With First Fluid Holder Or Collector Open To Second Fluid Patents (Class 165/110)
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Patent number: 10364708Abstract: A Rankine cycle apparatus includes a pump, an evaporator, an expander, a condenser, and an internal heat exchanger. The internal heat exchanger allows heat exchange to take place between a working fluid discharged from the expander and a working fluid discharged from the pump. A temperature of the working fluid at an inlet of the expander is set so that a temperature of the working fluid at an outlet of the expander be higher than a saturation temperature on a high-pressure side of the cycle.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Takumi Hikichi, Osao Kido, Atsuo Okaichi, Masaya Honma, Masanobu Wada, Osamu Kosuda
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Patent number: 10345047Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of principal heat exchange sections and auxiliary heat exchange sections. Each of the auxiliary heat exchange sections is in series connection to a corresponding one of the principal heat exchange sections. Tube number ratios of the principal heat exchange sections are obtained by dividing the number of the flat tubes constituting each of the principal heat exchange sections by the number of the flat tubes constituting a corresponding one of the auxiliary heat exchange sections. Of the principal heat exchange sections, the first principal heat exchange section, which is the lowermost one, has the smallest tube number ratio. Consequently, discharge of liquid refrigerant from a lower portion of the first principal heat exchange section is accelerated during defrosting, thereby shortening the time required for defrosting.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2017Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masanori Jindou, Yoshio Oritani, Takuya Kazusa, Yoshimasa Kikuchi, Shun Yoshioka
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Patent number: 10274207Abstract: A heating installation comprising: —a first circuit (C1); —a second circuit (C2); —a first heat pump (4) for heating the medium in the first circuit; —a first heat exchanger (10) arranged in the second circuit (C2) and connected between a condenser (4b) and an expansion valve (4d) of the first heat pump; —a second heat pump (11) arranged for heating a medium by absorbing heat energy from the medium in the second circuit; and —a second heat exchanger (12) and a third heat exchanger (14) for transferring heat from the medium in the second circuit to water in a water supply line (13). The second heat exchanger (12) is connected to the water supply line upstream of the third heat exchanger (14) in order to allow the second heat exchanger to preheat the tap hot-water in a first step and the third heat exchanger to preheat the tap hot-water in a subsequent second step.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2014Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: Energy Machines ApSInventor: Hans-Göran Göransson
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Patent number: 10254056Abstract: A heat exchanger, in particular a charge air cooler or an exhaust gas cooler for an internal combustion engine, comprising a plurality of essentially parallel tubes and at least one collector box on the output side, the tubes each emptying into the collector box on the output side, and a gas flow flowing from the tubes into the collector box and from the collector box into an outlet of the collector box, a structure for interacting with the gas flow being provided at least one of the tubes or collector box, a condensation being transported to the outlet with the aid of the structure.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2010Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Hans-Ulrich Steurer, Peter Geskes, Christian Saumweber
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Patent number: 10234202Abstract: Disclosed is a condensate water control dryer. The condensate water control dryer includes: a dryer main body which has a drying space formed therein; a first condensate water panel which is attached, in a first direction, to an inner wall surface of the drying space of the dryer main body and has a superhydrophilic surface; a second condensate water panel which is attached, in a second direction that intersects the first direction, to the inner wall surface of the drying space of the dryer main body and has a superhydrophobic surface; and attachment members which attach the first condensate water panel and the second condensate water panel to the inner wall surface of the dryer main body.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2015Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignees: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION, ADVANCED MANUFACTURE TECHNOLOGY CENTER, CHINA ACADEMY OF MACHINERY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGYInventors: Woon Bong Hwang, Zhongde Shan, Shuangfeng Wu, Byung Rak Park, Won Shik Kwak
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Patent number: 10221726Abstract: A condensing heat recovery steam generator (cHRSG) includes a main stack for an exhaust hot gas main flow, a bypass stack for allowing a fraction of exhaust hot gas to bypass the exhaust hot gas main flow, and a heat pump. The cHRSG includes a primary water circuit, a secondary water circuit, and a tertiary water circuit. The cHRSG additionally includes a feedwater line, a first heat exchanger for providing heat exchange between the feedwater line and the secondary water circuit, and a second heat exchanger for providing heat exchange between the primary water circuit and the tertiary water circuit. In the cHRSG, latent heat is partially recovered from said exhaust hot gas circulating in the bypass stack through the second heat exchanger and additional heat is extracted in the tertiary water circuit by said heat pump, contributing to a preheating performed in a preheater of the primary water circuit.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2015Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: COCKERILL MAINTENANCE & INGENIERIE S.A.Inventors: Nicolas Balczunas, Sebastien Borguet
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Patent number: 10221383Abstract: A system for condensing moisture in a moist gas stream entering or leaving a bioreactor includes a condenser container, the condenser container comprising: an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface, the inner wall surface defining an interior chamber for holding a fluid; and a first fitment attached to the outer wall surface and forming a first port configured to allow the moist gas stream to flow into the interior chamber; a second fitment attached to the outer wall surface and forming a second port configured to allow a dried gas to flow from the interior chamber and out of the second port; and a cooling device in contact with at least one portion of the outer wall surface and arranged to cool the at least one portion of the outer wall surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2016Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: GE HEALTHCARE BIO-SCIENCES CORP.Inventors: Richard Damren, Colin Touhey, Thomas Erdenberger, Michael Fisher, Geoffrey Hodge, Patrick Guertin, Parrish Galliher
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Patent number: 10197312Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a header, a plurality of tubes, and a distributor. The header is configured to contain refrigerant and define an opening proximate to a termination end of the header. The plurality of tubes extends away from and is fluidicly coupled to the header. The plurality of tubes includes a first group of adjacent tubes characterized as located further away from the opening than a second group of adjacent tubes. The distributor is located within the header and spaced apart from the opening such that a first portion of the refrigerant in the first group of tubes does flow through the distributor, and a second portion of the refrigerant in the first group of tubes does not flow through the distributor.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventor: Yanping Xia
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Patent number: 10184604Abstract: A fluid manifold includes an elongated hollow body forming an inner area, having: a first end extending to a second end; and a top surface and a bottom surface; a cylindrical conduit having a length that extends through the inner area, the cylindrical conduit forming a channel that is fluidly separable from the inner area of the elongated hollow body, the cylindrical conduit extending through the first end of the elongated hollow body; a plurality of exit ports in fluid communication with the inner area and extending at a perpendicular angle relative to the cylindrical conduit; a mounting plate secured to the plurality of exit ports; a first row of a plurality of cutouts extending through the thickness of the elongated body, the first row of the plurality of cutouts providing fluid passage between the channel of the cylindrical conduit and the inner area of the elongated body; and a second row of a plurality of cutouts extending through the thickness of the elongated body, the second row of the plurality of cType: GrantFiled: October 7, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Inventor: Howard Russell York
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Patent number: 10168109Abstract: Header plate for a heat exchanger, comprising a wall (3) provided with orifices (7), and through which tubes (1) arranged in rows in a longitudinal direction (L) are intended to pass, characterized in that: said wall has (3), in cross section, a profile made up of a central portion (13) and of two lateral portions (15), the lateral portions (15) overall follow a first curve with a first radius of curvature (R1), the central portion (13) overall follows a second curve with a second radius of curvature (R2), smaller than the first radius of curvature (R1).Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: Valeo Systemes ThermiquesInventor: Christian Riondet
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Patent number: 10161683Abstract: An indirect dry cooling system suitable for steam condensing applications in a power plant Rankine cycle in one embodiment includes an air cooled condenser having a plurality of interconnected modular cooling cells. Each cell comprises a blower and tube bundle assemblies each including inlet headers, outlet headers, and plurality of tubes extending between the headers. In one embodiment, the tube bundle assemblies may be shop fabricated as a unit to form an A-frame or V-frame cell construction The tubes may be finned. Steam circulating in a closed flow loop on the tube side from a steam turbine is cooled in each cell by ambient air blown through the tube bundles, thereby forming liquid condensate. The condensate is collected and returned to the Rankine cycle for reheating to form steam to drive the turbine.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2016Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Inventors: Krishna P. Singh, Vytautas Vincas Maciunas, Indresh Rampall
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Patent number: 10161658Abstract: A condenser module configured for use in a condenser is provided including a housing having a first longitudinal side that defines a first air inlet and an opposing second longitudinal side that defines a second air inlet. A heat exchanger assembly is positioned within the housing. The heat exchanger assembly includes at least one heat exchanger coil. A cross-section of the heat exchanger assembly is generally constant between a front side of the housing and an opposite back side of the housing. At least one of the front surface and the back surface is configured to abut an adjacent contact module. A fan assembly includes at least one fan generally aligned with a single heat exchanger coil in the heat exchanger assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2014Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Jackie S. Russo, Lee G. Tetu
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Patent number: 10151540Abstract: There is provided a large-sized reboiler that can achieve space saving and reduction in plant cost. Specifically, there is provided a large-sized reboiler comprising a vessel of which a liquid is supplied from a lower part and a vaporized gas is discharged from an upper part; and a heat transfer tube group arranged in such a manner that a void penetrating in the up-and-down direction is formed in the vessel, wherein a maximum length of a cross-sectional figure of a flow path for the liquid exceeds 2 m, and the void occupies 5 to 10% of an area of the cross-sectional figure of the flow path.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2011Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.Inventors: Yoshiyuki Kondo, Hiromitsu Nagayasu, Takashi Kamijo, Osamu Miyamoto
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Patent number: 10151516Abstract: A heat exchanger and an air conditioner comprising the heat exchanger are provided. The heat exchanger includes a gaseous refrigerant heat exchange pipe (6) and a liquid refrigerant heat exchange pipe (7) provided on the same side of the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger further includes a gaseous refrigerant heat exchange branch pipe (2) and a liquid refrigerant heat exchange branch pipe (3). During installation of the heat exchanger and the air conditioner, a pipe exiting direction may be selected according to user demands without bending the pipes, a pipe routing space does not need to be reserved on the back of the whole machine, and installation is facilitated.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2015Date of Patent: December 11, 2018Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANES, INC. OF ZHUHAIInventors: Bin Shang, Youjian Zeng, Minyan Wang
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Patent number: 10145295Abstract: The invention relates to a plate heat exchanger forming between its plates a first flat flow tube in which a first fluid circulates between a first inlet orifice and a first outlet orifice, and a second flat flow tube in which a second fluid circulates between a second inlet orifice and a second outlet orifice. The two flat tubes form parallel arms which extend in a longitudinal direction (L) perpendicular to a transverse air flow traversing the heat exchanger, the first tube being upstream in the air flow and the second tube being downstream.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2013Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Thierry Berger, Fadil Ayad, Bruno Prochette
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Patent number: 10132552Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a refrigerator comprising an ice machine, the refrigerator comprising: a main body, a door, a dispenser disposed on a front surface of the door, a compressor, a condenser and an expansion valve on the door, an ice tray disposed in the ice-making compartment, a refrigerant pipe configured to connect the compressor, the condenser, and the expansion valve, a heater disposed at a peripheral portion of the ice tray, a drain duct disposed under the ice tray, and a defrost water discharge pipe configured to couple the drain duct and the excess water tray.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: DONGBU DAEWOO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Sung Jin Yang
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Patent number: 10126075Abstract: A heat exchanger has a tubular structure inside of which a medium flows. The heat exchanger includes a liquid film removal structure and a liquid film flowing-down assistance structure. The liquid film removal structure is joined to the tubular structure. The liquid film flowing-down assistance structure is coupled directly to the liquid film removal structure and is arranged between the tubular structure and an adjacent tubular structure and in parallel to the tubular structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Akinori Tamura, Naoyuki Ishida, Kazuaki Kito
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Heat exchanger assembly having a refrigerant distribution control using selective tube port closures
Patent number: 10126065Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly having a first manifold, a second manifold spaced from the first manifold, and a plurality of refrigerant tubes in hydraulic communication with the first manifold and the second manifold. The second manifold includes a first end, a second end opposite from the first end, and a refrigerant inlet adjacent the first end. The plurality of refrigerant tubes includes tube ports. A portion of the tube ports are selectively obstructed such that a refrigerant entering into the second manifold through the refrigerant inlet flows substantially uniformly across the plurality of refrigerant tubes from the second manifold to the first manifold. At least one of the obstructed tube ports includes an inserted sliver of braze amendable material, pinched closed, or formed by inserting a pin of reduced diameter into the selected ports and then squeezing the port from the outside to size it and then removing the pin.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2015Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Donald R. Pautler, Douglas C. Wintersteen, Neil A. Walkowski, Longhu Li, Wayne O. Forrest, Shrikant M. Joshi -
Patent number: 10107566Abstract: The invention relates to a condenser, in particular a condenser cooled by a coolant, said condenser consisting of at least one tube/fin block having several flat tubes, each flat tube having a plurality of flow channels that extend adjacent to one another in the tube transverse direction and define a refrigerant-side hydraulic diameter (Dh refrigerant). At least one respective intermediate element defining a coolant-side hydraulic diameter (Dh coolant) is arranged in the region of the flat tubes. The condenser is characterized in that the ratio of the two hydraulic diameters (Dh coolant) to (Dh refrigerant) is greater than (>) 1.3.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2012Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventors: Uwe Förster, Herbert Hofmann, Christoph Walter
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Patent number: 10094601Abstract: An inlet member having a refrigerant inflow passage which is open at opposite ends is joined to a condensation section inlet header of a condenser. An opening at one end of the refrigerant inflow passage serves as an inflow opening into which externally supplied refrigerant flows, and an opening at the other end serves as an outflow opening from which refrigerant flows out to the condensation section inlet header. The condensation section inlet header has an opening at a position offset from the longitudinal center toward the one end thereof. The inlet member has an insert portion which is inserted into the condensation section inlet header through the opening. The outflow opening of the refrigerant inflow passage is open to a single upward facing flat surface of the insert portion, and is oriented such that the refrigerant flows toward the longitudinal center of the condensation section inlet header.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: KEIHIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventor: Kota Arino
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Patent number: 10043596Abstract: Disclosed herein is a water-air combined passive feed water cooling apparatus including a water cooling heat exchanger connected to the inside of a containment building to cool down heat of a steam generator using a water cooling method, a cooling tank including the water cooling heat exchanger therein and storing cooling water condensing main steam generated by the steam generator, an evaporative steam pipe connected to the cooling tank, the evaporative steam pipe, into which steam of the cooling water generated by the water cooling heat exchanger in the cooling tank flows, an air cooling heat exchanger connected to the evaporative steam pipe and cooling down and liquefying the steam flowing into the evaporative steam pipe, and a condensed water collecting pipe for refilling the cooling tank with the steam liquefied by the air cooling heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Tae-Soon Kwon, Kihwan Kim, Hyun Sik Park, Sung Won Bae, Yusun Park
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Patent number: 10010811Abstract: An evaporation-condensation system and methods of manufacturing and using the same are disclosed. The system may include a condensation surface having one or more wipers and a gas diffusion apparatus. The one or more wipers may be configured to move over the condensation surface to displace one or more of fouling material and condensed material that may be present on the condensation surface. The gas diffusion apparatus may include one or more anti-gas blades positioned substantially parallel to the condensation surface and one or more gas storage areas. The gas diffusion apparatus may be configured to guide an amount of vapor molecules towards the condensation surface and promote condensation of the vapor molecules by rotating the one or more anti-gas blades around a central axis and displacing an amount of non-condensable gas into the one or more gas storage areas.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2013Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLCInventor: Hao Wang
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Patent number: 9938188Abstract: To produce cement clinker by baking of raw meal in a kiln, use is conventionally made of a raw meal preheater in which the heat of the flue gas emerging from the kiln is transferred to the raw meal. In order to remove impurities which accumulate in circulation between the kiln and the raw meal preheater, a part of the flue gas is extracted from the kiln, bypassing the raw meal preheater. The heat generated during the baking of cement clinker can be used particularly efficiently if the flue gases extracted and diverted past the raw meal preheater are used in a boiler to generate hot steam which can subsequently be expanded in a turbine.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2013Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: SUDBAYERISCHES PORTLAND-ZEMENTWERK GEBR. WIESBOCK & CO. GMBHInventor: Helmut Leibinger
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Patent number: 9939211Abstract: A flow-plate is dividable in mid plane. The flow-plate includes two parts, each part includes a channel side and a utility side, and the two parts of the flow plate are counter parts and complementing each other. When the flow-plate is connected the two parts form a channel between the two counter parting channel sides. The channel includes curved obstacles, sidewalls and channel floors. The curved obstacles are lined up in parallel rows separated by sidewalls, the backside of the rows of curved obstacles have deep machined grooves making the obstacles hollow for heat transfer fluids on utility sides. A flow-plate section and a flow module are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE ABInventor: Kasper Höglund
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Patent number: 9920997Abstract: Cooling apparatuses and a system including the same may be provided. The cooling apparatus including a freezer, a first cooling unit configured to cool a first cooling water supplied to the freezer in open air, and a second cooling unit configured to cool a second cooling water supplied to the first cooling unit may be provided. According to a temperature difference between the open air and the first cooling water, the second cooling unit may circulate the second cooling water separately with respect to the first cooling water or mix the second cooling water into the first cooling water.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: March 20, 2018Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Han-Soo Son, Seong-Dai Jang, Jae-Yong Kim, Kyung-Bae Min, Kwang-Sin Lee, Jung-Ja Lee, Chang-Ju Byun, Ho-Nam Jung
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Patent number: 9897396Abstract: A heat exchanger for an exchange of heat between a first fluid and a second fluid includes a block including: a plurality of flow ducts configured to be traversed by the first fluid, and a housing that holds the flow ducts and is configured to be traversed by the second fluid; a base connected to the block, the base including one or more passage openings for the flow ducts, the base comprising a first base part and a second base part; and at least one casing cover that is in fluid-communication with the flow ducts and that is attached to the base.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Roland Hemminger, Mark Schienemann, Wolfgang Reier
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Patent number: 9874401Abstract: The subject of the disclosure is a vertical shell and tube straight tube countercurrent condenser, wherein the condensing steam flows on the shell side of the condenser, and the cooling water on the tube side.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: Rinheat OyInventors: Arvi Artamo, Pentti Juhola
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Patent number: 9845994Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of principal heat exchange sections and auxiliary heat exchange sections. Each of the auxiliary heat exchange sections is in series connection to a corresponding one of the principal heat exchange sections. The number of the flat tubes constituting each of the heat exchange sections is compared to the number of the flat tubes constituting a corresponding one of the auxiliary heat exchange sections, creating a tube number ratio, wherein the first principal heat exchange section, which is lowermost, has the smallest tube number ratio. Consequently, discharge of liquid refrigerant from a lower portion of the first principal heat exchange section is accelerated during defrosting, thereby shortening the time required for defrosting.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2013Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Masanori Jindou, Yoshio Oritani, Takuya Kazusa, Yoshimasa Kikuchi, Shun Yoshioka
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Patent number: 9791190Abstract: A condenser includes first and second header tanks provided on one side of the condenser, and a third header tank provided on another side of the condenser. A plurality of second heat exchange tubes extend in an extending direction between the second header tank and the third header tank to connect the second header tank and the third header tank. A plurality of first heat exchange tubes are provided to extend in the extending direction between the first header tank and the third header tank to connect the first header tank and the third header tank. The plurality of first heat exchange tubes are directly connected to the first header tank. The plurality of first heat exchange tubes are longer than the plurality of second heat exchange tubes and are positioned downstream of the plurality of second heat exchange tubes with respect to a flow of refrigerant.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: KEIHIN THERMAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventor: Tatsuya Hanafusa
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Patent number: 9795064Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a plurality of first heat radiation members, each of the plurality of first heat radiation members including a first refrigerant flow path through which a refrigerant flows; a plurality of second heat radiation members, each of the plurality of second heat radiation members including a second refrigerant flow path through which the refrigerant flows; and a fin attached between the plurality of second heat radiation members, wherein an interval between the plurality of first heat radiation members is smaller than an interval between the plurality of second heat radiation members.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Michimasa Aoki, Masumi Suzuki, Jie Wei
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Patent number: 9791074Abstract: A tubular flow module includes at least two concentric tubes with spiral features, wherein first tube is coaxially arranged inside a second tube and each tube has a maximum diameter and a minimum diameter, wherein the maximum diameter of first tube is larger than the minimum diameter of second tube, defining a flow path for fluids between first and second tubes. A tubular flow module system and use of the tubular flow module is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2012Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE ABInventor: Kasper Höglund
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Patent number: 9757662Abstract: Heat integrated distillation column for separating components in a fluid mixture. The heat integrated distillation column is provided with a stripper part (S), a rectifier part (R) and a compressor (2) between the stripper part (S) and the rectifier part (R). Furthermore, a heat exchange assembly for transferring heat between the stripper part (S) and the rectifier part (R), and a mass transfer assembly for condensation and vaporization in the heat integrated distillation column are provided. The stripper part (S), the rectifier part (R), or the stripper part (S) and rectifier part (R), comprise a channel formed by adjacent channel assemblies (6), each forming a structural part of the heat integrated distillation column and a functional part of the heat exchange assembly and of the mass transfer assembly. A plate (8) and a structured packing in the form of two or more corrugated plates (7) are provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: Stichting Energieonderzoek Centrum NederlandInventors: Odolphus Simon Leo Bruinsma, Markus Friedrich Fischer
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Patent number: 9726048Abstract: A steam turbine plant is provided with: a plurality of steam turbines; a multistage pressure condenser composed of a plurality of condensers which are respectively provided below the respective steam turbines so as to correspond to the plurality of steam turbines, and in which steam which is discharged from the respective steam turbines is condensed and accommodated as condensate; and a steam extraction section which introduces some of the steam in the steam turbine into condensate of the condenser corresponding to the lowest-pressure steam turbine among the plurality of condensers.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Jiro Kasahara, Issaku Fujita
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Patent number: 9719705Abstract: Disclosed herein is a system and method for condensing moisture in a moist gas stream entering a bioreactor or leaving a bioreactor, the system comprising: a condenser container capable of holding a fluid, the condenser container comprising: an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface, the inner wall surface defining an interior chamber for holding the fluid; and a first fitment attached to the outer wall surface of the condenser container, the first fitment forming a first port configured to allow the moist gas stream to flow through the first port and into the interior chamber; a second fitment attached to the outer wall surface of the condenser container, the second fitment forming a second port configured to allow a dried gas to flow from the interior chamber and out of the second port; and a cooling device in contact with at least one portion of the outer wall surface of the condenser container and arranged to cool the at least one portion of the outer wall surface of the condenser container, therebyType: GrantFiled: April 18, 2016Date of Patent: August 1, 2017Assignee: GE HEALTHCARE BIO-SCIENCES CORP.Inventors: Patric Fricking, Parrish Galliher, Geoffrey Hodge, Michael Fisher, Patrick Guertin, Richard Damren, Colin Tuohey, Thomas Erdenberger
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Patent number: 9670911Abstract: A heat-exchanger module that conveys a fluid through one or more heat exchangers with little or no pressure drop is presented. The heat-exchanger module comprises a first manifold that smoothly channels the fluid from a fluid source to each of the heat exchangers. The heat-exchanger module further comprises a second manifold that smoothly channels the fluid from the heat exchangers to a fluid sink. The manifolds are dimensioned and arranged to mitigate development of pressure drops in the fluid flow.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 6, 2017Assignee: Lockheed Martin CorporationInventors: Natalie B. Levings, Eugene C. Jansen, Jared D. Gilbert, Nicholas J. Nagurny
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Patent number: 9664455Abstract: A heat exchanger is constituted by an indoor machine equipped with an indoor heat exchanger constituted by a plurality of heat transfer tubes, which have spiral grooves formed with a predetermined lead angle on inner faces of the tubes and are made to pierce a plurality of fins, and an outdoor machine equipped with an outdoor heat exchanger constituted by a plurality of heat transfer tubes which have a lead angle of spiral grooves smaller than that of a heat transfer tubes used for the indoor heat exchanger and are made to pierce a plurality of fins.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2008Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventor: Sangmu Lee
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Patent number: 9568225Abstract: An automotive evaporator heat exchanger is provided having a hybrid expansion device configured to aliquot refrigerant across the refrigerant tubes. The hybrid expansion device includes a first stage refrigerant pressure drop device and a second stage refrigerant pressure drop device. The first stage refrigerant pressure drop device is a TXV configured to receive and expand a liquid phase refrigerant into a first mixture of two phase refrigerant and the second stage refrigerant pressure drop device is a tube extending within the inlet manifold configured to expand the first mixture of two phase refrigerant into a second mixture of two phase refrigerant. The tube includes a plurality of orifices and a tube diameter large enough to prevent resistance to refrigerant flow, but, small enough to prevent the first mixture of two phase refrigerant flow from separating into liquid and vapor strata.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2013Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Sourav Chowdhury, Prasad Shripad Kadle, Carrie M. Kowsky
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Patent number: 9523542Abstract: Coil assemblies for use in heat exchange applications are made using polymeric tubes, some with heat exchange and water redistribution media integral with the coil assembly and others with a water distribution subassembly integral with the coil assembly. One coil assembly includes at least two generally linear passes that are connected by return bends formed by folding an array of polymeric tubes. The passes have an array of at least two layers of polymeric tubes that pass through alignment holes in tube spacers only along the passes to maintain the tubes in substantially the same relative positional relationship to each other in the passes and in the return bends. Methods are explained for forming the coil assemblies and components, including the tube spacers and tube sheets to connect the coil assembly to inlet and outlet manifolds for the processing fluid flowing internally through the tubes.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Brentwood Industries, Inc.Inventors: Timothy E. Krell, Frank M. Kulick, III, Dean Calton
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Patent number: 9494368Abstract: In a heat exchanger, a principal windward heat exchange region includes a principal windward bank portion, a principal leeward heat exchange region includes a principal leeward bank portion, an auxiliary windward heat exchange region includes an auxiliary windward bank portion, and an auxiliary leeward heat exchange region includes an auxiliary leeward bank portion. Each of the principal and auxiliary bank portions is constituted of a plurality of flat tubes. In the heat exchanger functioning as an evaporator, a refrigerant flows sequentially through the auxiliary windward, auxiliary leeward, principal leeward, and principal windward bank portions. In the heat exchanger functioning as a condenser, a refrigerant flows sequentially through the principal windward, principal leeward, auxiliary leeward, and auxiliary windward bank portions. Consequently, the heat exchanger exhibits performance sufficient for functioning as both an evaporator and a condenser.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: November 15, 2016Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masanori Jindou, Yoshio Oritani, Kousuke Morimoto, Tomohiko Sakamaki, Takuya Kazusa, Junichi Hamadate
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Patent number: 9464850Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a single refrigerant pipe (44) for introducing a refrigerant into a receiver tank (14) from a condenser header part (20, 26), and a mounting member (40) for mounting the receiver tank to a core (10). The mounting member has a refrigerant inlet passage (56) connecting the refrigerant pipe to the interior of the receiver tank, and a refrigerant outlet passage (58) connecting the interior of the receiver tank to a sub-cooler header part (22, 28).Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2012Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Iino, Yuuichi Matsumoto
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Patent number: 9372019Abstract: A dual circuit condenser for a cooling system is configured to cool refrigerant passing through the condenser. Operation of a first circuit of the system establishes a first temperature at a first area of the condenser, and operation of a second circuit of the system establishes a second temperature at a second area of the condenser. The condenser includes a manifold. The manifold is configured to receive a plurality of tubes. The manifold is further configured to define a first volume that is part of the first circuit and a second volume that is part of the second circuit. The manifold includes three or more separators interposed between the first volume and the second volume to segregate refrigerant in the first circuit from refrigerant in the second circuit.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2014Date of Patent: June 21, 2016Assignee: MAHLE International GmbHInventors: Lisa A. Allan, Nicholas J. Alonge, Jr., Mark R. Hammer, Timothy J. Filonczuk, William D. Wright, Judd W. Glenn, Shrikant M Joshi, Joel T. Hambruch, Rogelio Salais
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Patent number: 9368813Abstract: A fuel cell stack includes a laminated body in which a plurality of electricity generation cells are laminated and is provided with a reaction gas discharge through hole which discharges a reaction gas used in an electricity generation reaction. An end plate is arranged at one end in the lamination direction of the laminated body and is provided with a reaction gas outlet which communicates with the reaction gas discharge through hole. A drainage structure has an outlet pipe coupled to the reaction gas outlet. A tip end portion of the outlet pipe on the downstream side in the reaction gas discharge flow direction opens downward. Umbrella-shaped protrusion portions are provided within the outlet pipe. These protrusion portions have a shape which tapers toward the upstream side with respect to the reaction gas discharge flow direction, dividing the continuous flow of the discharged liquid and the reaction gas.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Kuwayama, Kazuya Sasamoto, Mitsunori Matsumoto
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Patent number: 9318682Abstract: Apparatus and method for generating electricity. The apparatus includes one or more first components configured to extract heat from at least a first fluid flow at a first temperature to one or more devices configured to convert thermal energy to electric energy. The first fluid flow is in a first direction. Additionally, the apparatus includes one or more second components configured to transfer heat from the one or more devices to at least a second fluid flow at a second temperature. The second temperature is lower than the first temperature, and the second fluid flow is in a second direction. Each first part of the first fluid flow corresponds to a first shortest distance to the one or more devices, and the first shortest distance is less than half the square root of the total free flow area for a corresponding first cross-section of the first fluid flow.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Alphabet Energy, IncInventors: Adam Lorimer, Matthew L. Scullin, Sravan Kumar R. Sura, Christopher Hannemann
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Patent number: 9310136Abstract: A brazed heat exchanger (100,200) for exchanging heat between fluids comprises a number of heat exchanging plates (110,210) provided with a pressed pattern of ridges (120,220) and grooves (130,230). The heat exchanger plates (110,210) are stacked onto one another such that flow channels (211,212) are formed between said plates (110,210), and the flow channels (211,212) are in selective communication with port openings (140,240). Port skirts (170,250,260) are arranged on the heat exchanging plates (110,210), said port skirts (170, 250, 260) at least partly surrounding the port openings (140,240), extending in a generally perpendicular direction as compared to a plane of the heat exchanger plates (110,210) and being arranged to overlap one another to form a pipe like configuration or a part thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2009Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: SWEP International ABInventors: Sven Andersson, Svante Hoberg, Tomas Dahlberg
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Patent number: 9134067Abstract: A dehumidifying apparatus for a dryer is provided that includes a case, a drum disposed inside the case that receives objects to be dried therein, and a hot air supplier that supplies hot air into the drum and dries the objects to be dried. The dehumidifying apparatus includes a heat exchanger that heat exchanges with air flowing from the drum, and an injection nozzle portion disposed between the hot air supplier and the heat exchanger so as to inject a certain jet. When gas introduced into the dehumidifying apparatus from the drum passes through the jet, foreign substances such as lint, contained in the gas may be separated, thereby preventing accumulation of the foreign substances on the dehumidifying apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seung-Phyo Ahn, Sang-Ik Lee, Byeong-Jo Ryoo, Sung-Ho Song, Jeong-Yun Kim, Yang-Hwan Kim, Jae-Hyuk Wee, Dong-Hyun Kim, Yoon-Seob Eom, Yang-Ho Kim
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Patent number: 9115938Abstract: A heat exchanger is described comprising a distributor having an outer housing and including a plurality of substantially parallel plates disposed within the housing and configured to partition an input two-phase flow into a series of primarily single-phase layers. A heat exchanger is described comprising a distributor having an outer housing including a plurality of substantially parallel channels disposed therein, each channel configured to uniformly and independently convey a portion of a homogenous input two-phase flow from an input of the distributor to an output of the distributor.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationInventors: Abbas A. Alahyari, Miad Yazdani, Thomas D. Radcliff
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Patent number: 9109500Abstract: A charge air cooler includes a cooler housing configured to couple with an intercooler core outlet and having a condensate/water trap disposed within the cooler housing. The water trap is configured to inhibit water passing through the housing outlet. The water trap is further configured to collect the water and introduce it to the engine at a controlled rate.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2013Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventor: Charles Allen Cockerill
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Patent number: 9109821Abstract: A condenser for a vehicle may include first and second headers, a heat-exchanging portion disposed between the first and second headers, a coolant tank mounted at an outer side of the first header and having a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet, the coolant tank to supply the coolant to the heat-exchanging portion and to receive through the first header the coolant passing through the heat-exchanging portion and the second header, and a receiver-drier portion connected to the second header to perform gas-liquid separation and moisture removal from the coolant having passed through the heat-exchanging portion, wherein an inner space of the coolant tank is divided into an upper portion and a lower portion by a first partition disposed between the coolant inlet and the coolant outlet, and a spiral groove for causing the coolant to rotate is formed at the upper portion connected to the coolant inlet.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2012Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Wan Je Cho
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Patent number: 9109795Abstract: A vaporizer includes a plurality of U-shaped tubes contained in a vessel and are arranged in at least one plane. The vessel is closed at one end by a plate having openings adapted to mate with the end of the U-shaped tubes, and there is a dome covering the plate on the opposite side of the tubes. The dome is bounded by a wall forming an inlet chamber and an outlet chamber, the inlet chamber being split into two parts by a partition perpendicular to the plane of the tubes and to the wall to form a chamber for admitting liquid between the plate and the partition and an auxiliary chamber on the other side of the partition. The auxiliary chamber is configured to receive liquid from the admission chamber such that liquid from the outside arriving in the admission chamber enters the tubes via the bottom openings only.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2011Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: L'Air Liquide Société Anonyme Pour L'Étude Et L'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges ClaudeInventor: Jean-Marc Peyron
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Patent number: 9105901Abstract: A battery pack includes at least one battery module having a plurality of battery cells that are aligned in the same direction, a heat dissipation member disposed in alignment with the battery module, and a heat conducting member connected to the heat dissipation member. The heat dissipation member has a plurality of heat dissipation fins and a heat dissipation pipe. The heat dissipation pipe is connected with the plurality of heat dissipation fins.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GmbHInventor: Kwon Sohn