Abstract: A solar receiver for a thermal power plant including a plurality of absorber modules, each absorber module including at least one face configured to be illuminated by a solar flux, wherein the modules are arranged side by side forming a paving. Each absorber module further includes its own fluid circuit in which a fluid to be heated by the solar flux can flow, the fluid circuits of the absorber modules being connected to one another.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A solar power tower solar receiver absorber including: an enclosure; at least one panel configured to be illuminated by solar flux; a core made of at least one material with heat conductivity at least partially encompassed by the enclosure; and a plurality of tubes passing through the core and extending substantially in a parallel direction with respect to the panel configured to be illuminated. The tube is configured for circulation of a fluid to be heated, for example a gas for operating a gas turbine.

Abstract: A fluid treatment system by force of thermophoresis, including first and second modules between which the fluid to be treated is intended to circulate, the first module configured to be brought to a temperature greater than that of the second module so as to engender a temperature gradient causing a force of thermophoresis capable of projecting the particles to be purified in the direction of the second module. The first module includes a succession of parallel first tubes configured to be traversed by hot fluid, the second module includes a succession of parallel second tubes configured to be traversed by cold fluid, and the first tubes are arranged staggered with the second tubes.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to improved cooling systems and methods for use on aircraft trolleys and compartments. The systems use absorptive cooling with thermal conductive plates strategically positioned in order to keep trolleys and their contents cooled.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the detection and/or measurement of fouling in a heat exchanger, whereby the resistance value (R1, R2) of a resistor (R), placed on a wall (P) of this heat exchanger, is measured at two different instants and a value of the measurements (R2; R1) that corresponds to a function of the values measured at these two instants is determined, characterized in that the resistor (R) is subjected in succession to two power levels (P1, P2) that are each maintained for a certain duration, the first power level (P1) being below the second power level (P2), and the measurements of the two resistance values (R1, R2) being respectively carried out during application of these two power levels.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a heat exchanger system comprising at least one module (1) traversed by a row of fluid circulation channels, the embodiment of said module being implemented as follows: formation of an assembly (4) comprising, in parallel, a plurality of metal conduits (10) each forming, with the inner space thereof, one of the fluid circulation channels, the conduits being arranged between two metal plates (6, 6), the spaces defined by the directly consecutive conduits and said metal plates being filled by a metal filling substance (8), and the assembly also comprising connection elements (20) of the conduits; and treatment of the assembly (4) so as to obtain diffusion welding of the conduits (10) with the substance (8), the plates and the elements (20).

Abstract: A solar power tower solar receiver absorber including: an enclosure; at least one panel configured to be illuminated by solar flux; a core made of at least one material with heat conductivity at least partially encompassed by the enclosure; and a plurality of tubes passing through the core and extending substantially in a parallel direction with respect to the panel configured to be illuminated. The tube is configured for circulation of a fluid to be heated, for example a gas for operating a gas turbine.

Abstract: A solar receiver for a thermal power plant including a plurality of absorber modules, each absorber module including at least one face configured to be illuminated by a solar flux, wherein the modules are arranged side by side forming a paving. Each absorber module further includes its own fluid circuit in which a fluid to be heated by the solar flux can flow, the fluid circuits of the absorber modules being connected to one another.

Abstract: A device forming a chemical reactor including a first circuit configured to form a chemical reactor, wherein the first circuit includes plural channels, wherein flow at least two chemicals intended to react with one another, wherein the channels have a three-dimensional structure including bends and junctions forcing the fluid to change direction, and a second heat exchange circuit including multiple channels, wherein a heat transfer fluid flows, positioned as close as possible to the channels wherein the reaction occurs.

Abstract: A fluid treatment system by force of thermophoresis, including first and second modules between which the fluid to be treated is intended to circulate, the first module configured to be brought to a temperature greater than that of the second module so as to engender a temperature gradient causing a force of thermophoresis capable of projecting the particles to be purified in the direction of the second module. The first module includes a succession of parallel first tubes configured to be traversed by hot fluid, the second module includes a succession of parallel second tubes configured to be traversed by cold fluid, and the first tubes are arranged staggered with the second tubes.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A plate-type heat exchanger including a plurality of stacked plates and a device for evaluating the extent to which the fluid circuit(s) have become coated in scale, whereby the evaluating device has an electrical resistor which is thermally connected to a plate located at the end of the stack while measuring the temperature in the immediate vicinity of the resistor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a heat exchanger system comprising at least one module (1) traversed by a row of fluid circulation channels, the embodiment of said module being implemented as follows: formation of an assembly (4) comprising, in parallel, a plurality of metal conduits (10) each forming, with the inner space thereof, one of the fluid circulation channels, the conduits being arranged between two metal plates (6, 6), the spaces defined by the directly consecutive conduits and said metal plates being filled by a metal filling substance (8), and the assembly also comprising connection elements (20) of the conduits; and treatment of the assembly (4) so as to obtain diffusion welding of the conduits (10) with the substance (8), the plates and the elements (20).

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the detection and/or measurement of fouling in a heat exchanger, whereby the resistance value (R1, R2) of a resistor (R), placed on a wall (P) of this heat exchanger, is measured at two different instants and a value of the measurements (R2; R1) that corresponds to a function of the values measured at these two instants is determined, characterized in that the resistor (R) is subjected in succession to two power levels (P1, P2) that are each maintained for a certain duration, the first power level (P1) being below the second power level (P2), and the measurements of the two resistance values (R1, R2) being respectively carried out during application of these two power levels.

Abstract: A plate-type heat exchanger (1) comprising a plurality of stacked plates (2) and including a device (20) for evaluating the extent to which the fluid circuit(s) have become coated in scale, characterised in that the evaluating device (20) comprises an electrical resistor (21) which is thermally connected to plate (10) located at the end of the stack and means of measuring the temperature in the immediate vicinity of said resistor.