Polymeric tube-in-shell heat exchanger with twisted tubes
AssigneeTrevi Systems Inc.
InventorsSerguei Charamko, Michael Greene, John Webley
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Abstract
Polymeric tube-in-shell heat exchangers with twisted tubes are provided. The heat exchanger may include one or more polymeric tube bundles, wherein each of the one or more polymeric tube bundles includes at least one tube twisted about its length or at least one pair of tubes twisted or wound around each other. The presently disclosed polymeric tube-in-shell heat exchangers with twisted tubes may be especially suited for applications where the use of polymer tubes offers advantages, such as in the case of acid solutions, food and beverage fluids, and carbon capture applications where the use of metal heat exchangers destroy the amines used for capture.
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A polymeric tube-in-shell heat exchanger with twisted tubes, the heat exchanger comprising:
- one or more polymeric tube bundles, wherein at least one of the one or more polymeric tube bundles comprises one or more sets of two or more tubes twisted or wound around one or more tubes, each tube comprising a tubular wall and a passage configured for a first fluid to flow through, the heat exchanger configured for a second fluid to pass through space between the twisted tubes.
A polymeric tube-in-shell heat exchanger with twisted tubes, the heat exchanger comprising:
- one or more polymeric tube bundles, at least one of the one or more polymeric tube bundles comprising a plurality of polymeric tubes,
- each tube comprising a tubular wall and a passage configured for a first fluid to flow through, the heat exchanger configured for a second fluid to pass through space between the twisted tubes, wherein at least one of the plurality of polymeric tubes comprises one or more ribs extending from the tubular wall twisted about its length.
A polymeric tube-in-tube exchanger with tubes, the heat exchanger comprising:
- one or more polymeric tube bundles, wherein at least one of the one or more polymeric tube bundles comprises one or more polymeric dual-tube structures, each polymeric dual-tube structure comprising an inner tube, an outer tube, a plurality of ribs extending from an inner surface of the outer tube to an outer surface of the inner tube, the plurality of ribs being twisted along a longitudinal axis of the polymeric dual-tube structure.
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