Patent ID: 8666238
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: F24H,H05B

Abstract:
1. A fluid preheater comprising: a body having an interior wall defining a chamber and having an inlet and an outlet, the body having at least two segments; each segment having an annular perimeter wall and an end wall with an opening in the end wall and an axial post extending from the end wall within the chamber with a center bore in the axial post to receive a heater; lobes extending into the chamber from the perimeter wall of each of the at least two segments, each lobe having a bore wherein the bores are disposed closer to the chamber than to the exterior of the body; at least one heater in one of the center bore or the bores in the lobes, wherein the at least one heater is not exposed to the chamber; and at least one baffle in the chamber; whereby the at least one baffle will cause turbulence in the flow of fluid through the chamber from the inlet to the outlet to increase the exposure of the fluid to heat from the at least one heater.