Water vaporizer with intermediate steam superheating pass
AssigneeModine Manufacturing Company
InventorsJeroen Valensa, Michael Reinke, Alan Meissner
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Abstract
A vaporizing heat exchanger (10, 68) is provided for vaporizing a fluid flow using a thermal energy containing flow. Flow paths (24, 26, 28) for each of the fluid flow and the thermal energy containing flow are located relative to each other such that the fluid flow makes multiple passes wherein the fluid is vaporized and subsequently superheated.
Claims14
A heat exchanger for vaporizing a fluid flow using heat from a thermal energy containing flow, the heat exchanger comprising:
- a fluid flow path having a first pass and a second pass downstream from the first pass with respect to the fluid flow therethrough;
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- a thermal energy flow path,
- the first pass, second pass and thermal energy flow path are aligned along a first axis, the second pass is located between the first pass and the thermal energy flow path and wherein heat is transferred in a direction from the thermal energy path to the second pass and from the second pass to the first pass.
A heat exchanger for vaporizing a fluid flow using heat from a thermal energy containing flow, the heat exchanger comprising:
- a generally cylindrical fluid flow path,
- the fluid flow path having a first pass and a second pass downstream from the first pass with respect to the fluid flow therethrough, wherein the second pass is spaced radially outwardly from the first pass;
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- a generally cylindrical thermal energy flow path spaced radially outwardly of the second pass.
A heat exchanger for vaporizing a fluid flow using heat from a thermal energy containing flow, the heat exchanger comprising:
- a first end and a second end;
- a fluid flow path having a first pass and a second pass downstream from the first pass with respect to the fluid flow therethrough, the first pass originating from the first end and extending to the second end, the second pass originating from the second end and extending to the first end;
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- a thermal energy containing flow path having a heat transfer pass,
- the heat transfer pass originating at the first end and extending to the second end and being in a heat exchange relationship with the second pass of the fluid flow path such that a fluid flowing in the second pass has a counter-flow relationship to a fluid flowing in the heat transfer pass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.