Abstract: Apparatus for cooling liquids, especially lubricating oil for internal combustion engines or heat engines, etc., including a heat exchanger formed by at least one tube for circulating said liquid to be cooled, immersed in a cooling liquid. The exchanger is connected to the outside circuit by connectors passing through the wall of the container of the cooling liquid. These connectors are formed in two parts, one of which projects externally, said parts being so shaped that when assembled they jointly form an annular cavity which surrounds the edge of the opening formed in the container wall; the volume of said cavity diminishes gradually when said two parts are joined together whereby to confine and tighten a flexible seal placed within said cavity.

Abstract: The heat exchanger is formed by wrapping a metal sheet about a water storage tank to define an intermediate cylinder and positioning an outer cylinder over the intermediate cylinder in sealed relation therewith to provide a relatively wide annular space about the water tank. Fluid heated by solar energy is circulated through this annular space to heat water in the tank by heat exchange through the intermediate cylinder and tank itself. A very narrow annular space is defined between the intermediate cylinder and exterior surface of the tank such that any leaks that may develop in the intermediate cylinder will result in the heated fluid passing down this annular space to the exterior so that the risk of contamination of the heated fluid with water in the tank is minimized.

Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly of the counterflow type having a vertically extending longitudinal configuration is constructed from a plurality of individual tube nests, with each of the nests formed of a plurality of individual tubes adapted to have a first heat exchange medium flow therethrough. The upper and lower ends of the tubes are connected to tube plates and a guide shell is provided surrounding each of the tube nests for effecting therein flow of a secondary heat exchange medium around the individual tubes of each nest. Each of the tube nests is formed by its associated guide shell and tube plates as an individual box with the boxes thus formed when viewed in a plane extending transversely to the longitudinal direction of the heat exchanger assembly being arranged as a hexagonal grid.

Abstract: A heat exchanger core comprises a plurality of high conductivity expanded metal plates interleaved with a plurality of low conductivity separators configured and aligned to provide mutually isolated fluid flow channels across the expanded metal plates.

Abstract: A diver's gas heater, for use with a hot water heated suit, to heat the diver's breathing gas for added comfort in cold water. Hot water from a surface installed source is pumped through a hose to the diver's suit and the heater is installed directly in the hot water supply hose. The hot water passes through a tubular heat exchanger and the breathing gas flows through an annulus around the water conducting tube. A portion of the hot water is tapped off to maintain heating around the short length of breathing gas hose between the heat exchanger and the diver's helmet.

Abstract: A disassemblable exhaust muffler and cabin air heater suitable for use on aircraft engines or the like comprising a plurality of assemblable modules which can be readily disassembled to facilitate periodic inspection and repair of the muffler assembly in accordance with prescribed maintenance and inspection schedules. The muffler assembly includes a perforated exhaust gas conduit having a gas flow obstruction at a position intermediate of the inlet and outlet ends thereof and around which an inner shell is removably disposed defining an inner chamber for sound attenuation which in turn is encircled by a removable outer shell defining an outer chamber through which cabin air is adapted to be passed in heat exchange relationship with respect to the periphery of the inner shell. The outer shell and inner shell are readily disassemblable to expose internal areas to inspection for the presence of any structural defects and for effecting any repair thereof.

Abstract: A heat exchanger including concentric cylindrical elements having fins formed on adjacent surfaces of the cylinders which form a flow passage for polymer. The fins are separated by a series of spaced left-hand and spaced right-hand helical grooves circumferentially around the adjacent surfaces of the cylinders. The left-hand grooves differ in width from the right-hand grooves to promote mixing and improve heat transfer efficiency.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes wall members forming a fluid passage therebetween and an inner fin formed of a sheet metal and disposed therein. The inner fin is formed with a plurality of corrugated projections whose side portions are twisted at a certain angle in a plane parallel to the sheet metal with respect to a direction transverse to a fluid flow.

Abstract: A heating apparatus with a combustion chamber defined by walls which are in heat-exchange relationship with the ambient air, in which a part of these walls define a channel communicating with a blower, this in such a manner that ambient air is sucked in through this channel from near the upper side of the apparatus, and warm air is blown out substantially horizontally near the bottom side of the apparatus.

Abstract: A composite tube composed of an inner tube extending through and spaced from an outer tube by radial partition walls is coiled helically. The helical composite tube coil is housed in a tank having an interior silvered reflective surface and evacuated to minimize heat loss through the tank wall. A carburetor supplies a combustible gas mixture to one end of the inner tube, the gas mixture burns in such tube, and a centrifugal blower draws the combustion gas through the tube. A vaporizable liquid is supplied under pressure to the end of the outer tube adjacent to the centrifugal blower for passage of the vaporizable liquid through the outer tube in the direction opposite the flow of combustion gas through the inner tube for vaporization of the combustible liquid under pressure, such as for producing superheated steam from water.

Abstract: A steam generator for a fast breeder reactor has a partition wall having a plurality of small cells which separates a hot fluid from a cold fluid. In each of these small cells, a thermal medium, which is vaporized by a predetermined thermal input to transmit the resulting heat of gasification to the cold fluid, is sealed.

Abstract: A falling film evaporator including a vertically oriented pipe heated exteriorly by a steam jacket and interiorly by a finned steam tube, all heating surfaces of the pipe and steam tube being formed of a material wet by water such as stainless steel, and packing within the pipe consisting of Raschig rings formed of a material that is not wet by water such as polyvinylidene fluoride.