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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2006
Applicants:
David A. Franklin, Houston, TX (US);
Martin J. Rosetta, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
David A. Franklin, Houston, TX (US);
Martin J. Rosetta, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Black & Veatch Corporation, Overland Park, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F22B 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A quench column heater and a method for heating a circulating liquid in a gas-to-liquid heat exchanger and an indirect heat exchanger to produce a hot liquid stream for use for heat exchange in a selected process to supply heat to the process. One particularly useful application of the present invention is the revaporization of liquefied natural gas (LNG).