Heat exchanger
OwnerDonald Herbstinventor
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Abstract
A heat exchanger includes a tube register through which a liquid to be cooled or heated is conveyed. The heat exchanger provides for contacting an outside surface of the tube register with a spray of water flowing in the same direction on the outside of the tube register as the fluid flows within the tube register, and a stream of air flowing in the opposite direction on the outside of the tube register as the fluid flows within the tube register. The tube register includes capillary tubes which extend generally parallel to each other and which are bent back about one or several lines extending transverse to the directions of air and water flow past the tube register to form layers of the tube register one upon another. The spaces between the capillary tubes are at least partly filled with foamed material.
Claims20
A heat exchanger including a tube register through which a fluid to be cooled or heated is conveyed, the heat exchanger including means for contacting an outside surface of the tube register with a water spray, the water flowing in the same direction on the outside of the tube register as the fluid flows within the tube register, and means for contacting an outside surface of the tube register with a stream of air, the air flowing in the opposite direction on the outside of the tube register as the fluid flows within the tube register, said tube register including capillary tubes (1) extending generally parallel to each other and being folded such that they are bent back, respectively, about one or several lines extending transverse to the directions of air and water flow past the tube register to form layers of the tube register one upon another, the spaces between the capillary tubes (1) being at least are partly filled with foamed material (2).
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