Shrouded heat exchanger
US5704422A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 19, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jan 6, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 19, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S165/407
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A heat exchanger is provided, including a tubular shell having an opening in one end thereof, an open-topped, side-slotted shroud mounted inside the shell, a bundle of tubes extending through the opening into the shroud, means for circulating a hot fluid through the bundle of tubes, PA1 means for charging a heat-exchange fluid to the space between the shell and the shroud for flow through slots into the shroud and into indirect heat exchange contact with the bundle of tubes for cooling the hot fluid, and PA1 means for removing heated exchange fluid from the top of said shell.
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