High pressure hot air heater
OwnerDarrell FORDinventor
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Abstract
A flameless industrial air heater comprising: a combustion engine having a drive shaft and a combustion exhaust gas conduit to direct hot exhaust gases away from the engine; a mixing chamber having an air inlet and being in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit to mix the hot exhaust gasses with air flowing into the mixing chamber to produce a warmed air stream; and a compressor connected to the drive shaft and being driven thereby, the compressor being downstream of the mixing chamber to receive the warmed air stream and to pressurize the warmed air stream for delivery to applications requiring heating.
Claims12
A flameless industrial air heater comprising:
- a combustion engine having a drive shaft and a combustion exhaust gas conduit to direct hot exhaust gases away from the engine;
- a mixing chamber having an air inlet and being in fluid communication with the exhaust gas conduit to mix the hot exhaust gasses with air flowing into the mixing chamber to produce a warmed air stream;
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- a compressor connected to the drive shaft and being driven thereby, the compressor being downstream of the mixing chamber to receive the warmed air stream and to pressurize the warmed air stream for delivery to applications requiring heating.
A flameless industrial air heater comprising:
- a combustion engine having a drive shaft and a combustion exhaust gas conduit to direct hot exhaust gases away from the engine;
- a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the combustion exhaust gas conduit on a first side and an air stream on a second side to transfer heat from hot exhaust gas to the air stream to produce a warmed air stream;
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- a compressor connected to the drive shaft and being driven thereby, the compressor being downstream of the heat exchanger to receive the warmed air stream and to pressurize the warmed air stream for delivery to applications requiring heating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.