EP3625510B1 - Échangeur de chaleur à circuits imprimés à double paroi - Google Patents

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EP3625510B1
EP3625510B1 EP18732650.9A EP18732650A EP3625510B1 EP 3625510 B1 EP3625510 B1 EP 3625510B1 EP 18732650 A EP18732650 A EP 18732650A EP 3625510 B1 EP3625510 B1 EP 3625510B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D9/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall
    • F28D9/0093—Multi-circuit heat-exchangers, e.g. integrating different heat exchange sections in the same unit or heat-exchangers for more than two fluids
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D9/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall
    • F28D9/0031—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits for one heat-exchange medium being formed by paired plates touching each other
    • F28D9/0037—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits for one heat-exchange medium being formed by paired plates touching each other the conduits for the other heat-exchange medium also being formed by paired plates touching each other
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F1/00—Tubular elements; Assemblies of tubular elements
    • F28F1/003—Multiple wall conduits, e.g. for leak detection
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F2265/00—Safety or protection arrangements; Arrangements for preventing malfunction
    • F28F2265/16—Safety or protection arrangements; Arrangements for preventing malfunction for preventing leakage

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  • the present invention relates to a double wall diffusion bonded heat exchanger with micro-channels, commonly known as a printed circuit heat exchanger.
  • Printed circuit heat exchangers offer significant space savings when compared to industry standard shell & tube heat exchangers, which have been in use for some time. They also offer the capability to operate at high pressures and low temperatures, which is ideal for the application of liquefied fuels such as LNG, LEG, LPG, LH 2 .
  • LNG, LEG, LPG, LH 2 liquefied fuels
  • LH 2 liquefied fuels
  • one of the disadvantages of using these fuel types is that they are highly explosive, and even small leakages can lead to explosions as they vaporize in air and form highly combustible mixtures.
  • Double wall piping systems typically have an inner pipe, and a secondary barrier in the form of an outer pipe, with an annular space in between which can be used to monitor any leakages of the inner pipe.
  • the present invention discloses a means of creating a secondary barrier for a printed circuit heat exchanger by the use of a pair of intermediate third plates placed below and above the first fluid plate, thereby completely isolating the first fluid from the second fluid in case of any failure of the first fluid plate.
  • EP2923061 (A1 ) discloses the use of 3D channels in order to bypass any blockages in the fluid channels due to freezing. These channels are limited by their design, and purpose, and could not be used for leakage detection
  • Document US 9163882 discloses a heat exchanger block, comprising: first plates comprising one first channel configured to guide a first fluid; second plates comprising one second channel configured to guide a second fluid; and intermediate plates disposed between the first and second plates comprising micro-channels; wherein each of the first, second and intermediate plates are provided with a plurality of communication holes, wherein the leakage channels allow for fluid communication through the heat exchanger block; and wherein the micro-channels are arranged to receive the leaking fluid from the first or second channels and permit flow of the leaking fluid to the leakage channels.
  • a heat exchanger block according to the invention is defined in claim 1.
  • the present invention is based on the conventional layout of a printed circuit heat exchanger whereby there are two fluid mediums, a first fluid, and a second fluid, for which there are micro channels etched into the heat exchanger plates, thus forming first and second plates.
  • the first and second plates are then placed alternately on top of each other, until the required number of plates is reached to form a heat exchanger element, at which point the plates are bonded together using the process of diffusion bonding to form the heat exchanger element assembly.
  • the present invention discloses the use of a third fluid, which may be an inert gas or a fluid such as water, or any other fluid preferably with good heat conduction properties, and the design of an intermediate third plate, whereby a third plate is placed in between all the first and second plates so there is no possibility of direct contact between the first and second fluid, in case of a failure due to crack propagation or material bonding failure in the first or second plates.
  • the first, second, & third plates are designed with communicating holes that allow for fluid passage through the entire height of the heat exchanger block. Thereby when the first second and third plates are mounted on top of one another the communicating holes mate to form leakage channels that allow for fluid communication through the entire height of the heat exchanger block.
  • the first fluid will flow into the third plate, through the micro-channels in the third plate, and finally pass through the leakage channels in the first, second and third plates.
  • the leakage channels holes then lead to a common exit point on the heat exchanger block, whereupon exiting the heat exchanger block, the leakage, transported in the third fluid, can be detected by sensors that can either detect the leaking fluid itself, or measure the consequence of the leakage such as a rise in pressure, or drop in temperature.
  • the standard layout of the printed circuit heat exchanger can be observed, with first (1) and second (2) micro-channels in the x and y axis on each plate respectively.
  • the plates are then diffusion bonded together in order to form the entire heat exchanger body, and inlet and outlet manifold ducts are installed on the x and y axis.
  • Figure 2 shows the communicating holes (6) made in the first (3), second (4), and third(5) plates, that form the leakage channels which allow for fluid communication throughout the z axis direction.
  • the design proposed in figure 2 is a simple design that could be applied in order to perform this purpose, however other iterations of this design are possible.
  • Figure 3 shows the completed assembly of the heat exchanger block, whereby the first (3), second (4), and third (5) plates are placed together to form the heat exchanger block and thereby complete the leakage channels that allow fluid communication in the z axis direction, through the first, second , and third plates, whereby a third plate is placed on either side of a first or second plate, and the entire assembly of these plates is then diffusion bonded in order to form the heat exchanger body.
  • a manifold duct is then connected and sealed to the top (7) and bottom (8) of the heat exchanger block in order to safely detect and dispose of the leaking fluids.

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  1. Bloc d'échangeur de chaleur, comprenant :
    au moins une première plaque comprenant au moins un premier canal conçu pour guider un premier fluide ;
    au moins une seconde plaque comprenant au moins un second canal conçu pour guider un second fluide ; et
    au moins une plaque intermédiaire disposée entre les première et seconde plaques, l'au moins une plaque intermédiaire comprenant des micro-canaux ;
    les première et seconde plaques et la plaque intermédiaire étant liées ensemble par une liaison par diffusion ;
    chacune des première et seconde plaques et plaque intermédiaire étant pourvue d'une pluralité de trous de communication, les trous de communication pratiqués dans les première et seconde plaques et la plaque intermédiaire étant associés pour former des canaux de fuite conçus pour recevoir le fluide fuyant d'au moins un desdits premier et second canaux, les canaux de fuite permettant une communication fluidique à travers une hauteur entière du bloc d'échangeur de chaleur ; et
    les micro-canaux de l'au moins une plaque intermédiaire étant conçus pour recevoir le fluide de fuite provenant d'au moins un desdits premier et second canaux et permettre l'écoulement du fluide de fuite vers les canaux de fuite.
  2. Bloc d'échangeur de chaleur selon la revendication 1,
    les canaux de fuite étant conçus pour guider un troisième fluide, le troisième fluide étant toute composition du premier fluide, du deuxième fluide, ou d'un fluide différent à la fois du premier et du deuxième fluide.
  3. Bloc d'échangeur de chaleur selon la revendication 1 ou 2,
    les première et seconde plaques étant disposées selon un agencement empilé alterné.
  4. Bloc d'échangeur de chaleur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3,
    les canaux de fuite des première et seconde plaques et de la plaque intermédiaire étant en communication fluidique les uns avec les autres.
  5. Bloc d'échangeur de chaleur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, comprenant en outre :
    un premier conduit de collecteur ; et
    un second conduit de collecteur,
    les premier et second conduits de collecteur étant scellés à l'élément d'échange de chaleur.
  6. Bloc d'échangeur de chaleur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 5,
    un capteur étant conçu pour détecter la fuite du premier ou du deuxième fluide dans un canal de fuite.
  7. Bloc d'échangeur de chaleur selon la revendication 6,
    le capteur étant conçu pour détecter des changements de pression et/ou de température.
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