Method and apparatus for reliable gas supply

Patent · Tue Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:5919579

Borcuch, J P; Thompson, D R

A method is described for supplying gas to a receiving point at a flowrate at least equal to a design gas usage rate comprising: (A) passing liquid from a liquid reservoir into an atmospheric vaporizer having a rated capacity at least equal to the design gas usage rate; (B) passing the liquid through the atmospheric vaporizer while heating the liquid by indirect heat exchange with ambient air to produce heated fluid; (C) passing substantially all of the heated fluid from the atmospheric vaporizer into a powered heat exchanger having a rated capacity at least equal to the design gas usage rate; (D) passing the heated fluid through the powered heat exchanger while heating the heated fluid by indirect heat exchange with hot fluid to produce product gas; and (E) passing product gas to the receiving point at a flowrate at least equal to the design gas usage rate.

• Assignee: Union Carbide Corp., Danbury, CT
• Patent Number(s): US 4821523
• OSTI ID: 5919579
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: Filed date 31 Mar 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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NATURAL GAS
TRANSPORT
CHEMICAL REACTORS
EVAPORATION
FLOW RATE
HEATING
LIQUID FLOW
LIQUIDS
NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
TWO-PHASE FLOW
ENERGY SOURCES
ENERGY SYSTEMS
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FLUIDS
FOSSIL FUELS
FUEL GAS
FUELS
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GASES
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
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