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US 2026/0153294 A1Published application
Modular multi-phase heat exchanger systems
AssigneeScope Technology and Manufacturing, LLC
InventorsLarry Kniejski, Christopher M. Koch, Mohamed Salaheldeen Farag
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Abstract
A heat exchanger system includes a shell-side manifold including a plurality of shell-side ports spaced along the shell-side manifold, a tube-side manifold including a plurality of tube-side ports spaced along the tube-side manifold, a plurality of shell-and-tube heat exchangers fluidically connected in parallel between the shell-side manifold and the tube-side manifold, wherein each of the plurality of shell-and-tube heat exchangers includes a tube bundle coupled between a header and a shell and including a plurality of tubes extending through the shell and in fluid communication with a header inlet port and a header discharge port and sealed from a shell inlet port and a shell discharge port.
Claims25
A heat exchanger system, comprising:
- a shell-side manifold comprising a plurality of shell-side ports spaced along the shell-side manifold;
- a tube-side manifold comprising a plurality of tube-side ports spaced along the tube-side manifold;
- a plurality of shell-and-tube heat exchangers fluidically connected in parallel between the shell-side manifold and the tube-side manifold, wherein each of the plurality of shell-and-tube heat exchangers comprises:
- a shell extending between an open shell end and an enclosed shell end and comprising an inlet shell port and a discharge shell port;
- a header extending between an open header end and an enclosed header end and comprising an inlet header port and a discharge header port, wherein the open header end is sealably coupled to the open shell end of the shell;
- a shell inlet valve fluidically connected between one of the plurality of shell-side ports and the inlet shell port;
- a header inlet valve fluidically connected between one of the plurality of tube-side ports and the inlet header port;
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- a tube bundle coupled between the header and the shell and comprising a plurality of tubes extending through the shell and in fluid communication with the header inlet port and the header discharge port and sealed from the shell inlet port and the shell discharge port.
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A heat exchanger system, comprising:
- a first manifold comprising a plurality of first-side ports spaced along the first manifold;
- a second manifold comprising a plurality of second-side ports spaced along the second manifold;
- a plurality of heat exchangers fluidically connected in parallel between the first manifold and the second manifold, wherein each of the plurality of heat exchangers comprises:
- a first inlet port and a second discharge port defining a first flowpath extending therebetween;
- a second inlet port and a second discharge port defining a second flowpath extending therebetween that is sealed from the first flowpath;
- a first inlet valve fluidically connected between one of the plurality of first-side ports and the first inlet port;
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- a second inlet valve fluidically connected between one of the plurality of second-side ports and the second inlet port;
- a flow rate sensor coupled to the first manifold and configured to monitor a first flowrate of a first fluid flowing into the first manifold;
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- a system controller in signal communication with the first inlet valve and the second inlet valve of each heat exchanger and the flow rate sensor, the system controller comprising one or more processors and one or more storage devices coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more storage devices configured to store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to shift one or more of the plurality of heat exchangers from an isolated state isolated from the first fluid to an activated state in fluid communication with the first fluid in response to an increase in the first flowrate.
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A fluid system, comprising:
- a production flowline configured to receive a gas fluid flow from one or more hydrocarbon production wellbores;
- a liquid flowline that receives a liquid fluid flow;
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- one or more shell-and-tube heat exchangers in fluid communication with the production flowline, wherein each of the one or more shell-and-tube heat exchangers comprises:
- a shell extending between an open shell end and an enclosed shell end and comprising an inlet shell port fluidically connected to the production flowline, and a discharge shell port;
- a header extending an open header end and an enclosed header end and comprising an inlet header port fluidically connected to the liquid flowline, and a discharge header port, wherein the open header end is sealably coupled to the open shell end of the shell;
- a tube bundle coupled between the header and the shell and comprising a plurality of tubes extending through the shell and in fluid communication with the header inlet port and the header discharge port and sealed from the shell inlet port and the shell discharge port;
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- a shell-side side flowpath extending between the inlet shell port and the discharge shell port and which is configured to receive the gas fluid flow;
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- a tube-side flowpath extending between the inlet header port and the discharge header port and which is configured to receive the liquid fluid flow whereby heat is transferred from the gas fluid flow to the liquid fluid flow.
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