Method and apparatus for heating a circulating fluid using a quench column and an indirect heat exchanger
US7392767B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 19, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jul 1, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E20/30
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A quench column heater and a method for heating a circulating liquid in a gas-to-liquid heat exchanger and an indirect heat exchanger to produce a hot liquid stream for use for heat exchange in a selected process to supply heat to the process. One particularly useful application of the present invention is the revaporization of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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