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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 1982
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ralph W Woodgate, Carignan, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F27D / ; F22B / ; F27B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
432 11 ; 34 79 ; 34219 ; 219271 ; 219275 ; 432 23 ; 432152 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for condensation heating. Articles to be heated are conveyed into a heating chamber which is filled with vapors of a fluid having a relatively high boiling point. When the vapors contact the article to be heated they condense thereon and transfer the latent heat of vaporization, thus heating the object. Vapors escaping from the heating chamber are trapped by flows of carrier gas at the inlet and outlet of the heating chamber. The carrier gas, which is thus partially saturated with vapor, is channeled into a gas/vapor separator wherein the vapor is extracted and recycled back to the heating chamber.