US3630274A - Heat exchanger provided with a thermal barrier - Google Patents

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US3630274A
US3630274A US826307A US3630274DA US3630274A US 3630274 A US3630274 A US 3630274A US 826307 A US826307 A US 826307A US 3630274D A US3630274D A US 3630274DA US 3630274 A US3630274 A US 3630274A
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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
    • 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
    • F28D7/16—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 arranged in parallel spaced relation
    • F28D7/1607—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 arranged in parallel spaced relation with particular pattern of flow of the heat exchange media, e.g. change of flow direction
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F13/00—Arrangements for modifying heat-transfer, e.g. increasing, decreasing
    • 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
    • F28F9/02—Header boxes; End plates
    • F28F9/0229—Double end plates; Single end plates with hollow spaces

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  • the invention relates to a heat exchanger in which steam is produced and which operates with liquid metal, as for example sodium as heat-transferring medium, mainlyformed by a casing, inside of which abundle of watertubes or steam tubes is provided attached between tube sheets, and inside of which casing the heat-transferring-medium flows around these tubes.
  • liquid metal as for example sodium as heat-transferring medium
  • the thermal stresses arisen from stationary and nonstationary temperature gradients mainly occur in the area of the tube sheet where the tubes are connected with the tube sheet.
  • Such a gas shield has its drawbackscan for example only be embodied in a heat exchanger of the vertical type, which further necessitates a construction with one or more bent tube bundles so that on either side of these tube bundles such a gas shield can be applied.
  • a heat exchanger is known in which a similar kind of thermal barrier is formedby application of a battle arranged transversely to the tube bundle at some distance of the tube sheet, themedium being stationary between this transverse baffle and the tube sheet, causing likewise a kind of thermal barrier grid to be formed for reduction of the heat transfer to the tube sheet fromthe heat-transferring medium flowing through the heat-exchanger.
  • a large drawback of sucha transverse baffle is, when sodium is applied as heat-transferring-medium in a steam generator that if a leakage should arise in a tube-to-tube-sheet joint, the pressure of a sodium-water reaction. created by this will push aside the transverse baffle in'axial direction, causing a great damage to arise because the transverse baffle-will injure the tubes.
  • thermal shocks from the sodium will be considerably reduced or prevented.
  • tubular spaces will be composed of a number of baffles, together forming a grid, and at one side abutting to the tube sheet.
  • This grid can for example be composed of two rows, provided at a certain angle, of several bafl'les provided parallel to each other, these baffles being provided with notches in such a way that a number of tubular spaces (sleeves) are formed, enclosing the tubes.
  • each sleeve formed by these baffles enclose an individual water tube or steam tube.
  • FIG. l shows a cross section of part of the tube bundle of a heat exchanger in which the positioning of the grid construction composed of tubular channels against the tube sheet is shown.
  • FIG. 2 gives a cross section accordiirgto the line ll-ll in FIG. 1 in the direction of the tube sheet, the arrangement of the baffles being shown.
  • FIG. 3 shows in what way this grid construction is situated with respect to the remaining parts of the heat exchanger.
  • F IG. 1 l are the water tubes or steam tubes, which are attached to tube sheet 2, the tubes corresponding with holes 3 provided in the tube sheet for the connection of the steam tubes with header 4.
  • the grid construction built up from baffles 5 is provided within a short open cylinder 6, with which the grid construction is attached to the tube sheet 2.
  • open cylinder 6 is provided along its periphery with a flange-shaped ring 7 provided with holes, with which the cylinder is attached to the tube sheet by means of tapped bolts 8 and nuts 9.
  • a large number of tubular channels 10, which enclose the steam tubes locally, are formed by two rows, provided at an angle, of bafiles 5, mutually parallel (see FIG. 2).
  • tubular channels are closed at tube sheet side 11 and on the other side 12 they form an openconnection with the remaining inner space of the heat exchanger in which the sodium flows around the steam tubes.
  • a heat exchanger for producing steam and operating with liquid metal as a heat-transferring medium comprising a plurality of water or steam tubes attached between two tube sheets, a casing enclosing said plurality of tubes and in which liquid metal flows around said tubes and a thermal barrier means in the transition area from tubes to tube sheets to reduce heat transfer to the tube sheets and the tubes near their attachment to the tube sheets, said thermal barrier means comprising a plurality of tubular spaces with their walls parallel to the tube walls and enclosing one or more of the tubes along a portion of their length, which spaces are closed on the one side by the tube sheet and on the other side are in open connection with the inner space of the heat exchanger.
  • tubular spaces are formed by a number of baffles, together forming a grid, and at one side abutting to the tube sheet.
  • a heat exchanger according to claim 1 wherein each tubular space encloses an individual tube.

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US4236576A (en) * 1978-09-14 1980-12-02 Borsig Gmbh Heat exchangers with tube bundles
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
US4537249A (en) * 1981-02-02 1985-08-27 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Heat flux limiting sleeves
WO2013164083A1 (de) * 2012-05-01 2013-11-07 Benteler Automobiltechnik Gmbh Wärmetauscher mit zuführkanal
WO2018017773A1 (en) * 2016-07-19 2018-01-25 Lummus Technology Inc. Feed effluent heat exchanger

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US2825463A (en) * 1954-12-31 1958-03-04 Standard Oil Co Thermal diffusion apparatus
US3140792A (en) * 1957-05-28 1964-07-14 Babcock & Wilcox Ltd Pressure vessel closure member
US3132691A (en) * 1959-02-06 1964-05-12 Babcock & Wilcox Co Heat exchanger construction and thermal shield therefor
DE1205121B (de) * 1959-05-02 1965-11-18 Scheer & Cie C F Stehender Waermetauscher
US3029796A (en) * 1959-08-26 1962-04-17 Wallace R Simmons Sodium-water heat exchanger

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4236576A (en) * 1978-09-14 1980-12-02 Borsig Gmbh Heat exchangers with tube bundles
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
US4537249A (en) * 1981-02-02 1985-08-27 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Heat flux limiting sleeves
WO2013164083A1 (de) * 2012-05-01 2013-11-07 Benteler Automobiltechnik Gmbh Wärmetauscher mit zuführkanal
WO2018017773A1 (en) * 2016-07-19 2018-01-25 Lummus Technology Inc. Feed effluent heat exchanger
EA038419B1 (ru) * 2016-07-19 2021-08-26 Ламмус Текнолоджи Инк. Теплообменник "входящий/выходящий поток"

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