Patents by Inventor Isabelle Planat

Isabelle Planat has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20120199329
    Abstract: The invention relates to a spiral heat exchanger (1) including a spiral body (2) formed by at least two spiral sheet (10a, 10b) wounded to form the spiral body forming at least a first spiral-shaped flow channel for a first medium and a second spiral-shaped flow channel for a second medium, wherein the spiral body is enclosed by a substantially cylindrical shell (2) being provided with connecting elements (8a, 8b, 9a, 9b) communicating with the first flow channel and the second flow channel, where the at least two spiral sheet also forms the centre of the spiral body, where each spiral sheet comprise a first sheet portion (12a, 12b) and where the flow channels comprise a second sheet portion (13a, 13b), and where the first sheet portion is made of a material that is thicker than the second sheet portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventors: Charles Bonnafous, Isabelle Planat