Patent ID: 11919705
Assignee: 2376016 ALBERTA INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 12:
13. A heat exchanger apparatus for use with a heat source for heating hydrocarbon fluids stored in a storage vessel, the heat exchanger apparatus comprising:
a heat exchanger vessel for containing a heat exchange fluid therein, the heat exchange vessel including a lower portion and an upper portion, both the lower portion and the upper portion being arranged to be received within the storage vessel;
the lower portion and the upper portion communicating with one another at two spaced apart locations to form a continuous loop within which the heat exchanger fluid is arranged to be continuously recirculated; and
the lower portion of the heat exchanger vessel being arranged to receive the heat source at least partially therein such that the heat source heats the heat exchanger fluid in the lower portion of the heat exchanger vessel as the heat exchanger fluid is recirculated within the continuous loop defined by the upper and lower portions of the heat exchanger vessel.