Plurality of tubular heat exchanger modules
US4548261A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 11, 1984 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S165/053
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A recuperative tubular heat exchanger comprised of a plurality of tube-bundle heat exchange modules (20) stacked in a spaced array and interconnected by U-shaped, open-end header conduits (30) to form a serpentine flowpath through which a fluid to be heated is passed in heat exchange relationship with a heating fluid passing in cross flow over the tube bundle modules. The interconnected modules together with the header conduits form an integral assembly which is free to slide on support beams (26) so as to float within the housing (12) of the heat exchanger in response to the thermal deformation of the tube bundle modules.
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