Electrically heated apparatus
AssigneeShell USA, Inc.
InventorGovert Gerardus Pieter Van der Ploeg
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Abstract
The present invention provides an electrically heated apparatus (1), at least comprising: —an electrically heated furnace (2) having a roof (2A) and walls defining a space (3); —at least one tube (10) miming through the space (3), wherein the at least one tube (10) has an inlet (11) and an outlet (12) outside of the space (3); —electrical radiative heating elements (20) located in the space (3), which heating elements (20) can heat the at least one tube (10); wherein the heating elements (20) suspend from the roof (2A) of the space (3); and wherein the roof (2A) of the space (3) has a shape configured to have heating elements (20) suspending at different heights.
Claims7
An electrically heated apparatus, at least comprising:
- an electrically heated furnace having a roof and walls defining a space;
- at least one tube running through the space, wherein the at least one tube has an inlet and an outlet outside of the space;
- electrical radiative heating elements located in the space, which heating elements can heat the at least one tube;
- wherein the heating elements suspend from the roof of the space;
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- wherein the roof of the space has a shape configured to have heating elements suspending at different heights, wherein the roof has a shape selected from the group consisting of a gable shape, a stepped shape and a crow-stepped shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.