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App. No. 16/951,115

Ambient Air Vaporizer with Icephobic/Waterphobic Treatment

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App. No.
16/951,115
Abstract

An ambient air vaporizer includes a heat exchanger tube having a surface with an icephobic/waterphobic treatment.

Claims (18)

1 . An ambient air vaporizer comprising a heat exchanger tube having a surface with an icephobic/waterphobic treatment.

2 . The ambient air vaporizer of claim 1 wherein the heat exchanger tube is a finned heat exchanger tube.

3 . The ambient air vaporizer of claim 1 wherein the icephobic/waterphobic treatment is selected from the group consisting of a paint coating, a laser engraving, anodizing and a mechanical treatment.

4 . The ambient air vaporizer of claim 1 wherein the heat exchanger tube includes an evaporating section and a superheating section.

5 . The ambient air vaporizer of claim 1 wherein the heat exchanger tube is part of an evaporating section.

6 . The ambient air vaporizer of claim 1 wherein the heat exchanger tube is part of a superheating section.

7 . An ambient air vaporizer including an evaporating section and a superheating section, where the evaporating section includes an icephobic/waterphobic treatment and the superheating section includes an icephobic/waterphobic treatment.

8 . The ambient air vaporizer of claim 7 wherein the evaporating section includes a first heat exchange tube and the superheating section includes a second heat exchanger tube.

9 . The ambient air vaporizer of claim 8 wherein the first and second heat exchanger tubes are finned heat exchanger tubes.

10 . The ambient air vaporizer of claim 7 wherein the icephobic/waterphobic treatment is selected from the group consisting of a paint coating, a laser engraving, anodizing and a mechanical treatment.

11 . The ambient air vaporizer of claim 7 wherein a heat exchanger tube includes an evaporating section and a superheating section.

12 . The ambient air vaporizer of claim 7 wherein the evaporating section includes a first plurality of heat exchanger tubes and the superheating section includes a second plurality of heat exchanger tubes.

13 . The ambient air vaporizer of claim 12 wherein the first plurality of heat exchanger tubes are arranged in parallel and the second plurality of heat exchanger tubes are arranged in series.

14 . The ambient air vaporizer of claim 12 wherein the each of the first and second plurality of heat exchanger tubes is finned.

15 . A method of treating an ambient air vaporizer comprising the step of providing the surface of the ambient air vaporizer with an icephobic/waterphobic treatment.

16 . The method of claim 15 wherein the step of providing the surface of the ambient air vaporizer with an icephobic/waterphobic treatment includes providing an icephobic/waterphobic treatment to a surface of a heat exchanger tube

17 . The method of claim 16 wherein the step of providing the surface of the ambient air vaporizer with an icephobic/waterphobic treatment includes providing an icephobic/waterphobic treatment to surface of multiple heat exchanger tubes.

18 . The method of claim 15 wherein the icephobic/waterphobic treatment is selected from the group consisting of a paint coating, a laser engraving, anodizing and a mechanical treatment.

Assignments (2)
PATENT CONFIRMATORY GRANT Recorded Dec 28, 2022
From: CHART INC.
To: U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS THE NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 062793/0692 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2021
From: CHART INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 057817/0592 →