EP4004474A1 - Tube bundle heat exchanger - Google Patents
Tube bundle heat exchangerInfo
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a tube bundle heat exchanger with the features in the preamble of claim 1.
- a tube bundle heat exchanger can, for. B. be configured so that a cryogenic medium flows into a lower cross-sectional half of a cylindrical heat exchanger, flows through the heat exchanger in the longitudinal direction, is deflected by 180 ° at the end of the cylindrical heat exchanger and flows back to the common tube sheet via a tube bundle in the upper half of the heat exchanger .
- the semicircular tube fields of the tube sheet have the consequence that the lower half of the tube sheet has a correspondingly low temperature due to the cryogenic medium, while the second semicircular tube sheet in the tube sheet is significantly warmer.
- the direct flow of cryogenic media onto the tube sheet leads to stress peaks within the tube sheet.
- The also applies to heat exchangers in which the medium is not deflected, i.e. in which the medium flows against the entire tube sheet.
- the invention is based on the object of showing a tube bundle heat exchanger in which the thermal load on the tube sheet, the tube connection to the tube bundle and the tube bundle is reduced.
- the tube bundle heat exchanger has a tube bundle in a housing, the housing having a first inlet and a first outlet for a first medium to be passed through the tube bundle. Furthermore, the housing has a second inlet and a second outlet for a second medium to be passed through a flow space surrounding the tube bundle within the housing.
- the heat exchanger has tube sheets to hold the tubes and to separate the two media from one another.
- a separating body is arranged as a flow distributor between the first inlet and the tube sheet.
- the function of the separator is to prevent the first medium from flowing directly onto the tube sheet.
- inlet tubes are arranged on the separating body.
- the inlet pipes bridge a compensation space between the separator and the tube sheet and protrude into the individual tubes of the tube bundle. By means of the individual pipes, the first medium is passed directly into the pipes, bypassing the pipe base. There is no direct flow against the tube sheet.
- the separating body directly exposed to the flow is cooled down considerably, in particular when it flows against it by a cryogenic medium, which according to the invention has no influence on the thermal stresses in the tube sheet because the tube sheet is decoupled from the separating body.
- the tube sheet is just directly above the housing with connected to the separator. The tube sheet, the tube connections and also the tubes are relieved considerably.
- the individual inlet pipes are not permanently connected to the pipes of the pipe bundle. This compensates for thermal changes in length between the inlet pipes and the pipes of the tube bundle.
- the separator is used for thermal decoupling from the tube sheet.
- Tube bundle heat exchangers in which the inlet and outlet are located at one end of the housing, while a deflection chamber is arranged at the other end of the housing, have higher thermally induced stresses within the tube sheet due to their design.
- the temperature gradient in the tube sheet is greater.
- the temperature of a cryogenic medium could be -160 ° C at the first inlet and +50 ° C at the first outlet. In this case, the temperature difference within the tube sheet is over 200 ° C.
- the tube sheet is not divided into an upper and a lower half.
- the first inlet is connected to a first group of tubes of the tube bundle which is adjacent to a second group of tubes.
- the first group has an outer envelope surface which is predominantly, i.e. more than 50%, adjacent to an envelope surface of the second group.
- the second group can enclose or surround and in particular completely enclose the first group over more than 180 °.
- the second group of tubes is then arranged essentially in a ring around the first group of tubes. In other words, one can also speak of a core area and an edge area. The areas are not necessarily strictly concentric.
- a distinction can essentially be made between an inner group and an outer group of tubes, the second group as the outer group having a larger proportion of tubes which are adjacent to the housing than the first, inner group.
- the first medium initially flows through the first group via a deflection at the end or else a deflection chamber and then back again after the deflection by the second group.
- Both groups of tubes are also connected to a common tube sheet.
- the result is a cheaper one Temperature gradient compared to semicircular tube fields. With a cryogenic medium, the temperatures in the core area are much lower than in the edge area to the transition from the housing. The temperature gradient runs in a star shape between the core area and the outer areas.
- the tube sheet is significantly shielded in the arrangement of the groups of tubes according to the invention and is therefore exposed to significantly lower thermally induced stresses than with an arrangement with semicircular pipe patterns. This is particularly advantageous when using cryogenic gases or liquid nitrogen, because voltage peaks are cut.
- a radially running temperature gradient instead of a temperature gradient running from the edge to across the center, also causes a more favorable stress distribution within the tube bundle.
- Another advantage is that because there is no need for internal separators within the heat exchanger (inlet) chamber, an approx. 20% larger number of tubes with the same nominal diameter can be installed inside the tube sheet or the cylindrical housing. With smaller nominal diameters, the required wall thicknesses for high pressure applications are considerably reduced. Analogously, this means a reduction in the jacket diameter of the heat exchanger with the same number of tubes. This allows the mass and manufacturing costs to be reduced.
- the inlet pipes extend over at least half of a thickness of the tube sheet.
- the thickness is measured between an upstream and a downstream side of the tube sheet, based on the direction of flow of the first medium.
- the inlet pipes completely penetrate the tube sheet so that the first medium, e.g. B. a cryogenic medium with a very low temperature, is introduced away from a fastening point of the tubes in the tube sheet.
- the tubes can be welded to the tube sheet. Due to the better accessibility, the tubes are welded to the tube sheet from the upstream side.
- the tube bundle heat exchanger is designed as a double-tube safety heat exchanger.
- the pipes carrying the first medium are each arranged in an outer pipe.
- the second medium only comes into contact with the outer tube.
- the first medium only comes into contact with the inner tube.
- a monitorable leakage space is located between the inner pipe and the outer pipe.
- the outer tubes are fastened in a tube sheet for the outer tubes. It is located on the downstream side of the tube sheet for the inner tubes.
- the tube sheets are arranged at a distance from one another so that there is a common, monitorable leakage space that is connected to all the spaces between the inner and outer tubes. This leakage space can also be used as a test space to monitor the pressure of a test medium in the leakage space.
- a further separating body which serves as a flow collector and which, viewed in the flow direction of the first medium, is arranged behind a tube sheet on the outlet side and in front of the first outlet.
- This design relates to a tube bundle heat exchanger in which the first inlet is located at one end of a particularly cylindrical housing and the first outlet is located at the opposite end of the cylindrical housing. With this design, the first medium is consequently not deflected in a collecting chamber at the end.
- a separating body can also be useful when flowing out of such a tube bundle heat exchanger in order to reduce stress peaks at the tube sheet.
- the separating body has discharge pipes which are connected in a fluid-conducting manner to the pipes carrying the first medium in order to guide the first medium through the tube base on the outlet side and the separating body to the first outlet.
- a collecting chamber is arranged in front of the tube sheet on the inlet side.
- the second group of tubes opens into this collecting chamber.
- the first outlet is connected to the collecting chamber.
- the collecting chamber is essentially annular. It can be separated from the compensation space in a fluid-tight manner.
- the collecting chamber is preferably connected to the compensation chamber in a fluid-conducting manner.
- the compensation space is preferably used not only to compensate for thermal changes in length between the separating body and the tube sheet, but also to accommodate leaks that result from the inlet tubes being arranged in the tubes of the tube bundle so that they can be moved longitudinally. They are preferably only plugged into the pipes carrying the first medium with play, a narrow annular gap remaining which is sufficient to compensate for thermally induced changes in length.
- the compensation space is accordingly filled with the leakage flow of the first medium.
- the compensation space is at the same time part of the collecting chamber for the medium flowing back.
- the leakage flows are usually so low that they can be neglected.
- Sealing means can be arranged between the inlet pipes and the pipes of the pipe bundle.
- the separating body is an independent component that is preferably welded into the housing.
- the inlet pipes are in turn connected to the separating body, preferably on the inflow side, that is to say on their side facing the first inlet. For example, they are firmly connected to the separating body.
- the production is comparable to the production of a tube bundle that is connected to a tube sheet.
- the separating body can be designed as a disk-shaped body similar to a tube sheet, the one Has a plurality of openings into which the inlet pipes are inserted. The same applies to the construction of a separating body serving as a flow collector, which is mounted on the outlet side of a tube bundle with a unidirectional flow in the longitudinal direction.
- the invention makes it possible for the first inlet to be directly opposite the separating body when required.
- the direct flow onto the separating body is harmless to the thermal stresses within the tube bundle heat exchanger and in particular within the tube bundle due to the only indirect flow onto the tube sheet or tube bundle.
- the invention does not exclude that the inlet is arranged at an angle other than 180 ° to the separating body, so that the first medium flowing in is deflected.
- the inlet opens into an inflow chamber. It can be expanded in a funnel shape as required.
- the cross section of the inlet does not have to correspond to the cross section of the tube bundle or that of the separating body.
- the inflow chamber serves to distribute the inflowing medium evenly over all openings in the separating body or the individual inlet pipes and thus evenly over the pipe bundle.
- FIGS. 5 to 11 The invention is described in more detail below with reference to FIGS. 5 to 11.
- FIGS. 1 to 4 described below serve only to illustrate the claimed invention and are not embodiments of the invention.
- the drawings show schematically represented exemplary embodiments. Show it:
- Figure 1 in longitudinal section a tube bundle heat exchanger in a first
- FIG. 2 in longitudinal section, the end area of a tube bundle heat exchanger according to a first design (one-way version);
- FIG. 3 in a longitudinal section into the end region of a tube bundle heat exchanger according to a second design
- FIG. 4 in longitudinal section, a tube bundle heat exchanger with a deflection chamber at the end (prior art);
- FIG. 5 shows a longitudinal section through the end region of a heat exchanger in a first embodiment of the invention (multi-way version);
- Figure 6 is an end view of a tube sheet of an inventive
- FIG. 7 shows a longitudinal section through an end region of a heat exchanger in a further embodiment (multi-way version);
- FIG. 9 shows a view of a head piece of the tube bundle heat exchanger according to FIG.
- FIG. 8 from the direction of view of the tube bundle
- FIG. 10 shows an end view of a separating body according to FIG.
- Figure 11 is an end view of a tube sheet of a
- Tube bundle heat exchanger according to the design of Figure 8.
- FIG. 1 shows a tube bundle heat exchanger 1 of the prior art.
- the essential components are named which can also be found in the following designs according to the invention from FIG.
- the tube bundle heat exchanger 1 has a housing 2.
- the housing 2 is cylindrical.
- the housing 2 has a first inlet 3 on the left in the image plane and a first outlet 4 on the right in the image plane for a first medium M1 that flows into the first inlet 3 and flows out of the first outlet 4.
- the first medium M1 is passed through a tube bundle 5.
- the tube bundle is surrounded by a flow space 7 for a second medium M2.
- the second medium M2 flows in the image plane on the right via a second inlet 8 through the flow space 7 to the second outlet 9 at the other end of the housing 2.
- the second medium M2 is deflected several times within the housing 2.
- deflection plates 10 are arranged in the housing 2 so that the flow path of the second medium M2 is lengthened.
- the second medium M2 does not come into contact with the first medium M1.
- the tubes 6 of the tube bundles 5 are fastened in tube sheets 11 at the first inlet and on a tube sheet 12 at the first outlet 4.
- the tube bundle heat exchanger is designed as a double tube safety heat exchanger.
- each tube 6 is surrounded by an outer tube which is connected in a second tube sheet 13 at the first inlet 3 or a second tube sheet 14 at the first outlet 4.
- the space between the tube sheets 11, 13 or 12, 14 can be monitored for leak detection.
- the tube sheets 11, 13 or 12, 14 are located at a small distance from one another.
- FIG. 2 shows a tube bundle heat exchanger 15.
- the tube bundle heat exchanger 15 has a cylindrical housing 2 with a first inlet 3 for the first medium M1. Inside the cylindrical housing 2, a tube bundle 5 runs through a flow space 7 for a second medium, not shown in detail, which can flow into and out of the housing 2 via the second inlet 8 or second outlet 9 shown in FIG.
- the tubes 6 of the tube bundle 5 are fastened in a tube sheet 11.
- a separating body 16 is located between the tube sheet 11 and the inlet 3.
- the entire tube bundle heat exchanger 15 is cylindrical.
- the tube sheet 11, the separating body 16 and the associated head piece 35 are therefore also cylindrical in this exemplary embodiment.
- the separating body 16 is configured in a disk shape and has a plurality of through openings into which the inlet pipes 18 extend.
- the inlet pipes 18 are arranged in alignment with the pipes 6, so that in each case one inlet pipe 18 is aligned opposite the pipe 6 of the pipe bundle 5 in the axial direction.
- the inlet pipes 18 all have the same length. They extend through the separating body 16 and bridge a gap-shaped compensation space 19 in front of the tube sheet 11. They extend as far as a downstream side 20 of the tube sheet 11 and thus also penetrate the entire tube sheet 11.
- the inflow chamber 17 When the medium M1 flows into the inflow chamber 17 through the one first inlet, the flow directly flows against only the separating body 16 or the inlet pipes 18 arranged therein. There is no direct flow against the tube sheet 11.
- the medium M1 only enters the tube bundle 5 on the downstream side of the tube sheet 11.
- the inlet pipes 18 are displaceable in length relative to the pipes 6 of the pipe bundle 5. Any leakage flows are caught in the compensation space 19. They cannot escape here because the compensation space 19 is limited on the one hand by the separating body 16 and on the circumferential side by the head piece 35.
- the first medium M1 can only flow into the tubes 6 of the tube bundle 5.
- FIG. 2 shows that the tubes 6 of the tube bundle 5 are fixed on an upstream side 21 of the tube sheet 11, in particular by welding.
- the inlet pipes 18 are also fixed on the inlet side on a front side 22 of the separating body 16 facing the first medium M1.
- the design of Figure 3 differs from that of Figure 2 in that the tube bundle heat exchanger 23 is designed as a double-tube safety heat exchanger. With regard to the basic mode of operation, reference is made to the statements relating to FIG. The reference numerals introduced there for FIG. 3 are also adopted.
- the design of FIG. 3 has an outer tube 24 for each tube 6 carrying the medium M1, which is fastened in the tube sheet 13 on the inlet side (see FIG. 1). A monitorable one is located between the outer tube 24 and the respective inner tube 6 Leakage space. Due to the fact that the tube sheet 13 for the outer tubes 24 is arranged at a small distance from the tube sheet 11 for the tubes 6 of the tube bundle 5, via the space 25 between the tube sheets 11, 13 a
- Leak monitoring can be carried out.
- the space 25 is connected to the leakage space between the pipe 6 for the medium M1 and the outer pipe 24.
- the leakage monitoring is not shown.
- the inlet tubes 18 also extend through the second tube sheet 13 for the outer tubes 24. Accordingly, the inlet tubes 18 end on the downstream side 26 of the second tube sheet 13. All other structural features are identical to the embodiment of the figure 2.
- FIG. 4 shows a further tube bundle heat exchanger 27 from the prior art.
- the main difference compared to the tube bundle heat exchanger of FIG. 1 is that the tube bundle heat exchanger 27 has a deflection chamber 28 in the image plane on the right, the first inlet 3 and the first outlet 4 for the first medium M1 being arranged on the left in the image plane.
- the housing 2 is cylindrical. Accordingly, a circular tube pattern results here in the tube sheet 11.
- the tube bundle heat exchanger 27 is again designed as a double tube safety heat exchanger, so that there is also a second tube sheet 13 for each of the outer tubes, not shown.
- the second medium M2 flows in via the first inlet 8.
- the first outlet 4 is arranged adjacent to the first inlet 8.
- Only the first inlet 3 is arranged at a distance from the second outlet 9.
- a partition plate 30 At the inlet-side end in the image plane on the left there is a partition plate 30 in a chamber 29 in order to separate the medium M1 flowing in from below from the medium M1 flowing out above.
- an additional separating body 16 can be provided, as shown in the exemplary embodiments in FIGS. 5 and 7.
- the separating body 16 does not differ from that of the exemplary embodiment in FIGS 3.
- the tube sheet 11 is also configured identically.
- the head piece 32 is configured differently.
- the medium M1 flows into the head piece 32 via the first inlet 3, then flows through the inflow chamber 17 in order to enter the individual inlet pipes 18 in the separating body 16.
- the medium M1 now flows into the tubes 6 of the tube bundle 5. In contrast to the exemplary embodiment in FIG. 1, however, the medium M1 only flows into a first group G1 of tubes 6.
- the tubes 6 of the first group G1 open into a deflection chamber as denoted by the reference numeral 28 in FIG.
- a tube sheet 12 is also arranged there, so that the first medium M1 flows out of the core area and is directed into those tubes 6 which surround the first group G1 of tubes 6.
- This second group G2 is located radially outside the first group G1. As far as possible, this second group G2 surrounds the first group G1 to a certain extent on the circumferential side.
- FIG. 6 shows an example of a pipe field looking towards the end face of a pipe sheet 11.
- the first group G1 of pipes 6 is marked with an X.
- the first medium M1 flows into these tubes 6 into the image plane. It is deflected behind the second tube sheet 12 and flows back through the tubes 6 of the second group G2.
- These tubes 6 are marked with a point in the middle. The point clarifies the opposite direction of flow.
- FIG. 6 also shows an envelope surface 37 of the first group G1.
- the envelope surface 37 surrounds the first group G1 of tubes 6. It is shown with a broken line. It does not physically exist, but merely designates a boundary between the first group G1 and the second group G2.
- the inner envelope surface of the second group G2 corresponds to the outer envelope surface 37 of the inner group G1. They are congruent on top of each other. Therefore, the two envelope surfaces are not only partially adjacent, but rather the envelope surface of the second group G2 surrounds the envelope surface 37 of the first group G1.
- the medium M2 flowing back flows out of the tubes 6 of the second group G2 into a collecting chamber 33.
- This collecting chamber 33 is configured in an annular manner. All tubes 6 of the outer or second group G2 open into the collecting chamber 33.
- the collecting chamber 33 in the head piece 32 is connected to the first outlet 4 for the medium. In this case the first outlet is in the image plane above.
- the separating body 16 separates the medium M1 flowing back from the medium flowing in.
- the separating body 16 is for the most part located inside the collecting chamber 33 and the medium M1 flowing back flows around it in the collecting chamber 33.
- the compensation space 19 is also located within the collection chamber 33.
- the compensation space 19 is connected to the collection chamber 33 in a fluid-conducting manner. So that any leakage flows can pass from the compensation space 19 into the collecting chamber 33 and can also flow out via the first outlet 4 for the first medium M1.
- FIG. 7 differs from that in FIG. 5 only in that a second tube sheet 13 has been installed, which is connected to corresponding outer tubes 24.
- FIG. 5 For the rest, reference is made to the description of FIG. 5 and the reference numbers introduced there or to the preceding description of FIG. 3, which also shows the design as a double-pipe safety heat exchanger.
- the tube bundle heat exchanger 34 according to FIG. 7 is to this extent a combination of the design of FIGS. 5 and 3.
- FIG. 8 shows a further exemplary embodiment with a differently designed head piece 36.
- the first inlet 3 is not directly opposite the separating body 16.
- the first inlet 3 is at the end eccentric and essentially in the lower half of the head piece 36.
- the first inlet 3 leads via a feed line into the inflow chamber 17.
- the inflow chamber 17 is not arranged centrally in the head piece 36, but rather eccentrically. It is located predominantly in the lower half of the head piece 36. In contrast to the other exemplary embodiments, it is also not funnel-shaped, but in this sectional view rectangular and essentially adapted to the tube pattern of the tube sheet in FIG.
- FIG. 9 shows the head piece 36 in a view of the inflow chamber 17 from the direction of view of the tube bundle.
- the inflow chamber 17 is configured essentially semicircular or semicylindrical with rounded corners from this viewing direction.
- the access to the first inlet 3 is located in the lower region of the inflow chamber 17.
- the passage to the first outlet 4 (FIG. 8) is connected to the collecting chamber 33 in the upper region.
- the collecting chamber 33 is essentially circular and surrounds the inflow chamber 17 on the circumference.
- FIG. 10 shows the separating body 16 in a detailed representation. It is inserted into the inflow chamber 17 of FIG. The assembly situation is shown in FIG. In the installed position, the separating body 16 is circumferentially fluid-tightly welded to the inflow chamber 17 and closes it off from the collecting space 33. The inlet pipes 18 are inserted into the individual through openings 38 in the separating body 16, as can be seen in FIG.
- the drilling pattern of the through openings 38 in the separating body 16 corresponds to the hole pattern in the tube sheet 11 according to FIG. 11.
- the tubes 6 marked with an X denote the tubes of the first group G1.
- FIG. 11 shows an envelope surface 37 as a delimitation between the first group G1 and the second group G2.
- the inner envelope surface of the second group G2 is identical to the outer envelope surface 37 of the first group G1.
- the difference from the exemplary embodiment in FIG. 6 is that the first group G1 is offset from the second group G2 to the underside of the image plane 11.
- the first group G1 of tubes 6 is predominantly located in the lower half of the tube sheet 11.
- This exemplary embodiment makes it clear that the two groups G1, G2 of tubes 6 do not have to be arranged concentrically, but that at least over the predominant circumferential area of the first group G1 Tubes 6 of the second group G2 are arranged. It shouldn't be due to lack of space be possible to arrange lateral tubes 6 of the second group G2 next to the tubes 6 of the first group G1, as is the case, for example, in the horizontal plane, these positions in the tube sheet 11 remain free. In this case, the distance between the tubes 6 of the first group G1 from the edge of the tube sheet 11, or the distance from the inside of the enclosing housing 2, is greater than the distance between the outer tubes 6 of the second group G2 and the housing 2.
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