Pipeline heater
AssigneeCatalytic Industrial Group, Inc.
InventorVirgil Macaluso
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Abstract
A pipeline heater comprising a plurality of flameless catalytic IR emitters positioned about a section of pipe in a substantially diamond-shaped configuration, the diameter of the pipe section being greater than the diameters of the heater inlet and outlet manifolds in order to increase the residence time of the fluid within the heater. The pipeline heater may comprise a single or multiple passes of the pipe section therethrough, each pass having a plurality of catalytic emitters positioned thereabout in a substantially diamond-shaped configuration.
Claims27
A pipeline heater comprising:
- an inlet manifold presenting a diameter D1;
- a pipe section fluidly coupled with said inlet manifold and presenting a diameter D2;
- a plurality of flameless catalytic IR emitters positioned about said pipe section in a substantially diamond-shaped configuration;
- and
- an outlet manifold fluidly coupled with said pipe section and presenting a diameter D3,
- D2 being greater than each of D1 and D3,
- said pipe section and said emitters being fixedly secured within a housing.
A pipeline heater comprising:
- an inlet manifold presenting a diameter D1;
- a pipe section fluidly coupled with said inlet manifold and presenting a diameter D2;
- a plurality of flameless catalytic IR emitters positioned about said pipe section;
- and
- an outlet manifold fluidly coupled with said pipe section and presenting a diameter D3,
- D2 being greater than each of D1 and D3,
- said pipe section and said emitters being fixedly secured within a housing.
A method of heating a fluid stream comprising the steps of:
- providing a heater including—
- an inlet manifold presenting a diameter D1;
- a pipe section presenting a diameter D2;
- a plurality of flameless catalytic IR emitters positioned about said pipe section in a substantially diamond-shaped configuration;
- and
- an outlet manifold presenting a diameter D3;
- and
- passing said stream through said heater.
A method of heating a fluid stream comprising the steps of:
- providing a heater including—
- an inlet manifold presenting a diameter D1;
- a pipe section presenting a diameter D2;
- a plurality of flameless catalytic IR emitters positioned about said pipe section;
- and
- an outlet manifold presenting a diameter D3,
- D2 being greater than each of D1 and D3;
- and
- passing said stream through said heater.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.