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US 11,976,856 B2Granted
Shell and plate heat exchanger for water-cooled chiller and water-cooled chiller including the same
AssigneeDaikin Industries, Ltd.
InventorSatoshi Inoue
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Abstract
A shell and plate heat exchanger includes a shell and a plate pack. The shell defines a cavity configured to receive a first fluid and a second fluid. The plate pack is arranged inside the cavity. The plate pack has a plurality of heat exchanger plates. Each of the heat exchanger plates has two sides facing in opposite directions in a thickness direction of the heat exchanger plate. At least one of the sides of at least one of the heat exchanger plates has a surface roughness of between 5 μm and 100 μm.
Claims16
A shell-and-plate heat exchanger comprising:
- a shell defining a cavity configured to receive a first fluid and a second fluid;
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- a plate pack arranged inside the cavity, the plate pack having a plurality of heat exchanger plates, each of the heat exchanger plates having a first side and a second side facing in opposite directions in a thickness direction of the heat exchanger plate,
- the first side of each of the heat exchanger plates being arranged to contact the first fluid during operation and having a first surface roughness between 5 μm and 100 μm,
- the second side of each of the heat exchanger plates being arranged to contact the second fluid during operation and having a second surface roughness between 5 μm and 100 μm, and
- the first surface roughness being larger than the second surface roughness, and
- the first fluid being a refrigerant and the second fluid containing water.
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A water-cooled chiller comprising:
- a water line arranged in thermal communication with an outside environment;
- an evaporator including a first shell-and-plate heat exchanger having a first shell and a plurality of first heat exchanger plates, the first shell defining a cavity configured to receive a first fluid and a second fluid, each of the first heat exchanger plates having a first side and a second side facing in opposite directions in a thickness direction of the first heat exchanger plate;
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- a condenser including a second shell-and-plate heat exchanger having a plurality of second heat exchanger plates, each of the second heat exchanger plates having two sides facing in opposite directions in a thickness direction of the second heat exchanger plate, at least one of the sides of at least one of the second heat exchanger plates containing both an s-groove and a plurality of r-grooves, the s-groove being a spiral groove that emanates from the center of the heat exchanger plate and the plurality of r-grooves being radial grooves that emanate from the center of the plate,
- the first side of each of the first heat exchanger plates being arranged to contact the first fluid during operation and having a first surface roughness between 5 μm and 100 μm,
- the second side of each of the first heat exchanger plates being arranged to contact the second fluid during operation and having a second surface roughness between 5 μm and 100 μm, and
- the first surface roughness being different from the second surface roughness.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.