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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7946338 | Combined air cooled condenser The invention relates to an air cooled condenser system that contains a steam-air heat exchanger (3) consisting of tubes (2) finned on the outside for the partial direct condensing of steam (1) with ambient air (4). This heat exchanger ( | 05/24/2011 |
| 7686071 | Blade-thru condenser having reeds and heat dissipation system thereof A condenser includes a condenser core, input and output manifolds connected therewith. The condenser core has a blade-thru structure, which is formed by a plurality of layers of thin metal blades stacked on top of another by joint interfaces or joined by spacer ring... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7635019 | Heat exchanger An evaporator including a heat exchange core of tube groups in plural parallel rows in a front-rear direction, each including plural heat exchange tubes in a left-right direction at a spacing, and a tank at the heat exchange core lower end and having headers in the ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7445040 | Heat exchange fin and the production method thereof A heat exchange fin spacer. The fin may be sandwiched between two plates in a brazed-plate heat exchanger. The fin is based upon a corrugated product having wave legs which, when mounted, define flow channels for a gas to be condensed. The fin has at least one conde... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7418999 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger for a supercritical refrigerating cycle, comprising tubes 510 and tanks 520 which have plural hollow portions 520a and slots 521a for insertion of the ends of the tubes formed, wherein a sectional outline of... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7367177 | Combined cycle power plant with auxiliary air-cooled condenser A combined cycle power plant (20) including a main air-cooled condenser (22) condensing steam at a first pressure and an auxiliary air-cooled condenser (24) condensing steam at a second pressure higher than the first pressure. Designing an air-c... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364141 | Fluid cooler with evaporative heat exchanger A cooling tower and/or a fan drive system are provided which enhance cooling performance, are able to reduce lateral temperature gradients at least to some degree, provide for easy removable of debris and/or provide for easy fan adjustment. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7337832 | Heat exchanger An improved heat exchanger for an automotive vehicle is disclosed. The heat exchanger typically includes at least one end tank; and a plurality of spaced apart extruded metal tubes with fins between the spaced tubes. The heat exchanger may be single or multi-fluid. ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7334431 | Evaporator and heat exchanger with external loop, as well as heat pump system and air conditioning system comprising said evaporator or heat exchanger An evaporator including an evaporating chamber equipped with a drainage. The drainage drains accumulated liquid from the evaporator's lower parts and includes an external expansion driven injector and/or an external pump. The evaporator can be used e.g. in a heat ex... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334429 | Refrigerant condenser for motor vehicle air-conditioning systems The invention relates to a cooling agent condenser (1) which comprises a finned tube block (2), collecting tubes (5) arranged on both sides thereof and a manifold (6) which is disposed in a parallel position with respect to the collecting... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334630 | Closed-loop microchannel cooling system Apparatus and methods according to the present invention utilize micropumps that are capable of generating high pressure and flow without moving mechanical parts and the associated generation of unacceptable electrical and acoustic noise, as well as the associated r... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7322404 | Helical coil-on-tube heat exchanger A coil on tube heat exchanger is provided that uses multiple parallel helical coil tubes to limit liquid pressure losses while providing similar performance and production times to previous coil and tube designs. Two or more coil tubes are wrapped together around a ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320360 | One-shot brazed aftercooler with hollow beam reinforced mounting feature A heat exchanger assembly includes hollow reinforcing members that define openings for receiving supports therein. An end cap is disposed in each open end of cylindrical header tanks and each of the header tanks includes a tubeless length (X) extending inwardly a pr... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7318325 | Method and apparatus for highly efficient compact vapor compression cooling The subject invention pertains to a method and apparatus for cooling. In a specific embodiment, the subject invention relates to a lightweight, compact, reliable, and efficient cooling system. The subject system can provide heat stress relief to individuals operatin... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318432 | Solar collector plate method for safeguarding the operation of a solar collector and method for manufacturing a solar collector plate A solar collector plate (2) has a solar radiation receiving front absorber plane (3) that is wiped at its rear side by a cooling liquid (4) flowing in channels (5). Cavities (7), preferably behind the channels (5) and integr... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7310958 | Control of heat exchanger operation A method of controlling the operation of a heat exchanger with evaporative and non-evaporative sections. The method includes the following steps: providing desired values of temperature or pressure; comparing present values of temperature or pressure to the desired ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310971 | LNG system employing optimized heat exchangers to provide liquid reflux stream An improved apparatus and method for providing reflux to a refluxed heavies removal column of a LNG facility. The apparatus comprises stacked vertical core-in-kettle heat exchangers and an economizer disposed between the heat exchangers. The reflux stream originates... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7293423 | Method and apparatus for controlling freezing nucleation and propagation An apparatus and method of controlling freezing in a liquid system is disclosed. The apparatus includes a heat exchanger having a initial zone characterized by a surface area to volume ratio. The apparatus also includes means for initiating freezing of a fluid from ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7281387 | Foul-resistant condenser using microchannel tubing A condenser coil for a refrigerated beverage and food service merchandiser includes a plurality of parallel fins or V-shaped fins between adjacent tubes. In order to reduce the likelihood of fouling by the bridging of fibers therebetween, the spacing of the fins is ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7272941 | Methods for fluid separations, and devices capable of separating fluids Wick-Containing apparatus capable of separating fluids and methods of separating fluids using wicks are disclosed. ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7269966 | Heat and mass exchanger A mass and heat exchanger includes at least one first substrate with a surface for supporting a continuous flow of a liquid thereon that either absorbs, desorbs, evaporates or condenses one or more gaseous species from or to a surrounding gas; and at least one secon... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7267166 | Grooved tubes for heat exchangers that use a single-phase fluid Grooved metal tubes, with a groove-bottom thickness Tf and outside diameter De, internally grooved with N helical ribs having an apex angle α, height H, base width LN, and helix angle β, two consecutive ribs being separated by a groove, gener... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7266976 | Vertical heat exchanger configuration for LNG facility LNG facility employing one or more vertical core-in-kettle heat exchangers to cool natural gas via indirect heat exchange with a refrigerant. The vertical core-in-kettle heat exchangers save plot space and can be use to reduce the size of cold boxes employed in the ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264043 | Condenser for vehicles and integrated radiator-condenser body including said condenser A condenser (14) for vehicles, comprising: a pair of mutually parallel distributors (28,30), a plurality of mutually parallel tubes (32) positioned orthogonally to the distributors (28, 30 | 09/04/2007 |
| 7261069 | Active de-aeration system for automotive coolant systems An active de-aeration system includes a fill tube, a removable pressure cap, a de-aeration baffle within the fill tube and an externally disposed outlet conduit connected to a sump chamber of the fill tube disposed outside a baffled chamber defined by the de-aeratio... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261068 | Vehicular thermostatically-controlled dual-circuit cooling system and associated method A dual-circuit cooling system for a vehicle is disclosed. One of the circuits may be used to manage the temperature of the engine while the other circuit may be used to manage the temperature of a component other than the engine. An associated method is disclosed. | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258081 | Compact water vaporizer for dynamic steam generation and uniform temperature control A compact cylindrical vaporizer for simultaneous reduction of a reformate stream temperature and generation of a process stream is disclosed. The vaporizer utilizes counter flowing nested tubular portions that spiral between an outer section of the vaporizer and a c... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7254957 | Method and apparatus for cooling with coolant at a subambient pressure According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a fluid coolant and structure which reduces a pressure of the fluid coolant through a subambient pressure at which the coolant has a cooling temperature less than a temperature of the heat-generating structure. The ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7255156 | Compact heat exchanger with high volumetric air-flow A heat exchanger including a housing having a base and defining an interior. A plurality of coils are located in the interior of the housing and are arranged to extend upwardly from the base to define a coil depth. A blower is adapted to move air through the plurali... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7252138 | Flow through tube plug A method and apparatus for the repair of damaged tubes, such as heat exchanger tubes, comprising inserting a flow through plug into the damaged heat exchanger tube. The flow through plug is tapered and creates a press fit when inserted within the heat exchanger tube... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246658 | Method and apparatus for efficient heat exchange in an aircraft or other vehicle A heat exchanger extracts heat from a two-phase fluid coolant so that the coolant changes from a vapor state to a liquid state. Two valves have respective inlets which communicate with the coolant in the heat exchanger, and which are physically spaced from each othe... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243710 | Vehicle heat exchanger A vehicle heat exchanger includes heat exchangers overlapped with each other in an airflow direction. The heat exchangers include heat exchanger tubes arranged side by side with each other. The heat exchangers include outer fins interposed between neighboring heat e... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7234309 | Method and apparatus for evaporative cooling of a cooling fluid A method and an apparatus of evaporative cooling for reducing the volume of an evaporative cooler by considerably lowering the temperature of a cooling fluid are disclosed. A first cooling fluid, which comprises most part of the cooling fluid evaporatively cooled by... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7232116 | Fluid cooler with evaporative heat exchanger and intermediate distribution A cooling tower and/or a fan drive system are provided which enhance cooling performance, are able to reduce lateral temperature gradients at least to some degree, provide for easy removable of debris and/or provide for easy fan adjustment. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7222501 | Evaporator The present invention relates to an evaporator for an air conditioner of a vehicle, and the major object of the present invention is to provide the evaporator which is capable of decreasing the whole dimension of an evaporator and enhancing a heat exchange performan... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7222664 | Heat exchanger plate and this exchanger The heat exchanger plates have the section shown, with raised sections on the upper and lower faces in which run the flow pipes of one of the fluids. Notches are created on the longitudinal ends to allow these pipes to communicate, their supply and evacuation from a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7213391 | Cooling systems Apparatus for maintaining the temperature of a component of a gas turbine engine below a predetermined maximum working temperature comprises a reservoir for a cooling fluid having a boiling point below the working temperature and in which the component is immersed o... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7201216 | Heat exchanger, in particular oil cooler for a motor vehicle A heat exchanger, preferably an oil cooler (1) for a motor vehicle, comprises stacked flat tubes (2, 3, 4), which have tube ends with apertures for admitting and discharging oil, which flows through the flat tubes (2, 3, 4) in their longitudinal... | 04/10/2007 |
