and the storage tank on the fourth fluid line; and a second valve coupled between the second circulation pump and the cooling medium header on the second fluid line.