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US 2015/0090198 A1Published application
Heat exchanger
AssigneeConleyMax Inc.
InventorsPatrick G. Bell, William N. Beckie
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Abstract
A heat exchanger which is used primarily in oil and gas operations to heat tanks of liquids, such as drilling mud, water, heavy oil or other such fluids from freezing or becoming too viscous to pump.
Claims14
A tank and heat exchanger combination, said heat exchanger comprising:
- a heat transfer flange;
- a heat transfer tube attached to a first surface of the heat transfer flange;
- a pipe-like structure attached to a second surface of the heat transfer flange, the first surface is opposite to the second surface;
- and
- a through hole formed in the heat transfer flange and extending from the first to the second side surface, wherein
- the pipe-like structure communicates with the heat transfer tube via the through-hole.
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A method of heating a tank, comprising:
- connecting a heat exchanger unit to said tank;
- connecting a heat source to the heat exchanger unit, wherein the heat exchanger unit comprises:
- a heat transfer flange;
- a heat transfer tube attached to a first surface of the heat transfer flange;
- a pipe-like structure attached to a second surface of the heat transfer flange;
- and
- a through-hole formed in the flange and extending from the first to the second side surface, wherein the pipe-like structure communicates with the heat transfer tube via the through-hole,
- connecting the heat transfer flange to a tank flange so that the heat transfer tube extends into the tank from the first surface of the heat exchanger unit and through an opening in the tank flange.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.