Method of suppressing formation of heat exchange fluid particles into standing waves
AssigneeFoster Wheeler Energy Corporation
InventorsFrantisek L. Eisinger, Harry H. Pratt
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Abstract
A method of suppressing formation of heat exchange fluid particles into standing waves is provided. Pursuant to the method a plurality of metal fins attached to a plurality of tube sections extending within a shell are disposed within a heat exchanger shell such that the fins extend parallel to the tube sections and parallel to the direction of flow of fluid through the shell. The fins define with the tube sections a barrier adapted to interrupt movement of columns of fluid particles in a direction perpendicular to the direction of flow of fluid through the shell.
Claims4
A method of suppressing the formation of heat exchange fluid particles into standing waves, said heat exchange fluid being passed through a shell, and over a plurality of tube sections disposed transversely across said shell, to effect heat transfer between said fluid and said tube sections, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) disposing a plurality of metal fins within said shell, each of said fins extending parallel to a respective one of said tube sections and parallel to the direction of flow of said fluid through said shell;
- (b) arranging said fins to define with at least some of said tube sections a barrier, said barrier being adapted to interrupt movement of laterally extending columns of said fluid particles in a direction perpendicular to the direction of flow of said fluid through said shell;
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- (c) connecting said fins to respective tube sections adjacent said fins,
- whereby said barriers affect the standing wave frequencies of said columns.
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