US 12,219,669 B2
Electric braking resistor-based heat generator for process fluids and emulsions
Stoney Dean Lake, Kilgore, TX (US); and Robert Dean Alsup, Wylie, TX (US)
Filed by Stoney Dean Lake, Kilgore, TX (US); and Robert Dean Alsup, Wylie, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/523,693.
Application 18/523,693 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2023/016726, filed on Mar. 29, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0334551 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. H05B 1/02 (2006.01); F24H 1/18 (2022.01); H01C 13/02 (2006.01); H05B 3/82 (2006.01)
CPC H05B 1/0244 (2013.01) [F24H 1/185 (2013.01); H01C 13/02 (2013.01); H05B 3/82 (2013.01); H05B 2203/007 (2013.01); H05B 2203/021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric braking resistor-based heat generator for process fluids or emulsions comprising:
a housing comprising a connection end, a body portion, and a closed end, wherein at least part of the housing forms an at least partially enclosed portion;
an electric braking resistor at least partially disposed within the enclosed portion of the housing, wherein the electric braking resistor comprises:
a first plate resistor comprising a first connection end and a first neutral end,
a second plate resistor comprising a second connection end and a second neutral end, and
a third plate resistor comprising a third connection end and a third neutral end,
wherein the first plate resistor, the second plate resistor, and the third plate resistor are arranged in a Wye configuration, and
wherein the first neutral end, the second neutral end, and the third neutral end are electrically shorted together; and
a thermally conductive material disposed within the enclosed portion of the housing that provides thermal communication between the electric braking resistor and the housing,
wherein the electric braking resistor converts electrical energy provided by a three-phase electric power source into thermal energy that is thermally communicated from the housing to the process fluids or emulsions.