Spacer supports for tubes of a matrix of a heat exchanger
AssigneesMTU Motoren-und Turbinen-Union, Munich GmbH
InventorAlfred Jabs
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Abstract
A heat exchanger having a tube matrix formed by a plurality of heat exchange tubes in which a trelliswork consisting of flexible carrier strips is wound on the tubes such that the tubes serve as crossbars of the trelliswork. The trelliswork is supported at its opposite ends to the frame of the heat exchanger via stay bars to provide support against shock forces and to absorb gravitational and flow forces on the tubes.
Claims10
A heat exchanger comprising a tube matrix including a plurality of parallel heat exchange tubes in spaced arrangement in rows and columns, a trelliswork wound on the tubes which serve as crossbars of the trelliswork, said trelliswork comprising flexible carrier strips arranged side by side in pairs for winding on respective columns of tubes, said carrier strips having opposite ends with widened portions, said widened portions having holes, and fixed stay bars engaged in said holes and extending perpendicularly to the tubes of the tube matrix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.