Classifications

• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
  • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
  • E01B7/00—Switches; Crossings
  • E01B7/24—Heating of switches
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
  • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
  • F28F1/00—Tubular elements; Assemblies of tubular elements
  • F28F1/02—Tubular elements of cross-section which is non-circular
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E01—CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS, RAILWAYS, OR BRIDGES
  • E01B—PERMANENT WAY; PERMANENT-WAY TOOLS; MACHINES FOR MAKING RAILWAYS OF ALL KINDS
  • E01B19/00—Protection of permanent way against development of dust or against the effect of wind, sun, frost, or corrosion; Means to reduce development of noise
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
  • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
  • F28F1/00—Tubular elements; Assemblies of tubular elements
  • F28F1/02—Tubular elements of cross-section which is non-circular
  • F28F1/022—Tubular elements of cross-section which is non-circular with multiple channels
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
  • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
  • F28F2255/00—Heat exchanger elements made of materials having special features or resulting from particular manufacturing processes
  • F28F2255/16—Heat exchanger elements made of materials having special features or resulting from particular manufacturing processes extruded
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
  • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
  • F28F2260/00—Heat exchangers or heat exchange elements having special size, e.g. microstructures
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
  • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
  • F28F2270/00—Thermal insulation; Thermal decoupling

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a heat exchanger for a rail heater, a rail heater with at least one heat exchanger and a corresponding rail device.
• An object of the present invention is to provide rail heating devices and their components such that they are efficient in heating and easy to manufacture.
• a heat exchanger may be arranged or arrangeable in a heat-transferring contact with an object.
• a heat-transferring contact between the heat exchanger and the object can in particular provide heat transfer by heat conduction.
• the heat exchanger may be in direct contact with the object.
• a heat-transferring contact can also be provided indirectly via a heat-conducting material which is fitted or attachable between the heat exchanger and the object and which can have a good thermal conductivity.
• a heat conduction material may comprise, for example, a thermal paste, a metallic layer or other materials with good thermal conduction properties.
• a heat exchanger may generally have at least one heat transfer wall over which a heat transferring contact may be made.
• the heat transfer wall can be designed to be in indirect contact with the object in direct contact and / or via an intermediate heat conduction material or to stand.
• a surface contact may be provided in order to provide a large effective for heat transfer cross-sectional area.
• the heat transfer wall may consist of one or more materials with good thermal conductivity, such as a metallic material, in particular aluminum.
• the heat exchanger has a heat exchanger body, on which connections to the fluid supply can be attached or attached.
• at least one chamber may be formed which may be bounded by walls or wall areas, optionally in cooperation with a cover device or a lid.
• a cover may be oriented generally perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the heat exchanger body.
• a surface normal of a lid may be aligned parallel to the longitudinal direction of the heat exchanger body.
• a heat exchanger body may have a plurality of walls or wall portions, which may be integrally formed in a variant.
• One or more openings and / or connections for fluid supply may be provided in or on one or more walls or wall areas.
• a heat exchanger body is connected or connectable to one or more covering devices, such as one or more covers.
• a cover device may be used to seal off one or more chambers from an environment and / or from one another.
• suitable sealing means may be provided.
• a heat exchanger body may be made of or include a highly thermally conductive material, such as a material of a heat transfer wall.
• a heat exchanger body can be made entirely of a good thermal conductivity material, such as a metal, in particular aluminum.
• a heat exchanger body may be integrally formed, such as by a casting process or an extrusion process.
• a heating fluid may generally comprise a fluid such as a gas and / or a liquid and / or a vapor.
• a heating fluid may comprise, for example, water and / or oil and / or a water / glycol mixture and / or water vapor and / or combustion exhaust gas. It is conceivable that a heating fluid is intended to absorb heat in order to discharge it via the heat exchanger.
• a heating fluid in the heat exchanger in direct or indirect heat-transmitting contact with at least one wall of a heat exchanger body, in particular a heat transfer wall, and / or the heat exchanger body and / or a wall of a fluid chamber brought or brought.
• a fluid chamber may be provided to be flowed through by the heating fluid and / or receive and / or lead heating fluid.
• a wall of a fluid chamber may in particular comprise a heat transfer wall. It is generally conceivable that a heat transfer wall is provided or arranged to be brought into direct and / or indirect heat-transferring contact with a heating fluid on its side lying in relation to the heat exchanger body.
• a cover device and / or a cover and / or a wall region of a cover device or a cover can be made from the the same or a different material shaped or manufactured as the heat exchanger body.
• a heat exchanger body may generally have an outer wall. It can be provided that an outer wall is able to delimit the heat exchanger body from an environment, in particular from an environment to which no heat is to be transferred from the heating fluid. In particular, it is conceivable for an outer wall to be thermally insulated from an object which is in heat-conducting contact with a heat transfer wall and / or to be in poor heat-conducting contact and / or not in flat heat-conducting contact.
• an outer wall is provided neither for a direct nor an indirect planar contact with the object.
• An outer wall may in principle be formed integrally with a heat transfer wall.
• a slight heat flow over a wall cross-section occur.
• Thermal insulation can be achieved by arranging or providing poorly heat-conducting or good heat-insulating material, such as a heat-insulating foam and / or styrofoam and / or polyurethane material and / or air.
• a fluid chamber via a flow and / or flow connection and / or for guiding the heating fluid suitable connecting lines of a heating fluid supply heating fluid can be fed.
• heating fluid can be discharged from the fluid chamber.
• a heat exchanger may be provided to be flowed through by a heating fluid, which may be provided via a Schufluidmakers.
• the heating fluid can deliver heat to an object, in particular to a rail, via the heat exchanger, in particular via the heat transfer wall.
• a heat exchanger for a rail heater for heating a rail.
• the heat exchanger comprises a fluid chamber.
• the fluid chamber is adapted to carry a heating fluid, wherein the heat exchanger is mounted or attachable to the rail for heat transferring contact between a rail and the fluid chamber via a heat transfer wall.
• the heat exchanger comprises an insulation chamber, which is designed for thermal insulation against an outer wall of the heat exchanger, wherein the outer wall is provided for delimitation from an environment of the heat exchanger.
• the attachment of the heat exchanger to the rail may in particular comprise the production and / or holding of a heat-transferring contact.
• a heat exchanger adjacent to the rail which is not or not directly attached to the rail can thus be considered to be mounted on the rail.
• a heat-transferring contact is provided in particular for allowing heat conduction and optionally thermal radiation via the heat transfer wall of the heat exchanger.
• the heating fluid is directly or indirectly in heat transferring, in particular heat-conducting contact with the heat transfer wall or can be brought.
• the fluid chamber and / or the isolation chamber may be formed in a heat exchanger body of the heat exchanger.
• the fluid chamber may be at least partially defined by the heat transfer wall. It is conceivable that the insulation chamber is at least partially defined by the outer wall.
• the fluid chamber may include at least one inlet, which may also be referred to as a supply, and at least one outlet, which may also be referred to as return. Corresponding connections and / or connection openings can be provided in walls and / or wall regions defining the fluid chamber.
• the fluid chamber may be fluidly sealed or sealable with respect to the isolation chamber and / or an outer region and / or the rail, such as by one or more sealing devices and / or covering devices such as lids.
• the environment of the heat exchanger may designate a region in which the heat exchanger is not in heat transferring contact with a rail or that portion of the outwardly directed wall of the heat exchanger which is not intended to contact the rail.
• the outer wall may be in contact with an external atmosphere, and delimit the heat exchanger from the atmosphere.
• the cross sections of the isolation chamber and the fluid chamber may differ from each other. It may be provided that the cross-section of the fluid chamber is widened at at least one point, in particular in the lower region, approximately to a region facing the rail foot, in relation to another region, such as an upper region and / or the rail head.
• the cross-section of the insulation chamber may be asymmetrical and / or have widenings and / or tapers.
• the width of the cross-section of the insulation chamber in at least one subregion of the cross section and / or over the entire cross section is substantially opposite to the width of the cross section of the fluid chamber.
• the insulation chamber has a broadening and / or vice versa. Consequently
• a region in which a small amount of heating fluid can be guided or stored, such as a rejuvenation of the fluid chamber, and thus could undergo rapid cooling can be thermally insulated particularly well by a corresponding widening of the insulation chamber and thus of the insulating effect of the insulation chamber.
• the overall width of the heat exchanger can be substantially maintained.
• the walls of the heat exchanger in particular a heat transfer wall and / or an outer wall and / or provided between the insulation chamber and the fluid chamber intermediate wall have a thickness which is smaller than a width of a cross section of the fluid chamber and / or the insulation chamber , in particular less than a minimum width of the fluid chamber and / or the insulation chamber.
• the width of the walls and / or the heat transfer wall and / or the outer wall and / or the intermediate wall can be significantly smaller than the width or width, in particular as the minimum width or width.
• the corresponding wall width may be approximately below 50%, below 25% or below 10% of the respective chamber width and / or minimum chamber width.
• the cross section and / or the width or the width profile of the heat exchanger is essentially defined by the cavities of the fluid chamber and the insulation chamber.
• the isolation chamber may have a height and / or arrangement in height substantially corresponding to the height and / or height arrangement of the fluid chamber and / or it may be provided that the isolation chamber substantially completely and / or at least toward the outside the fluid chamber 50% or 75% or 90% covered.
• the heat transfer wall is intended to be placed in heat transfer contact with a side surface or a profile or partial profile of a rail or to be in corresponding contact, in particular with a side surface of a rail web.
• a rail web can thereby form an area between a rail head provided for contact with wheels of rail vehicles and a rail foot provided for supporting against the ground.
• the fluid chamber may be irregular and / or asymmetrical in shape, such as drops. It is conceivable that the profile of a heat transfer wall is different from a profile of one of these opposite wall of the fluid chamber.
• the profile of a heat transfer wall may correspond to a profile of a rail surface to which the heat transfer wall is to be applied, while the profile of the opposite wall may differ therefrom to take account of external factors and / or to influence the fluid guiding properties of the fluid chamber.
• the rail profile may in particular be a side profile of a rail, for example a stock rail and / or a tongue rail and / or a tongue switch.
• Suitable rail profiles are about R-65, ZU-65 or other known rail profiles.
• a fluid baffle device or baffle device is provided, against which a heating fluid flowing into the fluid chamber is at least partially guided.
• a baffle device can generally be arranged in the region of a feed connection and / or a feed opening and / or within the fluid chamber.
• the fluid guide can be influenced within the fluid chamber. It can be provided, for example, a symmetrical or asymmetric step-like reduction of a flow cross-section, which can serve as a baffle device.
• a fluid baffle may provide a baffle against which a fluid stream is allowed to flow. It is conceivable that a baffle device and / or components of a baffle device is integrally formed or attached to a heat exchanger body. Alternatively or additionally, a baffle or components of a baffle device may be molded or attached to a lid.
• open and / or closed screw can be provided at suitable locations. Open sterkanäle are having at least one opening in the peripheral region. This facilitates production of a tool for an extrusion process, with which the heat exchanger can be formed in one step.
• a screw channel can penetrate the heat exchanger body of the heat exchanger in the longitudinal direction and / or form a corresponding through hole.
• cover devices and / or covers corresponding attachment openings may be provided, via which the cover device or the cover can be connected to the heat exchanger body or connectable, in particular screwed or screwed. It is conceivable that a screw channel has no thread, but is provided for receiving a self-tapping screw.
• a heat exchanger can be fastened to the rail via a fastening device or fixed to the rail, for example via a screw connection or a clamping device.
• the fastening device may engage and / or be attached or fastened to the rail and / or to the rail substantially stationary devices.
• the fluid chamber and the isolation chamber may be separated by an intermediate wall.
• the intermediate wall can be formed both as a wall for the fluid chamber and / or as a wall for the insulation chamber. It is conceivable that the heat transfer wall and / or the outer wall and / or optionally an intermediate if present, integrally formed and / or material fit and / or form-fitting manner, such as by an extrusion process.
• a thermal insulation material can be accommodated in the insulation chamber.
• the thermal insulation material may comprise, for example, a polyurethane material and / or polystyrene and / or another suitable heat-insulating material.
• the fluid chamber can be sealingly covered or coverable by means of one or more lids. It is conceivable that one or more covers each have one or more fluid ports and / or corresponding openings for receiving ports or fluid communication lines, via which the heating fluid can be supplied and / or removed.
• a lid may cooperate with a sealing device to achieve a seal.
• the sealing means may be adapted to substantially cover the surface of the lid, wherein holes may be provided within such a sealing washer which may correspond to the holes in the lid, such as a fluid port and mounting holes. It is conceivable that a cover is attached or attachable to a heat exchanger body.
• the cross section of a lid may correspond to a cross-sectional profile formed by the heat transfer wall and the outer wall of the heat exchanger.
• a lid may be considered part of a cover device. It can be provided that a cover has one or more fastening openings, via which suitable fastening means can be introduced, such as screws, bolts or rivets.
• the attachment openings may be arranged such that they allow the insertion of the fastening devices into corresponding screw channels.
• a fluid connection can generally have a flow cross section through which a heating fluid can flow into the fluid chamber and / or flow out of the fluid chamber. In general, the flow cross-section of a fluid connection can be symmetrical, for example circular.
• the flow cross section of a fluid connection has smaller dimensions, in particular with respect to the diameter and / or the largest diameter, than the cross section of the fluid chamber, in particular in a region of the fluid chamber into which the flow cross section leads.
• a port for introducing or discharging heating fluid into or out of the fluid chamber may be provided at a position where the flow area of the port formed to carry heating fluid is smaller than the cross section of the fluid chamber.
• One for feeding Heating fluid provided connection can be arranged higher lying relative to a discharge of heating fluid from the fluid chamber provided connection, such as in which it is adapted to be arranged closer to a rail head than the connection for discharging heating fluid.
• gravity effects may optionally be used together with a baffle device for the desired distribution of fluid within the fluid chamber.
• a flow connection can be provided in one of the lids. It is conceivable that the heat exchanger has exactly one flow connection, which may be arranged approximately in the lid. This facilitates the manufacture and maintenance, especially in the connection area.
• a return connection is provided in one of the covers. It may be expedient if the heat exchanger comprises exactly one return connection, which can be arranged in a cover. It is conceivable that flow connections and return connections are each arranged on different covers. It is conceivable that a cover with at least one flow connection and a cover with at least one return connection face each other with respect to a longitudinal extension of the heat exchanger body. This can help to achieve a more uniform flow of fluid between the flow, fluid chamber and return.
• the heat transfer wall can be shaped complementary to a profile of the rail provided for the heat-transferring contact.
• a complementarily shaped profile substantially corresponds to the profile provided for contacting and allows the heat transfer wall to conform to the profile to provide a good heat conducting contact surface.
• a heat conduction material can be arranged or arranged, such as a thermal paste.
• the heat transfer wall may be configured to contact an upper side of a rail foot and / or a lower side of a rail head. In this case, it may be expedient for a wall region of the heat transfer wall, which lies on the inside with respect to the fluid chamber, to essentially be in contact with heating fluid or can be brought into contact with the profile and / or following the profile.
• the fluid chamber and / or a volume of the fluid chamber provided for receiving heating fluid can be limited by the corresponding wall area.
• Complementary shaping of the heat transfer wall may generally mean that the heat transfer wall is formed to conform to the rail profile when mounted to the rail.
• rounded transitions in the rail profile can be simulated by the heat transfer wall. This allows a particularly good heat transfer contact.
• the heat exchanger can have a heat exchanger body, which can be produced in particular as an extruded profile. This allows a simple manufacturing, especially in one operation.
• a rail heater with at least one heat exchanger described herein there may be provided a plurality of heat exchangers, which can be fluidly connected or connected to each other.
• the rail heater may have a suitable heating fluid supply, such as fluid communication lines such as hose or pipe connections.
• a suitable heating fluid supply such as fluid communication lines such as hose or pipe connections.
• About one or more heat exchangers can be connected to one another via such fluid connection lines and / or one or more heat exchangers can be supplied with a heating fluid.
• the Schienennningeinnchtung comprises at least one heat source and / or at least one fluid pump, via which a heating fluid can be provided and / or heated.
• rail heating may be connected or connectable to one or more heating fluid storage tanks or to a suitable fluid source.
• a rail heater for a heat exchanger has a fastening device for fastening the heat exchanger described herein.
• a rail device is provided with a rail heater described herein and / or at least one heat exchanger described herein.
• the rail device may be a switch device, such as a tongue switch.
• the heat exchangers can be provided for attachment to at least one stock rail and / or at least one tongue rail of the switch device.
• the Rail means may comprise one or more attachment means for attachment of the heat exchanger or heat exchangers.
• the heat exchanger may have the features mentioned herein individually or in any combination.
• the method may include the step of forming a heat exchanger body having a heat transfer wall and an outer wall.
• the molding can be done in an extrusion process. It is conceivable that the molding comprises forming a fluid chamber and an insulation chamber. An intermediate wall can be formed. Outer wall, intermediate wall and heat transfer wall may be formed in a common extrusion process step, such as by a suitable tool.
• open screw channels can be formed in the heat exchanger body.
• the method may include attaching one or more covers to the heat exchanger body.
• the covers may be fastened to the heat exchanger body via screws.
• the screws can be inserted in screw channels, for example in open screw channels. It may be provided the introduction of insulating material in the insulation chamber. The introduction can be done before attaching one or both lids.
• FIG. 1 a and 1 b cross-sectional views of a heat exchanger with closed
• FIGS. 2a and 2b are cross-sectional views of a heat exchanger with open screw channels
• 3a and 3b are views of a lid for one of the heat exchanger of FIGS.
• 1 a, 1 b, 2 a or 2 b, 4 is a side view of a heat exchanger
• 5a and 5b are cross-sectional views of another heat exchanger with closed screw channels
• FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of another heat exchanger with open screw channels
• FIG. 7 shows views of a cover for a heat exchanger according to Fig. 5a, 5b, or 6,
• FIG. 10 is a view of another cover variant for a heat exchanger.
• the heat exchanger 10 has a heat exchanger body 1 1, which is made as an extruded profile.
• the heat exchanger body 1 1 has a heat transfer wall 12, an intermediate wall 14 and an outer wall 16. Between the intermediate wall 14 and the heat transfer wall 12, a fluid chamber 18 is formed.
• the intermediate wall 14 and the heat transfer wall 12 are integrally formed about suitable connection points and fluidly sealed.
• the fluid chamber 18 is intended to be flowed through by a heating fluid, which can be supplied and removed by fluid connections, not shown.
• the intermediate wall 14 and the outer wall 16 form a sealed against the fluid chamber 18 through the intermediate wall 14 insulation chamber 20.
• In the insulation chamber 20 may be added an insulating material.
• the intermediate wall 14 and the outer wall 16 are integrally formed with each other, so that in total the heat transfer wall 12 and the intermediate wall 14 and the outer wall 16 form an integral profile, which defines the cross-sectional shape of the heat exchanger.
• a heating fluid is introduced into the fluid chamber 18, it is in direct heat-conducting contact with the heat transfer wall 12.
• screw channels 22 are shown in FIG. 1 a, which are formed in the profile formed by the walls 12, 14, 16. In this example, the screw channels 22 are closed, ie, in the profile, the screw channels are completely surrounded by wall material of the heat exchanger body 1 1.
• FIG. 1 b shows how a heat exchanger 10 is arranged on a rail 100.
• the rail 100 has a rail foot 102, a rail web 104 and a rail head 106.
• rail 100 is a R-65 stock rail.
• the heat transfer wall 12 between the rail head 106 and the rail foot 102 of the rail 100 conforms to the rail profile, since the profile of the heat transfer wall 12 is formed to be complementary to the profile of the web 104.
• the outer wall 16 is in communication with the environment.
• FIGS. 2 a and 2 b show a heat exchanger 10 which is constructed like the heat exchanger shown in FIGS. 1 a and 1 b, except that it has open screw channels 24 instead of closed screw channels 22. Accordingly, the screw channels in the profile are not completely surrounded by material, which makes it easier to carry out an extrusion process for producing the heat exchanger.
• FIGS. 3a and 3b show a cover 50 for a heat exchanger 10 shown in FIGS. 1a, 1b, 2a or 2b.
• the cover 50 has a plurality of attachment openings 52, which represent passage openings passing through the cover. Through the mounting holes 52 suitable fasteners such as screws can be introduced to connect the lid with a heat exchanger body 1 1.
• the cross-sectional profile of the lid 50 corresponds to the cross-sectional profile of the heat exchanger body 1 1, to claim no unnecessary space and to allow easy mounting of the heat exchanger 1 1 on a rail.
• a fluid connection opening 54 is provided, via which the heat exchanger 10, in particular the fluid chamber 18, is connected or connectable to a fluid supply line.
• FIG 4 shows a side view of a heat exchanger 10, such as a heat exchanger 10 as shown in Figures 1 a, 1 b, 2a and 2b.
• the heat exchanger body 1 1 is connected to a first lid 50 a and a second lid 50 b to form the heat exchanger 10.
• a sealing device 56a may be arranged between the first cover 50a and the heat exchanger body 1 1, a sealing device 56a may be arranged.
• a sealing be provided means 56b Between the second cover 50b and the heat exchanger 1 1 can analogously a sealing be provided means 56b. Dashed lines in the covers 50a, 50b are shown passing through mounting holes 52a, 52b.
• the first cover 50a can be fastened to the heat transfer body 11 via one or more fastening devices 60a, for example suitable screws.
• a fastening device 60a may be introduced by a fastening device 52a in a screw 22, which in this example penetrates the heat carrier body 1 1 in the longitudinal direction.
• a connection 70a is accommodated with an angle tube and a suitable fluid connection.
• the cover 50b is attached analogously and connected to the fluid port 70b.
• the fluid connection 70a is designed as a flow, so that warm heating fluid in the heat transfer body 1 1 is inserted. Via the fluid connection 70b, a return is formed, via which the heating fluid can flow to the rail 100 after the release of heat.
• FIG. 5a and 5b show a further variant of a heat exchanger 10.
• the heat transfer wall 12 is formed such that it conforms to the profile of a rail 100, which is designed as a tongue rail ZU-65.
• FIG. 5 b shows how the profile of the tongue rail 100 between the rail head 106 and rail foot 102 and the profile of the heat transfer wall 12 of the heat exchanger 10 correspond.
• FIG. 6 shows a heat carrier body 1 1, which corresponds to the heat carrier body 1 1 of FIGS. 5 a and 5 b, but has open screw channels 24.
• FIG. 7 shows views of a cover for a heat exchanger body 11 of FIGS. 5a, 5b and 6. Corresponding to the changed cross-sectional profile, suitable fastening openings 52 are provided which extend through the cover.
• Figure 8 shows a side view of a heat exchanger 10 of Figures 5a, 5b and 6 with a lid of Figure 7.
• the mounting holes 52a, 52b and the corresponding fasteners 60a, 60b are located at other locations.
• FIG. 9 shows a further variant of a heat exchanger 10.
• a baffle device 30 is provided, which is provided for influencing a fluid flow flowing into the fluid chamber 18.
• the baffle device 30 is provided in this example behind the fluid connection 54a for the supply line 70a and designed in such a way that the flow cross-section narrows stepwise for an inflowing fluid flow, so that the fluid flow impinges against the impact collider 32.
• the cross section of the baffle device 30 is asymmetrical. Since the flow 70 a has a substantially round cross-section, there is an impact effect for inflowing heating fluid, which facilitates the distribution of the inflowing heating fluid within the fluid chamber 18.
• FIG. 10 shows a cover 50a for the heat exchanger 10 for a tongue rail with a baffle device 30.
• the asymmetrical opening 54 shows the baffle 32 of the baffle device 30.
• the baffle 30 may be formed on the lid 50a.
• baffle device 30 may be provided for all types of rails and / or heat exchangers and / or covers, since a baffle device 30 may be formed independently of the profile shape. It may be convenient to adapt the shape or arrangement of a baffle 30 to a given profile since the rail profile affects the profile of the fluid chamber and thus its flow characteristics.

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