WO2001048433A1 - Echangeur a plaques - Google Patents

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WO2001048433A1
WO2001048433A1 PCT/SE2000/002683 SE0002683W WO0148433A1 WO 2001048433 A1 WO2001048433 A1 WO 2001048433A1 SE 0002683 W SE0002683 W SE 0002683W WO 0148433 A1 WO0148433 A1 WO 0148433A1
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heat exchanging
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heat exchanger
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Nielsen Pontus BÜLOW
Rolf Bermhult
Rolf Ekelund
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Alfa Laval Corporate Ab
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Priority to EP00989166A priority Critical patent/EP1240469B1/fr
Priority to AT00989166T priority patent/ATE293239T1/de
Priority to AU25709/01A priority patent/AU2570901A/en
Priority to KR1020027008148A priority patent/KR20020071899A/ko
Priority to DE60019456T priority patent/DE60019456T2/de
Publication of WO2001048433A1 publication Critical patent/WO2001048433A1/fr

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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F3/00—Plate-like or laminated elements; Assemblies of plate-like or laminated elements
    • F28F3/08—Elements constructed for building-up into stacks, e.g. capable of being taken apart for cleaning
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F3/00—Plate-like or laminated elements; Assemblies of plate-like or laminated elements
    • F28F3/02—Elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with recesses, with corrugations
    • F28F3/04—Elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with recesses, with corrugations the means being integral with the element
    • F28F3/042—Elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with recesses, with corrugations the means being integral with the element in the form of local deformations of the element
    • F28F3/046—Elements or assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with recesses, with corrugations the means being integral with the element in the form of local deformations of the element the deformations being linear, e.g. corrugations
    • 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
    • F28D9/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall
    • F28D9/0031—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits for one heat-exchange medium being formed by paired plates touching each other
    • F28D9/0043—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits for one heat-exchange medium being formed by paired plates touching each other the plates having openings therein for circulation of at least one heat-exchange medium from one conduit to another
    • F28D9/005—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary plate-like or laminated conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits for one heat-exchange medium being formed by paired plates touching each other the plates having openings therein for circulation of at least one heat-exchange medium from one conduit to another the plates having openings therein for both heat-exchange media
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
    • F24D3/00—Hot-water central heating systems
    • F24D3/08—Hot-water central heating systems in combination with systems for domestic hot-water supply
    • F24D3/087—Tap water heat exchangers specially adapted therefore

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  • the present invention concerns a plate heat exchanger for at least two heat exchanging fluids which heat exchanger is permanently joined and comprises at least one core of plates with a plurality of heat exchanging plates and at least two end plates, the heat exchanging plates creating plate interspaces between each other.
  • EP, A2, 0 905 453 shows a water heater which above a primary heat exchanger heated by a heat source also comprises a secondary heat exchanger and a hot water storage.
  • the hot water storage is in close thermal contact with heat exchanging plates in the secondary heat exchanger and is built together with this one.
  • the described modes of execution of the hot water storage are however not at optimum when it comes to heat transfer, strength, material consumption etc.
  • the purpose of the invention is to create a plate heat exchanger for heating of water, the plate heat exchanger being of such of kind that the hot water may be obtained directly at tapping even after a longer period of standstill without the need for hot water.
  • the purpose of the invention is also, as a consequence of the just said, to create a plate heat exchanger for heating or cooling of any convenient fluid so that the fluid handled in such of way may be obtained directly even after a longer period without the need for such a handled fluid.
  • the heat transfer between the working fluids in the core of plates shall be good under all service conditions, the properties of strength be good for single plates as well as the core of plates and the material consumption be small
  • the invention thus comprises a plate heat exchanger for at least two heat exchanging fluids which heat exchanger is permanently joined and comprises at least one core of plates with a plurality of heat exchanging plates and at least two end plates
  • the heat exchanging plates create plate inter spaces between each other
  • Each one of the heat exchanging plates is provided with one or several corrugations vertically extending within an area bounded by two at a distance from each other situated parallel first and second planes respectively and which both are mainly in parallel with all the heat exchanging plates as well as with the end plates of the plate heat exchanger
  • Each one of the heat exchanging plates is provided with at least four port holes being parts of an inlet channel and an outlet channel through the core of plates for each one of the fluids
  • At least one of the end plates has a plurality of port holes each one communicating with one of the inlet channels or one of the outlet channels and the inlet channels and outlet channels for a first and a second fluid respectively are in fluid communication with a first and a second set of plate interspaces respectively
  • At least two of the said and next to each other in the present core of plates situated heat exchanging plates (2a, 2b) is each one provided with at least one trough-shaped section (19) which each one in cooperation with the respective adjacent heat exchanging plate (2a, 2b) creates a towards all the fluids except the said second fluid sealed space and each one constitutes a part of the respective heat exchanging plate (2a, 2b) in such a way that the said part lacks port holes (9, 10, 13, 14) and each one is created with a flange like edge (22) extending around the hole periphery of the trough-shaped section (19) which edge makes an angle with the different main planes of extension of the section (19) and the heat exchanging plate (2a, 2b) and which along at least the main part of its length is in contact with the present corresponding edges (22) on the adjacent heat exchanging plates (2a, 2b)
  • Each one of a plurality of said heat exchanging plates may be provided with at least one trough-shaped section which in cooperation with the respective adjacent heat exchanging plate creates a towards all fluids except the said second fluid sealed space
  • Figure 1 shows in a respective view a plate heat exchanger according to the invention
  • Figure 2 shows a cross section through the plate heat exchanger along the line A-A in figure 1
  • Figure 3 shows a cross section through the plate heat exchanger along the line B-B in figure 1
  • Figure 4 shows in a perspective view a first type of heat exchanging plate being part of the plate heat exchanger in figure 1
  • Figure 5 shows in a perspective view a second type of heat exchanging plate being part of the plate heat exchanger in figure 1
  • Figure 6 shows a cross section through a part of the plate exchanger in figure 1 , the cut following the line C-C in the figures 4 and 5
  • the plate heat exchanger in figure 1 comprises a core of heat exchanging plates 2a, 2b, whereby only the common denotation 2 is given in the figure, and end plates 3, 4 Connections 5, 6, 7, 8 for two heat exchanging fluids are present
  • the connections 5 and 6 constitutes inlet for a first and a second heat exchanging fluid respectively while the connections 7 and 8 constitutes outlet for the said first and second heat exchanging fluids respectively
  • portholes 9, 10 in every heat exchanging plate 2a, 2b create two port channels 1 1 , 12 through the core of plates in one of its ends
  • the port channel 1 1 constitutes the inlet channel for the first heat exchanging fluid
  • the port channel 12 constitutes the outlet channel for the second heat exchanging fluid
  • port holes 13, 14 are present in the second end of the core of plates (the nearer end of the core of plates in figure 1 ) in every heat exchanging plate 2a, 2b which port holes create an inlet channel for the second heat exchanging fluid and an outlet channel for the first heat exchanging fluid respectively
  • the inlet channel and the outlet channel for the first heat exchanging fluid are in fluid communication with a first set of plate interspaces 17 while the inlet channel and the outlet channel for the second heat exchanging fluid are in fluid communication with a second set of plate interspaces 18
  • each one of the heat exchanging plates 2a, 2b is provided with a trough-shaped section 19 (It is for the inventive idea enough with two trough-shaped sections 19 in the core of plates )
  • the trough-shaped section 19 shows corrugations 20 vertically extending within an area delimited by two at a distance to each other situated parallel third and fourth planes respectively and which both are mainly in parallel with all the trough-shaped sections 19 and the heat exchanging plates 2a, 2b as well as with the end plates 3, 4 of the plate heat exchanger
  • the corrugations 20 are not to be mistaken for those corrugations which are present on the rest of the parts of the respective heat exchanging plate 2a, 2b and which are vertically extending within an area delimited by two at a distance to each other situated parallel first and second planes respectively
  • the trough-shaped section 19 further shows several through holes 21 (not plate 2a 2b situated next to an end plate 3, 4 or by itself constitutes such an end plate - also a plate 2a may thus be situated next to an end plate or itself constitute such an end plate, not only a plate (2b)) which is not to be mistaken for port holes 9, 10, 13, 14 which port holes each one is part of and inlet channel 1 1 , 15 or an outlet channel 12, 16 through the core of plates for anyone of the fluids
  • the trough-shaped section 19 is created with a flange like edge 22 extending around the whole periphery of the section 19, which edge makes an angel with the mam planes of extension of the section 19 and the plate 2a, 2b and which bears on the corresponding edges 22 on the adjacent heat exchanging plates 2a, 2b in the core of plates
  • each one of the heat exchanging plates 2a, 2b is made with a flange like edge 23 running along the whole outer circumference of the plate which edge makes an angle with the mam plane of extension of the plate 2a, 2b and which bears on the corresponding edges 23 on the adjacent heat exchanging plates 2a, 2b in the core of plates
  • each other bearing heat exchanging plates 2a, 2b are joined along the said edges 23, around at least two of the said port holes 9, 10, 13, 14, around the trough-shaped sections 19 along said edges 22 along at least the mam part of the length of the edges 22 as well as in a large number of those points upon the heat exchanging plates 2a, 2b where the respective corrugations bear on each other, within as well as outside the trough-shaped sections 19
  • the core of plates is normally permanently joined by soldering or brazing but any other known method for permanent joining, such us welding or gluing, is thinkable
  • Every other heat exchanging plate 2a in the core of plates is of a first kind, see figure 4, and the remaining heat exchanging plates 2b in the core of plates are of a second kind, see figure 5
  • the heat exchanging plates 2a, 2b are placed next to each other as they appear in the figures 4 and 5 without any mutual turning or overturning
  • the way of the heat exchanging fluids through the heat exchanger will now be more closely described
  • the said first fluid in the present case hot water, enters through the said connectio Vinlet 5 and flows through said port hole 9 and port channel 1 1 further jut into the said first set of plate interspaces 17
  • the first fluid passes on both sides of the said trough-shaped section 19 without being able to enter and fill up the space between adjacent trough- shaped sections 19 since each one of the trough-shaped sections 19 is made with the said flangelike edge 22 bearing on and being fluidum tightly joined with the corresponding edge 22 on the adjacent plate 2 in the plate interspace along the hole length of the edges 22
  • the first fluid leaves each one of the plate interspaces 17 through the said porthole 14, the said port channel and the said connection/outlet 7
  • the said second fluid in the present case tap water to be heated, enters through the said connection/inlet 6 and flows through the said port hole 13 and port channel further on out into the said second set of plate interspaces 18
  • the second fluid flows first in a first passage situated alongside with and between the said trough-shaped section 19 on one hand and the said outer edge 23 on a first long side of the plates 2a, 2b on the other hand whereafter the second fluid due to first irregularities 24a, 24b present in the pressing patterns of the plates 2a, 2b in a first end of the trough- shaped section 19, is allowed to enter and flow through the space between adjacent trough-shaped sections 19 and after that, due to in the same way in the pressing patterns of the plates 2a, 2b present second irregularities 25a, 25b in a second end of the trough-shaped section 19, once again leave the space between adjacent trough-shaped sections 19 and continue in a second passage situated alongside with and between the said trough-shaped section 19
  • Each one the said local passages has a certain extension along the respective said edge 22 whereby a first passage by the said first irregularities 24a, 24b extends from a fold 27 to a fold 28 in the edge 22 and a second passage by the said second irregularities 25a, 25b extends from a fold 29 to a fold 30 in the edge 22, see figure 4
  • the passages are distinguished by a more flattened flank angel than the rest of the said edge 22, i e the said edge 22 outside the passages on each one of the plates 2a, 2b makes a larger angle with the plane of the plate than the corresponding section edge does in the area for any one of the said local passages
  • the said trough hole 21 means that the mentioned second trough space is also in fluid communication with a first trough space which is delimited by the said trough-shaped sections 19 with the said intermediate edges 22 for adjacent heat exchanging plates 2a, 2b in each one of the said first plate interspaces 17 in the core of plates.
  • the heat exchanger described here functions in a relatively normal way in continuous operation.
  • the advantages appear when after an interruption in the need for hot water there is again a need for hot tap water. If, during the standstill period, i.e. when no tapping of hot water occurs, hot water is still intermittently provided to the primary side the water volume which is housed within the mentioned trough spaces is held warm. This heated water volume will almost instantly come out from the heat exchanger when tapping is again started and the volume is so adapted that the heat exchanger reaches continuous operational performance before the water which is stored in advance is used up.
  • the construction shows the definitive advantaged that the present trough-shaped sections 19, in spite of the holes 21 , are continuous, i.e. the sections may be said to be equipped with bottoms of a certain form which to a high degree contributes to the strength of the plates and the core of plates. For this reason a thinner material may be used in the plates with the same demand for strength and stability than had otherwise been the case.
  • the bottoms also contribute to an excellent heat transfer into or out from the mentioned trough spaces, which are sealed off against all fluids except, in the present case, tap water to be heated
  • the plates are often made of steel plate with a thickness of 0,20-0,35 mm but also other materials may be used such as for example titanium
  • the heat exchanger plates 2a, 2b are often thin and the end plates 3, 4 are thick but also other modes of execution may exist
  • the end plates 3, 4 are not being thick and not looking like those in the figures but instead being of an appearance totally or partly in accordance with the present heat exchanging plates 2a, 2b but with the difference that port holes only are present where the mounting of connections are desired
  • at least one end plate may be planar and totally without connections in order to make connections via O-rings possible to a finished collection of coupling components or alike, a so called block
  • the corrugations 20 and the holes 21 may be varied in number as well as in size and form When brazing the core of plates together copper braze, nickel braze or any other known brazes may be used When using the plate heat exchanger one or several of the fluids may be another fluid than water For example it is possible to think of heat exchange between oil and water

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L'invention concerne un échangeur à plaques destiné à au moins deux fluides d'échange thermique. Cet échangeur à plaques est assemblé en permanence et comprend au moins un paquet de plusieurs plaques d'échange thermique (2a, 2b), et au moins deux plaques terminales (3, 4), les plaques (2a, 2b) formant entre elles des interstices. Chaque plaque (2a, 2b) est pourvue d'au moins une ondulation et d'au moins quatre trous (9, 10, 13, 14) appartenant à un canal d'entrée (11) et à un canal de sortie (12) traversant le paquet de plaques et destinés à chacun des fluides. Les canaux d'entrée (11) et les canaux de sortie (12) respectivement destinés à un premier fluide et à un deuxième fluide sont en communication fluidique respectivement avec un premier (17) et un deuxième (19) ensemble d'interstices entre plaques. Au moins deux de ces plaques (2a, 2b), adjacentes dans le présent paquet de plaques, sont respectivement dotées d'au moins une section en auge (19). Chacune de ces sections créée en coopération avec la plaque adjacente (2a, 2b) un espace qui est étanche à tous les fluides à l'exception du deuxième fluide, constitue une partie de la plaque respective (2a, 2b) de telle façon que ladite partie est dépourvue de trous (9, 10, 13, 14) et est pourvue d'un bord de type flasque (22) s'étendant sur toute la circonférence de la section en auge (19).
PCT/SE2000/002683 1999-12-23 2000-12-22 Echangeur a plaques WO2001048433A1 (fr)

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EP00989166A EP1240469B1 (fr) 1999-12-23 2000-12-22 Echangeur a plaques
AT00989166T ATE293239T1 (de) 1999-12-23 2000-12-22 Plattenwärmetauscher
AU25709/01A AU2570901A (en) 1999-12-23 2000-12-22 Plate heat exchanger
KR1020027008148A KR20020071899A (ko) 1999-12-23 2000-12-22 플레이트 열 교환기
DE60019456T DE60019456T2 (de) 1999-12-23 2000-12-22 Plattenwärmetauscher

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SE9904786-2 1999-12-23
SE9904786A SE515467C2 (sv) 1999-12-23 1999-12-23 Plattvärmeväxlare med minst en platta försedd med ett trågformat parti för bildande av ett avtätat utrymme.

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WO2007073304A1 (fr) * 2005-12-22 2007-06-28 Alfa Laval Corporate Ab Plaque de transfert de chaleur pour echangeur de chaleur sous forme de plaques presentant une repartition uniforme de charge dans les zones a orifice
WO2007114779A1 (fr) * 2006-04-04 2007-10-11 Alfa Laval Corporate Ab echangeur thermique a plaques
SE541412C2 (en) * 2013-09-17 2019-09-24 Swep Int Ab A plate heat exchanger having reinforcing means

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US3106243A (en) * 1957-11-29 1963-10-08 Danske Mejeriers Maskinfabrik Plate for holding section in a plate heat exchanger
EP0905453A2 (fr) * 1997-09-24 1999-03-31 Robert Bosch Gmbh Réchauffeur d'eau chaude sanitaire

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US3106243A (en) * 1957-11-29 1963-10-08 Danske Mejeriers Maskinfabrik Plate for holding section in a plate heat exchanger
EP0905453A2 (fr) * 1997-09-24 1999-03-31 Robert Bosch Gmbh Réchauffeur d'eau chaude sanitaire

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WO2007073304A1 (fr) * 2005-12-22 2007-06-28 Alfa Laval Corporate Ab Plaque de transfert de chaleur pour echangeur de chaleur sous forme de plaques presentant une repartition uniforme de charge dans les zones a orifice
WO2007073305A1 (fr) * 2005-12-22 2007-06-28 Alfa Laval Corporate Ab Moyens associes a un echangeur de chaleur sous forme de plaques
CN101346597B (zh) * 2005-12-22 2010-10-06 阿尔法拉瓦尔股份有限公司 用于在口区域中具有均匀负载分配的板式换热器的传热板
US8109326B2 (en) 2005-12-22 2012-02-07 Alfa Laval Corporate Ab Heat transfer plate for plate heat exchanger with even load distribution in port regions
WO2007114779A1 (fr) * 2006-04-04 2007-10-11 Alfa Laval Corporate Ab echangeur thermique a plaques
US8181696B2 (en) 2006-04-04 2012-05-22 Alfa Laval Corporate Ab Plate heat exchanger including strengthening plates provided outside of the outermost heat exchanger plates
SE541412C2 (en) * 2013-09-17 2019-09-24 Swep Int Ab A plate heat exchanger having reinforcing means

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ATE293239T1 (de) 2005-04-15
EP1240469B1 (fr) 2005-04-13
SE9904786L (sv) 2001-06-24
DE60019456D1 (de) 2005-05-19
SE515467C2 (sv) 2001-08-13
KR20020071899A (ko) 2002-09-13

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