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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2008
James Michael Storey, Houston, TX (US);
Alex Clinton Solomon, Montclair, NJ (US);
Benjamin Campbell Steinhaus, Houston, TX (US);
Judeth Brannon Corry, Manvel, TX (US);
Steven Craig Russell, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Henri Gauthier, Houston, TX (US);
Yasir Hafeez Abbasi, Houston, TX (US);
Lien-yan Chen, Houston, TX (US);
James Michael Storey, Houston, TX (US);
Alex Clinton Solomon, Montclair, NJ (US);
Benjamin Campbell Steinhaus, Houston, TX (US);
Judeth Brannon Corry, Manvel, TX (US);
Steven Craig Russell, Houston, TX (US);
Robert Henri Gauthier, Houston, TX (US);
Yasir Hafeez Abbasi, Houston, TX (US);
Lien-Yan Chen, Houston, TX (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for a vessel preheating system are provided. The system includes a pressure vessel including an area of excess heat and an area of deficient heat, a plenum defined between the area of excess heat and the area of deficient heat, and a conduit configured to couple a flow of purge fluid from external to the vessel into the plenum wherein heat from the area of excess heat is transferred to the flow of purge fluid in the plenum and the heat is carried by the flow of purge fluid into the area of deficient heat such that the flow of purge fluid purges the area of deficient heat.