Direct fired absorption machine flue gas recuperator

Patent · 01 January 1985

OSTI ID:865640

Reimann, Robert C ^[1]; Root, Richard A ^[2]

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1. Lafayette, NY
2. Spokane, WA

A recuperator which recovers heat from a gas, generally the combustion gas of a direct-fired generator of an absorption machine. The recuperator includes a housing with liquid flowing therethrough, the liquid being in direct contact with the combustion gas for increasing the effectiveness of the heat transfer between the gas and the liquid.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4548048
• OSTI ID: 865640
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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