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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:
May. 03, 1988
Filed:
Jan. 08, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans K Fauske, Hinsdale, IL (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B / ; G05B / ; F16K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422112 ; 137 682 ; 137797 ; 220 / ; 422113 ; 422117 ; 422119 ;
Abstract
A chemical reactor vessel is provided with a plurality of tubes filled with a heat exchange fluid. The tubes are disposed in a heat exchange relationship with the reactor contents and are coupled via pressure sensitive rupture discs and a header to a reservoir. Upon overheating of the reactor contents, excess heat is absorbed by the heat exchange fluid which boils off at a predetermined vaporization temperature and vapor pressure to rupture the discs and thereby establish fluid communication between the tubes and a heat exchange fluid contained in the reservoir, and thereby maintaining the reactor contents at a preselected safe temperature.