Heat exchange with separately supported and separately removable tubular coils
AssigneeStal-Laval Apparat AB
InventorKarl-Erik Berkestad
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Abstract
The spaced apart elongated supporting members for the various tubular coils of a heat exchanger include vertically spaced apart openings in a wall portion thereof which faces an associated supporting member, the tubular coil being fitted to extend through the openings and thus be supported by the supporting members. A pair of such members, together with the supported tubular coil, comprise a heat exchange section, the entire heat exchanger including a multiplicity of such sections. Each individual section can be separately disconnected and removed from the heat exchanger if a leak develops in the supported tubular coil in a fast and efficient manner.
Claims15
A component heat exchanger which can be easily disassembled and reassembled to replace defective portions thereof, said heat exchanger comprising a multiplicity of individual sections positioned in side-by-side relationship, each individual section including two spaced apart elongated supporting members and a tubular coil supported therebetween, the side-by-side positioned individual sections thus forming two spaced apart sets of side-by-side positioned elongated supporting members, each said elongated supporting member including a wall facing the corresponding supporting member of the individual section, said facing wall of each supporting member including spaced apart openings positioned in the longitudinal direction thereof, said tubular coil comprising a multiplicity of vertical spaced apart horizontal segments and interconnecting bent segments, said horizontal segments being positioned to extend through said openings in said facing walls of said supporting members so as to be supported by said supporting members, and wherein said individual sections are fixedly positioned in side-by-side relationship by separate clamping means which separately clamp together the elongated supporting members which form said two sets of elongated supporting members.
A heat exchanger which can be easily disassembled and reassembled to replace defective parts, said heat exchanger comprising a multiplicity of individual sections positioned in side-by-side relationship, each individual section including two spaced apart elongated supporting members and a tubular coil supported therebetween, the side-by-side positioned individual sections thus forming two spaced apart sets of side-by-side positioned elongated supporting members, each said elongated supporting member including a wall facing the corresponding supporting members of the individual section, said facing wall of each supporting member including spaced apart openings positioned in the longitudinal direction thereof, said tubular coil comprising a multiplicity of vertical spaced apart horizontal segments and interconnecting bent segments, said horizontal segments being positioned to extend through said openings in said facing walls of said supporting members so as to be supported by said supporting members, each said elongated supporting member also including a wall opposite said facing wall which is flat, such that the two sets of side-by-side positioned elongated members define smooth outer walls for the heat exchanger.
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