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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. 21, 1991
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Suresh C Agarwal, Euclid, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Babcock & Wilcox Company, New Orleans, LA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364557 ; 364496 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining heat transfer effectiveness comprises measuring coolant flow rate and input temperature for coolant to the reactor, utilizing temperature values for reactant and effluent temperatures in a relationship to obtain a value for the log means temperature difference across the reactor and calculating the actual heat transfer coefficient for heat transfer surfaces of the reactor as a function of the log mean temperature difference, the heat transfer area, the coolant flow rate and additional constant factors which are characteristics of the coolant itself.