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US 9,222,698 B2Granted
Heater for vaporizing liquids
AssigneeGaumer Company, Inc.
InventorsJack L. McClanahan, Craig S. Tiras
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Abstract
A method of heating fluids that includes heating liquids within a lower portion of a vessel, using first immersion heaters and heating a gas within an upper portion of the vessel using second immersion heaters. Liquid levels in the lower portion of the vessel are controlled. Heating the gas includes heating gas within the upper portion of the common vessel within another vessel positioned within the upper portion of the common vessel.
Claims18
A method for heating fluidic materials, comprising:
- within a common vessel, heating liquid materials within a lower portion of the common vessel using first immersion heaters and heating gaseous materials within an upper portion of the common vessel using second immersion heaters.
A method of operating a distillation column assembly, comprising:
- within one or more common vessels, heating liquid materials within a lower portion of each of the common vessels using first immersion heaters and heating gaseous materials within an upper portion of one or more of the common vessels using second immersion heaters;
- condensing at least a portion of the gaseous materials;
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- reboiling at least a portion of the liquid materials.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.