Heat exchanger optimization process and apparatus
CA 2437264 C · Owner: Varney, Brian Wilson · Inventors: Varney, Brian Wilson
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An electronic HEMD determines the optimum balance between gas cooling and heat exchanger pressure loss for any given operating condition, and adjusts the gas flow rate through the exchanger accordingly to yield the maximum net power savings (and thereby energy savings) afforded by the exchanger. Maintaining the optimum balance between cooling and exchanger pressure loss reduces the amount of energy required to transport a given volume of gas through a pipeline and thereby increases the transmission efficiency of the gas pipeline system. A method of operating a heat exchanger on a natural gas transmission pipeline using a control algorithm that in turn controls the position of a heat …
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- Filed August 12, 2003 and granted December 3, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 12, 2023.
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