Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems including a condensing apparatus such as a bubble column condenser
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Application No.: US14718184Application Date: 2015-05-21
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Publication No.: US09364771B2Publication Date: 2016-06-14
- Inventor: Prakash Narayan Govindan , Steven Lam , Maximus G. St. John
- Applicant: Gradiant Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MA Woburn
- Assignee: Gradiant Corporation
- Current Assignee: Gradiant Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Woburn
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Main IPC: B01F3/04
- IPC: B01F3/04 ; F24F6/12 ; B01D5/00 ; C02F1/04 ; B01D1/14 ; B01D3/22 ; C02F103/08

Abstract:
Condensing apparatuses and their use in various heat and mass exchange systems are generally described. The condensing apparatuses, such as bubble column condensers, may employ a heat exchanger positioned external to the condensing vessel to remove heat from a bubble column condenser outlet stream to produce a heat exchanger outlet stream. In certain cases, the condensing apparatus may also include a cooling device positioned external to the vessel configured and positioned to remove heat from the heat exchanger outlet stream to produce a cooling device outlet stream. The condensing apparatus may be configured to include various internal features, such as a vapor distribution region and/or a plurality of liquid flow control weirs and/or chambers within the apparatus having an aspect ratio of at least 1.5. A condensing apparatus may be coupled with a humidifier to form part of a desalination system, in certain cases.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150329377A1 SYSTEMS INCLUDING A CONDENSING APPARATUS SUCH AS A BUBBLE COLUMN CONDENSER Public/Granted day:2015-11-19
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