Abstract: A heat exchanger core of the plate and fin type having intrinsic capabilities of controlled resistance to heat flow. Objectives are achieved without a need for special materials and without departing from practiced structural and fabrication standards. A concept of resistance layers is used, with heat flux being controlled primarily in the resistance layers.

Abstract: A heat exchanger also serving for suppressing exhaust gas noise includes a water jacket, a water inlet header and a water outlet header together surrounding the exhaust gas flow space and a plurality heat exchanging water tubes connecting the inlet header and outlet header are provided through the gas flow space and partition walls having gas-passing connection holes is provided to partition the gas flow pass into at least two parts of mutually differing volume.

Abstract: The heat exchanger is composed of a plurality of heat conducting finned discs materially shaped and joined to form concentrically and annularly disposed, circumferential passages for isolated flow of fluid streams in indirect countercurrent, cocurrent, and series heat exchange relationship. The circumferential passages are provided with axial flow apertures for axial transport of fluid streams through the rotary heat exchanger and enable recovery of the mechanical energies transferred to the fluid streams by the rotative surfaces. The energy recovery feature facilitates high speed designs in which large relative velocities are maintained between the fluid streams and rotative surfaces. Enhanced heat transfer with low friction losses is achieved.

Abstract: A heat exchanger with a stack of alternating hollow panels and corrugated plates includes a unique arrangement for positive drainage of water which flows down onto lower headers of the hollow panels as a result of condensation of moisture contained in air, which is pumped through the heat exchanger. A substantially vertical drain channel is defined between facing outer surfaces of the lower headers of nearby hollow panels, so that the water is guided downwardly from the upper surfaces of the lower headers into a sump as well as along the sides of the lower headers.

Abstract: In a motorcycle engine having front and rear engine blocks arranged along the longitudinal line of a vehicle body, the front engine block is equipped with cooling fins for air-cooling and the rear engine block is provided with a water jacket for water-cooling. The engine may be a V-type engine or a horizontal opposed-type engine. The present invention is applicable to a motor scooter having left and right steps for placement of the feet of the driver to place his feet, the steps being installed in the lower portion of the vehicle body between the front and rear wheels of the vehicle.

Abstract: An improved frame assembly for holding radiator heat exchanger core units required for cooling engines such as the locomotive engine. There are specially designed side frames on each side of the cooling core with special push-pad units between the side rail and the core. The push-pads include fixed sections which are fixed with respect to the side frame and movable sections which are movable therewith to provide for unequal expansion of the side frame and the core.

Abstract: A turbo-supercharger for an engine includes a turbine casing having a turbine scroll divided into a first and second inlet passages. The inlet passages are opened to the engine exhaust passage through first and second inlet ports formed in a mating surface where the turbine casing is attached to the exhaust passage. A shut-off valve is provided in the exhaust passage and has a valve member which is adapted to be seated on the mating surface to close the second inlet port to thereby allow the exhaust gas to flow only through the first inlet passage. The shut-off valve is opened under high speed, heavy load operation so that the exhaust gas is passed through both the first and second inlet passages. A bypass passage is provided in the turbine casing to open at one end to the first inlet passage. A waste gate valve is provided to open the bypass passage when the supercharging pressure exceeds a predetermined value.

Abstract: Superdensity assembly method and system for coiled tubing bundle plastic heat exchangers resists the large buoyancy forces occurring due to ice build-up on the multiple tubes and provides fast melt down in phase change thermal storage tanks. The coiled tubing bundle heat exchanger in the tank is assembled from numerous vertical slippery plastic strips, for example, high density polyethylene or ultra high molecular weight polypropylene, 1/8th inch to 1/4th inch thick having keyhole-shaped slots of predetermined uniform spacing extending inwardly from the front edge of each strip. Each slot terminates in a rounded seat opening spaced inwardly a predetermined distance from the rear edge of the strip.

Abstract: A fireproof cabinet system for electronic equipment including a wall shield with an outer metal layer that acts as a radiation shield, an inner support layer and an insulation layer. A water supply nozzle is mounted on top of the fireproof cabinet system for providing a continuous stream of cooling water on the cabinet shield for minimizing fire damage of the shield and also providing a temperature barrier for the electronic equipment. A forced air cooling system provides cool air from a supply located outside of the equipment room to the cabinet where the coolant air is ducted along the top and side walls of the cabinet in a sheath formed between the cabinet wall and the interior so that the coolant air in combination with the cooling water act to cool both the equipment and to remove heat caused by the external fire.

Abstract: A heat exchanger comprising a tube for guiding heat-exchange fluid and a fin affixed to the outer side of said tube and adapted to guide air for exchanging heat with said heat-exchange fluid, said fin having an opening formed in the web thereof and a multiplicity of louvers formed astraddle said opening substantially perpendicularly to the direction of the flow of said air as staggered across said opening, said louvers each comprising a louver body separated by a fixed distance from said web of said fin and two legs connecting the opposite ends of said louver body to said web of said fin.

Abstract: A serpentine type heat exchanger for use in, for example, an evaporator or condenser in an automobile air conditioner comprises a flat tube provided with a plurality of refrigerant passages therein and bent to form a serpentine tortuous cross section. Corrugated fin units which are folded into wavy form are attached to adjacent parallel portions of the flat tube. The serpentine tortuous flat tube consists of a plurality of parallel portions spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction of the tube and a plurality of connecting portions each connecting with two of the adjacent parallel portions. Each connecting portion consists of a plurality of arc shaped segments and at least one central connecting segment. Therefore, the height of the heat exchanger is reduced without reducing the heat exchanging area.

Abstract: A method, together with suitable apparatus therefor, is provided useful in recovering heat from a high temperature cracked hydrocarbon gas, in which a liquid wash is injected into the tubes of a vertically oriented multitube transfer line heat exchanger to minimize deposition of coke. The wash liquid is introduced into a plenum chamber located above the top tube sheet and it then flows through a perforated plate. This distributes the liquid uniformly over the plate where it flows into the tubes to dissolve and/or flux condensates and coke.

Abstract: A hydraulic circuit system for civil engineering and architectural machinery having at least first and second hydraulic pumps, a plurality of actuators driven by hydraulic fluid from said pumps, and a plurality of directional control valves for controlling the direction and flow rate of the hydraulic fluid supplied from the pumps to the actuators. In the directional control valves, a first boom directional control valve and one of right and left travelling directional control valves are connected to the first pump in parallel with each other, a swing directional control valve, an arm directional control valve and a second boom directional control valve are connected to the second pump in parallel with one another, and the other of the right and left travelling directional control valve is connected in tandem to the swing, arm and second boom directional control valves at a location downstream thereof.

Abstract: A heat exchanger of modular structure comprises stacked lattices which can engage with each other, and each is formed of two series of intercrossed small plates jointly assembled by mutual engagement at the level of cuts located on the edges of the plates, with spaces being generated for circulating fluids therethrough in heat exchange relationship.

Abstract: An exhaust by-pass system in an internal combustion engine provided with a turbocharger. The turbocharger is the so-called twin entry type having a pair of scroll passageways connected to two groups of cylinders of the engine, respectively. By-pass passageways are formed in a housing of the turbine of the turbocharger. The by-pass passageways are connected to scroll passageways, respectively at positions near their inlets. The by-pass passageways are opened or closed by a common by-pass control valve arranged in a tubular boss portion of the housing.

Abstract: A process and an installation for the heat treatment of a product liquid based on the continuous flow principle, in which a regenerative heat-exchanger is used in conjunction with a high temperature heater for product liquid. A part of the heat-exchanger is provided with an additional heat-exchanging surface which is connected to a cooling circuit, the variable capacity of which is determined and controlled by both the temperature and the output of the product liquid, whereby to maintain the efficiency of the heat treatment under changing input quantities of the product liquid. Control, above is effected by a combination temperature sensor interconnected to the product liquid conduit directed to the high temperature heater and a flow rate sensor interconnected to another given portion of the product liquid conduit.

Abstract: A heated tank such as in a railroad tank car has a heat exchanger spaced from the bottom of the car to define a dead air space to insulate the heat exchanger from the bottom. The heat exchanger extends substantially longitudinally and transversely across the entire bottom of the car to provide a large heating transfer surface to the lading supported by the exchanger. A portion of the exchanger substantially encompasses a discharge valve of the tank car to provide heat transfer to the valve during unloading. The heat exchanger slopes toward the discharge valve to facilitate total removal of the lading. An inlet and an outlet associated with the heat exchanger are disposed adjacent the discharge valve for additional transfer of heat to the discharge valve. Baffles in the heat exchanger define a plurality of serpentine passages for conducting a heating medium.

Abstract: A rotary actuator is operable under the influence of fluid pressure to rotate a driven member. The rotary actuator includes a drive member which extends into a chamber in a housing. Helical splines interconnect a piston and the drive member to rotate the drive member upon axial movement of the piston in the chamber. The piston is held against rotary movement relative to the housing in one embodiment by a pair of rollers that engage tracks disposed on opposite sides of the piston and in another embodiment by a corresponding oval-shaped configuration of a portion of the piston and an internal portion of the chamber in the housing. In one embodiment of the invention, a rack gear on the piston rotates a pinion to actuate a valve and restrict fluid flow to the chamber when the piston is approaching an end-of-stroke position. A one-way clutch may be connected with the drive member so that the driven member is only rotated in one direction rather than being oscillated upon back and forth movement of the piston.

Abstract: Waste water of above ambient temperature in a commercial laundry is directed through a self-cleaning plate and frame heat exchanger to heat incoming fresh water. Some of the fresh water heated to a first temperature is directed to a cold water storage tank to raise the water therein above ambient temperature which results in substantially lessened downstream requirements for heat input with commensurate cost reductions. The remainder of the fresh water is heated to a higher second temperature and is directed to a hot water storage tank. A system of valves regulates the temperature of the water flowing into each of the hot and cold water storage tanks to maintain a preset temperature in each of the storage tanks.

Abstract: A method for the temperature balancing control of a plurality of heat exchangers wherein, in case of operating the heat exchangers connected in parallel, the temperatures of a medium to-be-heated on the outlet sides of the respective heat exchangers are balanced. According to the method, the temperatures of the same positions of the heat exchangers except for the inlets thereof for the medium to-be-heated are sensed, the respective sensed values are compared with a temperature setting value so as to calculate control signals, all the control signals are subsequently revised so that the maximum value among the control signals may agree with a preset control reference value, and temperature regulation means disposed for the respective heat exchangers are controlled on the basis of the revised control signals.