Plate-frame heat exchange reactor with serial cross-flow geometry
US6893619B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 13, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 15, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28F13/18
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A plate-frame heat exchange reactor having a serial cross-flow geometry. This is accomplished by designing a plate-frame heat exchanger wherein the flow of feed gas in one cell of the reactor flows perpendicular to the flow of burner exhaust within the next adjacent cell. The improved reactor increases the Reynold's number of the flows as compared with a massively parallel design to improve heat transfer and reactant mixing characteristics, thereby reducing reactor size by half or more. The serial cross-flow arrangement allows for constructing reactors where feed gas addition is possible at many distinct points along the serial flow in order to control hot spots or other undesirable chemical reactions. The new arrangement also greatly reduces manifolding of the flows and reduces the distinct components of the reactor.
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