Patent ID: 9394780
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: B01D,E21B,F24H,F24S,F28D,F28F,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A device for heating product at an oil well site to assist the separation or the maintenance of separation of the oil product into at least clean oil, water, and gas components, the device comprising: a heater treater including a housing, the housing defining a heater treater interior, the heater treater including a fire tube access opening, the heater treater adapted to receive oil well product in the interior thereof; a primary circuit, the primary circuit including a solar panel, a first non-water, liquid heat transfer medium chosen to maintain a liquid state in the circuit, and a primary/secondary circuit heat exchanger, a primary circuit pump, and a first fluid flow pathway, the pump for engaging the first fluid flow pathway for circulating the first non-water, liquid heat transfer medium between the solar panel and the primary/secondary circuit heat exchanger; a secondary circuit comprising a buffer tank adapted to receive the primary/secondary heat exchanger, a second non-water, liquid heat transfer medium, a secondary circuit pump adapted to pump the second heat non-water, liquid transfer medium chosen to maintain a liquid state in the circuit therethrough, an outlet pipe engaging the buffer tank, and an inlet pipe engaging the buffer tank; an assembly engaging the fire tube access opening with the secondary circuit for heating the oil product within the heater treater;