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Title: Method and apparatus for reliable gas supply

Abstract

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.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
5919579
Patent Number(s):
US 4821523
Assignee:
Union Carbide Corp., Danbury, CT
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 31 Mar 1988
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
03 NATURAL GAS; NATURAL GAS; TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL REACTORS; EVAPORATION; FLOW RATE; HEATING; LIQUID FLOW; LIQUIDS; NATURAL GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; TWO-PHASE FLOW; ENERGY SOURCES; ENERGY SYSTEMS; FLUID FLOW; FLUIDS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL GAS; FUELS; GAS FUELS; GASES; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; 032000* - Natural Gas- Transport, Handling, & Storage

Citation Formats

Borcuch, J P, and Thompson, D R. Method and apparatus for reliable gas supply. United States: N. p., 1989. Web.
Borcuch, J P, & Thompson, D R. Method and apparatus for reliable gas supply. United States.
Borcuch, J P, and Thompson, D R. 1989. "Method and apparatus for reliable gas supply". United States.
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abstractNote = {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.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 1989},
month = {Tue Apr 18 00:00:00 EDT 1989}
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