Suspension cradle for supporting a hanging heat exchanger
AssigneeAlstom France S.A.
InventorsAlain Quaranta, Arnaud Vallon
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Abstract
A suspension cradle for supporting a hanging heat exchanger having vertical tubes, the heat exchanger including at least one heat-exchanger element having a plurality of tubes grouped together in the same plane and connected to a manifold at each of their ends, the cradle including two main beams situated parallel to and on either side of the manifold, and at least one transverse support fastened transversely to the main beams, the transverse support supporting the heat-exchanger element, wherein the transverse support is in the shape of an upside down triangular rafter truss, and wherein the heat-exchanger element bears down against the bottom portion of the truss at a joint portion where the two branches meet to form the tip of the truss.
Claims6
A suspension cradle supporting a hanging heat exchanger, the heat exchanger including at least one heat-exchanger element having a plurality of vertical tubes grouped together in a same plane, each of the vertical tubes connected to a manifold at one end of the tube, said cradle comprising:
- two main beams parallel to the manifold and disposed on opposite sides of the manifold, and
- at least one transverse support fastened transversely to said main beams, said transverse support having two branches joined together at a joint portion disposed at a bottom portion of said transverse support so as to form an upside down triangular rafter truss which is transverse to said main beams, and said transverse support supporting the at least one heat-exchanger element at the joint portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.