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US 2025/0142677 A1Published application
Electric heater for heating a hydrocarbon process stream
AssigneeUop LLC
InventorsSean Dalton, Aziz Sattar, Trung Pham, Pengfei Chen, Nitin P. Chitgopekar, Jennifer J. Ozmen, Phillip F. Daly
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Abstract
Electric heaters for heating a hydrocarbon process stream. The electric heater has a cavity with parallel walls which may provide a rectangular cross section to the cavity. The parallel side walls may be parallel to a longitudinal axis of the electrical heating elements which extend into the cavity to transfer heat to fluid passing there through. Various configurations and orientations of the electrical heating elements are provided.
Claims20
An electric heater for heating a fluid stream, the electric heater comprising:
- a body with an inlet and an outlet and a cavity between the inlet and outlet;
- and,
- a plurality of electrical heating elements extending into the cavity, the electrical heating elements arranged along a direction of flow from the inlet to the outlet,
- wherein at least some of the electrical heating elements are configured to be operated independently of the remaining electrical heating elements, and,
- wherein the cavity comprises a first side wall that extends parallel to a second side wall.
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