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US 2017/0003017 A1Published application
Process fired heater configuration
AssigneeUop LLC
InventorsQuan Yuan, Matthew Martin, Rajeswar Gattupalli, Charles M. Brabson
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Abstract
An apparatus for a fired heater is presented. The fired heater is designed with process coils inside a shell, and with a positioning of the burners for reducing the size of the fired heater. The shell has a general rectangular prismatic shape with combustion inlets for admitting combustion gases from the burners, and the process coils include at least two inlet ports and at least one outlet port.
Claims20
An apparatus for heating a process fluid, comprising:
- a shell having sides, an upper surface, a lower surface, combustion fluid inlets and a flue gas outlet, wherein the combustion inlets are for admitting a fuel and oxidant mixture;
- at least one process coil comprising at least two inlet ports and at least one outlet port less than the number of inlet ports, and disposed within the shell;
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- at least two burners disposed on the sides of the shell, and in an opposing configuration.
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An apparatus for heating a process fluid, comprising:
- a shell having sides, an upper surface, a lower surface, combustion fluid inlets and a flue gas outlet, and wherein the shell has a substantially rectangular prismatic shape, with a height, a depth and a width;
- a plurality of process coils comprising two inlet ports, a first inlet port and a second inlet port, and one outlet port, and disposed within the shell, wherein each coil is arrayed in a plane across the width of the shell;
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- at least two burners disposed on the sides of the shell, and in an opposing configuration.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.