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, each of the one or more polymeric tube bundles comprising two or more twisted tubes, each twisted tube comprising a tubular wall and a passage inside the tubular wall configured for a first fluid to flow through, each twisted tube being twisted about its respective length, each of the one or more polymeric tube bundles configured for a second fluid to pass through open space between the two or more twisted tubes, each tube being twisted to generate flow direction changes for the first fluid and/or the second fluid, wherein at least one of two or more twisted tubes comprises one or more ribs extending from the tubular wall and the one or more ribs being twisted about its length.
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