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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7726388 | Heat exchanger A plurality of heat exchange units (12) are placed in a frame (38). Respective heat exchange units (12) are positioned by pin holes (30) formed in fixing plates (21) installed on the heat exchange units (12) and knock pins (... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7549462 | Coil for coolant circulation, method for making same and reactor comprising same This invention relates to a coil comprising a first helical tube segment (511) and a second helical tube segment (512, 513) extending, parallel to the first helical segment (511), between a distributor (53) and a manifold (54), sai... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7546867 | Spirally wound, layered tube heat exchanger A spirally wound tube heat exchanger 10 article that receives a heat exchange fluid and its method of manufacture. In one embodiment, the exchanger 10 has one or more spirally-wound layers 12 of a tube 14. In some embodiments, the layers ... | 06/16/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7216736 | Vibration suppression device of power train A heat exchanger, which performs heat exchanging between a lubricating oil circulating within a transfer device disposed behind an engine and an engine coolant, also functions as a mass member of a dynamic damper. The heat exchanger is disposed at an upper face of a... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7188488 | Pack and a half condensing cycle pack with combined heat exchangers The present invention provides an air generation unit (AGU) including a pressurized air source, such as an engine providing pressurized air. First and second air cycle machine (ACM) are fluidly connected to the pressurized air source for receiving the air. A heat ex... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7174722 | Stirling cycle beverage cooler The invention provides a heat exchanger operable, for example, with Stirling cooling system. The heat exchanger includes a first member having an inner surface defining a flow path for a working fluid. The first member also includes an outer surface spaced from the ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7147050 | Recuperator construction for a gas turbine engine A counter-flow recuperator formed from annular arrays of recuperator core segments. The recuperator core segments are formed from two opposing sheets of fin fold material coined to form a primary surface zone disposed between two flattened manifold zones. Each prima... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7117935 | Support system for tube bundle devices A tube bundle device such as a heat exchanger or condenser which has parallel tubes in a triangular configuration in which tubes are adjacent and spaced from six surrounding tubes. The tubes in the tube bundle have wire spacer/support elements comprising helically w... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7087205 | Method for carrying out chemical reactions in pseudo-isothermal conditions Method for carrying out in continuous, under so-called pseudo-isothermal conditions and in a predetermined reaction environment, such as a catalytic bed, a selected chemical reaction, comprising the steps of providing in the reaction environment at least one heat ex... | 08/08/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7065873 | Recuperator assembly and procedures A construction of recuperator core segments is provided which insures proper assembly of the components of the recuperator core segment, and of a plurality of recuperator core segments. Each recuperator core segment must be constructed so as to prevent nesting of fi... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055583 | Heat exchange unit for isothermal chemical reactors A heat exchange unit for isothermal radial or axial-radial chemical reactors (1), with an overall configuration which is substantially annular and cylindrical having a passage (11) with a predetermined diameter running through it axially, is distinguis... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036570 | Multiple row heat exchanger using “end-to-end” or “tube touching” positioning of the tubes for row spacing A method of increasing thermal efficiency around a plurality of tubes in a heat exchanger. The method includes the steps of providing a plurality of tubes having a predetermined end configuration and a header having a number of openings corresponding to the pluralit... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7021059 | Heat exchange system A heat exchange system is provided in which low temperature water from a supply pump (15) is split and supplied to an auxiliary evaporator (17) provided so as to cover an exhaust port (16) extending from a combustion chamber of an internal combu... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7000425 | Manifold for pack and a half condensing cycle pack with combined heat exchangers An air generation unit includes first and second air cycle machines (ACMs), each having first and second turbines. A manifold is arranged between the first and second ACMs and is in fluid communciation with each of the first and second turbines of the first and seco... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000689 | Fluid connectors for heat exchangers A fluid connector for providing an inlet/outlet connection to a connecting grid of a heat exchanger is disclosed in which the connector has a tubular body formed with an integral outwardly directed flange by means of which a fluid tight connection to the connecting ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6957695 | Heat exchanger housing and seals A housing for a heat exchange apparatus including a fluid passageway partially defined by a baffle plate having an extended portion. The heat exchange apparatus further includes an array of fluid conduits extending through the fluid passageway. The housing includes ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6951456 | Microcombustor and combustion-based thermoelectric microgenerator A generally toroidal counterflow heat exchanger is the main element of a combustor that operates at a micro scale. The combustor includes a central combustion region with openings to a reactant gas channel and an exhaust gas channel. The reactant channel and exhaust... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945322 | Heat exchanger Metal side plates having projections are attached to fins at the ends of heat exchanger units, to thereby carry out heat exchange between cooling air flowing through spaces between the heat exchanger units, and the side plates. In comparison with a conventional radi... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6918433 | Heat exchanger with plate structure The invention relates to a heat exchanger (1) with plate structure, comprising a stack (6) of plates composed of circular heat transfer plates (10) by welding and fitted inside a housing unit (2) used as a pressure vessel, whose periphery... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6911185 | Fluidized-bed reactor for the oxychlorination of ethyene, oxygen and HCl A fluidized-bed reactor for the oxychlorination of ethylene, oxygen and HCL, comprises a heat exchanger, having tube packets in the fluidized-bed for releasing the heat evolved from exothermic reaction to a heat-transfer medium in the tube packets, in particular to ... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6896042 | Structure of pipe plate unit for heat exchangers and method of replacement for the pipe plate unit The present invention relates to the structure of a pipe plate unit for heat exchangers which may be employed in condensers, etc. that is used in thermoelectric and nuclear power plants. The object of this invention is to provide a structure for heat exchanger pipe ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6896041 | Heat exchange reactor having integral housing assembly 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 ... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6892797 | Heat exchanger with biased and expandable core support structure A heat exchanger, including a core having a variable size or length and a support structure connected to the core, the support structure accommodating variations in the size of the core. ... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6886362 | Apparatus for the liquefaction of natural gas and methods relating to same An apparatus and method for producing liquefied natural gas. A liquefaction plant may be coupled to a source of unpurified natural gas, such as a natural gas pipeline at a pressure letdown station. A portion of the gas is drawn off and split into a process stream an... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6880623 | Heat exchanger for heating a product, in particular a composition for producing candies A heat exchanger comprises a housing jacket and tube segments disposed concentrically inside the housing jacket. Between two receiving plates, closing the housing jacket on its face ends, the tube segments embody heating chambers and product chambers. While the prod... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6817407 | Heat exchanger with multiple exchanger blocks with uniform fluid distribution supply line and reboiler-condenser comprising such an exchanger 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... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6802364 | Method and means for miniaturization of binary-fluid heat and mass exchangers A binary-fluid heat and mass exchanger has a support structure with a plurality of horizontal vertically spaced groups of coolant tubes mounted thereon. Each group of coolant tubes comprises a pair of horizontal spaced hollow headers. A plurality of small diameter h... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6772829 | Heat exchange system and method of use An improved heat exchange apparatus for insertion in a housing comprises heat exchange tubes extending substantially parallel to a direction of fluid flow through the housing and a plurality of spaced and circumferential fins formed along the heat exchange tubes and... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6761212 | Spiral copper tube and aluminum fin thermosyphon heat exchanger The present invention is directed to a thermosyphon heat exchanger. The thermosyphon system eliminates the need for costly and inefficient moving parts in the cooling system. The system also minimizes failures rendering the system inoperable by eliminating mechanica... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6748763 | Multistoreyed bath condenser The invention relates to a bath condenser with a condenser block (1) that has evaporation passages (8) for a liquid and liquefaction passages (2) for a heating medium. The condenser block (1) has at least two circulation sections (7 | 06/15/2004 |
| 6736199 | Heat exchanger with floating head A heat exchanger in which dead zones and areas of stagnation are significantly minimized or eliminated. The heat exchanger includes at least one floating tubesheet which is movable in a longitudinal direction in response to tube expansion and contraction relative to... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6672080 | Rapid cooling device and method of rapidly cooling the device A rapid cooling apparatus passing hot exhaust gas in a short time along a flow path formed in a cooling setting with piled up arrangement and having a reduced cross-sectional area of the flow path to reduce the volume thereof so as to cool rapidly to a te... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6668537 | Heat recovery system A hot exhaust heat recovery system comprising, in combination a chamber having inlet and outlet porting for flow through of hot exhaust gas, in the chamber interior, separate heat exchanger structures in separate sequential segments said chamber interior,... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6668914 | Multiple tube bundle heat exchanger 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... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6581510 | Cooking apparatus A cooker designed for sugar products in the form of a tube heat exchanger, in which within a jacket housing a bundle of narrowly spaced pipes flow through by a heat medium extend, which pipes are flowed over by material which are supplied and withdrawn by... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6527046 | Heat exchanger, particularly oil cooler A heat exchanger has a core provided with passages for a liquid to keep cool and passages for a cooling medium, a first collection tank for supplying the liquid, a second collection tank for withdrawing the liquid, at least one third collection tank, the ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6516873 | Heat exchanger A heat exchanger for a multi-stage air compressor. The heat exchanger includes several cooling chambers. Each cooling chamber is configured to receive compressed air from one of the compressor stages. A cooling tube is positioned to carry cooling fluid th... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6470963 | Heat exchanger Parallel flat tubes are juxtaposed in a direction perpendicular to their greater axis, spaced from one another, the internal space of the tubes being divided by intercalary strips of a thermally conducting material into parallel first flowing channels as ... | 10/29/2002 |
