Heat exchange – Casing or tank enclosed conduit assembly – Conduit coiled within casing
Patent
1997-12-31
2000-06-20
Flanigan, Allen
Heat exchange
Casing or tank enclosed conduit assembly
Conduit coiled within casing
165 76, 165178, 165 71, 165DIG407, 165DIG441, F28D 702, F28F 904
Patent
active
060765976
ABSTRACT:
A heat exchanger for heat exchange between a working fluid and a coolant having an inner casing, an outer casing, and an annular space formed therebetween. A tube bundle including at least one tube formed into a helical coil is located within the annular space. End plates are removably secured and sealed to the ends of the outer casing. Bulkhead fittings are mounted in openings of the end plates to seal the tube ends which pass through the end plates. The bulkhead fittings are sized to permit the end plates to be moved off of the bulkhead fittings in a direction away from the helical coil. The tube bundle may also include a separating plate extending longitudinally between the coils of two tubes within the tube bundle creating two separate passages through which coolant may flow. External tubes may be connected at the tube ends, outside of the outer casing and the end plates, such that the working fluid flows in a parallel single-pass flow or a series double-pass flow through the annular space. A method for servicing the heat exchanger includes disconnecting the heat exchanger from a fluid delivery tube and a fluid return tube, removing the end plates off of the bulkhead fittings in a direction away from the helical coil, removing the inner and outer casings off of the tube bundle, and servicing the tube bundle.
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Grace Ronald L.
Manning Frank E.
Flanigan Allen
Flowserve Management Company
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