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Process for evaporating nitraphosphate slurries

Assignee: Honeywell International Inc
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Filing: 1955-04-27
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Granted: 1957-12-24
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Expires: 1975-04-27
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 George R Gilliam
  • 👤 Joseph A Smith

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 09:48
CPC Classifications
C; C05; C05B; C05B19/00

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 143 words
THE PROCESS OF EVAPORATING WATER FROM AN AMMOUIATED NITRAPHOSPHATE SLURRY CONTAINING 12% TO 50% WATER WHICH COMPRISES PASSING SAID SLURRY AS A FILM NO GREATER THAN ABOUT 0.25" THICK FLOWING OVER AND IN CONTACT WITH THE INNER HEAT TRANSFER SURFACE OF TUBULAR HEAT TRANSFER MEANS TO WHICH HEAT IS SUPPLIED FROM A HEATING MEDIUM AT TEMPERATURE OF 130* C. TO 250* C., FEEDING THESLURRY TO SAID HEAT TRANSFER SURFACES AT THE RATE OF ABOUT 600 LBS. TO ABOUT 3000 LBS OF SLURRY/HOURS/PERIMETRIC FOOT OF HEAT TRANSFFER SURFACE, AND SUBJECTING THE FREE SURFACE OF THE FLOWING FLIM TO A TURBULENT ACTION BY SOLID SURFACES PRESENTING A FORWARD FACE ADJACENT THE SLURRY FILM WHICH IS SUSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE FILM SURFACE AND MOVES ALONG THE FLIM SURFACE TRANSVERSELY OF THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF THE FILM AT A RATE OF 10 FT/SEC. TO 60 FT/SEC.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 143 words
THE PROCESS OF EVAPORATING WATER FROM AN AMMOUIATED NITRAPHOSPHATE SLURRY CONTAINING 12% TO 50% WATER WHICH COMPRISES PASSING SAID SLURRY AS A FILM NO GREATER THAN ABOUT 0.25" THICK FLOWING OVER AND IN CONTACT WITH THE INNER HEAT TRANSFER SURFACE OF TUBULAR HEAT TRANSFER MEANS TO WHICH HEAT IS SUPPLIED FROM A HEATING MEDIUM AT TEMPERATURE OF 130* C. TO 250* C., FEEDING THESLURRY TO SAID HEAT TRANSFER SURFACES AT THE RATE OF ABOUT 600 LBS. TO ABOUT 3000 LBS OF SLURRY/HOURS/PERIMETRIC FOOT OF HEAT TRANSFFER SURFACE, AND SUBJECTING THE FREE SURFACE OF THE FLOWING FLIM TO A TURBULENT ACTION BY SOLID SURFACES PRESENTING A FORWARD FACE ADJACENT THE SLURRY FILM WHICH IS SUSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE FILM SURFACE AND MOVES ALONG THE FLIM SURFACE TRANSVERSELY OF THE DIRECTION OF FLOW OF THE FILM AT A RATE OF 10 FT/SEC. TO 60 FT/SEC.

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