US3496997A - Heat exchanger of tubular construction - Google Patents

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US3496997A
US3496997A US754832A US3496997DA US3496997A US 3496997 A US3496997 A US 3496997A US 754832 A US754832 A US 754832A US 3496997D A US3496997D A US 3496997DA US 3496997 A US3496997 A US 3496997A
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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
    • F28D7/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall
    • F28D7/02—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits being helically coiled
    • F28D7/024—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits being helically coiled the conduits of only one medium being helically coiled tubes, the coils having a cylindrical configuration
    • 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
    • F28D7/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall
    • F28D7/04—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits being spirally coiled
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F9/00—Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
    • F28F9/007—Auxiliary supports for elements
    • F28F9/013—Auxiliary supports for elements for tubes or tube-assemblies
    • F28F9/0131—Auxiliary supports for elements for tubes or tube-assemblies formed by plates
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S165/00—Heat exchange
    • Y10S165/355—Heat exchange having separate flow passage for two distinct fluids
    • Y10S165/40—Shell enclosed conduit assembly
    • Y10S165/401—Shell enclosed conduit assembly including tube support or shell-side flow director
    • Y10S165/405—Extending in a longitudinal direction
    • Y10S165/414—Extending in a longitudinal direction for supporting coil tubes

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  • the tube coil system is fed through and supported Within three radially disposed retaining plates.
  • a plurality of plates are disposed between the retaining plates in supporting relation to the tube coils which pass therethrough. These latter plates are of less radial length than the retaining plates and are secured to only one coil of the tube coils passing therethrough.
  • This invention relates to a tubular heat exchanger. More particularly, this invention relates to a tubular heat exchanger utilizing helically or spirally wound tubes for conveying a working medium.
  • tube coils have been utilized to convey a working medium through an extended path within a heat exchange area.
  • these tube coils have been mounted in various types of radial members for support as well as for the prevention of unequal stresses due to differential thermal expansion.
  • the various tube coils of these known heat exchangers have frequently been subjected to adverse bending or localized buckling between the radial support members, especially, under severe service conditions, such as during operation at very high temperatures e.g. above 500 C., or under conditions providing a high heat transfer rate from the medium flowing over the tube coil to the medium flowing through the tube coil.
  • the invention provides a tubular heat exchanger having a tube coil system consisting of at least one helically or spirally wound tube and at least three retaining plates disposed radially of the tube coil and secured to each other in supporting relation to the tube coil system, for example, as described in US. patent application, Ser. No. 626,453, filed Mar. 28, 1967, with at least one additional plate.
  • This additional plate is disposed to lie approximately in the plane of the tube coil axis so as to receive and secure at least some of the turns of the tube coil.
  • the plate is sized to be of a radial Width which is smaller by at least one radial pipe pitch than the radial width of the tube coil system.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an axialsection through a tubular heat exchanger according to the invention
  • FIG. 2 illustrates a plan view of the tubular heat exchanger of FIG. 1.
  • the heat exchanger includes a central core 30 within a housing 61 to which three one piece retaining plates 4, 5, 6 are fixed to extend radially outwards in planes containing the axis of the heat exchanger.
  • a plurality, for example, ten, of helical coils 2 of progressively increasing coil diameter are mounted concentrically in the plates 4-6 to form the tubes of the tube coil system of the heat exchanger.
  • the retaining plates 4-6 have holes to receive the coils 2 and the tubes are threaded through the holes by rotating the coils 2 about the common axis to produce a screwing action.
  • the sector-shaped spaces between the retaining plates 4-6 have additional plates 60, for example, a total of fifteen, which are distributed around the circumference of the heat exchanger at diiferent angles with respect to the retaining plates 4-6 to form different sector angles between adjacent plates.
  • Each of these additional plates 60' has holes therein through which the tubes of the coils 2 pass and each is secured to at least one of the coils 2, as by welding.
  • the plates 60 are sized to be of a width smaller than the radial width of the tube coil system by at least one radial pipe pitch and of a length in the axial direction equal to that of the retaining plates 4-6.
  • the plates 60 are located between the core 30 and housing 61 Without being rigidly joined thereto.
  • the tube lengths between two retaining plates can become distorted in the event of large temperature differences between the primary and secondary media and in the event of a high heat transfer rate.
  • the lengths of the tubes between the plates are unequal.
  • the spacing of the plates are selected such that the free tube length between two adjacent plates cannot be excited into resonant oscillation.
  • tube coils 2 of the heat exchanger are constructed in helical form.
  • the tube coils can also be formed spirally or disposed on a conical envelope.
  • the plates 60 are secured to the tube coils in a manner so that the plates 60 cannot move relative to the tube coils extending theret-hrough.
  • resilient rods can be used to join each plate 60 to an adjacent retaining plate 4, 5, 6. Such resilient rods will accommodate the expansion movements of the tube coils due to temperature changes and, therefore, also permit corresponding motion of the plates 60.
  • a heat exchanger comprising at least three retaining plates disposed in fixed spaced apart radial disposition to each other;
  • a tube coil system including at least one wound tube coil having a plurality of coil turns passing through and secured in said retaining plates, said tube coil having an axis disposed in the axial plane of each of said retaining plates;
  • At least one additional plate disposed radially of said tube coil axis, said additional plate receiving at least some of said coil turns of said tube coil in fixed relation and being of a radial width less than the radial width of said tube coil system by at least one radial tube coil pitch.
  • a heat exchanger as set forth in claims 1, 2 or 3 which contains a plurality of said additional plates spaced between said retaining plates to form sectors of unequal angles between each pair of adjacent retaining plates.

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CH482966A CH454931A (de) 1966-04-01 1966-04-01 Wärmeübertrager
CH1809666A CH468608A (de) 1966-04-01 1966-12-16 Wärmeübertrager
CH1221567A CH477666A (de) 1966-04-01 1967-08-31 Wärmeübertrager

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BE (1) BE719969A (ja)
CH (1) CH477666A (ja)
DE (1) DE1551518B2 (ja)
FR (1) FR95533E (ja)
GB (1) GB1234279A (ja)
NL (1) NL6712673A (ja)
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US4538678A (en) * 1982-07-29 1985-09-03 Nisshin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Heat exchanging device
US4588024A (en) * 1982-03-09 1986-05-13 Phillips Petroleum Company Indirect heat exchanger with baffles
US4671343A (en) * 1982-07-29 1987-06-09 Nisshin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Heat exchanger having spirally wound tubes
US4790371A (en) * 1983-02-24 1988-12-13 Daniel Zundel Tube-type heat exchanger
WO2009071037A1 (de) * 2007-12-03 2009-06-11 Haase Gfk-Technik Gmbh Spiral wärmetauscher mit plattenförmigen träger
US20100096115A1 (en) * 2008-10-07 2010-04-22 Donald Charles Erickson Multiple concentric cylindrical co-coiled heat exchanger
CN101806553A (zh) * 2010-03-31 2010-08-18 开封空分集团有限公司 高压绕管式换热器分布装置
US20100319890A1 (en) * 2007-07-06 2010-12-23 Stss Co., Inc. Heat Exchange Assembly and Method
CN104406430A (zh) * 2014-11-26 2015-03-11 中国海洋石油总公司 腔体内设置竖直隔板的缠绕管式换热器
CN106123639A (zh) * 2016-08-08 2016-11-16 中国海洋石油总公司 一种壳体内设置圆筒隔板和孔板结构的缠绕管式换热器
US9618229B2 (en) 2010-04-26 2017-04-11 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Heat exchange device having dual heat exchangers
US10782071B2 (en) 2017-03-28 2020-09-22 General Electric Company Tubular array heat exchanger

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CH646245A5 (de) * 1980-09-17 1984-11-15 Sulzer Ag Waermeuebertrager mit rohrwendeln und mindestens einer gruppe von stuetzplatten fuer die rohrwendeln.
DE3110719C2 (de) * 1981-03-19 1983-02-17 Helmut 7293 Pfalzgrafenweiler Genkinger Wärmetauscher mit mehreren, in einem Gehäuse untergebrachten, spiralförmigen Verteilerrohrabschnitten
DE3632777A1 (de) * 1985-09-27 1987-04-09 Draack & Meyer Polytetra Waermeaustauscher
GB2251678A (en) * 1990-11-28 1992-07-15 Shell Int Research Heat exchange apparatus
EP1790932A1 (de) * 2005-11-24 2007-05-30 Linde Aktiengesellschaft Gewickelter Wärmetauscher

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US733613A (en) * 1902-04-08 1903-07-14 Elihu Thomson Flash-boiler.
US1013449A (en) * 1911-02-20 1912-01-02 Louis Ruthenburg Apparatus for cooling fluids.
US1488188A (en) * 1921-05-07 1924-03-25 Anderberg Anders Combined feed-water heater and spark arrester
US2980404A (en) * 1957-11-07 1961-04-18 Union Carbide Corp Heat exchange device
US3256932A (en) * 1963-01-03 1966-06-21 Babcock & Wilcox Co Heat exchanger tube arrangement

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US733613A (en) * 1902-04-08 1903-07-14 Elihu Thomson Flash-boiler.
US1013449A (en) * 1911-02-20 1912-01-02 Louis Ruthenburg Apparatus for cooling fluids.
US1488188A (en) * 1921-05-07 1924-03-25 Anderberg Anders Combined feed-water heater and spark arrester
US2980404A (en) * 1957-11-07 1961-04-18 Union Carbide Corp Heat exchange device
US3256932A (en) * 1963-01-03 1966-06-21 Babcock & Wilcox Co Heat exchanger tube arrangement

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4588024A (en) * 1982-03-09 1986-05-13 Phillips Petroleum Company Indirect heat exchanger with baffles
US4671343A (en) * 1982-07-29 1987-06-09 Nisshin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Heat exchanger having spirally wound tubes
US4538678A (en) * 1982-07-29 1985-09-03 Nisshin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Heat exchanging device
US4790371A (en) * 1983-02-24 1988-12-13 Daniel Zundel Tube-type heat exchanger
US20100319890A1 (en) * 2007-07-06 2010-12-23 Stss Co., Inc. Heat Exchange Assembly and Method
WO2009071037A1 (de) * 2007-12-03 2009-06-11 Haase Gfk-Technik Gmbh Spiral wärmetauscher mit plattenförmigen träger
US20100096115A1 (en) * 2008-10-07 2010-04-22 Donald Charles Erickson Multiple concentric cylindrical co-coiled heat exchanger
CN101806553A (zh) * 2010-03-31 2010-08-18 开封空分集团有限公司 高压绕管式换热器分布装置
US9618229B2 (en) 2010-04-26 2017-04-11 Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Heat exchange device having dual heat exchangers
CN104406430A (zh) * 2014-11-26 2015-03-11 中国海洋石油总公司 腔体内设置竖直隔板的缠绕管式换热器
CN106123639A (zh) * 2016-08-08 2016-11-16 中国海洋石油总公司 一种壳体内设置圆筒隔板和孔板结构的缠绕管式换热器
CN106123639B (zh) * 2016-08-08 2018-04-06 中国海洋石油总公司 一种壳体内设置圆筒隔板和孔板结构的缠绕管式换热器
US10782071B2 (en) 2017-03-28 2020-09-22 General Electric Company Tubular array heat exchanger

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FR95533E (fr) 1971-01-22
SE335868B (ja) 1971-06-14
CH477666A (de) 1969-08-31
NL6712673A (ja) 1969-03-04
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