Cooler and method of cooling a medium
AssigneeBehr GmbH & Co.
InventorKarsten Emrich
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Abstract
The invention relates to a cooler having means for directing a cooling medium, means for directing a medium to be cooled, and an essentially axially symmetrical housing. The means for directing the medium to be cooled is arranged in such a way that the medium to be cooled, in at least one first region, flows in an essentially axial direction, and the medium to be cooled, in at least one second region, flows in a direction having a radial component. The invention also relates to a method of cooling a medium and to various uses of a cooler according to the invention.
Claims14
A cooler having
- a first passageway for directing a cooling medium,
- at least one second passageway for directing a medium to be cooled comprising a plurality of baffle plates, wherein the baffle plates each have a radially inner region shaped as a conical envelope and a radially outer region shaped as a conical envelope, and a region which runs essentially perpendicular to the axis of the cooler and which has openings for tubes to pass through extends between the radially inner region and the radially outer region, and
- an essentially axially symmetrical housing which at least partially surrounds the second passageway,
- wherein
- the at least one second passageway for directing the medium to be cooled is arranged in such a way that the medium to be cooled, in at least one first region, flows in an essentially axial direction, and the medium to be cooled, in at least one second region, flows in a direction having a radial component.
A method of cooling a medium, in which a cooling medium and a medium to be cooled are directed in an essentially axially symmetrical housing which at least partially surrounds the second passageway, comprising:
- directing the medium to be cooled, in at least one first region, in an essentially axial direction, and
- directing the medium to be cooled, in at least one second region, in a direction having a radial component, wherein the medium to be cooled is deflected from a flow direction which forms an angle of about 45° with the axial flow direction into a radial flow direction and is subsequently deflected into a flow direction which forms and angle of about 45° with the axial flow direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.