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US 8,066,056 B2Granted
Heat exchange system for plume abatement
AssigneeS.M.E. Products LP
InventorsLarry Lewis, Jeff Diaz
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Abstract
A heat exchange method and system for heat transfer includes a plate fin and tube or finned tube heat exchanger that reduces the plume of a stream that is being rejected to atmosphere by reducing the water dew point of the stream.
Claims13
A method of recovering energy using a finned heat exchanger, comprising:
- providing a first working fluid and feeding the first working fluid to an exterior side of the finned heat exchanger;
- providing a second working fluid through a first passageway in the heat exchanger;
- transferring energy from the first working fluid to the second working fluid;
- providing a third working fluid through a second passageway in the heat exchanger;
- transferring energy from the first working fluid to the third working fluid, wherein at least a portion of the first working fluid condenses to a liquid;
- routing the second working fluid from the first passageway to a third passageway;
- transferring energy from the second working fluid in the third passageway to the first working fluid after the first working fluid has exchanged energy with the third working fluid, wherein the first working fluid is heated to a temperature above its dew point.
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