Abstract:
Process for the production of ammonia from a hydrocarbon feedstock all steam produced in the waste heat boilers of the reforming and ammonia section of the plant is superheated in one or more steam superheaters located downstream the ammonia converter in the ammonia section of the plant. There is no need for steam superheater (s) in the reforming section of the plant to cool the synthesis gas. A steam superheater for use in the process is also provided. The superheater comprises two compartments in which the first and second compartments are connected in series with respect to the steam flow and in parallel with respect to the process gas flow.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a service water heating unit (2) which is provided for use in a heating installation, comprising at least one heat exchanger (6), which comprises a first flow path (10) for a heating medium and a second flow path (12) for service water to be heated, wherein the two flow paths (10, 12) are guided relative to one another in a first portion (A) in a countercurrent arrangement with directions of flow oriented in opposite directions, and in a second portion (B) connecting downstream, viewed in the direction of flow of the service water, in a co-current arrangement with directions of flow oriented in the same direction.
Abstract:
A heat exchanger A1 includes: a case 2 surrounding a heat transfer tube 4; and a guide member 5 for guiding heating gas entering the case 2 through an intake vent 21 to a first space region 24A and then to a second space region 24B, the guide member 5, together with a wall portion 20b, defining therebetween a gap 25b in communication with a gap 25a between the wall portion 20b and the heat transfer tube 4 for allowing part of the heating gas having been guided to the first space region 24A to proceed into the second space region 24B through the gaps 25a and 25b. This arrangement performs efficient heat recovery from the heating gas by effectively utilizing the entire heat transfer tube 4 while alleviating a problem that the case 2 is partially heated to elevated temperatures.
Abstract:
Process for the production of ammonia from a hydrocarbon feedstock all steam produced in the waste heat boilers of the reforming and ammonia section of the plant is superheated in one or more steam superheaters located downstream the ammonia converter in the ammonia section of the plant. There is no need for steam superheater (s) in the reforming section of the plant to cool the synthesis gas. A steam superheater for use in the process is also provided. The superheater comprises two compartments in which the first and second compartments are connected in series with respect to the steam flow and in parallel with respect to the process gas flow.
Abstract:
The disclosure is directed to a component (135) for a condenser (100). Condenser (100) includes a shell (110) having a vapor refrigerant inlet (112) and a liquid refrigerant outlet (114). Component (130) has a center channel (134) and at least two outer channels (135) and conforms to shell (110), thereby reducing the amount of refrigerant in condenser (100).
Abstract:
A gas turbine engine includes a fuel-oil heat exchange system in which the fuel is continuously heated by a primary hot oil flow in a primary fuel-oil heat exchanger and the fuel is selectively heated in a secondary fuel-oil heat exchanger by a secondary hot oil flow selectively passing through or bypassing a secondary fuel-oil heat exchanger, controlled by a thermal valve.
Abstract:
A cooling apparatus of an exhaust gas recirculation system includes a first cooling portion, made of a first material, that receives recirculation exhaust gas; and a second cooling portion, made of a second, different material, that receives the recirculation exhaust gas from the first cooling portion and exhausts the recirculation exhaust gas out of the apparatus. A cooling method of an exhaust gas recirculation system includes receiving a recirculation exhaust gas in a first cooling portion made of a first material; cooling the recirculation exhaust gas in the first coolant portion; receiving the recirculation exhaust gas in a second cooling portion made of a second, different material; and cooling the recirculation exhaust gas in the second coolant portion.
Abstract:
A heat exchange apparatus includes first and second sections. The apparatus further includes a first cross-flow fluid passageway disposed at least partially within the first section, defined by an internal surface of the first section, and including an inlet and outlet. The apparatus includes a second cross-flow fluid passageway disposed at least partially within the second section and including an inlet and an outlet. The apparatus includes an interior fluid passageway with at least one tube disposed at least partially within the first section and at least partially within the second section, extending at least partially through the first passageway and at least partially through the second passageway, and including at least an inlet and an outlet. A sealing zone is disposed between the first section and the second section. The sealing zone isolates the first section from the second section either or both mechanically and in fluid communication.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a heat exchange reactor, which includes at least one tube bundle containing a plurality of tubes arranged substantially parallel to a common longitudinal axis and within an external pressure housing, the bundle having first and second ends in respective first fluid communication with at least one first fluid inlet and at least one first fluid outlet, and the external pressure housing having at least one second fluid inlet and at least one second fluid outlet; at least one baffle oriented substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and disposed about the bundle and configured as a manifold to control a flow of the second fluid; at least one layer of interior thermal insulation disposed between the bundle and the housing and in fluid communication with the second fluid. Other embodiments of the present invention include methods of using and methods of making the heat exchange reactor.
Abstract:
An internal combustion engine waste heat recovery system is provided in which a second heat exchanger (H2), a fifth heat exchanger (H5), a fourth heat exchanger (H4), a third heat exchanger (H3), and a first heat exchanger (H1) are disposed sequentially from the upstream side to the downstream side of the flow of exhaust gas in an exhaust passage (33) of an internal combustion engine, and water as a working medium is supplied sequentially to the first heat exchanger (H1), the second heat exchanger (H2), the third heat exchanger (H3), the fourth heat exchanger (H4), and the fifth heat exchanger (H5). Water having the lowest temperature can be supplied to the first heat exchanger (H1) on the most downstream side of the flow of exhaust gas, to which exhaust gas having a comparatively low temperature is supplied, thus increasing the heat exchange efficiency, and water having a comparatively low temperature, which has passed only through the first heat exchanger (H1), can be supplied to the second heat exchanger (H2) on the most upstream side of the flow of exhaust gas, thus cooling effectively a high temperature section immediately downstream from an exhaust valve (25) of the internal combustion engine. In this way, the high temperature exhaust passage (33) immediately downstream from the exhaust valve (25) can be cooled effectively while maintaining the efficiency of waste heat recovery from the exhaust gas of the internal combustion engine.