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US 9,739,546 B2Granted
Heat exchanger plate and a plate heat exchanger with insulated sensor internal to heat exchange area
AssigneeAlfa Laval Corporate AB
InventorsKlas Bertilsson, Anders Nyander, Christer Johansson, Anatol Krozer
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Abstract
A plate heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger plate having a heat transfer area and an edge area, extending around the heat transfer area. The heat exchanger plate is a double wall plate formed by two adjoining plates compressed to be in contact with each other. A sensor configured to sense at least one parameter and to produce a signal depending on the parameter includes a sensor probe that is provided between the adjoining plates.
Claims15
A double wall heat exchanger plate, comprising
- a heat transfer area, and
- an edge area, which extends around and outside the heat transfer area,
- wherein the double wall heat exchanger plate is formed by two adjoining plates compressed to be in contact with each other,
- wherein the double wall heat exchanger plate comprises a sensor which is located in the heat transfer area and is configured to sense at least one parameter and to produce a signal depending on the parameter and that the sensor comprises a sensor probe that is provided between the adjoining plates of the double wall heat exchanger plate, said parameter comprising the capacitance,
- wherein the double wall heat exchanger plate is configured to be included in a plate heat exchanger having a plurality of the double wall heat exchanger plates being arranged beside each other to define a plurality of first plate interspaces for a first medium and a plurality of second plate interspaces for a second medium,
- wherein the sensor comprises an insulation which insulates the sensor probe from electric contact with the adjoining plates, and
- wherein the sensor is configured to be disposed in one of the first or second interspaces.
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