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US 2015/0083385 A1Published application
Gas heater / cooler apparatuses and methods
AssigneeNuovo Pignone S.p.A.
InventorValentino Galasso
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Abstract
Gas heater/cooler apparatuses and methods of manufacturing thereof are provided. A gas heater/cooler apparatus has a gas pipe configured to transport a fluid inside a heat transfer block. A fluid flow through a cooling pipe in the proximity of the gas pipe or pushed towards the gas pipe by a fan cools the fluid. An electric heater disposed inside the heat transfer block close to the gas pipe may heat the fluid flowing therein via radiated heat.
Claims22
A gas heater/cooler apparatus, comprising:
- a heat transfer block;
- a gas pipe configured to transport a fluid inside of the heat transfer block;
- a coolant pipe configured to transport a coolant agent inside of the heat transfer block, the coolant pipe being located in a proximity of the gas pipe to cool the fluid flowing therein via heat exchange with the cooling agent flowing through the coolant pipe;
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- an electric heater located inside the heat transfer block close to the gas pipe to heat the fluid flowing therein via radiated heat.
2 more elements
A gas heater/cooler apparatus, comprising:
- a heat transfer block;
- a gas pipe configured to transport a fluid through an inside of the heat transfer block;
- a fan configured to push a flow of air towards the gas pipe;
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- an electric heater disposed inside the heat transfer block close to the gas pipe to heat the-a fluid flowing therein via radiated heat.
2 more elements
A method of manufacturing a gas heater/cooler apparatus, the method comprising:
- mounting a gas pipe inside a heat transfer block configured to allow a coolant flow to pass there-through cooling a fluid flowing inside the gas pipe;
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- mounting an electric heater inside the heat transfer block and in a proximity of the gas pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.