Abstract: A heat exchanger and method of making same, wherein elongated passageways are formed in unbonded portions of a blank made of bonded sheet material, and integral fins are formed on the sheet material with the fins having elongated base portions extending transversely to the length of said passageways. In certain embodiments the finned portions of the heat exchanger are so disposed relative to each other that fins therein project toward the adjacent finned portions.

Abstract: In the apparatus of the present invention, air flow control inserts are disposed within the formed tube air outlet manifolds of a heat exchanger of the counterflow type wherein the manifolds have openings communicating with air passages of the heat exchanger core. Each insert is generally tubular in shape, having an intermediate cylindrical tube portion, and larger diameter end portions, which are substantially equal to the diameter of an outlet manifold. Each intermediate insert portion is initially provided with a plurality of peripheral, longitudinally equally spaced slots, equal in number to the number of openings in a manifold, and of such circumferential lengths as to subtend angles substantially equal to the angles subtended by the manifold openings. Tube material adjacent the slots is then urged inwardly of the tube to form apertures and adjacent louvers.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel apparatus for use in the rapid refluxing of low boiling liquids. The apparatus comprises a central chamber for the reception of hot gases from a reaction vessel, the chamber being surrounded by a cooling jacket. The central chamber comprises a lower primary condenser of 2 or more bulbous portions connected to and in fluid communication with each other and with a curvilinear column serving as a secondary condenser.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for the cooling of a gas, especially a gas containing SO.sub.2, comprises a tube bundle whose tubes, composed of lead, bridge a pair of tube sheets and can be provided with internal longitudinal ribs. According to the disclosure, the extruded cylindrical tubes are reshaped by indentations in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis. The indentations may be annular or staggered.

Abstract: A recuperator for heat exchange between two flow media of dissimilar temperatures is formed by a housing containing the flow of a first of the two flow media and a plurality of essentially parallel slidably supported tubes containing the flow of the second flow medium. The tubes are made of a highly heat resistant material, such as ceramic material, and are biased at one end by an expansion pressure device that acts upon flow deflection connectors at the one end of the tubes. In one preferred embodiment, the expansion pressure means utilizes spring force, while in other preferred embodiments, the expansion pressure device uses a compressible medium for applying the biasing force.

Abstract: A tube bundle heat exchanger including elastic sealing means wherein the elastic medium is confined within separate chambers and compressed in all directions against the inner wall surface of the chambers and heat exchanger tubes within the chamber. Pressure plates that exert pressure on the elastic medium are provided with projections which provide a spacing between the pressure plates. This spacing may be used for inspection for leaks and also permits flow of fluid to the outside if there is a leak.

Abstract: A multiple fluid heat exchanger having a unitary construction and formed of a stack of dished plates to form at least two fluid passages within the heat exchange elements formed by the plates and passages for a third fluid formed between at least some of the elements. The stack of plates are adapted to be simultaneously bonded together by a brazing or soldering operation, with the stack including at least one set of dished plates joined at their peripheries to form first and second fluid passages in a first set heat exchange elements, with the third fluid passages being formed in a second set of heat exchange elements. One set of heat exchange elements may have spaced fluid passages with corrugated heat exchange fins between the fluid passages to provide transverse passages for a cooling fluid, such as air. Additional arrangements of the sets of elements may be utilized for a fourth and/or fifth fluid.

Abstract: Arrangements for directing flow through one or more modular, cross-flow heat exchanger units having primary and secondary flow channels of respective predetermined lengths. The units are arranged in a housing having primary and secondary flow inlet and outlet openings such that a primary flow path and a secondary flow path are defined. The portion of each flow path over which intensive heat exchange occurs is no longer than the length of the associated flow channels. The units may be stacked along one or more axes normal to the planes of the flow channels.

Abstract: A heat exchange assembly which utilizes a central source of a heated fluid, such as steam, and serves as a hot fluid distribution center for a plurality of satellite chambers removably disposed on a supporting rack around the source. Each satellite chamber, arranged in series with the others, receives the hot fluid at one end from the central source and discharges condensate at the other end. Longitudinal pipes in the satellite chamber of the cluster carry the fluid to be processed through the chambers. The series piping permits flow to be reversed in the satellite chambers to even out the deterioration of each chamber.

Abstract: A plate type heat exchanger of the continuous plate type includes a housing having opposed open ends and a thermal transfer core disposed within the housing which is formed of a continuous sheet of heat conductive material folded upon itself on fold regions in opposite directions alternately to define a plurality of substantially parallel, mutually spaced sheet portions which extend through the housing, substantially each sheet portion thereby being located between first and second adjacent sheet portions with the fold regions being located contiguous with opposed sides of the housing.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for indirect recooling of a heat transfer medium, such as water, by air. The heat transfer medium has a relatively high heat transfer coefficient compared to that of air. The heat exchanger has two substantially parallel end walls or plates which are provided with holes. Associated with these end walls are side walls which are provided with inlet and outlet means for the heat transfer medium. Nonfinned tubes with air flowing therethrough are disposed between the end walls and are sealed thereagainst.

Abstract: A forced air unit comprising a front cover member, a rear cover member connected to and spaced from said front cover member defining a unit housing therebetween having a width and a housing periphery. A heat exchanger is disposed around the entire periphery of the housing with a centrifugal fan rotatably mounted in the housing with an axis extending in the width direction thereof. The fan has a central inlet area and an annular outlet area with a motor mounted in the central inlet area for rotating the fan to draw air axially inwardly toward the inlet area and radially outwardly through the annular outlet area. A fan cover is disposed over the fan within the housing with an inlet opening positioned over the inlet area of the fan. The fan housing has an outlet opening covering a portion of the housing periphery with the remainder of the housing periphery acting as an inlet.

Abstract: A U-tube type heat exchanger is provided with means for uniformly distributing shell side fluid across the lateral expanse of the tube bundle. The distributor means includes first and second upstanding plates between which are connected several ribs.

Abstract: The heat exchanger comprises a vertical outer cylindrical shell of substantial length, a distributor for supplying the internal space of the shell with liquid sodium, at least one tube bundle placed within the shell for circulating water in heat-exchange relation with the sodium and means for maintaining an inert gas atmosphere above a predetermined free level of liquid sodium. The top and bottom tube ends are fitted with thermal sleeves for joining them to the lateral wall of the shell and passing them through this latter. The distributor is placed within the shell above the tube bundle between the top end of said bundle and the free level of liquid sodium.

Abstract: According to the embodiment shown, the novel body assembly, for use as a principal component for a fluid cooler, comprises a body of annular configuration formed from a pair of mirror-image halves which are fastened together to form a fluid-conducting channel therewithin. Each of the mating halves has a multiplicity of heat-radiating fins or ribs on the surface thereof which defines an outer surface of the body assembly. Additionally, the halves of the body have fins on their opposite surfaces and, on assembly together, these latter are interleaved, and define an undulating channel through which the fluid to be cooled is conducted.

Abstract: A cleaning body intercepting apparatus for a tube-type heat-exchanger, with the apparatus including a cylindrical body, a pair of outer gratings disposed in the cylindrical body so as to receiving cleaning bodies from the heat-exchanger, at least a pair of inner gratings within the outer gratings for forming a pair of throat portions each adjacent to the side wall of the cylindrical body, and extraction tubes each disposed under each of the throat portions. The pair of throat portions each are surrounded by the outer and inner gratings so that the cleaning bodies from the heat-exchanger are introduced into the throat portions. The cleaning bodies passed through the throat portions are taken out the cylindrical body through the extraction tubes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger wherein particle deposition is prevented on the inner surfaces of heat-and-mass transfer and chemical apparatus and comprises introducing into the flow of a liquid medium delivered into the apparatus solid particles which are fluidized by the medium and which exert mechanical action on the surfaces of the apparatus. The solid particles are made of a material neutral toward the medium. Also included in the invention is the provision of an apparatus for carrying out the aforedescribed method.

Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly and the method of making same wherein the heat exchanger assembly includes a heat exchanging core having spaced headsheets adjacent opposite extremities with fluid conveying tubes extending between the headsheets and having heat transfer fins disposed upon the tubes. Two plastic radiator components are disposed in mating engagement with one another with each component encasing one-half of the core and disposed in mating engagement with one another and defining spaced open cavities. Each of the components is in fluid-tight or sealed relationship with one another and with each of the headsheets disposed within the opening of each of the cavities so that the cavities and the headsheets define a pair of spaced tanks whereby fluid may flow between the tanks through the heat exchanging core. The headsheets are disposed in grooves within the components with a seal engaging the periphery of the headsheets and disposed in the grooves for sealing the headsheets to the respective components.

Abstract: In a cross flow tubular heat exchanger the tubes are arranged in a space between two concentrically, imaginary cylinders. Radially extending baffle plates ensure that the heat exchanging medium flowing outside the tubes and perpendicular to their direction will pass the central cylindrical space without tubes.

Abstract: A heat exchanger embodying an elongated tubular member having a passageway for working fluid extending longitudinally therethrough, and having external fins projecting outwardly from the tubular member in position of define passageways extending transversely thereacross, and the method of making the same.