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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2022
Applicant:
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company Lp, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Inventor:
Ralph W. Romig, Kingwood, TX (US);
Assignee:
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24T 10/10 (2018.01); F24T 50/00 (2018.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24T 50/00 (2018.05); F24T 10/10 (2018.05); F28D 21/00 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0022 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0028 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed is a process and apparatus for cooling a coolant used in a heat exchange equipment in a plant. The process is performed in a plant having the apparatus disclosed herein. The process and apparatus utilize a geothermal cooling loop for cooling at least a portion of the total amount of coolant circulating in the coolant loop that is used to cool a surface of a heat exchange equipment in the plant.