APPLICATIONS
AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES
For
purposes of this presentation - Current Applications
(in italics) include those specific applications which
have been successfully demonstrated within an existing
commercial operating
facility or within one or more developmental test programs.
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The
FBHX Technology can be applied to:
 Evaporators
Reboilers
Preheaters
Concentrators
Reactors
Crystallizers
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At a major chemical process plant near Houston,
Texas, a self-cleaning FBHX unit  replaced
an evaporator system that required a cleaning cycle
every 4 to 5 days. The FBHX unit has now been operated
non-stop between annual turnarounds and has been
a primary contributor to a 25% increase in output
capacity. |
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FBHX
Applications & Opportunities can be found within... |
Specific
Industries
in which we are seeking
to establish Strategic Business Alliances & Joint Venture
Development Programs. These include . .
| Specific
Niches
- where Potential or Current Applications of the FBHX
Technology and The Self-cleaning APEX 2000 Fluidized Bed
Heat Exchanger are known to exist.
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Chemicals,
Petrochemicals, Industrial & Municipal Wastewaters
| Heating
Applications
- Evaporator (or Concentrator) Systems, Reboilers to
handle high solids concentrations and solutions with both
organic and inorganic fouling constituents; processes
with polymerization fouling problems; wastewater reclamation;
landfill leachate concentration; Zero Discharge Projects.
Cooling
Applications - Cooling Crystallization
Processes; Gas Hydrate Production from remote / stranded gas resources (flare gas); Production of slurry-ice with continuous
de-icing of heat transfer surface; Cost-effective
replacement of Scraped-Surface Exchangers; Wastewater
De-Waxing. |
Petroleum
| Oil
Production-
Hardness
Reduction for steam-flooding operations and high temperature
heating of saline waters for water-flooding operations
in Enhanced Oil Recovery; non-fouling Sea Water Evaporators for
offshore platforms.
Oil
Processing - Cost-effective replacement
of Scraped-Surface Exchangers - as
in Lube-Oil De-Waxing and Paraxylene Processing.
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Pulp
& Paper
| Heating
Applications-
Black Liquor Heaters, White Water Heaters, High Solids
Concentrators for Water / Wastewater Minimization or Zero
Discharge Projects; Concentration of Bleach Plant Filtrate.
Cooling
Applications - Waste Heat Recovery Systems involving
liquids containing fibrous (fouling) materials; White
Water Heat Recovery.
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Mining,
Minerals & Metals
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Mining of Potash; Fertilizer, Herbicide and Agricultural
Chemicals Processing; Frasch Process Sulphur Mining;Bauxite
Liquor Processing; Phosphoric Acid Concentrators.
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Desalination
& Geothermal Energy
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Water Production from the high temperature Desalination
of Sea Water or hard-scaling saline / brackish water sources;
Heat / Energy recovery from hard-scaling geothermal brines
(District Heating). |
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Few Specific Applications which are awaiting Strategic Business
Alliances and Joint Venture Development Programs -
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- Integrated
Reactor / Mixer / Heat Exchanger - for exothermic
reactions
- Wax
Laden Wastewater Recovery Systems
- Lube-Oil
Dewaxing Systems
- Landfill
Leachate Concentrators
- Paraxylene
Crystallization and . . .
Totally
Non-Scaling Brine Heaters to enhance the operating reliability
of MSF Evaporator Systems at Sea Water Desalination Plants
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| The design configuration of a
5000 sq. ft. FBHX unit originally designed for a cooling
crystallization test program could be readily adapted
to reduce capital costs in the paraxylene crystallization
process. |
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