Plate type heat exchangers
OwnerTerence P. Nicholsoninventor
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Abstract
A heat exchanger has a number of corrugated plates arranged one above the other with spaces between them. The two fluids between which heat is to be exchanged flow in counter-flow relationship in alternate spaces between the plates. The plates are arranged so that the flow passages between them are of constant width across the whole flow-section of the heat exchanger, and spacers are mounted on some of the corrugations to maintain the plates the correct distance apart.
Claims4
A heat exchanger comprising spacer bars carrying corrugated sheets and assembled with the sheets in parallel closely conforming superimposed spaced-apart relationship and with the peaks and troughs of the corrugations in adjacent sheets being in alignment and extending in the same direction, said adjacent sheets forming flow passages running along the corrugations thereof, means for supporting the sheets in said spaced-apart relationship, said means extending in engaging relation between the corrugation peaks of alternate pairs of adjacent sheets and between corrugation troughs of intervening pairs of adjacent sheets, and inlet and outlet means for passing a first heat-exchange fluid through said alternate pair of adjacent sheets in a first direction, and for passing a second heat-exchange fluid through the intervening pairs of adjacent sheets in a second direction opposite to said first direction.
A heat exchanger comprising a plurality of corrugated sheets arranged in parallel closely conforming superimposed spaced-apart relationship with the peaks of the corrugations in adjacent sheets being in alignment and extending in the same direction and with the troughs of the corrugations in said adjacent sheets also being in alignment and extending in the same direction, said adjacent sheets forming flow passages running along the corrugations thereof, means for supporting the sheets in said spaced-apart relationship with said corrugation peaks and troughs in each sheet lying in common parallel spaced-apart planes and with the troughs and peaks of adjacent sheets lying in common parallel spaced-apart planes perpendicular to the first-named planes, said means extending in engaging relation between the corrugation peaks of alternate pairs of adjacent sheets and between corrugation troughs of pairs of adjacent sheets intervening said alternate pairs of sheets, and inlet and outlet means for passing a first heat-exchange fluid through said alternate pair of adjacent sheets in a first direction and for passing a second heat-exchange fluid through the intervening pairs of adjacent sheets in a second direction opposite to said first direction.
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