The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 15, 2020
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
KOBE STEEL, LTD., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a cooling device with which it is possible to cool a fluid to be cooled, even before maintenance work, if a fault such as a blockage or a breakage occurs in a part of a channel. The cooling device () is provided with four heat exchangers (A-D) and a plurality of heat exchanger connection parts (-), each of the heat exchanger connection parts allowing natural gas to flow therethrough. Each of the heat exchangers has: a drum (, fourth drum), a refrigerant reservoir (T), a plurality of heat exchanger core parts () immersed in liquid propane in the refrigerant reservoir (T), and a demister (). A plurality of cooling channels allowing natural gas to flow therethrough are installed, independent of each other, from the first heat exchanger (A) to the fourth heat exchanger (D).