Gas bubble agitated liquid bath heat exchange process and apparatus
    4.
    发明申请
    Gas bubble agitated liquid bath heat exchange process and apparatus 审中-公开
    气泡搅拌液浴热交换过程及装置

    公开(公告)号:US20130111928A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-05-09

    申请号:US12587200

    申请日:2009-10-02

    摘要: The present invention relates to an improved heat transfer device and process, such as the heat exchanger included in a process for vaporizing cryogenic fluids industrial gas supply systems. The system having a water bath and heat exchange tube bundle disposed therein operating to vaporize and superheat industrial liquefied gases including fuel gases. Water contained in a tank transfers heat to the bundle by natural convection without benefit of forced water circulation. The water is heated by means such as steam, combustion processes or electric heat and a heat exchange tube bundle submerged within the water tank is used to vaporize and superheat liquefied gas, which passes within the tubular elements of the heat exchange bundle. Gas bubble agitation is provided by discharging nitrogen, air or other non-condensing gas into the water via a gas-sparging manifold located below the tube bundle for the purpose of increasing the rate of heat exchange from the heated water to the cooler liquefied gas and increasing the useable energy storage capacity of the water during operation when the heating means is shut off.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及一种改进的传热装置和方法,例如包括在用于蒸发低温流体工业气体供应系统的方法中的热交换器。 该系统具有设置在其中的水浴和热交换管束,用于蒸发和过热包括燃料气体在内的工业液化气体。 容纳在水箱中的水通过自然对流将热量传递给束,而不受强制水循环的利用。 通过蒸汽,燃烧过程或电热等方式对水进行加热,并且使用浸在水箱内的热交换管束来蒸发和过热通过热交换束的管状元件内的液化气体。 通过经由位于管束下方的气体喷射歧管将氮气,空气或其它非冷凝气体排放到水中来提供气泡搅拌,目的是增加从加热水到冷却器液化气体的热交换速率, 当加热装置关闭时,增加操作期间水的可用能量储存能力。

    Mechanical Defrosting During Continuous Regasification of a Cryogenic Fluid Using Ambient Air
    6.
    发明申请
    Mechanical Defrosting During Continuous Regasification of a Cryogenic Fluid Using Ambient Air 审中-公开
    使用环境空气连续再生低温液体时机械除霜

    公开(公告)号:US20110030391A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-10

    申请号:US12536564

    申请日:2009-08-06

    IPC分类号: F17C9/02

    摘要: A process and corresponding apparatus for regasifying a cryogenic liquid to gaseous form includes a process step and suitable structure to transfer heat from ambient air to the cryogenic liquid across a heat transfer surface by circulating the cryogenic liquid or an intermediate fluid through an atmospheric vaporizer, where the ambient air and the cryogenic fluid or intermediate fluid are not in direct contact; and a process step and suitable structure to mechanically scrape an external portion of the heat transfer surface exposed to the atmosphere to remove frost from the external portion of the heat transfer surface, where defrosting is achieved without the need to discontinue circulating the cryogenic fluid or the intermediate fluid through the atmospheric vaporizer.

    摘要翻译: 用于将低温液体再气化为气态的方法和相应的装置包括工艺步骤和合适的结构,以通过使低温液体或中间流体循环通过大气蒸发器将热量从环境空气传递到低温液体,通过热传递表面,其中 环境空气和低温流体或中间流体不直接接触; 以及工艺步骤和合适的结构,以机械地刮擦暴露于大气的传热表面的外部,以从传热表面的外部去除霜,其中除霜是在不需要中断循环低温流体或 中间流体通过大气蒸发器。

    Enhanced regas system
    9.
    发明申请
    Enhanced regas system 审中-公开
    增强regas系统

    公开(公告)号:US20090165468A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-07-02

    申请号:US12322524

    申请日:2009-02-03

    IPC分类号: F17C9/02 F17C13/08

    摘要: Liquefied hydrocarbon gas carried by a tanker (78) is transferred to an import terminal (10) where the liquefied gas is heated to vaporize it and to heat the cold gas to at least −30° C. but preferably about 0° C., with the warmed gas transferred to a gas receiving facility (20, 83). Vaporizing and heating is accomplished by using a large number (more than 10) of vertically mounted air vaporizers (84) of a known type, which use environmental air that flows down the exterior of the finned tubes in which the liquefied or cold gas flows. In the present invention a large number of individual vaporizers are positioned in close proximity to each other, i.e. within a distance that is smaller than half the vertical height of the vaporizer tubes. Their close proximity allows many units to be installed on a small plot space, and also affects their thermal performance.

    摘要翻译: 由油罐(78)携带的液化碳氢化合物气体被转移到进口端子(10),其中液化气体被加热以使其蒸发并将冷气体加热至至少-30℃,但优选约0℃, 将加热的气体转移到气体接收设备(20,83)。 蒸发和加热通过使用大量(大于10个)已知类型的垂直安装的空气蒸发器(84)来实现,其使用沿着液化或冷气流动的翅片管的外部流动的环境空气。 在本发明中,大量单独的蒸发器彼此靠近地定位,即在小于蒸发器管的垂直高度的一半的距离内。 它们的接近度允许许多单元安装在小的空间上,并且也影响它们的热性能。