Patent ID: 7343755
Filing Date: 2008-03-18
Classification: B01D,F28D

Abstract:
1. A gas drying system comprising: a recuperator section having a first fluid flow path and a second fluid flow path to enable fluid flow so that fluid flowing through the first fluid flow path is in thermal communication with the fluid flowing through the second fluid flow path, heat being transferred from the fluid flowing in the first fluid flow path to the fluid flowing in the second fluid flow path; a refrigerated section having a third fluid flow path in fluid communication with the first fluid flow path for further cooling the flowing fluid to about a dew point temperature; and a moisture separator section disposed between the recuperator and refrigerated sections, the assembled recuperator, separator and refrigerated sections forming an integral construction, wherein the separator being in planar contact with the recuperator and refrigerated sections, the separator having a fourth fluid flow path in fluid communication with the third fluid flow path and the second fluid flow path for removing condensed and entrained liquid from a stream of flowing fluid prior to fluid flowing into the second fluid flow path.