Patent ID: 8959769
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: C10J,F01K,F28D,F28F,Y02E,Y02P,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of assembling a syngas cooler, said method comprising: coupling a supply line within a cooler shell; coupling a plurality of heat transfer panels within the cooler shell, wherein each of the plurality of heat transfer panels includes a plurality of tubes coupled together with a membrane; coupling a heat transfer enclosure within the cooler shell such that the heat transfer enclosure substantially encircles and isolates the plurality of heat transfer panels from the cooler shell; positioning a manifold that includes an annular ring portion, a plurality of first outlets, a plurality of second outlets, and a plurality of inlets such that each first outlet is circumferentially spaced between a corresponding one of the inlets and a corresponding one of the second outlets, wherein the number of the first outlets, the number of second outlets, and the number of inlets are equal; coupling each of the first outlets in flow communication with the heat transfer enclosure; coupling each second outlet in flow communication with a corresponding one of the plurality of heat transfer panels, by coupling a common lower inlet tube of the heat transfer panel to each of the plurality of tubes of the heat transfer panel and to the second outlet; and coupling each of the inlets in flow communication with the supply line.