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US 2019/0376726 A1Published application
Heat exchanger and method
OwnerAllen Gramlichinventor
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Abstract
A novel heat exchanger and method of heat exchange with a tank for housing a heat transfer fluid, a heater for heating the heat transfer fluid, and a coil around the heater for receiving and delivering a process fluid to be heated are provided.
Claims15
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a tank for containing a heat transfer fluid;
- a heater at least partly within the tank, the heater being arranged within the tank to be in contact with the heat transfer fluid when heat transfer fluid is in the tank;
- a coil for transporting a process fluid to be heated, the coil being wound around the heater with a gap between the coil and the heater;
- and
- the coil extending between an inlet and outlet for respectively receiving process fluid and delivering heated process fluid.
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A method of heating a process fluid comprising the steps of:
- filling a tank with a heat transfer fluid;
- heating the heat transfer fluid with a heater located at least partly within the tank;
- winding a coil around the heater with a gap between the heater and the coil;
- receiving a process fluid to be heated through an inlet extending from the coil;
- heating the process fluid as it passes through the coil;
- and
- delivering the heated process fluid through an outlet extending from the coil.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.