Patent ID: 9217603
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: F25J,F28C,Y02C

Abstract:
1. A method of conveying a fluid, the method comprising: supplying a first fluid comprising at least one material into a transition chamber of a heat exchanger through a first inlet at a first location in the heat exchanger; supplying a second fluid into the heat exchanger through a second inlet at a second location in the heat exchanger; supplying the second fluid into the transition chamber through an opening formed in an apex of a cone-shaped heating member and into an interior portion of the cone-shaped heating member forming a portion of the transition chamber; altering a state of the at least one material of the first fluid with the second fluid; and conveying the at least one material of the first fluid having the altered state out of the heat exchanger through an outlet of the heat exchanger located in an upper portion of the heat exchanger, wherein the outlet of the heat exchanger located in the upper portion of the heat exchanger is positioned relatively higher in the heat exchanger than both the first location of the first inlet and the second location of the second inlet.