Patents by Inventor Olivier Noel-Baron
Olivier Noel-Baron 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).
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Patent number: 11592245Abstract: A baffle for a block-type heat exchanger comprising a baffle plate. The baffle plate comprises a first surface and a second surface being parallel to a baffle plane located between the first surface and the second surface. The baffle plate comprises a first longitudinal edge, a second longitudinal edge, a first transverse edge and a second transverse edge. The baffle comprises a resilient member at the second longitudinal edge. The baffle comprises a reinforcement extending away from the baffle plane.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignees: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, ALFA LAVAL VICARB SASInventor: Olivier Noël-Baron
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Publication number: 20230025470Abstract: A baffle support and a baffle for a block-type heat exchanger. The baffle support comprises a base plate extending in a first direction and a transverse second direction. The baffle support comprises a first pair and a second pair of projections extending from the front surface of the base plate to engage the baffle. The first pair of projections is located further in the first direction than the second pair of projections. The baffle comprises a mounting member at each transverse edge of a baffle plate. Each mounting member comprises at least one stop surface) facing a first longitudinal edge of the baffle plate. A baffle assembly comprising two baffle supports and a baffle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicants: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, ALFA LAVAL VICARB SASInventor: Olivier NOËL-BARON
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Patent number: 11493285Abstract: A baffle support and a baffle for a block-type heat exchanger. The baffle support comprises a base plate extending in a first direction and a transverse second direction. The baffle support comprises a first pair and a second pair of projections extending from the front surface of the base plate to engage the baffle. The first pair of projections is located further in the first direction than the second pair of projections. The baffle comprises a mounting member at each transverse edge of a baffle plate. Each mounting member comprises at least one stop surface) facing a first longitudinal edge of the baffle plate. A baffle assembly comprising two baffle supports and a baffle.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignees: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, ALFA LAVAL VICARB SASInventor: Olivier Noël-Baron
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Publication number: 20200278159Abstract: A baffle support and a baffle for a block-type heat exchanger. The baffle support comprises a base plate extending in a first direction and a transverse second direction. The baffle support comprises a first pair and a second pair of projections extending from the front surface of the base plate to engage the baffle. The first pair of projections is located further in the first direction than the second pair of projections. The baffle comprises a mounting member at each transverse edge of a baffle plate. Each mounting member comprises at least one stop surface) facing a first longitudinal edge of the baffle plate. A baffle assembly comprising two baffle supports and a baffle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: September 3, 2020Applicants: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, ALFA LAVAL VICARB SASInventor: Olivier NOËL-BARON
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Publication number: 20200271401Abstract: A baffle for a block-type heat exchanger comprising a baffle plate. The baffle plate comprises a first surface and a second surface being parallel to a baffle plane located between the first surface and the second surface. The baffle plate comprises a first longitudinal edge, a second longitudinal edge, a first transverse edge and a second transverse edge. The baffle comprises a resilient member at the second longitudinal edge. The baffle comprises a reinforcement extending away from the baffle plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2018Publication date: August 27, 2020Applicants: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, ALFA LAVAL VICARB SASInventor: Olivier NOËL-BARON
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Patent number: 10234212Abstract: A heat transfer plate comprising a first port opening and a second port opening for allowing a first fluid to flow over a top surface of the heat transfer plate, a first side opening and an opposite, second side opening for allowing a second fluid to flow over a bottom surface of the heat transfer plate, a number of rows of alternating tops and grooves that extend along the heat transfer plate, where a transition between a top and an adjacent groove is formed by an inclined portion, and plate portions that extend along the heat transfer plate, between the rows of tops and grooves, thereby forming flow channels between the rows of tops and grooves.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignees: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, ALFA LAVAL VICARB SASInventor: Olivier Noel-Baron
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Patent number: 10156405Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes first and second frame plates, and a stack of heat transfer plates. Each heat transfer plate has a peripheral portion encircling a center portion. The heat transfer plates are arranged in pairs between the first and second frame plates, and formed between the pairs of heat transfer plates is a first flow path for a first fluid and a second flow path for a second fluid. One of the first and second flow paths is a free-flow path along which center portions of the heat transfer plates are completely separated from each other. A reinforcement plate is thicker than the heat transfer plates and has a center portion encircled by a peripheral portion. The reinforcement plate is arranged between the first frame plate and the stack of heat transfer plates. Permanent reinforcement joints each bond together the reinforcement plate and an outermost heat transfer plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2013Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE ABInventors: Ralf Blomgren, Olivier Noël-Baron
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Publication number: 20170254596Abstract: A heat transfer plate comprising a first port opening and a second port opening for allowing a first fluid to flow over a top surface of the heat transfer plate, a first side opening and an opposite, second side opening for allowing a second fluid to flow over a bottom surface of the heat transfer plate, a number of rows of alternating tops and grooves that extend along the heat transfer plate, where a transition between a top and an adjacent groove is formed by an inclined portion, and plate portions that extend along the heat transfer plate, between the rows of tops and grooves, thereby forming flow channels between the rows of tops and grooves.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2015Publication date: September 7, 2017Applicants: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, ALFA LAVAL VICARB SASInventor: Olivier NOEL-BARON
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Patent number: 9638474Abstract: Plate suitable for acting as a bulkhead between two fluids flowing in a plate heat exchanger, the plate having a plurality of corrugations each having a bottom crest line and a top crest line, all or part of the corrugations locally having stiffeners formed by a substantial and local reduction of the height of the top crest line, the stiffeners being arranged in a first group of stiffeners distributed on the plate along at least one first line parallel to a diagonal of the plate, the diagonal being perpendicular to the crest lines of the corrugations, the stiffeners of the first group being alternately arranged on either side of the first line on each consecutive corrugation, wherein the distance measured perpendicularly to the first line between the center of the stiffeners of the first group and the first line is the same for each stiffener of the first group.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2009Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignees: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, ALFA LAVAL VICARBInventors: Erik Vännman, Olivier Noël-Baron
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Patent number: 9273911Abstract: Plate (1) intended to form a partition between two fluids circulating inside a welded heat exchanger, the plate (1) having a plurality of undulations (2) characterized in that all or part of the undulations (2) has, on at least one upper crest line (3), at least one preferred contact area (4) that has a height above a nominal height of the undulations (2) of the plate (1), the at least one preferred contact area (4) being intended to come into contact with a lower crest line of an undulation of another plate provided above the plate (1) and to be deformed when the exchanger is manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignees: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, ALFA LAVAL VICARBInventors: Erik Vännman, Olivier Noël-Baron
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Patent number: 9140498Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a bundle of plates for a heat exchanger made up of a stack of plates. The method includes reducing by machining the initial thickness of each plate by making at least at the periphery of the plate, at least one connecting shoe having a height greater than the thickness of the machined plate, forming on the central portion of the plate, corrugations, to be superposed pairwise on the plates, connecting the shoes in contact with the plates of each pair through a weld bead, superposing the pairs of plates and connecting the shoes in contact with the pairs of plates through a sealed weld bead by arranging a superposition of open or closed ends for alternate inflow or outflow of said fluid.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2010Date of Patent: September 22, 2015Assignees: ALFA LAVAL VICARB, ALFA LAVAL PACKINOX, Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives, AREVA NPInventors: Gilles Francois, Gabriel Merle, Patrice Tochon, Franck Pra, Claude Roussel, Olivier Noel Baron, Pierre-Xavier Bussonnet, Alain Bourgeon
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Publication number: 20150096718Abstract: A plate heat exchanger comprises first and second frame plates, side walls, and a stack of heat transfer plates. The heat transfer plates each has a center portion and a peripheral portion encircling the center portion, and they are arranged in pairs between the first and second frame plates. A first flow path for a first fluid exists between the heat transfer plates of the pairs and a second flow path for a second fluid exists between the pairs of heat transfer plates. The side walls extend between the first and second frame plates and enclose the stack of heat transfer plates. A first side wall of the side walls includes a through hole for draining a substance, originating from one of the first/second fluids, from inside to outside of the heat exchanger A first portion of the inside surface of the first side wall slopes towards the hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE ABInventor: Olivier Noel-Baron
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Publication number: 20150075757Abstract: A plate heat exchanger includes first and second frame plates, and a stack of heat transfer plates. Each heat transfer plate has a peripheral portion encircling a center portion. The heat transfer plates are arranged in pairs between the first and second frame plates, and formed between the pairs of heat transfer plates is a first flow path for a first fluid and a second flow path for a second fluid. One of the first and second flow paths is a free-flow path along which center portions of the heat transfer plates are completely separated from each other. A reinforcement plate is thicker than the heat transfer plates and has a center portion encircled by a peripheral portion. The reinforcement plate is arranged between the first frame plate and the stack of heat transfer plates. Permanent reinforcement joints each bond together the reinforcement plate and an outermost heat transfer plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2013Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Ralf Blomgren, Olivier Noël-Baron
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Patent number: 8544529Abstract: A heat exchanger comprises a set of plates defining between them circuits for a fluid flowing alternately via seals mounted between each pair of two adjacent plates. Each plate including at least one guiding cut formed at least at one of the ends thereof for guiding each plate inside a frame. The exchanger also includes between each pair of two adjacent plates, and in proximity to the guiding cut, at least one strut to be compressed and in contact with the two adjacent plates. Each strut has, before compression, a thickness at least equal to that of the seal.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2007Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: Alfa Laval ViacarbInventors: Olivier Noel-Baron, Christophe Wibaut
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Publication number: 20120090822Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing a bundle of plates for a heat exchanger made up of a stack of plates. The method includes reducing by machining the initial thickness of each plate by making at least at the periphery of the plate, at least one connecting shoe having a height greater than the thickness of the machined plate, forming on the central portion of the plate, corrugations, to be superposed pairwise on the plates, connecting the shoes in contact with the plates of each pair through a weld bead, superposing the pairs of plates and connecting the shoes in contact with the pairs of plates through a sealed weld bead by arranging a superposition of open or closed ends for alternate inflow or outflow of said fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2010Publication date: April 19, 2012Applicants: ALFA LAVAL VICARB, AREVA NP, Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives, ALFA LAVAL PACKINOXInventors: Gilles Francois, Gabriel Merle, Patrice Tochon, Franck Pra, Claude Roussel, Olivier Noel Baron, Pierre-Xavier Bussonnet, Alain Bourgeon
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Publication number: 20120031595Abstract: Plate (1) suitable for acting as a bulkhead between two fluids flowing in a plate heat exchanger, the plate (1) having a plurality of corrugations (2) each having a bottom crest line and a top crest line, all or part of the corrugations (2) of the plate (1) locally having stiffeners (5) formed by a substantial and local reduction of the height of the top crest line, the stiffeners (5) being arranged in a first group (20) of stiffeners (5) distributed on the plate (1) along at least one first line (6) parallel to a diagonal (10) of the plate (1), the diagonal (10) being perpendicular to the crest lines (3, 4) of the corrugations (2), the stiffeners (5) of the first group (20) being alternately arranged on either side of the first line (6) on each consecutive corrugation (2), wherein the distance measured perpendicularly to the first line (6) between the centre of the stiffeners (5) of the first group (20) and the first line (6) is the same for each stiffener (5) of the first group (20).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2009Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicants: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, ALFA LAVAL VICARBInventors: Erik Vännman, Olivier Noël-Baron
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Publication number: 20120000637Abstract: Plate (1) intended to form a partition between two fluids circulating inside a welded heat exchanger, the plate (1) having a plurality of undulations (2) characterised in that all or part of the undulations (2) has, on at least one upper crest line (3), at least one preferred contact area (4) that has a height above a nominal height of the undulations (2) of the plate (1), the at least one preferred contact area (4) being intended to come into contact with a lower crest line of an undulation of another plate provided above the plate (1) and to be deformed when the exchanger is manufactured.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2009Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicants: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB, ALFA LAVAL VICARBInventors: Erik Vännman, Olivier Noël-Baron
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Publication number: 20100044021Abstract: A heat exchanger comprises a set of plates defining between them circuits for a fluid flowing alternately via seals mounted between each pair of two adjacent plates. Each plate including at least one guiding cut formed at least at one of the ends thereof for guiding each plate inside a frame. The exchanger also includes between each pair of two adjacent plates, and in proximity to the guiding cut, at least one strut to be compressed and in contact with the two adjacent plates. Each strut has, before compression, a thickness at least equal to that of the seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2007Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: ALFA LAVAL VICARBInventors: Olivier Noel-Baron, Christophe Wibaut