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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kevin W. Smith, McMurray, PA (US);
Lori G. Acor, Houston, PA (US);
Joseph Miller, Aliquippa, PA (US);
Mark J. Wanner, Monaca, PA (US);
Assignee:
Clearwater, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F26B 1/00 ;
Abstract
In a gas dryer for use in a gas transmission line in which a bed of desiccant tablets is suspended in the flow of gas, making an aqueous solution of the desiccant salts from the moisture taken from the gas, the solution is inhibited from generating solids and precipitates in a sump area by conducting the heat of hydration from the bed area to the sump area.