Thermal reactor movable shroud
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsAli H. Al-Nashmi, Haytham A. Al-Barrak
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Abstract
A movable thermal shroud includes a mounting body with a framed opening, and a plurality of slats, each movably mounted to the mounting body in a stacked configuration and each slat extending across the length of the framed opening. An operation mechanism is configured to position the slats in the closed configuration or in the open configuration. A method for monitoring an inner equipment system includes placing a movable thermal shroud around the inner equipment system and moving the plurality of slats to the closed configuration using the operation mechanism to enclose the inner equipment system and moving the plurality of slats to the open configuration using the operation mechanism to access a portion of the inner equipment system.
Claims20
A movable thermal shroud, comprising:
- a mounting body comprising a framed opening having an area defined between a height and a length;
- a plurality of slats, each having a first end and a second end opposite the first end,
- wherein the plurality of slats are movably mounted to the mounting body at the first end and at the second end and are movable relative to the mounting body between a closed configuration and an open configuration,
- wherein the plurality of slats are mounted to the mounting body in a stacked configuration along the height of the framed opening, and wherein each of the plurality of slats extend across the length of the framed opening;
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- an operation mechanism, wherein the operation mechanism is configured to position the plurality of slats in the closed configuration or in the open configuration.
A movable thermal shroud, comprising:
- a mounting body comprising an elongated member rotatable about a rotational axis;
- a plurality of slats, each having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and opposite sides extending between the first end and the second end;
- wherein the plurality of slats are connected together at the opposite sides in a side-by-side configuration,
- wherein a first slat of the plurality of slats is connected to the elongated member,
- wherein, when the elongated member is rotated to a closed configuration, the plurality of slats hang from the elongated member and enclose an inner equipment system, and
- wherein, when the elongated member is rotated to an open configuration, at least a portion of the plurality of slats are wrapped around the elongated member, and a portion of the inner equipment system is accessible;
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- an operation mechanism, wherein the operation mechanism is configured to rotate the elongated member between the closed configuration and the open configuration.
A method for monitoring an inner equipment system, comprising:
- placing a movable thermal shroud around the inner equipment system, the movable thermal shroud comprising:
- a mounting body;
- and
- a plurality of slats connected to the mounting body,
- wherein the plurality of slats are movable relative to the mounting body between a closed configuration and an open configuration,
- wherein the plurality of slats are held in a stacked configuration relative to each other;
- and
- an operation mechanism, wherein the operation mechanism is configured to position the plurality of slats in the closed configuration or in the open configuration,
- moving the plurality of slats to the closed configuration using the operation mechanism to enclose the inner equipment system;
- and
- moving the plurality of slats to the open configuration using the operation mechanism to access a portion of the inner equipment system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.