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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Emerging Fuels Technology, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth L. Agee, Tulsa, OK (US);
Assignee:
EMERGING FUELS TECHNOLOGY, INC., Tulsa, OK (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/06 (2013.01); B01J 2208/00132 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for enhancing the heat transfer performance of a vertical tubular reactor by adding heat transfer elements inside the reactor tubes. Such heat transfer elements have two or more substantially curved legs of equal length with no cross fins, each with a foot that engages the inside wall of the tube, and can optionally have two or more substantially curved sub-legs that do not engage the wall of the tube.