Patent ID: 11867427
Assignee: FULTON GROUP N.A., INC.
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 12:
13. A method of heating a production fluid by a hydronic, steam or thermofluidic boiler using a thermal transfer fluid, the production fluid being contained in a vessel, comprising:
providing a fluid heating system having the hydronic, steam or thermofluidic boiler, comprising: an electric blower configured to receive ambient air and electrical input power and to provide output source air; a combustion system configured to receive the source air from the electric blower and to receive fuel and to provide the thermal transfer fluid at a combustion system exit; and a heat exchanger configured to receive the thermal transfer fluid from the combustion system exit and configured to be in thermal communication with the production fluid to provide convective heat exchange from the thermal transfer fluid to the production fluid, and to provide output exhaust gas to an exhaust flue having an exhaust flue inlet; and
providing, by the electric blower, a predetermined volume flow rate of the output source air, the blower operating at or above a predetermined minimum blower efficiency such that the fluid heating system operates at or above a predetermined minimum Bulk Heat Flux and a predetermined minimum Pressure Drop, wherein the Pressure Drop is measured from the combustion system exit to the exhaust flue inlet, and wherein the predetermined minimum blower efficiency is about 32%.