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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Colin Gerald Caro, London, GB;
Philip Lloyd Birch, Chiddingfold, GB;
William Tallis, Warwickshire, GB;
Inventors:
Colin Gerald Caro, London, GB;
Philip Lloyd Birch, Chiddingfold, GB;
William Tallis, Warwickshire, GB;
Assignee:
Technip France S.A.S., Courbevoie, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 8/00 (2005.12); B01J 19/00 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to piping for use as a pyrolysis tube in a cracking furnace. The tube is formed such that it has at least one section whose centreline curves in three dimensions, to induce swirl flow in the tube. Preferably, the tube is formed as a helix, more preferably a low-amplitude helix.