Multi-purpose apparatus for heating or cooling fluids
OwnerPeter Gubainventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for heating or cooling a fluid includes a housing having a chamber, the housing having an inlet and an outlet with a flow path for the fluid defined therebetween, the inlet communicating between the chamber and a source of the fluid. A rotor is positioned within the chamber and includes a tubular member passing through the rotor and in the flow path between the inlet and the outlet. Portions of the rotor surrounding the tubular member define a hollow space, the rotor being mounted on a hollow shaft in order that means, such as another fluid, may be utilized at the periphery of the tubular member to effect a change in the temperature of the fluid passing through the tubular member.
Claims22
Apparatus for heating or cooling a first fluid comprising:
- a housing having a chamber, said housing having an inlet and an outlet therethrough with a flow path for said first fluid defined therebetween, said inlet communicating between said chamber and a source of said first fluid;
- a rotor rotatably positioned within said chamber, said rotor having at least one tubular member defining a passageway extending within said rotor and in said flow path between said inlet and said outlet;
- means for rotating said rotor such that said tubular member communicates between said inlet and said outlet constantly during each cycle of rotation such that there is a constant flow of said first fluid between the inlet and outlet during rotation of said rotor;
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- means for heating or cooling the periphery of said tubular member to effect a change in the temperature of said first fluid passing therethrough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.