Light component stripping in plate-fin heat exchangers
CA 2186549 C · Owner: Rowles, Howard Charles · Inventors: Bernhard, Dennis Patrick; Rowles, Howard Charles; Bassett, John Dollin
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Light components are stripped from a multicomponent liquid feed mixture in a core type plate-fin heat exchanger by heating and partially vaporizing the mixture during downward flow in one of a plurality of multichannel flow passageways in the exchanger. The vapor thus formed flows upward and promotes vaporization of dissolved light components from the liquid to yield a liquid product substantially free of lighter components. The passageways are disposed in indirect heat exchange with one or more additional groups of passageways and heat for partial, vaporization of the downward-flowing liquid feed mixture is provided by indirect heat exchange with a condensing process stream. Alternatively …
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- Filed September 26, 1996 and granted December 28, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 26, 2016.
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