Seal column apparatus and method

Details Seal column apparatus and method Seal column apparatus and method

1980-11-10

1982-05-18

Davis, Albert W.

Heat exchange

Regenerator

Checker brick structure

165 9, 165 10, F28D 1900

Patent

active

043300286

ABSTRACT:
An improved seal column design for use in counterflow heat exchanger systems having a centrally supported rotary heat exchanger or heat recovery wheel having an integral strengthened central hub. According to the invention, the edges formed between the end wall of each seal column juxtaposed an annular face of the wheel and the side walls of the column exposed to and separating the fluid flows are straight and parallel to one another and evenly spaced, at their point of closest approach, between one-half inch (1.27 cm) and one and one-half inches (3.81 cm) and preferably one inch (2.54 cm) beyond the outer circumference of the hub. Also, the side walls of the columns are straight and parallel to one another in the vicinity of the end wall.

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patent: 3270803 (1966-09-01), Hazzard
patent: 3273904 (1966-09-01), Chapman et al.
patent: 3372735 (1968-03-01), Meijer
patent: 4040474 (1977-08-01), Stroom et al.

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