Abstract:
There is provided a heat exchanger, such as an exhaust gas cooler, that has a removable core at least partially disposed in a shell. Tubes extending through the shell fluidly connect tanks at both ends of the shell so that thermal energy can be transferred between a first fluid in the shell and a second fluid in the tubes. At least one of the tanks is defined partially by a tube sheet, and the tank is structured to be moved axially through the shell in a direction toward the opposite tank and removed from the shell with the tubes. A sealing member is disposed between the movable tank and the shell to prevent fluid from flowing therebetween.
Abstract:
A heat exchanger assembly designed for use as a fluid cooler formed of a first metal that includes a dissimilar metal connection allowing the exchanger to be utilized and reliably secured to another structure formed of a second metal. The assembly provides an easy way to cool engine exhausts, oil or another fluid flowing through the exchanger by transferring its heat to a cooling fluid flowing around the exchanger, or vice versa. The exchanger of the assembly is formed from a number of heat exchanger modules. In an embodiment intended particularly to cool diesel engine exhaust for a turbocharger, a steel or stainless steel exhaust inlet/outlet cap which is exposed to the high temperature exhaust is demountably attached to an all-aluminum heat exchange unit connected to the engine cooling system. The high temperature exhaust and the engine coolant follow generally parallel vertical paths through the heat exchanger in a generally U-shaped path that permits a short compact construction. A further embodiment utilizes a rubber-like sealant to seal the joints between an assembly of modules and header plates which hold the assembly together and provide a base to attachment of tanks.
Abstract:
In order to suppress any backfire with a high degree of reliability and reduce the required mounting space and the weight of an intercooler by achieving a flame arrester function in the intercooler mounted to cool supercharging air without having to provide a separate arrester device, the intercooler having a case through which the supercharging air passes through and a heat exchanger 4 that is mounted inside the case and engages in heat exchange between the supercharging air and a cooling fluid includes a frame body 15 provided at the circumferential edges of air passage portions of the heat exchanger 4 on a supercharging air intake side and a supercharging air outlet side to reduce the gap between the heat exchanger and the inner wall of the case. The heat exchanger 4 is constituted of a pair of tanks 43 and 44, tubes communicating between the tanks and a plurality of fins 46 set along the tubes, and assumes a structure that allows the supercharging air to pass through the heat exchanger a plurality of times by sequentially passing through blocks formed by dividing a heat exchanging unit 4A into a plurality of blocks with partitioning plates 15d for reducing the gap between the heat exchanger 4 and the inner wall of the case provided at positions corresponding to the points between the blocks.
Abstract:
A vertical polygonal heat exchange chamber includes an upper opening, a lower opening, and an enclosure formed between the upper and lower openings. The enclosure includes at least one tapered portion that narrows in a direction toward one of the openings. The tapered portion is lined with N first water tube panels arranged adjacent to and alternately with N second water tube panels, where N is an integer greater than two. Each of the first and second water tube panels is angled inwardly from the widest part of the tapered portion toward the interior of the enclosure, with each of the first water tube panels being angled inwardly to a greater degree than each of the second water tube panels.
Abstract:
An EGR cooler including a cylindrical shell having a cooling water inlet for introducing cooling water into the shell at one axial end, a cooling water outlet for discharging the cooling water from the shell at the other axial end, and a bypass outlet for pulling out part of the cooling water at a position diametrically opposed to the cooling water inlet, plates positioned at axial ends of the shell so as to close the axial ends of the shell, hoods positioned at sides of the plates away from the shell so as to enclose end faces of the plates, and tubes extending axially within the shell and having ends penetrating through the plates. The tubes passes exhaust gas from one of the hoods to the other hood for thermal exchange of the exhaust gas with the cooling water.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a heat exchange reactor, which includes at least one tube bundle containing a plurality of tubes arranged substantially parallel to a common longitudinal axis and within an external pressure housing, the bundle having first and second ends in respective first fluid communication with at least one first fluid inlet and at least one first fluid outlet, and the external pressure housing having at least one second fluid inlet and at least one second fluid outlet; at least one baffle oriented substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and disposed about the bundle and configured as a manifold to control a flow of the second fluid; at least one layer of interior thermal insulation disposed between the bundle and the housing and in fluid communication with the second fluid. Other embodiments of the present invention include methods of using and methods of making the heat exchange reactor.
Abstract:
In such an exchanger, in which the blocks have fluid inlet openings in communication with the interior space of a supply box which runs alongside the block and communicates with at least one analogous box of an adjacent block to form a fluid supply line, in order to even out the distribution of fluid between the openings of the blocks, the supply line contains at least one grating (30) leaving perforations (301) and solid parts (302) which are distributed in such a way as to create pressure drops which are such that the flow velocities of the fluid in the inlet openings downstream of the grating have similar values.
Abstract:
A multiple tube bundle heat exchanger includes axially opposite tube plates, a housing, and a plurality of tube bundles disposed between the tube plates. Each of the tube bundles is an independent tube bundle subassembly forming an integral unit having at least one heat exchanger tube with two axial tube ends. The subassembly is made from the exchanger tube and respective tube plates fastened to the two axial tube ends. The housing has a casing part defining a interior and having two axial housing ends with flanges, removable head pieces respectively disposed at the two axial housing ends to be fastened to the flanges, and partitions subdividing the interior into chambers. The number of chambers corresponds to a number of tube bundles. Each of the chambers receives one of the tube bundles. The tube plates and head pieces respectively form seals, and the tube plates delimit distributor, collecting, and/or transfer chambers formed in the head pieces.
Abstract:
An improved condenser system employing heat exchange tubes that are supported by rod-type baffles. The condenser system can be a reflux condenser positioned at the top of a distillation column and employing a generally upright U-tube bundle for cooling fluids exiting the top of the distillation column.
Abstract:
A boiler includes a cylindrical shell sealed at both ends. A working liquid, typically water, circulates inside the shell. A tube bundle is seated inside the shell. Hot combustion gases circulate inside the tube bundle, heating the water circulating inside the shell. The tube bundle includes a relatively large inlet tube that runs straight to a distal end, where hot combustion gases are turned 180null by a concave inner surface on the tube bundle header, which is not a part of the shell, and are returned by a plurality of smaller diameter return tubes and then to an exhaust stack. The tube bundle includes a front tube sheet and a distal end tube sheet that the tubes are welded to, but these tube sheets are not part of the shell. The entire tube bundle floats inside the shell without being fastened to the shell except at the front of the tube bundle, where a baffle is secured to the front opening of the shell. This allows the tube bundle to be removed from the shell as a single unit.