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US3545536A
US3545536A US715339A US3545536DA US3545536A US 3545536 A US3545536 A US 3545536A US 715339 A US715339 A US 715339A US 3545536D A US3545536D A US 3545536DA US 3545536 A US3545536 A US 3545536A
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Martin C Peters
Alfred J Perrin
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22—STEAM GENERATION
    • F22B—METHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B1/00—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method
    • F22B1/02—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method by exploitation of the heat content of hot heat carriers
    • F22B1/06—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method by exploitation of the heat content of hot heat carriers the heat carrier being molten; Use of molten metal, e.g. zinc, as heat transfer medium
    • F22B1/063—Methods of steam generation characterised by form of heating method by exploitation of the heat content of hot heat carriers the heat carrier being molten; Use of molten metal, e.g. zinc, as heat transfer medium for metal cooled nuclear reactors

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  • 165/134 sorbing fluid flowing within tubes and including shielding 122/32; 165/159 165/160 65/163 means over a portion of the tubes to reduce the rate of heat [51] Int. Cl. F281 13/00 transfer therethmugh'
  • the main embodiment includes an [50] Field ofSearch 165/134, inert gas Space communicating with the Shielding means to 122/32 34 provide a blanket of gas between the tube and shielding means and an inlet compartment to confine the crossflow path of the [56] References cued heating fluid to the shielded portion of the tubes.
  • An alternate UNITED STATES PATENTS embodiment uses the shielding means in combination with a 122/32 flow diverting plate.
  • This invention relates to heat exchangers and, more particularly, to tubulous heat exchangers in which heat is transferred from liquid metal serving as an intermediate heat carrier to a secondary liquid, such asiwater, flowing within the tubes to -vaporise the liquid, the intermediate heat carrier initially arising from the varying thermal stress in the tube wall.
  • the rate of heat transfer maybe up to five times higher if the liquid metal is flowing in a cross flow relationship, that is perpendicularly, to the direction of flow of liquid within the tubes than it is when the liquid metal is flowing in a direction parallel to the liquid'within the tube's..' Furthermore, the heat transfer rate under crossflow conditions maybe approximately four tube first presented to the flow of liquid metal, than at the rear of the tube. Another factor.
  • the thermal stress in a tube wall depends, amongst other things, upon the wall thickness and while an increase in wall thickness will restrict the heat transfer through the wall it will also increase the thermal stress across the wall and also increase the deleteriouseffeet of repeated. variations in the value of the stress arising from localised, fluctuating, overheating.
  • a tubulous heat exchanger-arranged to transfer heat from liquid metal flowing over, a bank of tubes to liquid flowing within the tubes includes imperforate baffle means adapted to restrictthe rate of heat transfer from the liquid metal to the liquid flowing within the tubes at regions of the tubes liable otherwise to tube failure due to localised, fluctuating, overheating to a rate less than that at which such localised, fluctuating, overheating is liable to occur while maintaining a full rate of heat transfer over the remainder of the tubes.
  • FIG. 1 is a sectional elevation of a heat exchanger, showing,
  • the heat exchanger 2 is positioned in the intermediate coolant flow circuit of a sodium cooled nuclear reactor 4 and includes a tube bank 6 two tubes only of which are shown, positioned within an upright, elongated, tubular vessel 8.
  • the tube bank consists of a plurality of straight tube lengths 10 extending from a, tube sheet 12 positioned at an upper end of the vessel 8 downwardly to return bends 14 respectively connecting pairs of tube lengths.
  • the upper compartment or portion of the vessel above the tube sheet is partitioned to provide a water inlet chamber 16 and a steam outlet chamber 18 connected to a turbine unit 20 and the portion of the vessel below the tube sheet is provided with a baffle 22 to direct the lower compartment or flow of liquid sodium downwardly from an inlet com partment 24 of serniannular cross section having apertures 24A spaced around the inner .wall thereof and through the first passageway on one side of the vessel below the tube sheet to the base of the vessel and then upwardly through the second passageway to an outlet 26 positioned on the opposite side of the vessel to the liquid sodium outlet and at the same level as the inlet.
  • the liquid sodium flow is in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axes of the tube lengths while below this level the liquid sodium flow is in a direction substantially parallel to the tube length axes.
  • the regions 28 of the tube lengths 10 immediately subjacent the inlet chamber are provided with individual sleeves or collars 30 attached to a grid plate 32 and closely spaced from the respective regions 28 of the tube lengths by means of indentations 34 to form stagnant flow spaces around the regions.
  • the space intermediate the tube plate 12 and the grid plate 32 is occupied by argon gas at pressure.
  • the sleeves or collars 30 areextended downwardly to a level at which the liquid sodium flow is in a direction substantially parallel to the of the tubes and to a value less than that at which a departure from nucleate boiling is liable to occur so that any danger of tube burn-out" and consequent tube failure is avoided.
  • the heat flux at the said regions 28 of the tube lengths 10 is limited to a value less than that at which a departure from nucleate boiling occurs by positioning bodies of refractory insulating material around the respective regions.
  • a sufficient reduction in the heat flux is achieved by positioning a flow diverting plate 36A spaced opposite the discharge end of. fluid inlet 38 and arranging shields 36 around the regions 28 of the tube lengths adjacent the liquid sodium inlet 38 to provide stagnant flow spaces adjacent the frontal portions of the individual regions of the tube lengths since the heat transfer coefficient at such frontal portions in crossflow relationship is approximately four times as great as the heat transfer coefficient at the rear portions of such tubes.
  • the provision of the shields 36 is sufficient to limit the heat flux at the said regions of the tubes as to ensure that the heat flux is less than that at which a departure fromnucleate boiling occurs.
  • the shields are connected together by plates 37 having apertures 37A.
  • the plates 37 form inlet baffles adapted to direct the flow of liquid sodium from the inlet 38 in a downward direction.
  • the shields and connecting plates may be formed of a single plate which will have a corrugated cross-sectional profile.
  • sleeves or collars 40 are supported on and extend through an apertured grid plate 42 positioned below the level of the liquid sodium inlet 38 with the upper ends of the sleeves or collars 40 in communication with a gas space formed subjacent the tube sheet.
  • the pressure loss due to flow of the liquid sodium through the apertures 44 in the apertured plate is sufficient to permit the gas space within the sleeves or collars to extend downwardly to approximately the level of the apertured plate, thereby limiting the heat flux in the said regions 28 of the tube lengths.
  • the heat flux at the regions of the tube lengths immediately subjacent the outlet chamber fected, namely the transition zone may be made regions of relatively low heat input by providing sleeves defining stag- "nant flow spaces either around the individual tube regions or around groups of the individual tube regions.
  • thermally insulating material may be provided around the individual tube regions or shields may be provided to restrict the heat transfer rate to the tube regions.
  • the invention is applicable to heat exchangers having banks of tubes of helical or sinuous v form with the tubes extending substantially perpendicular to the liquid metal flow, the initial portions of the tube being protected against overheating as hereinbefore described while serving to ,extractheat from the liquid metal to a heat content at which the resultant heat flux is less than that liable to cause localised, fluctuating, overheating in the immediately subjacent tube regions.
  • the regions of the tubes at which transition of the fluid occurs may be protected from overheating as hereinbefore described or'it may suffice to vary the nature of the flow of the liquid metal over the tube from a crossflow to a parallel-flow relationship, as is indicated in FIG. 4 or altematively a combination of the change of flow with the other aforesaid means for restricting the heat flux at the regions may be utilized to restrict the rate of heat transfer at the regions.
  • FIG. 4 there is shown a portion of a helical tube, forced flow, full evaporation, heat exchanger 46 in which an outer array 48 of helical tube lengths extends downwardly from a water inlet chamber (not shown) and a liquid sodium inlet (not shown) and surrounds an inner array 50 of helical tube lengths connected to the tube lengths of the outer array at the lower ends thereof and discharging to a superheated steam outlet chamber (not shown).
  • a cylindrical baffle 52 is positioned between the'inner and outer arrays of tube lengths and liquid sodium flows downwardly over the outer array 48 and upwardly over the inner array 50 to a liquid sodium outlet .(not shown).
  • the liquid sodium flows in a substantially crossflow relationship to the helical tube lengths and the fluid flowing therein, and that it is necessary to protect the initial inlet regions of the tube lengths from the individual tube regions or around groupsof the individual parallel flow relationship exists between the liquid sodium and 1 the water at the region at which transition occurs; thereby reducing the heat flux in the tube walls at that region. Further reduction of the heat flux, if necessaryl may be effected b5 providing sleeves defimng stagnant flow spaces either aroun tube regions. Alternatively, thermally insulating material may be provided around the individual tube regions to restrict the rate of heat transfer to the regions.
  • a forced flow heat exchanger comprising:
  • partition means for dividing the upper compartment into an inlet and an outlet chamber
  • each of the tubes having one end communicating with the inlet chamber and the other end with the outlet chamber in said upper compartment, each tube having an inlet and an outlet leg section joined by a U-bend portion;
  • baffle means extending diametrically across the lower compartment and between said inlet and outlet legs to form a first and second passageway;
  • a perforated semicircular plate positioned in the plane of the vessel wall near the upper end of said first passageway and forming a closed inlet compartment discharging normal to the longitudinal extent of said tubes; a grid plate transversely arranged within and dividing said first passageway into an upper and a lower space;
  • each of said sleeve means being spaced from the respective tube to provide flow communication between said upper and lower space;
  • a forced flow heat exchanger according to claim 1 wherein the grid plate'is mounted above said inlet compartment.
  • a forced flow heat exchanger according to claim 1 wherein the grid plate is mounted below the inlet compartment and has apertures accommodating the flow of heating fluid therethrough.
  • a forced flow heat exchanger according to claim 1 wherein the upper space in said first passageway is occupied by a gas substantially inert to the heating fluid.

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US3958630A (en) * 1975-01-24 1976-05-25 Exxon Research And Engineering Company Heat exchanger baffle arrangement
US4010797A (en) * 1974-03-04 1977-03-08 C F Braun & Co Heat exchanger
US4030539A (en) * 1973-08-28 1977-06-21 Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft Cross-current pipe heat-exchanger for gases
US4142578A (en) * 1977-09-12 1979-03-06 Exxon Research & Engineering Co. Heat exchanger impingement protection
US4192374A (en) * 1977-02-04 1980-03-11 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Heat exchangers
US4418748A (en) * 1981-02-02 1983-12-06 Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Heat exchanger whose hot end has a device for protecting the tube plate
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US3841272A (en) * 1972-09-04 1974-10-15 Siemens Ag Flow distributor for a steam generator
US4030539A (en) * 1973-08-28 1977-06-21 Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft Cross-current pipe heat-exchanger for gases
US4010797A (en) * 1974-03-04 1977-03-08 C F Braun & Co Heat exchanger
US3958630A (en) * 1975-01-24 1976-05-25 Exxon Research And Engineering Company Heat exchanger baffle arrangement
US4192374A (en) * 1977-02-04 1980-03-11 United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Heat exchangers
US4142578A (en) * 1977-09-12 1979-03-06 Exxon Research & Engineering Co. Heat exchanger impingement protection
US4418748A (en) * 1981-02-02 1983-12-06 Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Heat exchanger whose hot end has a device for protecting the tube plate
US20130125839A1 (en) * 2010-08-02 2013-05-23 L'air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'etude Et L' Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude U-tube vaporizer
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US20120247727A1 (en) * 2011-04-04 2012-10-04 Westinghouse Electric Company Llc Steam generator tube lane flow buffer
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