Conducting Device For Controlling The Flow Of Liquid When Feeding In Two-Phase Streams In Block-In-Shell Heat Exchangers

A heat exchanger for indirectly exchanging heat between a first medium and a second medium, comprising:

• a shell, which surrounds a shell space for receiving the first medium, and
• at least one plate heat exchanger, for indirectly exchanging heat between the two media,
• the at least one plate heat exchanger being arranged in the shell space such that it can be surrounded with a liquid phase of the first medium that is located in the shell space, and
• a distributing device, in particular in the form of a distributor channel, which is in flow connection with an inlet on the shell, and which is arranged above the plate heat exchanger in the shell space for introducing the first medium into the shell space, the distributing device having at least one, in particular downwardly directed, outlet opening, through which a liquid phase of the first medium can leave into the shell space, and
• the heat exchanger having a conducting device, which is arranged under the distributing device and is designed for conducting the liquid phase of the first medium that is leaving the at least one outlet opening, characterized in that the at least one plate heat exchanger has an upper side, the conducting device being designed to conduct the liquid phase of the first medium away from the upper side and/or past the upper side.