Apparatus for influencing the outflow region of a tube carrier plate of a tube bundle heat exchanger

US9709345B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GEA TDS GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Rolle · Everswinkel, DE
• Günter Lütkebruns · Gronau, DE
• Uwe Schwenzow · Ahaus, DE
• Hubert Assing · Ahaus, DE
• Markus Grimm · Bernstorf, DE
• Ralf Speemann · Havixbeck, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2014
• Grant date: Jul 18, 2017
• Expiry date: Jul 29, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F28D2021/0098
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for influencing the outflow region of a tube carrier plate of a tube bundle heat exchanger, in particular for the food and beverage industry, and more particularly for temperature-sensitive and/or viscous food products in the dairy industry, for example desserts, sauces or concentrates, is described. The apparatus operates so that the tendency for deposits to form in the region of the tube carrier plate through which product flows out is reduced. An annular space-like outlet channel has, at least overall in the region thereof between a maximum outside diameter of an outlet-side displacement body and a second connection opening, a channel passage cross-section, which has a constant cross-section over the entire length of the region and which corresponds to a total cross-section of all of the inner tubes through which a product flows in parallel, which inner tubes each have an individual cross-section.