Patents by Inventor Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan

Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Downflow plate and fin heat exchanger for cryogenic rectification
    Patent number: 5438836
    Abstract: A downflow heat exchanger, particularly applicable as the main condenser/reboiler of a double column cryogenic air separation plant, wherein liquid distribution for uniform flow is carried out above the vapor passages and the well distributed liquid is passed into the liquid passages, preferably angularly onto the bridge fins, and then down through the liquid passages cocurrently with vapor in adjacent vapor passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: Praxair Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan, Michael J. Lockett, John H. Ziemer