Gas heater conversion system and method

Inactive Publication Date: 2018-07-26
MAHE MARC +3
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[0015]For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught

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During hydraulic fracturing, a single well may consume as much as eight-million gallons of heated water.
The fuel needed to produce this volume of hot feed water represents a significant percentage of the overall production cost.
Many production sites are unable to direct all of the natural gas coming off a well into distribution pi

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[0028]As discussed above, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to fired industrial heaters and more particularly to a liquid to gaseous fuel conversion system as used to convert a liquid-fuel combustion heater to a combustion heater using at least one gaseous fuel.

[0029]For the last 50 to 60 years, feed-water heaters used in hydraulic fracturing oil recovery have operated on diesel fuel. The current market seeks more economical and emissions friendly equipment. Generally speaking, the presently-disclosed system is arranged to convert diesel-fired industrial-process heaters to operate on natural gas, propane, or other gaseous fuels. This allows operator to retain their existing fired heaters while taking advantage of the more economical and emissions friendly natural gas and related gaseous fuels.

[0030]During performance testing, unmodified diesel-fired units consumed diesel fuel at a rate of about 200 liters per hour. At the time of testing, the cost of diesel fuel averaged ...

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A liquid to gaseous fuel conversion system relating to the conversion of a liquid-fuel combustion heater to a combustion heater using at least one gaseous fuel. The system includes a gas train, which includes a gas inlet configured to receive gaseous fuel from at least one gaseous-fuel source, a gaseous-fuel burner assembly adapted to replace a liquid-fuel burner of the liquid-fuel combustion heater, the gaseous-fuel burner assembly including a gaseous-fuel nozzle configured to inject the gaseous fuel into a moving stream of air to form a moving air-fuel combustion mixture, the gaseous-fuel nozzle having a set of nozzle turning vanes configured to induce a vortex within the moving air-fuel combustion mixture. Components of the system are arrange to use the original mounting points of the liquid-fuel burner assembly.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present disclosure. It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art nor material to the presently described or claimed inventions, nor that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates generally to the field of heating systems and more specifically relates to heat generators to heat gas or liquid material in a flow structure.2. DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART[0003]Fuel-fired heaters have applications in many industries. For example, the process of hydraulically fracturing, or “fracking” an oil well involves pumping a fluid slurry into the well bore at sufficient pressure so as to fracture the producing formation, thereby creating conductive flowpaths for the oil. In many cases, fracturing water must be heated to optimize the fracking process. During...

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IPC IPC(8): F23C7/00F23Q9/00F23Q3/00
CPCF23C7/004F23Q3/008F23Q9/00F23D14/24F23D14/64
Inventor MAHE, MARCFOULDS, KENSTEWART, MARLINFROLAND, LANNY
Owner MAHE MARC
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