IP Library Granted Patent US 10,151,540
Granted Patent B2
US 10,151,540 · App. 14/002,608 · Granted Dec 11, 2018

Reboiler with void within the heat transfer tube group

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Patent No.
US 10,151,540
App. No.
14/002,608
Granted
Dec 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a large-sized reboiler that can achieve space saving and reduction in plant cost. Specifically, there is provided a large-sized reboiler comprising a vessel of which a liquid is supplied from a lower part and a vaporized gas is discharged from an upper part; and a heat transfer tube group arranged in such a manner that a void penetrating in the up-and-down direction is formed in the vessel, wherein a maximum length of a cross-sectional figure of a flow path for the liquid exceeds 2 m, and the void occupies 5 to 10% of an area of the cross-sectional figure of the flow path.

Claims (5)

1. A large-sized reboiler comprising:

a vessel into which a liquid is supplied from a lower part and a vaporized gas is discharged from an upper part; and

a heat transfer tube group arranged in such a manner that a void penetrating in an up-and-down direction is formed in the vessel,

wherein a maximum length of a cross-sectional figure in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the up-and-down direction exceeds 2 m, and the void occupies 5 to 10% of an area of the cross-sectional figure, and

wherein the void penetrates in the up-and-down direction within the heat transfer tube group and the void exists between the periphery of an inner wall in the up-and-down direction of the vessel and the heat transfer tube group so as to be ring-shaped.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
To: MHI ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066014/0774 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: MHI ENGINEERING, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066014/0870 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 046733/0164 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2013
From: KONDO, YOSHIYUKI; NAGAYASU, HIROMITSU; KAMIJO, TAKASHI; MIYAMOTO, OSAMU
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 031145/0725 →