Heat exchange circuit for an offshore installation
AssigneeTexaco Inc.
InventorRoss G. Holzle
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Abstract
An offshore installation, such as a producing platform, includes one or more supporting legs which extend from a working deck downward into the water. Process fluid utilized on the platform is cooled by heat exchange with the surrounding water through indirect contact, or through use of an intermediary fluid which is passed through a cooling circuit made up at least in part by segments of the various water contacting support structures of the platform.
Claims9
System for treating a process fluid at an offshore structure positioned in a body of water, and having at least one support member of said structure disposed in said body of water to maintain the structure's deck above the water's surface, and including;
- first heat exchange means which is communicated with a source of said process fluid to circulate a stream of the latter,
- second heat exchange circuit disposed in heat exchange contact with said first heat exchange means, and circulating a stream of intermediate heat transfer fluid
- and second heat exchange means communicated with said stream of intermediate heat transfer fluid being in heat exchange relation with said body of water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.