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US 10,309,731 B2Granted
Compliant heating system comprising a compressive seal expansion joint
AssigneeFulton Group N.A., Inc.
InventorsAlexander Thomas Frechette, Carl Nicholas Nett, James Pettiford, Richard James Snyder, Thomas William Tighe, Keith Richard Waltz
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Abstract
A compliant heating system includes a dynamic component including a heat exchanger; a pressure vessel shell encompassing at least a portion of the heat exchanger; and a compressive seal expansion that connects the dynamic component and the pressure vessel shell.
Claims20
A compliant heating system, comprising:
- a dynamic component comprising a heat exchanger having a plurality of tubes fluidically connected to an exhaust plenum that is fluidically connected to an exhaust port along which flows exhaust from the heat exchanger;
- a pressure vessel encompassing at least a portion of the heat exchanger wherein the exhaust port sealingly penetrates the pressure vessel to provide the exhaust outside of the pressure vessel;
- at least one expansion joint that detachably connects the dynamic component and the pressure vessel, the expansion joint configured to reduce thermally-induced stress on the dynamic component in operation;
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- wherein the pressure vessel comprises a pressure vessel conduit, the exhaust port is sealingly attached to the pressure vessel conduit, and the at least one expansion joint is directly externally accessible and detachably disposed on an exterior surface of the pressure vessel conduit and detachable from outside of the heating system.
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A compliant heating system, comprising:
- a dynamic component comprising a heat exchanger having a plurality of tubes fluidically connected to an exhaust plenum that is fluidically connected to an exhaust port along which flows exhaust from the heat exchanger;
- a pressure vessel encompassing at least a portion of the heat exchanger wherein the exhaust port sealingly penetrates the pressure vessel to provide the exhaust outside of the pressure vessel, wherein a thermal expansion of the dynamic component and a thermal expansion of the pressure vessel when the heat exchanger exchanges heat are different;
- at least one detachably removable expansion joint that detachably connects the dynamic component and the pressure vessel and is configured to reduce thermally-induced stress on the dynamic component;
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- wherein the pressure vessel comprises a pressure vessel conduit, the exhaust port is sealingly attached to the pressure vessel conduit, and the at least one expansion joint is directly externally accessible and detachably disposed on an exterior surface of the pressure vessel conduit and detachable from outside the heating system.
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A compliant heating system, comprising:
- a dynamic component comprising a heat exchanger having a plurality of tubes fluidically connected to an exhaust plenum that is fluidically connected to an exhaust port along which flows exhaust from the heat exchanger;
- a pressure vessel encompassing at least a portion of the heat exchanger wherein the exhaust port sealingly penetrates the pressure vessel to provide the exhaust outside of the pressure vessel, wherein a thermal expansion of the dynamic component and a thermal expansion of the pressure vessel when the heat exchanger exchanges heat are different;
- at least one expansion joint that detachably connects the dynamic component and the pressure vessel;
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- wherein the pressure vessel comprises a pressure vessel conduit, the exhaust port is sealingly attached to the pressure vessel conduit, and the at least one expansion joint is exposed to an exterior surface of the pressure vessel conduit and is directly accessible and detachable from outside the heating system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.