Heat exchanger plate and a plate heat exchanger

US9829259B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB · SE

Inventors

• Anders Nyander · Staffanstorp, SE
• Klas Bertilsson · Eslöv, SE
• Nils Bjelk · Landskrona, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 11, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 28, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 11, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F28F3/08
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention refers to a heat exchanger plate and a plate heat exchanger. The heat exchanger plates are arranged beside each other in the plate heat exchanger to define several first plate interspaces for a first medium and several second plate interspaces for a second medium. Each heat exchanger plate comprises a heat transfer area, an edge area, which extends around and outside the heat transfer area, and a functional device, which is configured to receive or produce a signal. The heat exchanger plate also comprises a communication module provided on the heat exchanger plate. The communication module comprises an electronic circuit connected to the functional device and a module antenna. The communication module is configured to permit wireless communication of the signal with a master unit via the module antenna.