Heat Exchanger With Parallel Fluid Channels
AssigneeApplied Integrated Systems, Inc.
InventorsAlexei D. Abras, Saeed Taghipour
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Abstract
A heat exchanger includes a thermal reservoir, a plurality of grooves formed in the thermal reservoir, and a plurality of fluid tubes. Each of the fluid tubes is disposed in a respective one of the grooves such that it is in thermal contact with the thermal reservoir. In a particular embodiment, the grooves form helices around the outer surface of the thermal reservoir. Additionally, each of the grooves can be formed parallel to the other groove(s) such that each of the process fluid tubes will be disposed in parallel to the other process fluid tube(s). The heat exchanger can also include a heating apparatus and/or a cooling apparatus.
Claims18
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a generally cylindrical thermal reservoir;
- a plurality of grooves provided on said thermal reservoir;
- and
- a plurality of process fluid tubes adapted to be disposed in respective ones of said plurality of grooves and in thermal contact with said thermal reservoir.
A method for manufacturing a heat exchanger, said method comprising:
- providing a generally-cylindrical thermal reservoir;
- providing a plurality of grooves on said thermal reservoir;
- and
- providing a plurality of process fluid tubes in respective ones of said plurality of grooves, said plurality of process fluid tubes being in thermal contact with said thermal reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.