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Class 261/160 - With fluid at or downstream of contact zone


Subclass of Class 261 - Gas and liquid contact apparatus
Definition: Subject matter wherein the exchange is between a contact
No. of patents: 18
Last issue date: 10/02/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7275737Device for simultaneously cooling and removing liquid from a gas from a compressor
Device for simultaneously cooling and removing liquid from compressed gas of a compressor element (1) or of several compressor elements (1) which are connected either or not in parallel or in series, which device includes a pressure vessel (2) w...
10/02/2007
7165536Evaporative emissions control system for small internal combustion engines
An evaporative emissions control system for small internal combustion engines. The system generally includes a charcoal canister and a carburetor with a fuel circuit shutoff valve. The charcoal canister is in fluid communication with the air space above the liquid f...
01/23/2007
7137619Heating tower apparatus and method with wind direction adaptation
A heating tower apparatus for heating a liquid having more than one inlet and more than one outlet. Each of the more than one inlet and more than one outlet is selectively openable and closable. The heating tower apparatus also includes a liquid distribution assembl...
11/21/2006
6663694Air-to-air atmospheric exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent
Heat exchanger packs having a first set of passageways for receiving a stream of ambient air and a second set of passageways for receiving a stream of warm water laden air is disclosed. The first set of passageways and second set of passageways being sepa...
12/16/2003
6663087Air-to-air atmospheric exchanger for condensing cooling tower effluent
Heat exchanger packs having a first set of passageways for receiving a stream of ambient air and a second set of passageways for receiving a stream of warm water laden air is disclosed. The first set of passageways and second set of passageways being sepa...
12/16/2003
6564864Method of operating low profile heat exchange method with reduced water consumption
A method of exchanging heat is disclosed. Process fluid is passed through a dry indirect contact heat exchange section while a main air stream is also passed through that section. The process fluid is passed through a second indirect contact heat exchange...
05/20/2003
6213200Low profile heat exchange system and method with reduced water consumption
A system and method of exchanging heat are disclosed. Three heat exchange sections are used: a dry indirect contact heat exchange section, a second indirect contact heat exchange section that is operable in either a wet or dry mode, and a direct contact h...
04/10/2001
5724828Combination direct and indirect closed circuit evaporative heat exchanger with blow-through fan
A heat exchange apparatus which can be used as an evaporative condenser, fluid cooler or wet-air cooler, is provided with a direct evaporative heat exchange section overlying an indirect evaporative heat exchange section. An air entry zone common to both ...
03/10/1998
5692384Evaporative water cooler with heat exchanger in air stream
This invention uses an air to air heat exchanger to cool the air passing through an evaporative water cooler. This enables the evaporative water cooler to cool water to a temperature very near to the dewpoint temperature. The water so cooled may be used t...
12/02/1997
5082055Gas fired radiant tube heater
An in situ thermal system is disclosed for enhanced oil recovery and the like from a subterranean formation. The system pressurizes the formation with water whereupon the entire formation is heated to relatively high temperatures in the absence of gas for...
01/21/1992
4713943Evaporative cooler including an air-to-air counter-flow heat exchanger having a reverse temperature profile
An evaporative cooler air conditioning system comprising an air-to-air counter-flow heat exchanger having separate dry cooling and wet evaporating chambers, air saturating elements, and air movement devices. Ambient supply air or other fluid is forced thr...
12/22/1987
4662902Evaporation cooling tower
An evaporation cooling tower, includes an outer tower wall defining an interior of the cooling tower having upper and lower regions, the wall having ambient air intake holes formed in the periphery thereof at the lower region, a cooling water trickling sy...
05/05/1987
4267130Portable auxiliary cooling tower
A portable auxiliary cooling tower which is transportable over-the-highway for temporary or permanent use at a desired site. The tower is typically constructed on a trailer frame and is designed to provide maximum air flow for maximum cooling to temporari...
05/12/1981
4265736Process and apparatus for reducing the energy required to separate liquids by distillation
A method and apparatus are disclosed relating to the recovery and reuse of heat during fractionation of liquids in a tray-type fractionating tower. According to this method, a portion of the feed to the tower is directed through heat exchange tubing posit...
05/05/1981
4249391Cooling tower vapor recovery unit
Water vapor released by evaporation in a cooling tower, is conducted through an enclosure to the upper inlet end of a vertical conduit extending into the body of water stored in the cooling tower. The water vapor downflowing through the vertical conduit u...
02/10/1981
4217317Cooling tower with vertical-axis fan
A cooling tower comprising at its lower portion, beneath an exchange surface, a catch basin receiving the cooled water and having an aperture formed therein, a vertical-axis fan mounted in the aperture being adapted to draw air from beneath the basin and ...
08/12/1980
4108126Fuel feed device of an internal combustion engine
Disclosed is a fuel feed device of an internal combustion engine. The fuel supply conduit communicating the carburetor and the fuel tank is arranged in the carburetor for cooling the carburetor and for vaporizing the low boiling components in the fuel onl...
08/22/1978
4102650Process feed and effluent treatment systems
A liquid feed and effluent system to recover dissolved process gas (e.g. H2 S) from an effluent process liquid (e.g. water), which liquid may also contain dissolved solid components (e.g. soluble salts); the system heats the feed liquid with he...
07/25/1978
 
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