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US 8,771,475 B1Granted
Intertwined tube coil arrangement for a delayed coker heater
AssigneeGreat Southern Independent, L.L.C.
InventorsWilliam C. Gibson, Robert L. Gibson
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Abstract
A tube coil for a double fired coker heater wherein the tube coil has at least two independent flow passes in an intertwined serpentine pattern. The tubes are located in a common plane and plumbed in parallel with one another. These tube coils can be used in a number of configurations within the radiant section of a coker heater.
Claims10
A coker heater comprising:
- a radiant section with a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing end walls and a pair of opposing side walls;
- a tube coil with at least two independent tubes;
- and
- at least two burners;
- wherein said tubes configured in an intertwined serpentine pattern;
- and
- said tubes are located in a common plane.
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A coker heater comprising:
- a stack with a damper;
- a convection section;
- a radiant section with a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing end walls, a pair of opposing side walls, a tube coil with at least one burner located on both sides;
- wherein said tube coil has at least two independent tubes, said tubes are configured in an intertwined serpentine pattern located on a common plane and plumbed in parallel.
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A coker heater comprising:
- a stack with a damper;
- a convection section;
- a radiant section with a top, a bottom, a pair of opposing end walls, a pair of opposing side walls, a first and a second tube coil with at least one burner located on both sides of each tube coil;
- wherein said first tube coil has at least two independent tubes, said tubes are configured in an intertwined serpentine pattern located on a common plane and plumbed in parallel;
- and
- said second tube coil having at least two independent tubes;
- said tubes are configured in an intertwined serpentine pattern located on a second common plane and plumbed in parallel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.