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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
May. 24, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan, Williamsville, NY (US);
Michael James Lockett, Grand Island, NY (US);
John Harold Ziemer, Grand Island, NY (US);
Assignee:
Praxair Technology, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62643 ; 62903 ;
Abstract
A downflow heat exchanger, particularly applicable as the main condenser/reboiler of a double column cryogenic air separation plant, wherein liquid distribution for uniform flow is carried out above the vapor passages and the well distributed liquid is passed into the liquid passages, preferably angularly onto the bridge fins, and then down through the liquid passages cocurrently with vapor in adjacent vapor passages.