COMPACT INWARD-FIRING PREMIX FUEL COMBUSTION SYSTEM, AND FLUID HEATING SYSTEM AND PACKAGED BURNER SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20190264910A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-29

    申请号:US16285119

    申请日:2019-02-25

    IPC分类号: F23D14/16 F23R3/28 F23D14/02

    摘要: An inward-firing combustion burner, includes a burner casing configured to receive a fuel-air mixture at a burner inlet and to provide hot combustion gas at a burner output, a combustion substrate disposed within the burner casing, the substrate having a shape comprising at least a semi-cone or a flat surface, having a substrate porosity defined by a plurality of pores, and having a substrate inner surface and a substrate outer surface, the substrate configured to receive the fuel-air mixture at the outer surface of the substrate, the fuel-air mixture passing through the pores at a mixture flow rate from the substrate outer surface toward the substrate inner surface, and the burner configured such that, in operation, the fuel-air mixture ignites near the plurality of pores to form a respective plurality of flamelets, each flamelet corresponding to one of the pores.

    RIBBED TUBELESS HEAT EXCHANGER FOR FLUID HEATING SYSTEMS INCLUDING A RIB COMPONENT AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20190204011A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-04

    申请号:US16298571

    申请日:2019-03-11

    摘要: A method for transferring heat between a first fluid and a second fluid includes providing a tubeless heat exchanger having a tubeless heat exchanger core, the tubeless heat exchanger core having an inner casing and an outer casing disposed around the inner casing, the inner and outer casings defining therebetween a flow passage for a thermal transfer fluid to flow, the tubeless heat exchanger core having a core inlet arranged to receive the first fluid and a core outlet arranged to provide the first fluid, the core inlet and core outlet being fluidically connected to the flow passage, and at least one of the core inlet and core outlet being disposed on the inner casing, wherein each of the outer casing and the inner casing has an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the respective inner surfaces face each other and define therebetween the flow passage for the first fluid to flow from the core inlet to the core outlet and wherein at least a portion of the respective outer surfaces are arranged to be contacted by the second fluid, and providing the first fluid into the core inlet to transfer heat between the first fluid and the second fluid through at least a portion of both the inner and outer casings. In some embodiments, the first fluid may be a thermal transfer fluid, the second fluid may be a production fluid, and the production fluid may be held in a vessel, such as a pressure vessel.

    RIBBED TUBELESS HEAT EXCHANGER FOR FLUID HEATING SYSTEMS INCLUDING A RIB COMPONENT AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20240102740A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-28

    申请号:US18524443

    申请日:2023-11-30

    摘要: A method for transferring heat between a first fluid and a second fluid includes providing a tubeless heat exchanger having a tubeless heat exchanger core, the tubeless heat exchanger core having an inner casing and an outer casing disposed around the inner casing, the inner and outer casings defining therebetween a flow passage for a thermal transfer fluid to flow, the tubeless heat exchanger core having a core inlet arranged to receive the first fluid and a core outlet arranged to provide the first fluid, the core inlet and core outlet being fluidically connected to the flow passage, and at least one of the core inlet and core outlet being disposed on the inner casing, wherein each of the outer casing and the inner casing has an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the respective inner surfaces face each other and define therebetween the flow passage for the first fluid to flow from the core inlet to the core outlet and wherein at least a portion of the respective outer surfaces are arranged to be contacted by the second fluid, and providing the first fluid into the core inlet to transfer heat between the first fluid and the second fluid through at least a portion of both the inner and outer casings. In some embodiments, the first fluid may be a thermal transfer fluid, the second fluid may be a production fluid, and the production fluid may be held in a vessel, such as a pressure vessel.

    Ribbed tubeless heat exchanger for fluid heating systems including a rib component and methods of manufacture thereof

    公开(公告)号:US10228190B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US14949948

    申请日:2015-11-24

    摘要: A tubeless heat exchanger for heating a production fluid disposed in a vessel, including: a tubeless heat exchanger core disposed at least partially within the vessel, the tubeless heat exchanger core comprising an inner casing and an outer casing disposed around the inner casing, the inner and outer casings defining therebetween a flow passage for a thermal transfer fluid to flow, the tubeless heat exchanger core further comprising a core inlet arranged to receive the thermal transfer fluid and a core outlet arranged to provide the thermal transfer fluid, the core inlet and core outlet being fluidically connected to the flow passage, wherein each of the outer casing and the inner casing has an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the respective inner surfaces face each other and define therebetween the flow passage for the thermal transfer fluid to flow and wherein at least a portion of the respective outer surfaces are arranged to be contacted by the production fluid, wherein the flow passage defines a path comprising at least one pass around a perimeter of the heat exchanger core, and wherein, in use, the thermal transfer fluid in the heat exchanger core transfers heat from the thermal transfer fluid to the production fluid through at least a portion of both the inner and outer casings.