Heat exchanger with integrated start-up heater
AssigneesThyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
InventorEvgeni GORVAL
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Abstract
An ammonia synthesis gas-gas heat exchanger comprises a first gas side and a second gas side, wherein the first gas side has a first gas inlet and a first gas outlet, wherein the second gas side has a second gas inlet and a second gas outlet, wherein the first gas side has a first gas distribution region connected to the first gas inlet, wherein the first gas side has a first gas collecting region connected to the first gas outlet, wherein the first gas distribution region and the first gas collecting region are connected to one another via a plurality of first heat exchange gas ducts, wherein the first heat exchange gas ducts are in thermal contact with the second gas side, and wherein at least one first electric heating element is arranged in the first gas collecting region.
Claims18
1-17. (canceled)
An ammonia synthesis gas-gas heat exchanger, comprising:
- a first gas side and a second gas side,
- wherein the first gas side has a first gas inlet and a first gas outlet,
- wherein the second gas side has a second gas inlet and a second gas outlet,
- wherein the first gas side has a first gas distribution region connected to the first gas inlet,
- wherein the first gas side has a first gas collecting region connected to the first gas outlet,
- wherein the first gas distribution region and the first gas collecting region are connected to one another via a plurality of first heat exchange gas ducts,
- wherein the first heat exchange gas ducts are in thermal contact with the second gas side,
- wherein at least one first electric heating element is arranged in the first gas collecting region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.