Apparatus and method of controlling moisture content within a reaction vessel
AssigneeThe BOC Group, Inc.
InventorsDan N. Baciu, Bohdan A. Wasiczko
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for controlling the dew point in a reaction vessel in which a dew point reading is converted to an electric current signal which is coordinated with a preselected dew point range and translated into a frequency which is transmitted to a device that regulates the addition of liquid water to the reaction vessel.
Claims11
A method of controlling the moisture content within a reaction vessel comprising:
- (a) detecting the water vapor content within the reaction vessel;
- (b) converting the water vapor content measurement into an electric current signal corresponding to a predetermined dew point range;
- (c) translating the electric current signal to a frequency output signal;
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- (d) transmitting liquid water to the reaction vessel in response to the frequency output signal.
The method of claim wherein step (d) comprises forwarding the frequency output signal to a metering pump and pumping the liquid water to the reaction vessel at a rate corresponding to the frequency output signal.
Apparatus for controlling the dew point within a reaction vessel comprising:
- (a) means for detecting the water vapor content within the reaction vessel;
- (b) means for converting the water vapor content in the reaction vessel to an electric current signal corresponding to a predetermined dew point range;
- (c) means for translating the electric current signal to a frequency output signal;
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- (e) means for transmitting liquid water to the reaction vessel in response to the frequency output signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.