Manifold Formed By Casing Section And Tube Sheet Of Assembly Patents (Class 165/158)
  • Patent number: 11906215
    Abstract: A water chamber structure for a condenser, including an orifice plate arranged at one end of the condenser; a water cover fixed to the orifice plate in a sealed manner to form a water storage space; and a partition plate assembly for dividing the water storage space into a water inlet chamber and a water outlet chamber in a sealed manner, including: a first partition plate, the top and side walls of the first partition plate are fixed to the inner walls of the water cover; and a second partition plate, the top of the second partition plate is fixedly connected with the bottom of the first partition plate, the bottom of the second partition plate is fixed to the orifice plate, and the side walls of the second partition plate are connected with the inner walls of the water cover in a sealed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhongnian Ge, Yuling Shi, Hongyi Li
  • Patent number: 11859921
    Abstract: This invention relates to a light weight microtube heat exchanger that meets all the performance requirements of more conventional plate-fin heat exchangers (thermal performance, shock and vibration, and weight, etc.) while providing significant improvements with respect to air-side fouling due to sand and dirt or weight reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: International Mezzo Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin W. Kelly, David Craig
  • Patent number: 11821662
    Abstract: The disclosed technology includes a heat pump having a thermal energy storage (TES) material. The heat pump can include a first heat exchanger to exchange heat between ambient air and refrigerant, a second heat exchanger to exchange heat between the refrigerant and air supplied to a climate-controlled space, and a third heat exchanger to exchange heat between the TES material and the refrigerant in a first fluid path and the refrigerant in a second fluid path. The heat pump can include a first compressor to circulate refrigerant to the first, second, and third heat exchangers and a second compressor to circulate refrigerant to the second and third heat exchangers. The first compressor can facilitate heat exchange between the ambient air and the TES material and the second compressor can facilitate heat exchange between the TES material and the air supplied to the climate-controlled space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Yang Zou, Sivakumar Gopalnarayanan
  • Patent number: 11788793
    Abstract: A microtube recuperator for transferring heat between a high pressure fluid stream and a low pressure fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventors: Kevin Kelly, Cole Doiron
  • Patent number: 11732936
    Abstract: A condenser and a turbochiller including a condenser are provided. The turbochiller may include a compressor including an impeller that compresses refrigerant and a motor that drives the impeller; a condenser for heat exchange between the refrigerant introduced from the compressor and cooling water; an evaporator for heat exchange between the refrigerant discharged from the condenser and cold water; an expansion valve provided between the condenser and the evaporator; and a collector configured to collect noncondensable gas inside of the condenser. Accordingly, it is possible to efficiently collect noncondensable gas inside of a condenser of a turbochiller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jungho Kang, Jinhee Jeong, Hyunwook Han, Uisik Hwang, Heewoong Lee, Chulmin Kim
  • Patent number: 11709021
    Abstract: A thermal management system and method includes a body having an inlet and an outlet configured to direct a first fluid into and out of the body. The body incudes a channel that is fluidly separate from the inlet and the outlet. A second fluid is directed through the channel. A conduit assembly is fluidly coupled with the inlet and the outlet. The conduit assembly includes plural fluidly separate conduits. Each of the plural conduits extend between a corresponding first end and a corresponding second end along a corresponding tortuous path. The plural conduits are intertwined with each other between the first ends and the second ends. The plural conduits are positioned such that the second fluid flowing through the channel passes over the plural conduits and exchanges thermal energy with the first fluid that moves within each of the plural conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Balaji Hosadurgam Ravindranath
  • Patent number: 11585604
    Abstract: A tube type heat exchanger includes a core includes multiple tubes, a header plate defining an array of apertures in which said tubes are received, and a coolant jacket arranged about said core. The header plate includes a body defining a central region and an edge region circumferential to said central region. The central region defines said array of apertures. The edge region includes a flange. The header plate is connected to the coolant jacket via first and second contact areas between the header plate and the coolant jacket. The flange is outboard of the coolant jacket. The first contact area is between the flange and the coolant jacket; and the second contact area is inboard of the first contact area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO Marston Ltd.
    Inventors: Mario Ciaffarafa, Mark Stickland
  • Patent number: 11384943
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular an water-air heat exchanger or oil-water heat exchanger, comprising at least one first fluid channel for guiding a first fluid, and at least one second fluid channel for guiding a second fluid, the at least one first fluid channel being joined to a fluid receiving volume, in particular on the outlet side, said fluid receiving volume being equipped with an electric heating coating (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: WEBASTO SE
    Inventors: Christian Hainzlmaier, Marvin Lappe, Christoph Cap, Karl Göttl, Hans Rechberger, Tobias Hentrich, Jürgen Lipp
  • Patent number: 11262143
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compact heat exchange device, applicable to either EGR (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) systems for reducing nitrogen oxide emission, or to WHRS systems (Waste Heat Recovery Systems), both in internal combustion engines. The design of the heat exchanger is characterized by a configuration that incorporates technical solutions intended for compensating for the differential expansions between the tube bundle and the shell, as well as other variables relating to thermal fatigue, where said solutions result in a compact device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Inventors: Julio Abraham Carrera Garcia, Xoan Xose Hermida Dominguez
  • Patent number: 11143107
    Abstract: A fuel gas heater includes a container; a gas inflow chamber defined in one end of the container and having a gas inlet; a gas outflow chamber defined in the one end and having a gas outlet; U-shaped heat transfer pipes disposed inside the container, the pipes each having one end communicating with the gas inflow chamber and another end communicating with the gas outflow chamber; a heating medium supply port; a heating medium discharge port; a gas inflow opening disposed to face positions at which the pipes communicate with the gas inflow chamber; a gas inflow lid that enables the gas inflow opening to be opened and closed; a gas outflow opening disposed to face positions at which the pipes communicate with the gas outflow chamber; and a gas outflow lid that enables the gas outflow opening to be opened and closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI POWER, LTD.
    Inventors: Taichi Nakamura, Katsuhiro Hotta, Masanori Tagashira, Kenji Kirihara
  • Patent number: 11098140
    Abstract: A system and method for producing 1-butene and ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), including feeding a catalyst, an antifouling co-catalyst, and ethylene to a reactor, and dimerizing ethylene into 1-butene and polymerizing a relatively small portion of the ethylene into UHMWPE. A product slurry including 1-butene and UHMWPE is discharged from reactor and UHMWPE is removed from the product slurry as a coproduct of the product 1-butene. The coproduct UHMWPE may be a byproduct that is a relatively small amount of the product slurry. The quantity of UHMWPE produced may be small in comparison to the quantity of 1-butene produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
    Inventors: Ola S. Ali, Wei Xu, Hussain Al Yami, Faisal Melebari
  • Patent number: 11079185
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly including an elongated tubular heat exchanger enclosure defining an interior chamber. A tube sheet is positioned within the interior chamber of the heat exchanger enclosure separating the interior chamber into a shell side and a channel side. The interior portion is configured to removably receive a tube bundle positioned within the shell side of the interior chamber. An annular sleeve member is positioned within the channel side of the interior chamber of the heat exchanger enclosure. An annular elastic torsion member is positioned within the channel side of the interior chamber of the heat exchanger such that the sleeve member is positioned between the tube sheet and the elastic torsion member. The elastic torsion member has an inner circumference deflectable relative to its outer circumference for torsioning the elastic torsion member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Lummus Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Jibb, David Thomas Creech, Randy Lee Eberly, Elizabeth MacLean Meacham, Henk Boekhouder, Roberto Groppi, Vincenzo Marco Brignone, Trevor Jaye
  • Patent number: 11060801
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided including an inlet manifold and an outlet manifold arranged generally parallel to the inlet manifold and being spaced therefrom by a distance. A plurality of rows of microtubes is aligned in a substantially parallel relationship. The plurality of rows of microtubes is configured to fluidly couple the inlet manifold and the outlet manifold. Each of the plurality of rows includes a plurality of microtubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abbas A. Alahyari, John H. Whiton, Matthew Robert Pearson, Jack Leon Esformes
  • Patent number: 11022077
    Abstract: An EGR cooler includes an elongated, stainless steel cooler housing with a first end having a stainless steel end plate and a second end opposite the first end, and an Inconel diffuser having an inlet end defining a gas inlet and an outlet end welded to the stainless steel end plate. The stainless steel end plate having a first thickness and the outlet end of the Inconel diffuser including a sidewall having a second thickness that is 50% or less of the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Dongming Tan, Michael Pollard
  • Patent number: 11022375
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for additively manufacturing microtube heat exchangers are disclosed herein. A heat exchanger header is additively manufactured with high density microtube arrays to achieve an integrated structure achieving values of heat transfer effectiveness Eff up to ninety percent and values of transfer surface area densities up to 20,000 m2/m3. The heat exchanger header can be printed with a high density microtube array to separate different types of fluids or liquids into different microtubes and to form a high quality seal. Additionally, microtubes and/or microtube arrays can be additively manufactured to be curved or to have pleats; and microtube lattice arrays can be compactly positioned within hollow support structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: DIVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: John Russell Bucknell
  • Patent number: 10995996
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided. The heat exchanger (40) provides a first plurality of tubes (50) and a second plurality of flow passages (52) which furcate near one of the first (42) and second (44) manifolds into two or more furcated flow passages and subsequently converge to exit the heat exchanger. The plurality of furcated flow passages are intertwined, reducing the distance between flow passages (50,52) containing each fluid therebetween to improve thermal transfer. Further, the furcations create changes of direction of the fluid to re-establish new thermal boundary layers within the flow passages to further reduce resistance to thermal transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Jason Erno, William Dwight Gerstler
  • Patent number: 10968785
    Abstract: A waste heat recovery system (100) is provided. At least one heat exchanger (104) is fluidically coupled to a waste heat source (102) and is configured for selectively recovering heat from the waste heat source (102) to heat a working fluid (108). An energy conversion device (112) is fluidically coupled to the at least one heat exchanger (104) and is configured to receive the working fluid (108) and to generate an energy for performing work or transferring the energy to another device using the heat recovered from the waste heat source (102). A condenser (122) is fluidically coupled to the energy conversion device (112) and configured to receive the working fluid (108) from the energy conversion device (112) and to condense the working fluid (108) into a liquid phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Cummins Inc.
    Inventors: Jared C. Delahanty, Timothy C. Ernst, J. Steven Kolhouse, Brett A. Boas
  • Patent number: 10910116
    Abstract: A nuclear reactor including a reactor core comprising a plurality of fuel materials and a plurality of heat pipes. The nuclear reactor further includes a heat exchanger coupled to the reactor core defining a flow path in an open volume including at least two heat pipes of the plurality of heat pipes. Methods of operating a nuclear reactor include passing fluid through an open volume in a heat exchanger including at least two heat pipes extending from a reactor core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC
    Inventor: Michael G. Mckellar
  • Patent number: 10907903
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a header for introducing refrigerant into a plurality of refrigerant tubes provided in parallel in a vertical direction. The header includes a main header chamber extending in the vertical direction and a plurality of sub header chambers branched in the horizontal direction from the main header chamber and provided in parallel in the vertical direction. The main header chamber includes a refrigerant inlet port configured to introduce the refrigerant in a gas-liquid mixing state in a horizontal direction into an inside of the main header chamber; and a flow direction changing mechanism provided to collide with the refrigerant ejected from the refrigerant inlet port, and configured to change a flow direction of the refrigerant from the horizontal direction to the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Morimura, Kenichiro Sato, Hyunyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 10854344
    Abstract: A system for removing thermal energy generated by radioactive materials comprising: an air-cooled shell-and-tube heat exchanger comprising a shell and plurality of heat exchange tubes arranged in a substantially vertical orientation within the shell, the plurality of heat exchange tubes comprising interior cavities that collectively form a tube-side fluid path, the shell forming a shell-side fluid path that extends from an air inlet of the shell to an air outlet of the shell, the first air inlet located at a lower elevation than the air outlet; a heat rejection closed-loop fluid circuit comprising the tube-side fluid path of the air-cooled heat exchanger, a coolant fluid flowing through the heat rejection closed-loop fluid circuit, the heat rejection closed-loop fluid circuit thermally coupled to the radioactive materials so that thermal energy generated by the radioactive materials is transferred to the coolant fluid; and the air-cooled shell-and-tube heat exchanger transferring thermal energy from the coola
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Inventors: Krishna P. Singh, Joseph Rajkumar
  • Patent number: 10834850
    Abstract: The invention relates to the technical field of water-cooling radiators, in particular to an integrated radiator provided with a water chamber, a control panel, and a water pump. The control panel is provided with a port set electrically connected with the control panel. According to the integrated radiator, the water pump assembly is integrated on the cooler through reasonable design, so that the weight of a block is effectively reduced. Meanwhile, wires of a fan and the block are connected to the port set on the control panel to be prevented from being suspended in a case, so that the internal attractiveness of the case is improved; besides, more cooling liquid is contained, so that the service life of the integrated water-cooling radiator is prolonged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Dongguan Jianxin Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haoqiang Deng
  • Patent number: 10746441
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a shell, a refrigerant distributor, and a heat transferring unit. The shell has a refrigerant inlet through which at least refrigerant with liquid refrigerant flows and a shell refrigerant vapor outlet. A longitudinal center axis of the shell extends generally parallel to a horizontal plane. The refrigerant distributor is connected to the refrigerant inlet and disposed within the shell. The refrigerant distributor has at least one liquid refrigerant distribution opening that distributes liquid refrigerant and a refrigerant vapor distribution outlet opening longitudinally spaced from the shell refrigerant vapor outlet. The heat transferring unit is disposed inside of the shell below the refrigerant distributor so that the liquid refrigerant discharged from the refrigerant distributor is supplied to the heat transferring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: DAIKIN APPLIED AMERICAS INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Numata, Michael Wilson, Jeffrey Majkowski
  • Patent number: 10704845
    Abstract: Methods are disclosed for fabricating heat exchangers and Heat Exchanger (HX) tubes, as are heat exchangers fabricated in accordance with such methods. In embodiments, the method includes the steps or processes of obtaining a Non-Equilibrium Alloy (NEA) feedstock powder comprised of an alloy matrix throughout which at least one minority constituent is dispersed. The first minority constituent precipitates from the alloy matrix when the NEA feedstock powder is exposed to temperatures exceeding a critical temperature threshold (TCRITICAL) for a predetermined time period. A cold spray process is carried-out to at least partially form the HX tubes from the NEA feedstock powder; and the HX tubes are subsequently installed in the heat exchanger. The HX tubes are exposed to a maximum temperature (TSPRAY_MAX) during the cold spray process, which is maintained below TCRITICAL to substantially preserve the non-equilibrium state of the NEA feedstock powder through cold spray deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Paul Chipko, James Piascik, Bahram Jadidian, Harry Lester Kington
  • Patent number: 10563558
    Abstract: An exhaust heat recovery unit that includes: a lead-in pipe that leads a heat medium from outside an exhaust pipe, via an inlet portion of an heat exchanger, into the heat exchanger; a lead-out pipe that leads the heat medium out from the heat exchanger, via an outlet portion of the heat exchanger, outside the exhaust pipe; and a pair of seal members that seal a space between the inlet portion and the lead-in pipe and a space between the outlet portion and the lead-out pipe, with at least one of the pair of seal members including an O-ring disposed in a position in which the at least one of the pair of seal members does not contact exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust pipe and in which the at least one of the pair of seal members contacts the heat medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, IBIDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio Murata, Yoshikazu Shimpo, Yoshihiro Koga
  • Patent number: 10502492
    Abstract: A condenser includes: a vessel (11) configured to receive a steam flow (S) in a first horizontal direction (X); and cooling tube groups (21, 22, 23, 24) elongated in the first horizontal direction (X) inside the vessel. Each of the cooling tubes groups has a plurality of cooling tubes (31) that are disposed in parallel and extend in a second horizontal direction (Y), which intersects with the first horizontal direction. A hollow portion (32) is formed in the first horizontal direction (X) inside each of the cooling tube groups. A non-condensed gas discharge unit (33) is arranged in the second horizontal direction (Y) at a downstream side of each of the cooling tube groups and includes an opening portion (34) on the hollow portion side. Each of the cooling tube groups includes a partition member (35) extending from the non-condensed gas discharge unit and open at the hollow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Issaku Fujita, Taichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10495036
    Abstract: An exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler may include a housing forming the receiving space and in which a coolant inflow hole and a coolant exhaust hole are respectively formed so that a coolant of the cylinder block flows into and out, a cover plate mounted on the housing to close the receiving space and in which an exhaust gas inflow hole and an exhaust gas outflow hole are respectively formed so that an exhaust gas flows into and out, a core including both side caps in which a penetration hole respectively connected to the exhaust gas inflow hole and the exhaust gas outflow hole in the receiving space and a tube through which the exhaust gas communicates while connecting both the side caps to each other, and a connector respectively connecting the penetration hole of the cap to the exhaust gas inflow hole and the exhaust gas outflow hole of the cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jong Cheon Kim
  • Patent number: 10488120
    Abstract: Processes and systems applying day cycle temperature changes in conjunction with cool storage are provided. A thermal energy storage material is placed in heat transfer communication with lower temperature nighttime air resulting in a cooled thermal energy storage material. The cooled thermal energy storage material is subsequently utilized to cool an item such as a supply of higher temperature air, such as daytime air, or a cooling medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hamid Abbasi, David Cygan, Aleksandr Kozlov
  • Patent number: 10481012
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (3) having a temperature sensor (16) detecting a temperature of a water passage (300) including heat-transfer pipes (32), (33), a connecting portion (34), an inlet pipe (11), and an outlet pipe (12), and a sensor bracket (6), wherein the sensor bracket (6) is joined and fixed to the connecting portion (34) in a state in which at least a part of a base portion (60) of the sensor bracket (6) forming a mounting surface of the temperature sensor (16) is in surface contact with a planar portion (340) provided in the connecting portion (34), and the temperature sensor (16) is secured to a joint portion (600) of the base portion (60) joined and fixed to the planar portion (340).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Rinnai Corporation
    Inventors: Toshimitsu Nagasaka, Masakazu Ando
  • Patent number: 10436514
    Abstract: Provided is a heat exchanger, including: a first heat exchange unit, which includes a first flat tube; a second heat exchange unit, which is arranged so as to be opposed to the first heat exchange unit, and includes a second flat tube; and a tank, which connects the first heat exchange unit and the second heat exchange unit to each other. The tank has an upper wall and a lower wall defining an upper end and lower end of a tank space formed in the tank, respectively. One end of the first flat tube and one end of the second flat tube are connected to the tank space. When a height from the lower wall to the upper wall is defined as X, and a height from the lower wall to the one end of the first flat tube is defined as Y1, a relation between X and Y1 satisfies Y1<(½)X.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Higashiiue, Akira Ishibashi, Daisuke Ito, Yuki Ugajin, Shin Nakamura, Ryota Akaiwa
  • Patent number: 10422585
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a separator member that divides a first flow passage from a second flow passage. The heat exchanger also includes a plurality of first hollow members that extend across the first flow passage at respective non-orthogonal angles. The plurality of first hollow members are fluidly connected to the second flow passage. Moreover, the heat exchanger includes a plurality of second hollow members that extend across the second flow passage at respective non-orthogonal angles. The plurality of second hollow members are fluidly connected to the first flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Jensen, Jorge Alvarez, Francis Carbonell, Mark C. Morris, Donald G Godfrey, Karl Fleer
  • Patent number: 10358976
    Abstract: Heat recuperation system for the family of shaft powered aircraft gas turbine engines, comprise of a shaft powered gas turbine engine with air inlet system, compressor, combustor, exhaust turbines, engine shaft(s) and exhaust system, where the shaft powered aircraft gas turbine engine has an Annular Finned-Tube Heat Exchanger (AFTHE) located in the exhaust system and a heat recovery apparatus functionally coupled to the AFTHE. The AFTHE with working fluid recovers heat from the exhaust gas. The recovered heat vaporizes the working fluid which drives a turbo-expander. The mechanical work developed by the turbo-expander can be used for driving the propulsion systems, compressor or an electric generator. The thermal energy available after expansion work can be used to heat the inlet air into the engine to prevent ice ingestion during icing conditions. This system increases performance and life of the engine, and reduces emissions, heat released to the environment, fuel consumption and fuel cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Inventor: Swapnil Sarjerao Jagtap
  • Patent number: 10295267
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising a block of first and second flow channels arranged adjacently to one another, said block being designed to be open at one inflow side and at one outflow side of the first flow channels for the inflow and outflow of a first fluid into or out of said first flow channels, and the second flow channels comprising openings for the inflow and outflow of a second fluid, said block consisting of a first element and a second element, each of these forming second flow channels and a side wall, and these elements being joined together such that the two side walls form block side walls which lie opposite one another, said second flow channels extending between these side walls and forming first flow channels between themselves and the side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Jürgen Barwig, Steffen Ensminger, Spasoje Ignjatovic, Ulrich Maucher
  • Patent number: 10281217
    Abstract: A multifluid heat exchanger includes a first tank connected to a second tank through a plurality of fluid conduits. A partition disposed inside the first tank divides an internal space of the first tank into a first space and a second space. The first space is in fluid communication with the second tank through the plurality of fluid conduits. As a result, a first internal fluid may flow from the first space to the second tank, while a second internal fluid may flow through the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO International America, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Holmes, Daniel Tylutki
  • Patent number: 10267575
    Abstract: A header of a heat exchanger including a first wall connected with a plurality of heat transfer tubes of the heat exchanger, a second wall facing the first wall with an interval therebetween, and a circumferential wall connecting outer circumferential edges of the first and the second walls in such a manner that an area between the first and the second walls constitutes a chamber for inflow of fluid, the chamber communicating with each of the heat transfer tube. At least one of the first and the second walls is configured to curve in such a manner that a central area of the wall is positioned close to an inside of the chamber than an outer circumferential area of the wall. The thickness of the header is reduced and enough strength of the header is obtained, thereby preferably enduring repeating water hammer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: NORITZ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamaji, Yuta Tsuji
  • Patent number: 10190826
    Abstract: A condenser includes: a vessel (11) configured to receive a steam flow (S) in a first horizontal direction (X); and cooling tube groups (21, 22, 23, 24) elongated in the first horizontal direction (X) inside the vessel. Each of the cooling tubes groups has a plurality of cooling tubes (31) that are disposed in parallel and extend in a second horizontal direction (Y), which intersects with the first horizontal direction. A hollow portion (32) is formed in the first horizontal direction (X) inside each of the cooling tube groups. A non-condensed gas discharge unit (33) is arranged in the second horizontal direction (Y) at a downstream side of each of the cooling tube groups and includes an opening portion (34) on the hollow portion side. Each of the cooling tube groups includes a partition member (35) extending from the non-condensed gas discharge unit and open at the hollow portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HITACHI POWER SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Issaku Fujita, Taichi Nakamura
  • Patent number: 10180291
    Abstract: A charge-air cooler for a fresh-air system of an internal combustion engine may include a cooler box and an upper shell such as a flange plate. The cooler box may include a cooler box passage opening, and the flange plate may include a flange plate passage opening arranged complementary with the cooler box passage opening. An adapter element may have a first end section and a second end section. The adapter element may be connected to a rim of the cooler box that borders the cooler box passage opening. A pipe element may be detachably secured to the adapter element and have a first end section and a second end section. The first end section of the adapter element and the first end section of the pipe element may define a clip-type connection when the adapter element and the pipe element are secured to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: Mahle Behr GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ellen Hohmann, Tobias Isermeyer, Timm Roeschmann
  • Patent number: 10107569
    Abstract: A U-bend pipe type heat exchanger includes: a heat exchanger main body surrounded by a front side plate, a back side plate, a left side plate, and a right side plate, and having open upper and lower portions through which a heat source passes; a plurality of U-bend pipes inserted between the left side plate and the right side plate, each of the plurality of U-bend pipes including two heat exchange pipes arranged in parallel with each other and a U-shaped pipe connecting one end portions of the two heat exchange pipes; and a plurality of water jackets attached to at least one of outward surfaces of the left side plate and the right side plate, and connecting open end portions of two adjacent heat exchange pipes such that a low-temperature water circulates along the plurality of U-bend pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: KITURAMI BOILER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Hwan Choi, Youn-cheol Shin, Tae-young Kim, Young-Hyo Jeon, Hae-Young Jung
  • Patent number: 10072901
    Abstract: A method for constructing a module of a modular cooling unit includes acquiring a plurality of tubes, each tube having a first end and a second end, and overmolding a first header onto the first ends of the plurality of tubes to form a watertight connection between the first header and the first ends of the plurality of tubes, the first header having a plurality of parallel first slots, each slot of the parallel first slots having an extended surface configured to receive and retain the first end of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ozan Tutunoglu, John H. Bean, Jr., Mohammed Adil, Roy L. Grantham
  • Patent number: 10060353
    Abstract: A heat exchanger (HEX) for cooling air in a gas turbine engine is provided. The HEX may comprise an intake manifold in fluid communication with a compressor section and configured to receive air from the compressor section, an outtake manifold in fluid communication with the intake manifold via a tube, and a cooling air flow path defined by at least one of an outer surface of the tube, an outer surface of the intake manifold, and an outer surface of the outtake manifold, wherein the cooling air flow path is orthogonal to said tube. The air from the intake manifold may travel through the tube to the outtake manifold and from the outtake manifold to a portion of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Paul W. Duesler, Frederick M. Schwarz
  • Patent number: 10041744
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat exchanger for the recovery of waste heat. The heat exchanger includes: a bottom plate configured such that an exhaust gas inlet is formed therethrough; a top plate configured such that an exhaust gas outlet is formed therethrough at a location opposite that of the exhaust gas inlet; a first side plate configured such that a plurality first side through holes is formed therethrough; a second side plate configured such that a plurality of second side through holes is formed therethrough at locations opposite those of the first side through holes; a third side plate and a fourth side plate configured to connect the first side plate and the second side plate; and a plurality of heat exchange tubes formed as titanium material tubes, and configured to connect parallel between the first side through holes and the second side through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Inventor: In Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 9976819
    Abstract: A header for a heat exchanger orients the position of an inlet port at an angle offset from the position of the outlet port on the header body in order to simplify the plumbing of the header within a system. In one implementation of a header for a heat exchanger, the header forms a header cavity defined by an external wall and which is separated into an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber by a dividing wall. An inlet port is defined within the external wall and is in fluid communication with the inlet chamber. Similarly, an outlet port is defined within the external wall and is in fluid communication with the outlet chamber. The inlet port is oriented on the external wall at an offset angle with respect to a position of the outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: David B. Nibler, Emily R. Colomes, Peter M. Owenson
  • Patent number: 9921005
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has a heat exchanging element with a first terminal plate closing the heat exchanging element on one of its sides and with at least one opening provided with a socket for fluids for the heat exchanger element. At least a first gasket carrier plate has a first lateral face arranged adjacent to the first terminal plate and an opposite second lateral face. The first gasket carrier plate has at least one passage opening leading from the first to the second lateral face for taking up at least one socket of the first terminal plate. A first sealing element is provided between the first terminal plate and the first gasket carrier plate. A second sealing element is provided adjacent to the second lateral face. The at least one socket of the first terminal plate is bulged outwardly to adjoin to the second sealing element at least in sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignees: Dana Canada Corporation, Dana GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Bluetling, Werner Buntz, Jochen Salzmann
  • Patent number: 9908206
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an novel method of producing heat exchangers having at least two fluid circuits each comprising channels, the method employing diffusion bonding achieved using the hot isostatic pressing (HIP) technique, and to a heat exchanger obtained using this method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Emmanuel Rigal, Jean-Marc Leibold, Fabien Vidotto
  • Patent number: 9874410
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for indirect heat exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid, with a shell surrounding a shell space for receiving the first fluid, a tube bundle having a plurality of tubes arranged in the shell space for receiving the second fluid, the tubes arranged in a number of tube layers, and a jacket arranged in the shell space and enclosing an outermost tube layer in the radial direction of the tube bundle. An intermediate space is formed between the tube bundle and the jacket surrounds the tube bundle. At least one elastic element is arranged with a first region between neighboring tube portions in the outermost tube layer and a second region that protrudes out of the outermost tube layer and abuts an inner side of the jacket (3) that is facing the tube bundle or connects the elastic element to the jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Markus Hammerdinger, Christoph Seeholzer
  • Patent number: 9803860
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger for the supply of oxygen or of a gas mixture containing at least 50% oxygen, the temperature at the outlet of the exchanger not being below 300° C., it preferably being above 400° C., the oxygen or the oxygen-rich gas feeding one or more burners of a glass melting furnace, the heat of the combustion gases being used directly or indirectly to heat the oxygen or the oxygen-rich gas in the exchanger, in which the exchange power is between 20 and 300 kW, preferably between 40 and 250 kW and particularly preferably between 80 and 170 kW.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: AGC GLASS EUROPE, L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude Et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Olivier Douxchamps, Eric Baudelet, Bertrand Leroux, Gabriel Constantin, Remi Tsiava, Bruno Symoens
  • Patent number: 9803589
    Abstract: A device heating a fluid and usable in a rocket launcher to pressurize a liquefied propellant. The device includes a first burner performing first combustion between a limiting propellant and an excess propellant; a first heat exchanger in which first burnt gas from the first combustion transfers heat to the fluid; at least one second burner into which both the first burnt gas and some limiting propellant are injected to perform second combustion between the limiting propellant and at least a portion of unburnt excess propellant present in the first burnt gas. The second burnt gas from the second combustion flows through a second heat exchanger to transfer heat to the fluid. Burnt gas from each combustion flows in respective burnt gas tubes within a common overall heat exchanger including the heat exchange units, the gas transferring heat to the fluid, the fluid flowing between the burnt gas tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Didier Vuillamy, Jean-Luc Barthoulot, Jean-Michel Sannino
  • Patent number: 9797658
    Abstract: Provided are a supercooler and an air conditioner including the same. The supercooler disposed between a condenser and an evaporator of an air conditioner to supercool a refrigerant condensed in the condenser, thereby allowing the supercooled refrigerant to flow into the evaporator includes an inner tube in which a first refrigerant passing through the condenser flows, an outer tube having an inner space in which the inner tube is disposed, the outer tube allowing a second refrigerant heat-exchanged with the first refrigerant to flow by using the inner tube as a boundary, and a baffle supporting the inner tube to prevent the inner tube from being shaken within the outer tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Beomchan Kim, Byoungjin Ryu, Byeongsu Kim
  • Patent number: 9786395
    Abstract: A system for removing thermal energy generated by radioactive materials is provided. The system comprises an air-cooled shell-and-tube heat exchanger, comprising a shell and plurality of heat exchange tubes arranged in a substantially vertical orientation within the shell, the heat exchange tubes comprising interior cavities that collectively form a tube-side fluid path, the shell forming a shell-side fluid path that extends from an air inlet of the shell to an air outlet of the shell, the air inlet at a lower elevation than the air outlet; a heat rejection closed-loop fluid circuit comprising the tube-side fluid path, a coolant fluid flowing through the heat rejection closed-loop fluid circuit, the heat rejection closed-loop fluid circuit thermally coupled to the radioactive materials; and the air-cooled shell-and-tube heat exchanger transferring thermal energy from the coolant fluid flowing through the tube-side fluid path to air flowing through the shell-side fluid path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Inventors: Krishna P. Singh, Joseph Rajkumar
  • Patent number: 9733023
    Abstract: A return waterbox for a heat exchanger, such as a shell-and-tube heat exchanger, is provided. The return waterbox may include an insert configured to direct a fluid flow(s) in the return waterbox. In some embodiments, such as in a two-pass heat exchanger, the insert can be configured to receive water from one portion of the heat exchanger tubes in the first pass and redirect the received water to another portion of the heat exchanger tubes in the second pass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Brian Thomas Sullivan
  • Patent number: 9711807
    Abstract: A heat exchanger of a fuel cell module includes a plurality of heat exchange pipes connected to an oxygen-containing gas supply chamber at one end, and connected to an oxygen-containing gas discharge chamber at the other end. An end of an oxygen-containing gas inlet pipe for guiding the oxygen-containing gas to the oxygen-containing gas supply chamber is provided in the oxygen-containing gas supply chamber. A plurality of first inlet holes extend through the oxygen-containing gas inlet pipe in an axial direction, and a plurality of second inlet holes extend through the oxygen-containing gas inlet pipe radially. The total area of openings of the first inlet holes is smaller than the total area of openings of the second inlet holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Yoshimine, Takayuki Aoki