US20170051985A1 - Heat exchanger having channels for damping liquid motions - Google Patents

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US20170051985A1
US20170051985A1 US15/308,113 US201515308113A US2017051985A1 US 20170051985 A1 US20170051985 A1 US 20170051985A1 US 201515308113 A US201515308113 A US 201515308113A US 2017051985 A1 US2017051985 A1 US 2017051985A1
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  • the invention relates to a heat exchanger for indirect heat transfer between a first medium and a second medium according to claim 1 .
  • Such a heat exchanger generally has a shell, which defines a shell space for receiving a liquid phase of the first medium, and at least one heat exchanger block (also referred to as the “core”), which has first heat transfer passages for receiving the first medium and second heat transfer passages for receiving the second medium, so that heat can be transferred indirectly between the two media, wherein the heat exchanger block is arranged in the shell space in such a way that it can be surrounded by a liquid phase of the first medium that is located in the shell space.
  • the core also referred to as the “core”
  • Such a heat exchanger is shown for example in FIG. 9-1 in “The standards of the brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchanger manufacturer's association (ALPEMA)”, third edition, 2010, page 67.
  • ALPEMA brazed aluminum plate-fin heat exchanger manufacturer's association
  • Such a configuration of a heat exchanger is also referred to as a “core-in-shell” or “block-in-shell” heat exchanger.
  • the driving force for the flow of the first medium (for example refrigerant) through the at least one heat exchanger block is preferably produced by the thermosiphon effect caused by the vaporization.
  • the shell space of the heat exchanger not only fulfils the purpose of a storage tank but also serves as a separating apparatus for separating the generated steam of the first medium from the refrigerant liquid or the liquid phase of the first medium.
  • a free surface of the liquid phase of the first medium forms in the shell space.
  • the shell of the heat exchanger which is preferably cylindrically formed, may in this case be aligned both horizontally and vertically as far as the orientation of the longitudinal axis or cylinder axis is concerned.
  • the heat exchanger block is in principle mainly flowed through upwardly by the refrigerant liquid. In particular, the direction of throughflow of the stream to be cooled down (second medium) is not restricted.
  • the heat exchanger is to be set up on a movable base, for example a floating body (for example a ship), the generally known problems that sometimes occur with liquid-filled containers can therefore arise, in particular that the liquid in the container or the shell space can move back and forth, so that for example levels varying over time are obtained at a number of locations in the shell space.
  • the depth of immersion of the heat exchanger blocks in the liquid phase of the first medium varies, which can for example impair the effectiveness of the heat transfer.
  • the liquid motion of the bath must therefore be damped to the extent that safe and reliable operation can be ensured.
  • the object of the present invention is therefore that of providing a heat exchanger of the type mentioned at the beginning that alleviates the aforementioned difficulty.
  • a plurality of cylindrical channels for conducting the first medium that run parallel to one another and in particular are only in flow connection with, or can be flowed through by, the bath or the liquid phase are provided in the shell space laterally in relation to the at least one heat exchanger block.
  • the respective cylinder is in this case produced by displacing that planar area along a straight line or longitudinal axis that does not lie in the plane of the planar area and preferably extends normal to that planar area or cross-sectional area.
  • the individual channels are also preferably separated from one another over their circumference by wallings, to be precise preferably in the form of peripheral wallings, in particular completely closed wallings.
  • completely closed wallings the medium that flows along the longitudinal axis of the channel in the respective channel cannot enter a neighboring channel (transversely in relation to the longitudinal axis).
  • one channel, several channels or all channels has/have a separate, peripheral walling of their own.
  • a walling of a channel also forms part of a walling of a neighboring channel. This may also apply to a number of channels or to all channels.
  • the liquid phase of the first medium in the shell space of the heat exchanger can advantageously be stilled when there are fluctuating movements of the heat exchanger.
  • a fluctuating movement is understood in this case as being in particular a movement in which the longitudinal axis or cylinder axis of the shell changes its spatial position or inclination, in particular periodically (for example on account of the swell when the heat exchanger is arranged on a floating body on a body of water).
  • the channels are for example aligned along the vertical, during the operation of the heat exchanger the liquid phase can escape at the upper end of the heat exchanger block and flow back down again through the channels laterally in relation to the heat exchanger block.
  • the channels in this case represent a flow resistance in the horizontal direction, which suppresses a motion of the liquid phase of the first medium along the horizontal.
  • the liquid phase in the channels may possibly flow back and forth, the channels likewise acting as flow resistances in the horizontal direction on account of the limited flow cross section, and therefore damping a corresponding motion of the liquid phase of the first medium. If the longitudinal axes of the parallel channels are aligned horizontally, a liquid motion resulting from a fluctuating movement in which the inclination of the longitudinal axes changes is especially damped.
  • the at least one heat exchanger block may in principle be any one of all possible heat exchangers that can transfer heat, particularly indirectly, from the second medium to the first medium.
  • the heat exchanger block is preferably a plate heat exchanger.
  • Such plate heat exchangers generally have a plurality of plates or sheets that are arranged parallel to one another and form a multiplicity of heat transfer passages for media involved in the heat transfer.
  • a preferred embodiment of a plate heat exchanger has a plurality of heat directing structures, for example in the form of sectionally meandering, in particular corrugated or folded, sheets (known as fins), which are respectively arranged between two parallel separating plates or sheets of the plate heat exchanger, the two outermost layers of the plate heat exchanger being formed by cover plates.
  • terminal bars for closing the respective heat transfer passage.
  • the first heat transfer passages are open upwardly and downwardly along the vertical and in particular are not closed by terminal bars, so that the liquid phase of the first medium can enter the first heat transfer passages from below and can leave the first heat transfer passages as a liquid and/or gaseous phase at the top of the plate heat exchanger.
  • cover plates, separating plates, fins and side bars are preferably produced from aluminum and are for example brazed to one another in a furnace.
  • media such as for example the second medium, can be introduced into the assigned heat transfer passages and drawn off from them.
  • the shell of the heat exchanger may in particular have a peripheral, (circular-)cylindrical walling, which with a heat exchanger arranged as intended is preferably aligned in such a way that the longitudinal axis or cylinder axis of the walling or of the shell extends along the horizontal or along the vertical.
  • the shell preferably has walls that are opposite one another, are connected to the walling referred to and extend transversely in relation to the longitudinal axis or cylinder axis.
  • the at least one plate heat exchanger is designed to cool down and/or at least partially liquefy the second medium, conducted in the second heat transfer passages, with respect to the first medium, conducted in the neighboring first heat transfer passages, so that a gaseous phase of the first medium forms, the shell space being designed for collecting the gaseous phase.
  • the at least one plate heat exchanger is designed in such a way that during the operation of the heat exchanger the first medium rises up in the at least one plate heat exchanger, specifically in first heat transfer passages provided for this purpose of the at least one plate heat exchanger, the at least one plate heat exchanger in particular being designed for conducting the second medium in the second heat transfer passages in counter-flow or in cross-flow in relation to the first medium.
  • the liquid phase of the first medium leaving at the upper end of the plate beat exchanger together with the gaseous phase flows downward again, possibly in the vertically oriented channels, at the sides of the plate heat exchanger.
  • the channels or the wallings thereof are fixed to one another in such a way that they form an interlinked unit, which is also referred to as a register.
  • This unit is preferably formed separately from the heat exchanger block and/or shell.
  • the channels are formed as extending longitudinally along their respective longitudinal axis (or cylinder axis), i.e. the extent along the respective longitudinal axis is greater than the greatest inside diameter of the respective channel perpendicularly in relation to the respective longitudinal axis.
  • the channels can consequently be flowed through by the liquid phase of the first medium along their respective longitudinal axis or cylinder axis, respectively having at each of the two end faces an opening by way of which the liquid phase can enter and leave the respective channel.
  • the two openings of a channel in this case lie opposite one another along the longitudinal axis or cylinder axis of the respective channel, that is to say are in line with one another.
  • all of the channels have the same length.
  • all of the channels have different lengths to adapt the unit to a curved region of an inner side of the shell of the heat exchanger. This allows a stepped graduation of an outer side of the composite unit that follows the profile of the inner side region (for example in the case of a hollow cylindrical shell) to be achieved.
  • the unit arranged in the shell space to the shell, so that in particular it does not contact the at least one heat exchanger block.
  • the unit may also be fixed to the at least one heat exchanger block or to a separate carrier.
  • the respective channel is formed by a hollow profile.
  • the hollow profile which is preferably produced from a metal (such as for example aluminum or steel), in this case forms a walling surrounding the respective channel and thereby delimits or forms the respective channel.
  • the hollow profiles are preferably connected to one another in such a way that the interlinked unit referred to is formed.
  • the hollow profiles may in this case be welded to one another or be suitably fixed to one another by other fastening means, so that the unit or hollow- profile register referred to is created.
  • the channels are formed by a plurality of interconnected plate-shaped elements (for example sheets). These elements may be formed as planar (for example planar sheets) or else have a structure (for example the elements referred to may be formed as cross-sectionally corrugated or folded or stepped or serrated elements/sheets).
  • the individual elements may for example be fixed to one another by being fitted one into the other and may possibly be additionally secured to one another. Brazed and/or welded connections, riveted connections or other interlocking, frictionally engaging and/or material-bonding connections are conceivable for example for the fixing or securing.
  • the longitudinal axes of the channels run parallel to the vertical.
  • the longitudinal axes of the channels can run perpendicularly in relation to the longitudinal axis or cylinder axis of the shell.
  • the longitudinal axes of the vertical channels preferably run parallel to the longitudinal axis or cylinder axis of the shell.
  • the longitudinal axes of the channels run parallel to the horizontal.
  • the longitudinal axes of the channels can run parallel to the longitudinal axis or cylinder axis of the shell.
  • the longitudinal axes of the horizontal channels preferably run perpendicularly in relation to the longitudinal axis or cylinder axis of the shell.
  • the channels have a flow retarder or are closed in order to bring about a specific effect on the liquid phase.
  • the unit or possibly the channels has or have along the vertical a length that is at least greater than half the height of the at least one plate heat exchanger or heat exchanger block along the vertical, preferably greater than or equal to the height of the at least one plate heat exchanger or heat exchanger block along the vertical.
  • the unit made up of a number of channels or hollow profiles is preferably arranged between the at least one heat exchanger block and the shell or a portion or inner side region of the shell that lies horizontally opposite the block.
  • the unit may also be arranged between two such blocks.
  • a number of units each with a plurality of channels may be provided, the respective unit then preferably being arranged between one of the heat exchanger blocks and the shell (see above) or between two neighboring heat exchanger blocks.
  • the respective unit may in this case be designed in the way described above.
  • the further heat exchanger blocks are in turn preferably designed as plate heat exchangers, in particular in the form described above.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic, partially sectional view of a heat exchanger according to the invention with a standing shell and vertical channels
  • FIG. 2 shows a plan view in the form of a detail of the vertical channels shown in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 shows a schematic, partially sectional view of a further heat exchanger according to the invention with a lying shell and vertical channels;
  • FIG. 4 shows a schematic, partially sectional view of a heat exchanger according to the invention with a standing shell and horizontal channels
  • FIG. 5 shows a plan view in the form of a detail of the horizontal channels shown in FIG. 4 ;
  • FIG. 6 shows a schematic, partially sectional view of a further heat exchanger according to the invention with a lying shell and horizontal channels;
  • FIG. 7 shows a schematic sectional view of two heat transfer passages of a plate heat exchanger such as can be used in the case of FIGS. 1, 3, 4 and 6 .
  • FIG. 1 shows in conjunction with FIG. 2 a heat exchanger 1 , which has a standing, preferably (circular) cylindrical shell 2 , which delimits a shell space 3 of the heat exchanger 1 .
  • the shell 2 has in this case a peripheral, cylindrical walling 14 , which is delimited at the end faces by two walls 15 lying opposite one another.
  • the longitudinal axis or cylinder axis of the shell 2 coincides with the vertical z.
  • the respective plate heat exchanger 4 , 5 has in this case a plurality of heat directing structures 41 , which may be sheets that are formed in cross section as meandering, that is to say for example corrugated, serrated or with a rectangular profile. These structures 41 are also referred to as fins 41 and are respectively arranged between two planar separating plates or sheets 40 of the plate heat exchanger 4 , 5 . In this way, between every two separating plates 40 (or a separating plate and a cover plate, see below) there are formed a multiplicity of parallel channels or there is formed a heat transfer passage P, P′, through which the respective medium M 1 , M 2 can flow.
  • the two outermost layers 40 are formed by cover plates of the plate heat exchanger 4 , 5 ; provided to the sides, between every two neighboring separating plates or separating and cover plates 40 , there are terminal bars 42 .
  • FIG. 7 shows by way of example in the form of a detail a first heat transfer passage P for the first medium M 1 , which is formed by a fin 41 and two adjacent separating plates 40 , and a neighboring second heat transfer passage P′ for the second medium M 2 , which is likewise formed by a fin 41 and two adjacent separating plates 40 .
  • Such an arrangement of passages is preferably repeated in the respective plate heat exchanger 4 , 5 , so that a number of first and second heat transfer passages P, P′ are arranged next to one another in an alternating manner.
  • the shell space 3 is filled with a first medium M 1 .
  • This inlet stream into the heat exchanger 1 is usually two-phase, but may also be just liquid.
  • the liquid phase F 1 of the first medium Mi then forms a bath surrounding the plate heat exchangers 4 , 5 , the gaseous phase G 1 of the first medium M 1 collecting above the liquid phase F 1 in an upper region of the shell space 3 , from where it can be drawn off.
  • the liquid phase F 1 of the first medium M 1 rises up in the first heat transfer passages P of the plate heat exchangers 4 , 5 and, as a result of indirect heat transfer, is thereby partially vaporized by the second medium M 2 to be cooled, which is for example conducted in cross-flow in relation to the first medium M 1 in the second heat transfer passages P′ of the plate heat exchangers 4 , 5 .
  • the gaseous phase G 1 of the first medium M 1 thereby produced can leave at an upper end of the plate heat exchangers 4 , 5 and is drawn off from the shell space 3 above the blocks 4 , 5 .
  • Part of the liquid phase F 1 continues to circulate in the shell space 3 , the part referred to being transported from the bottom upward in the plate heat exchangers 4 , 5 in the first heat transfer passages P and then flowing downward again outside the plate heat exchangers 4 , 5 in the shell space 3 .
  • the second medium M 2 is directed into the plate heat exchangers 4 , 5 and, after passing through the assigned second heat transfer passages P′, is drawn off from the plate heat exchangers 4 5 in a cooled or liquefied state.
  • FIG. 1 In order then to still the liquid phase F 1 in the shell space 3 when there is a fluctuating movement of the shell 2 , in which the longitudinal axis or cylinder axis fluctuates about the vertical z, according to FIG. 1 three units 100 are provided, each with a number of parallel channels 10 , which respectively extend along a longitudinal axis L, which runs parallel to the longitudinal axis z of the shell 2 . According to FIG. 1
  • these channels 10 are preferably formed by a plurality of hollow profiles 11 , which are suitably connected to one another, delimit for example circular-cylindrical channels 10 and at the same time have at each of the end faces on both sides an opening 10 a , 10 b , the one opening 10 a facing upward and being located—along the vertical z—approximately at the height of an upper end of the respective plate heat exchanger 4 , 5 and the other, opposite opening 10 b respectively facing downward and ending—along the vertical z—below the blocks 4 , 5 .
  • the channels 10 are preferably arranged next to one another along two orthogonal spatial directions.
  • the vertical channels 10 then allow the liquid phase F 1 that is leaving the respective plate heat exchanger 4 , 5 at the upper end from the first passages P to circulate again to the bottom, where the liquid phase F 1 then enters the first heat transfer passages P at the lower end of the plate heat exchangers 4 , 5 and, on account of the thermosiphon effect, is drawn upward again, is thereby partially vaporized and cools down the second medium M 2 .
  • the vertical channels 10 in this case represent a flow resistance in the horizontal direction and therefore suppress corresponding horizontal motions of the liquid phase F 1 of the first medium M 1 , while the vertical circulation referred to through the channels 10 is protected.
  • one of the units 100 between the two plate heat exchangers 4 , 5 is arranged laterally in relation to the two blocks 4 , 5 .
  • the two other units 100 are respectively arranged between a plate heat exchanger 4 , 5 and a horizontally neighboring portion or inner side region 2 a of the peripheral walling 14 of the shell 2 .
  • FIG. 3 shows a modification of the heat exchanger 1 according to FIG. 1 , which as a difference from FIG. 1 has a lying, longitudinally extended shell 2 , which extends along a longitudinal axis or cylinder axis that coincides with the horizontal, that is to say runs perpendicularly in relation to the vertical z.
  • a. difference from FIG. 1 has a lying, longitudinally extended shell 2 , which extends along a longitudinal axis or cylinder axis that coincides with the horizontal, that is to say runs perpendicularly in relation to the vertical z.
  • two plate heat exchangers 4 , 5 are arranged one behind the other along the longitudinal axis of the shell 2 , the two blocks 4 , 5 respectively being flanked laterally on both sides by a unit 100 , which is designed in the way described above, the units 100 respectively flanking the two blocks 4 , 5 over the entire combined length of the two blocks 4 , 5 along the longitudinal axis of the shell 2 .
  • FIG. 4 shows a further modification of the heat exchanger 1 according to FIG. 1 , in which, as a difference from FIG. 1 , the channels 10 run horizontally, that is to say perpendicularly in relation to the longitudinal axis of the standing shell 2 , which coincides with the vertical z.
  • the openings 10 a , 10 b of the channels 10 then respectively face in a horizontal direction.
  • the units 100 are arranged with respect to the plate heat exchangers 4 , 5 , the unit 100 between the two blocks 4 , 5 having channels 10 with a greater flow cross-sectional area than the units 100 on the outer sides of the blocks 4 , 5 .
  • the channels 10 or units 100 may be formed with a plurality of cross-sectional rectangular or square hollow profiles or by plate-shaped elements, in particular sheets (see above), that are fitted one into the other or fastened to one another.
  • the vertical channels 10 may not only be rectangularly formed in cross section, as shown by way of example in FIG. 4 , but also circularly. Other forms are likewise conceivable.
  • individual horizontal channels 10 may be provided with an additional flow retarder (for example a cross-sectional constriction) 12 or be completely closed 12 .
  • FIG. 6 finally shows a heat exchanger 1 in the manner of FIG. 4 with horizontal channels 10 , the shell 2 of the heat exchanger now being formed according to FIG. 3 and arranged as lying.
  • the plate heat exchangers 4 , 5 arranged one behind the other, which are placed according to FIG. 3 , provided in each case between the respective block 4 , 5 and a horizontally neighboring inner side region or portion of the peripheral walling 14 of the shell 2 there is a unit 100 with a number of horizontal channels 10 arranged one above the other and next to one another, which however have a smaller extent along the longitudinal axis of the shell 2 than the blocks 3 , 4 along this direction. This allows the least possible disturbance of the vertical circulation of the liquid phase F 1 (see above).
  • a further unit 100 is also arranged between the two blocks 4 , 5 along the longitudinal axis of the shell 2 .
  • the stilling of the liquid phase F 1 of the first medium works in the way described on the basis of FIG. 4 .
  • the interconnected (or else individual) hollow profiles 11 or channels 10 may be provided in different cross-sectional forms (for example circular, rectangular, honeycomb-shaped) and lengths at any position of the shell space 3 not occupied by the respective plate heat exchanger 4 , 5 , but mainly in the liquid-filled region (that is to say next to the block 4 or 5 , the blocks 4 , 5 and/or between the blocks 4 , 5 ).
  • the number of units or registers 100 is adaptable. These units 100 are only flowed through by the liquid phase F 1 in the vertical direction or in the horizontal direction.
  • the assembly itself represents a flow resistance in the horizontal direction. As a result, horizontal flows are damped.
  • the units 100 or channels 10 can be adapted to the respective requirements both in vertical dimensions and in horizontal dimensions and may possibly also be subdivided.
  • the size of the individual channels 10 in cross section is flexible and can likewise be adapted to the respective requirements.
  • the individual channels 10 of the units 100 may have different lengths. In particular in the case of horizontal channels 10 or hollow profiles 11 , individual profiles 11 may be closed, in order to adapt the flow resistance. As a result, horizontal flows are damped.
  • the units or hollow-profile registers 100 allow a great influence to be exerted on the flow direction of the circulating liquid F 1 in the container 2 , without a great number of individual parts being required for this.
  • the liquid volume outside the plate heat exchangers 4 , 5 can be segmented to a very great extent, though the production and assembly expenditure for this remains relatively low.
  • the segmentation also allows small wall thicknesses of the units 100 or channels 10 /hollow profiles 11 , since the assembly 100 represents a robust body 100 and only allows small-scale liquid motions. Adapting the dimensions of the individual elements 10 and of the assembly 100 as a whole allows the natural frequencies of oscillating liquid F 1 in the container 2 or shell space 3 to be influenced and motions to be damped. Consequently, natural frequency excitation and high oscillation amplitudes can be prevented.
  • the heat exchanger 1 according to the invention is used on a floating body on a body of water, for example as a component of a floating installation for producing liquefied natural gas (LNG).
  • LNG liquefied natural gas

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