US Patent Issued to BD Energy Systems on June 17 for "Method and apparatus for improved efficiency and flue gas scrubbing in a fired heater using a condensing convection section" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,115, issued on June 17, was assigned to BD Energy Systems LLC (Houston).

"Method and apparatus for improved efficiency and flue gas scrubbing in a fired heater using a condensing convection section" was invented by Daniel Joseph Barnett (Katy, Texas) and Daniel Ryan Znidersic (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for improved efficiency and flue gas scrubbing in a fired heater using a condensing convection section. The method preheats a hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon/water process feed stream in a coil in the convection section of a fired heater, collects condensate from the flue gas, and scrubs the flue gas with ...