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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
James Michael Storey, Houston, TX (US);
Aaron John Avagliano, Houston, TX (US);
Ashley Nicole Gerbode, Houston, TX (US);
Fulton Jose Lopez, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Lien-yan (Tom) Chen, Spring, TX (US);
Judeth Helen Brannon Corry, Manvel, TX (US);
James Michael Storey, Houston, TX (US);
Aaron John Avagliano, Houston, TX (US);
Ashley Nicole Gerbode, Houston, TX (US);
Fulton Jose Lopez, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Lien-Yan (Tom) Chen, Spring, TX (US);
Judeth Helen Brannon Corry, Manvel, TX (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling a radiant cooler is provided. The method includes providing a vessel shell that includes a gas flow passage defined therein that extends generally axially through the vessel shell, coupling a plurality of cooling tubes and a plurality of downcomers together to form a tube cage wherein at least one of the plurality of cooling tubes is positioned circumferentially between a pair of circumferentially-adjacent spaced-apart downcomers, and orienting the tube cage within the vessel shell such that the tube cage is in flow communication with the flow passage.