Patents Assigned to International Refining Equipment
  • Climbing film heat exchange apparatus
    Patent number: 4313784
    Abstract: A climbing film heat exchange apparatus and particularly an evaporator is provided wherein a turbine is mounted on the shaft of the evaporator so that it is not necessary to provide a fluid seal on the shaft and, in some embodiments, the heat employed to drive the turbine also serves as part or all of the heat supplied to the apparatus for the heat treatment. In some embodiments of the invention wherein a hydrocarbon fluid is employed and it is desired to recover water, the water of combustion is recovered as part of the desired product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Assignee: International Refining Equipment
    Inventor: Floyd C. Haley