Monolithic construction compressed air/gas dryer system with filtration

US9021817B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9021817-B2
Application numberUS-201213541095-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 3, 2012
Priority dateJul 3, 2012
Publication dateMay 5, 2015
Grant dateMay 5, 2015

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A monolithic compressed-gas dryer including in series: an inlet chamber, a precooler/reheater chamber, an evaporator chamber, and a sump chamber. The chambers are welded together to form columns where at least one column has a filtration chamber. Further provided is a gas outlet. The system creates a first and second set of heat transfer passages where refrigerant passes through the second set in a heat exchange relationship in a direction perpendicular to incoming gas passing in the first set. The filtration chamber conducts chilled gas from the first set to a third set of heat transfer passages. The third set extends through the precooler/reheater in heat exchange relationship with the first set. Chilled gas passes in heat exchange relationship in a direction perpendicular to the incoming gas so that the incoming gas chilled in the evaporator exchanges heat with the incoming gas in the precooler/reheater.

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We claim: 1. A monolithic compressed-gas dryer device comprising: a flow through gas device, including in series, a) an gas inlet chamber for introducing incoming gas into said device; b) a precooler/reheater chamber for housing a gas-to-gas heat exchanger; c) an evaporator chamber for housing a refrigerant-to-gas heat exchanger; d) a sump chamber fluidly connected to the evaporator chamber for collecting and draining condensate from the evaporator chamber in said device, t…

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  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • B01D53/265Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

  • Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US9021817B2 cover?
A monolithic compressed-gas dryer including in series: an inlet chamber, a precooler/reheater chamber, an evaporator chamber, and a sump chamber. The chambers are welded together to form columns where at least one column has a filtration chamber. Further provided is a gas outlet. The system creates a first and second set of heat transfer passages where refrigerant passes through the second set …
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Hoerner Allan, Carlin John A, Parker Hannifin Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B01D53/265. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue May 05 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).