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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2010
Applicants:

Terry D. Turner, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Bruce M. Wilding, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Michael G. Mckellar, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Lee P. Shunn, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Inventors:

Terry D. Turner, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Bruce M. Wilding, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Michael G. McKellar, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Lee P. Shunn, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Assignee:

BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 15/00 (2006.01); F17D 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F17D 1/18 (2013.01); F28D 15/00 (2013.01); Y10T 137/0391 (2015.04);
Abstract

A vaporization chamber may include at least one conduit and a shell. The at least one conduit may have an inlet at a first end, an outlet at a second end and a flow path therebetween. The shell may surround a portion of each conduit and define a chamber surrounding the portion of each conduit. Additionally, a plurality of discrete apertures may be positioned at longitudinal intervals in a wall of each conduit, each discrete aperture of the plurality of discrete apertures sized and configured to direct a jet of fluid into each conduit from the chamber. A liquid may be vaporized by directing a first fluid comprising a liquid into the inlet at the first end of each conduit, directing jets of a second fluid into each conduit from the chamber through discrete apertures in a wall of each conduit and transferring heat from the second fluid to the first fluid.


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