Stoves and furnaces – Liquid heater – Fluid fuel burner for other than top-accessible vessel
Patent
1998-04-30
1999-09-07
Lazarus, Ira S.
Stoves and furnaces
Liquid heater
Fluid fuel burner for other than top-accessible vessel
126374, 236 21B, 236 15BB, 16510414, 1224481, F24C 300, F22B 3742
Patent
active
059471115
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for the controlled heating of a process fluid has a heater, a process fluid vessel containing the process fluid, and a bundle of thermosyphons extending between a burner chamber of the heater and the process fluid inside the vessel for transferring heat from the heater to the process fluid. Burners in the burner chamber are controlled to maintain the bulk temperature of the process fluid T.sub.BULK substantially within an operating range defined by preset upper T.sub.HIGH and lower T.sub.LOW temperature setpoints. The burners can be turned on to maintain an outside metal temperature T.sub.EVAP of the evaporator ends of the thermosyphons above a preset dew point temperature T.sub.DEW to prevent corrosion. The burners can also be shut down if an outside surface temperature T.sub.OD of at least one of the condenser ends of the thermosyphons extending into the vessel exceeds a predetermined setpoint temperature T.sub.ALARM. Different configurations of condenser ends of the thermosyphons in the vessel may be utilized to enhance heating the process fluid. The vessel and heater are separated and sealed from each other by a sealed chamber encasing the thermosyphons, which may also be used to preheat incoming combustion air for the burners.
REFERENCES:
patent: H399 (1988-01-01), Johnson et al.
patent: 837499 (1906-12-01), Perkins et al.
patent: 1725906 (1929-08-01), Gay
patent: 2286654 (1942-06-01), Simpson et al.
patent: 2350348 (1944-06-01), Gaugler
patent: 2732070 (1956-01-01), Glassgow et al.
patent: 2746725 (1956-05-01), Reed
patent: 2779143 (1957-01-01), Brooks
patent: 2868313 (1959-01-01), Leuszler
patent: 3229759 (1966-01-01), Grover
patent: 3318448 (1967-05-01), Fryer
patent: 3406244 (1968-10-01), Oktay
patent: 3468300 (1969-09-01), Geyer et al.
patent: 3503438 (1970-03-01), Geyer
patent: 3554183 (1971-01-01), Grover et al.
patent: 3581471 (1971-06-01), Waterman
patent: 3595304 (1971-07-01), McHugh
patent: 3686040 (1972-08-01), Grover et al.
patent: 3815552 (1974-06-01), Koula
patent: 3848187 (1974-11-01), Rohrback et al.
patent: 3854454 (1974-12-01), Lazaridis
patent: 3865184 (1975-02-01), Grover
patent: 3945433 (1976-03-01), Koula
patent: 3948245 (1976-04-01), van der Sluys
patent: 4020898 (1977-05-01), Grover
patent: 4067237 (1978-01-01), Arcella
patent: 4067315 (1978-01-01), Fehlner et al.
patent: 4105895 (1978-08-01), Kennedy
patent: 4131785 (1978-12-01), Shutt
patent: 4146176 (1979-03-01), Beauvais et al.
patent: 4183399 (1980-01-01), Seehausen
patent: 4224925 (1980-09-01), Movick
patent: 4226282 (1980-10-01), Kunsagi et al.
patent: 4252772 (1981-02-01), Way
patent: 4254826 (1981-03-01), Adams
patent: 4267825 (1981-05-01), Ward
patent: 4280554 (1981-07-01), Stockman
patent: 4312402 (1982-01-01), Basiulis
patent: 4329159 (1982-05-01), Bull
patent: 4342572 (1982-08-01), Heath
patent: 4382466 (1983-05-01), Shiraishi
patent: 4394344 (1983-07-01), Werner et al.
patent: 4414462 (1983-11-01), Price
patent: 4426959 (1984-01-01), McCurley
patent: 4440215 (1984-04-01), Grover et al.
patent: 4441544 (1984-04-01), McCurley
patent: 4482004 (1984-11-01), Grover
patent: 4485865 (1984-12-01), McCurley
patent: 4488344 (1984-12-01), McCurley
patent: 4520863 (1985-06-01), Andres et al.
patent: 4621681 (1986-11-01), Grover
patent: 4640347 (1987-02-01), Grover et al.
patent: 4706355 (1987-11-01), Kuhns et al.
patent: 4854148 (1989-08-01), Mayer
patent: 4971142 (1990-11-01), Mergler
patent: 5033539 (1991-07-01), Kohtaka
patent: 5046553 (1991-09-01), Lindner
patent: 5085270 (1992-02-01), Counterman et al.
patent: 5101888 (1992-04-01), Sprouse et al.
patent: 5379831 (1995-01-01), Carpenter
patent: 5579828 (1996-12-01), Reed et al.
patent: 5653284 (1997-08-01), Giammaruti et al.
CH681044 A (GNOSIS), Online absract (WPI) with Drawing, an example of a heat pipe with temperature control means, Accession No. 93-027427
JP4281119A (MATSUSHITA), Online abstract (PAJ) with Drawing, an example of a heat pipe with temperature control means, 2 pp. --.COPYRGT.Japanese Patent Office.
Gordon R. Bopp et al. "Thermal," published in Oil and Gas Journal, Mar. 10, 1986 Technology, pp. 60-62 and 64.
K. R. Ferguson et al. "Improving Heater Treater Fuel Efficiency," published in SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers of AME), SPE 8304, date unknown.
T. F. Irvine, Jr. and J.P. Hartnett, Excerpt from Advances in Heat Transfer, vol. 9, Academic Press NY .COPYRGT.1973,pp. 1-111.
S. W. Chi, Heat Pipe Theory and Pratice--A Sourcebook, .COPYRGT.1976, Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, pp. i-xiv; 1-9; 14-21; 28-33; 213-227.
Alan J. Chapman, Heat Transfer, Third Edition, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., NY .COPYRGT.1974, pp. 566-572.
S. van Stralen and Robert Cole, Boiling Phenomena Physiochemical and Engineering Fundamentals and Applications, vol. 2, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., pp. 923-933.
EPRI NP-2648, EPRI Interim Report, Nov. 1982, "Reflux Condensation and Operating Limits of Countercurrent Vapor-Liquid Flows in a Closed Tube,", prepared by Univ. of CA at Berkeley.
Brochure by Hudson Products Corporation, .COPYRGT.1986 McDermott Incorporated Entitled Heat Pipe Air Heaters--The Smart Way to Save Money and Energy.
H. N. Franklin and F. M. Talmud "Economics of heat Pipe Air Preheater for Primary Air Systems," presented at the Joint Power Generation Conference in St. Louis, MO, Oct. 1981.
"Advances in Heat Pipe Science and Technology," Proceedings of the IX International Heat Pipe Conference, May 1-5, 1995, Albuquerque, New Mexico, vol. 1.
Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology fourth Edition, vol. 12, Fuel Resources to Heat Stabilizers, A. Wiley-Interscience Pblication .COPYRGT. 1994,, pp. 1011-1021.
G.Yale Eastman, "The Heat Pipe," Sci. Am. 218, No. 5, 1968, pp. 38-46.
K. Thomas Feldman, Jr. and Glen H. Whiting, "The Heat Pipe," published in Mechanical Engineering, Nov. 1968, pp. 48-53.
"Heat Pipe Types and Applications," author, date and publication unknown.
P. Dunn and D.A. Reay, "Het Pipe Third Edition,"Pergamon Press 1982, pp. 1-5.
P. Dunn and D. A. Reay, "Heat Pipes Second Edition," Pergamon Press 1978, pp. 1-3.
Z. R. Gorbis and G. A. Savchenkov, "Low Temperature Two-Phase Clsoed Thermosyphon Investigation ," source unknown.
M. Shiraishi et al., "Investigation of Heat Transfer Characteristics of a Two-Phase Closed Thermosyphon," source and date unknown.
H. Nguyen-Chi et al., "Entertainment of flooding Limit in a Closed Two-Phase Thermosyphon," source and date unknown.
Ashrae Systems abd Equipment Handbook, 1996, pp. 42. 14-42.18.
Excerpts from Federal Reporter: Hamilton v. United States 167 F. pp. 796, A. H. Ringk & Co. v. United States 164 F. pp. 1021, United States v. Deutsch 178 F pp. 272.
Amir Faghri, Taylor & Francis, Heat Pipe Science and Technology, 1995, pp. 10-12.
Z. Najat "Maximum Heat Flux for Countercurrent Two Phase Flow in a Closed End Vertical Tube,"published in Heat Transfer 1978 Transfert De Chaleur 1978, vol. 1, Hemisphere Publishing Corp., pp. 441 and 444.
K. Arnold and M. Stewart "Surface, Production Operations," published in vol. 1 Design of Oil Handling Systems and Facilities, pp. 61-66.
K. Arnold and M. Stewart "Surface Production Operations," published in vol. 1 Design of Oil-Handling Systems and Facilities, pp. 164-170.
"Heat Exchangers Target Enviromental Control" published in Chemical Engineering, Jun.1995, author unknown.
K. Thomas Feldman, Jr. and S. Munje "Experiments with Gravity Assisted Heat Pipes with an Without Circumferential Grooves," .COPYRGT.American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. 1978, pp. 15-20.
G. Bartsch, J. Brito, and D. Schroeder-Richter "Heat Transfer Coefficient of Pool Boiling within the Heating Zone of a Two-Phase Closed Thermosiphon," 1993, pp. 99-104.
B. F. Balunov, Y. N. Ilyukhin, V. I. Kiselev, D. G. Govyadko "The Requisite Degree of Filling and the Limiting Capacity of a Two-Phase Thermosiphon" published in Thermal Engineering, 39, 1992, pp. 452-455.
H. M. Franklin, "Building a Better Heat Pipe" published in Mechanical Engineering, Aug. 1990, pp. 52-54.
Brochure entitled "heatflo --Heat Pipe Air Heaters" by Hudson Products Corporation --.CO
Croasdale Tommy H.
Giammaruti Robert J.
Millas George S.
Neulander John I.
Cocks Josiah
Edwards R. J.
Hudson Products Corporation
Lazarus Ira S.
Marich Eric
LandOfFree
Apparatus for the controlled heating of process fluids does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Apparatus for the controlled heating of process fluids, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Apparatus for the controlled heating of process fluids will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-1793665