Multi-layer heat exchange bed containing structured media and randomly packed media
US6302188A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 28, 1998 |
| Grant date | Oct 16, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S165/902
- WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A heat exchanger for a regenerative thermal oxidizer is described which includes at least one heat exchange column provided with a multi-layer of packing material including at least one layer of randomly packed and specially shaped and sized particles, each particle being formed of a high temperature stable material and preferably having a cylindrical outer wall and internal reinforcing vanes extending from the cylindrical outer wall to the center of the particle, and at least one layer of structured monolithic media having a plurality of flow passages in the direction of gas flow through the column.
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