Heat transfer apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE INDIRECT HEAT EXCHANGE WITH A HEAT EXCHANGE FLUID BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF INTERCONNECTED SUCCESSIVE REATION CHAMBERS WHICH COMPRISES IN COMBINATION A FIRST ELONGATED REACTION CHAMBER, A SECOND ELONGATED REACTION CHAMBER, TWO SEPARATE HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS HAVING INLETS AND OUTLETS THEREIN ADAPTED FOR HEAT EXCHANGE WITH SAID FIRST REACTION CHAMBER, TWO OTHER SEPARATE HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS HAVING INLETS AND OUTLETS THEREIN ADAPTED FOR HEAT EXCHANGE WITH SAID SECOND REACTION CHAMBER, THE AFORESAID HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS BEING POSITIONED AT SPACED INTERVALS LONGITUDINALLY ALONG THE ELONGATED REACTION CHAMBERS, TWO ACCUMULATORS FOR HEAT EXCHANGE FLUID, CONDUITS CONNECTING THE INLETS AND OUTETS OF CORRESPONDING HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND REACTION CHAMBERS WITH EACH ACCUMULATOR TO FORM TWO SEPARATE HEAT EXCHANGE CIRCUITS BETWEEN SAID REACTION CHAMBERS, EACH OF SAID HEAT EXCHANGE CIRCUITS COMPRISING, IN ADDITION TO SAID ACCUMULATOR AND SAID HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS, A CONDUIT FROM THE LOWER PORTION OF SAID ACCUMLATOR TO THE INLET OF THE HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS IN THE FIRST REACTION ZONE, A CONDUIT FROM THE OUTLET OF THE HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS IN THE FIRST REACTION ZONE TO SAID ACCUMULATOR, A CONDUIT FROM THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID ACCUMULATOR TO THE INLET OF THE HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS IN THE SECOND REACTION ZONE, A COMPRESSOR IN SAID LAST-NAMED CONDUIT, A CONDUIT FROM THE OUTLET OF THE HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS IN THE SECOND REACTION ZONE TO SAID ACCUMULATOR AND A PRESSURE REDUCING MEANS IN SAID LAST-NAMED CONDUIT, MEANS FOR PASSING HEAT EXCHANGE FLUID FROM EACH OF THE ABOVE HEAT EXCHANGE CIRCUITS TO A SEPARATE AND FIFTH HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS, AND MEANS FOR RETURNING FLUID FROM SAID SEPARATE AND FIFTH HEAT EXCHANGE MEANS TO SAID HEAT EXCHANGE CIRCUITS.