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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069912 | Heat exchanger with conduit surrounded by metal foam A heat exchanger is disclosed. The heat exchanger may have a conduit configured to conduct a fluid and at least one body of metal foam surrounding the conduit. The at least one body of metal foam may have a radially inner portion, a radially outer portion, and a rad... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7650933 | Baffle for sealed combustion chamber A baffle for a heat exchanger tube extending between opposed header pipes. The baffle is a longitudinal member with a concave underside shape conforming to the convex circumferential shape of the heat exchanger tube, and has a length substantially equal to the dista... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7527088 | Exhaust gas heat exchanger An exhaust gas heat exchanger has a tank, laminated exhaust gas tubes where the exhaust gas flows, a cooling water inlet pipe and a cooling water outlet pipe. The cooling water flows into the tank and flows through water passages between adjacent exhaust gas tubes a... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7389852 | Integrated heat exchanger and muffler unit An integrated heat exchanger and muffler unit (50,120,140) is provided for transferring heat between a first fluid and a second fluid, and for muffling the noise of the first fluid. The unit includes a housing (52) including a first inlet (60) f... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7380584 | Pump-free water-cooling system A pump-free water-cooling system is provided wherein external power supply is not involved; heat can be transported in any direction; and high reliability and low thermal resistance are ensured. The pump-free water-cooling system includes: a heat-exchange cir... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7367292 | Fuel cooler with lamellar inner structures for connecting to an air-conditioning system of a vehicle A fuel cooler with lamellar inner structures for connecting to an air-conditioning system of a vehicle includes an outer housing having outer connections connected to an outer supply pipe and an outer discharge pipe for a first fluid with the outer connections being... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7350560 | Heat exchangers The invention concerns a heat exchanger with a large number of U-shaped tubes (3), preferably brought together to form at least one tubular bundle and arranged in a housing 2, and several partitions (4) subdividing the housing (2) into se... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7337835 | Baffle and tube for a heat exchanger The present invention relates to a heat exchanger for transferring heat from one fluid to another fluid, comprising a plurality of metallic tube continuously formed into four discrete helically wound coils, each coil having at least four turns, the coils being spati... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7328738 | Heat exchanger An improved heat exchanger which resists fouling of the heat exchange surface by minimizing the temperature difference between the heat exchanger surface and the fluid stream in contact with the heat exchange surface. In one embodiment, a heat exchanger comprises an... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326811 | Method for production of (meth)acrylic acid by use of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger A shell-and-tube type heat exchanger of the smallest possible length necessary for heat exchange is disclosed which is capable of obtaining uniform distribution of flow of a shell side fluid and substantially eliminating the structural restriction imposed on the she... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7322403 | Heat exchanger with modified tube surface feature A heat exchanger includes a shell that has an inner chamber defined by an inside wall surface. A tube stack disposed within the inner chamber and includes a plurality of flat elongated tubes that define a first fluid flow path. The tubes each include a wire that is ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7316804 | Flow reactors for chemical conversions with heterogeneous catalysts Improved apparatus for use in process systems which include exothermic chemical conversions of organic compounds to value added products is disclosed, more particularly, flow reactors for exothermic chemical conversions using a fixed heterogeneous catalyst with mean... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7291936 | Submersible electrical power generating plant A self-supporting, submersible generating plant for producing electricity from ocean currents, consisting of two counter-rotating, rear-facing turbines with a plurality of rotor blades extending radially outward from two separate horizontal axis that convey the kine... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7282118 | Method for production of easily polymerizable substance and purification apparatus This invention resides in providing a method for the prevention of possible polymerization of the easily polymerizable substance during the purification thereof by a column provided with (a) at least one tray directly fixed to a support ring with a bolt and a nut an... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7267162 | Laminated evaporator with optimally configured plates to align incident flow The invention provides a heat exchanger having a plurality of plates stacked in alternating mirrored relation with one another. Each of the plurality of plates has a plate length extending along a plate longitudinal axis between first and second ends. Each of the pl... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264040 | Exhaust gas heat exchanger and bypass assembly An exhaust gas heat exchanger and bypass has an intake manifold, an outlet manifold, a duct for a heat exchanger, and a bypass duct. The heat exchanger duct and the bypass duct run in parallel between the intake manifold and the outlet manifold and are sealingly con... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261148 | Direct expansion cooler high velocity dished head A dished head header assembly for a heat exchanger having a containment body that includes a rounded, or dished, wall portion forming an interior cavity. A flange attaches to the containment body and fastens the header assembly to the heat exchanger. A plurality of ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261149 | Heat exchanger with pipe coils and helical spreader ribs Addressed is a heat exchanger including a housing having an internal wall defining at least one internal chamber incorporating at least one core having a wall defining in the chamber, with the internal wall of the housing across from it, at least one exchange cavity... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7243711 | Efficient heat exchanger and engine using same Some engine applications place spatial constraints on heat exchangers, such as oil coolers. In such a case, a heat exchanger having an oblong rather than a circular cross section can satisfy spatial constraints, and with certain internal geometry, may permit improve... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240723 | Tube bundle heat exchanger comprising tubes with expanded sections A heat exchanger useful for high temperature applications such as EGR cooling and fuel reformer applications comprises a tube bundle made up of a plurality of tubes, each having at least one end expanded to an enlarged polygonal cross-section, and having central por... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234512 | Heat exchanger with internal baffle and an external bypass for the baffle A shell and tube heat exchanger has at least one baffle to support the tubes within the casing of the heat exchanger, wherein the baffle intersects the inner casing wall along a substantial portion of the arc. The baffle has a bypass through which flows at least a p... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7228711 | Tubes with elongated cross-section for flooded evaporators and condensers In a shell-and-tube heat exchanger with the tubes disposed within the shell for conducting the flow of a fluid to be in heat transfer interaction with a refrigerant contained in the volume formed by the heat exchanger shell and the external surfaces of the tube bund... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226567 | Multi-tube fixed-bed reactor, especially for catalytic gas phase reactions A multitube fixed bed reactor and the use of such a reactor for carrying out catalytic gas-phase reactions, in particular for carrying out exothermic and endothermic catalytic gas-phase reactions such as the preparation of phthalic anhydride (PA), acrylic acid, meth... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220392 | Fuel conversion reactor A fuel conversion reactor includes a shell-and-tube heat exchanger for controlling the temperature of a hot gaseous mixture produced by catalytic or non-catalytic reaction of a fuel with a gaseous fluid, and for controlling the temperature of the gaseous fluid and/o... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7213639 | Heat exchanger exhaust gas recirculation cooler A two-pass, loop flow heat exchanger includes an inlet plenum that receives a fluid to be cooled, a housing, a plurality of inlet flow passages substantially centrally positioned within the housing and having a first end fluidly coupled to the inlet plenum to receiv... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201215 | Vapor-lift pump heat transport apparatus A vapor-lift pump heat transport apparatus having a small heat resistance and a large heat transport capacity. A heat exchange circulating solution container has a first space and a second space communicating with the first space through a communication opening and ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195059 | Heat exchanger and method of performing chemical processes A heat exchanger including a passageway having an internal passage adapted to form a first flow path, and an array of conduits having internal passages that collectively form a second flow path. The conduits extend through the internal passage of the passageway, and... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191821 | Plate heat exchanger The invention relates to a plate heat exchanger and a method for manufacturing a plate heat exchanger. The plate heat exchanger includes a number of heat exchanger plates (1), which are substantially parallel to an extension plane and arranged adjacent to eac... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7147048 | Shell-and-tube type heat exchanger and method for production of (meth) acrylic acid by use of the exchange A shell-and-tube type heat exchanger of the smallest possible length necessary for heat exchange is disclosed which is capable of obtaining uniform distribution of flow of a shell side fluid and substantially eliminating the structural restriction imposed on the she... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7134848 | Pump for transporting heat-exchange medium for a multi-tube reactor The invention relates to a pump (1) having a pump guide tube (13) for the transport of a heat-exchange medium (6) for a reactor having a bundle of catalyst tubes (2), where the pump (1) has a casing (14) which surrounds the ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7121330 | Heat exchange unit A heat exchange unit includes metallic heat transfer members combined with each other. Each heat transfer member has a heat transfer face having opposite surfaces with which first and second heat exchange fluids come into contact, respectively. Welded-together flat ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7121557 | Self-sealing pass-through plate A plate for passing a member from a first side of the plate through to a second side of the plate. The plate includes a retainer having a first surface on the first side of the plate, and a second surface on the second side of the plate. The retainer has one or more... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7117934 | Method and apparatus for minimizing adverse effects of thermal expansion in a heat exchange reactor A heat exchange reactor including a housing, a plurality of tubes mounted in the housing and configured to carry a first fluid, and a baffle having a plurality of holes receiving the tubes. The baffle is configured to guide a second fluid provided within the housing... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7100599 | Tray ration heating system An improved tray ration heating system includes a reservoir. A heat exchanger transfers heat to the reservoir. A firebox at one end of the reservoir has an opening to receive a burner flame tube. The firebox delivers heated gasses from the burner flame tube along th... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7100356 | Heat recovery apparatus with aerodynamic diffusers A sound attenuating duct unit suitable for connection to an outlet of a gas turbine and an improved heat recovery apparatus for use with such a turbine are disclosed. The former unit includes a duct housing having exterior sides, an air inlet at one end and first an... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7093649 | Flat heat exchanger plate and bulk material heat exchanger using the same A flat heat exchanger plate typically used in a bulk material heat exchanger is provided. The flat heat exchanger plate is designed to operate under a negative internal pressure to eliminate depressions or dimples that are typically formed into the sides of these ty... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7077190 | Exhaust gas heat exchanger An exhaust gas heat exchanger has a tank, laminated exhaust gas tubes where the exhaust gas flows, a cooling water inlet pipe and a cooling water outlet pipe. The cooling water flows into the tank and flows through water passages between adjacent exhaust gas tubes a... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073575 | Reduced vibration tube bundle device A tube bundle device useful in heat exchangers, condensers and other devices which has a number of tube support cages placed at extended locations along the length of the tubes. After the initial construction of the bundle in which the tubes are inserted into the su... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7069981 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger (50) is provided for transferring heat between first and second fluids (52) and (54) having a maximum operating mass flow rate through the heat exchanger (50) and mass flow rates that are substantially proportional to eac... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065977 | Refrigerated merchandiser with foul-resistant condenser A refrigerated cold beverage merchandiser (10) includes an enclosure defining an insulated, refrigerated display cabinet (25) and a compartment (30) heat insulated therefrom wherein a compressor (40) a condenser (50) and a condense... | 06/27/2006 |
