Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
165081000 | EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION RELIEVING OR ABSORBING MEANS | 30 |
20080223553 | Collector Tank for a Multi-Row Heat Exchanger - The invention relates to a collector tank ( | 09-18-2008 |
20090044928 | Method and apparatus for preventing cracking in a liquid cooling system - An apparatus for preventing cracking of a liquid system includes an enclosure and one or more compressible objects immersed in the enclosure. According to the present invention, the enclosure is configured to cause a fluid to begin to freeze at a location in the enclosure, and for freezing to advance towards the one or more compressible objects. | 02-19-2009 |
20110024081 | END PLATE WITH AREA OF WEAKNESS FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER - The present invention relates to an end plate for a heat exchanger, running longitudinally, comprising at least one opening ( | 02-03-2011 |
20110056652 | HEAT EXCHANGER - The invention relates to a heat exchanger, especially for cooling exhaust gases. Said heat exchanger comprises at least one first flow channel for a first medium, at least one second flow channel for a second medium, at least one bottom ( | 03-10-2011 |
20110146951 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING HEAT FROM A FIRST MEDIUM TO A SECOND MEDIUM - The invention relates to a process and apparatus ( | 06-23-2011 |
20120193072 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A small heat exchanger can efficiently exchange heat, and can be produced at low cost in comparison with a conventional heat exchanger. In the heat exchanger, a heat-transfer tube can be easily replaced so that the heat exchanger can be used for a treatment which requires a low flow rate. A heat-transfer tube produced in the form of a coil is attached to, for example, a lower closing portion and an inner tube, which are integrally produced. The heat-transfer tube is pulled in the U-direction to reduce the diameter of the coiled portions and, thus, is closely bonded or welded to the inner tube. An outer tube and an upper closing portion are attached so that there is a slight gap between the outer tube and the outer diameter of the heat-transfer tube. | 08-02-2012 |
20120291991 | MICROCHANNEL EXPANDED HEAT EXCHANGER - A microchannel heat exchanger ( | 11-22-2012 |
20130056176 | Heat Exchanger with Controlled Coefficient of Thermal Expansion - The heat exchanger with a controlled coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) includes a low CTE thermal expansion control member operatively connected to a heat transfer member in order to restrain the lateral thermal expansion of the heat transfer member during use. The thermal expansion control member is placed outside the heat transfer path, so the thermal expansion control member can be made of a low thermal conductivity material without increasing the thermal resistance of the heat exchanger. The CTE of the thermal expansion control member is lower than that of the heat transfer member, so as to constrain lateral thermal expansion of the heat transfer member during operation. The difference between the CTE of the device being cooled and the heat transfer member, i.e. the CTE mismatch, is reduced over conventional heat exchangers by restraining the heat transfer member during operation. | 03-07-2013 |
20130105117 | Method and Device for Self-Acting Heat Transfer in a Direction Reverse to Natural Convection | 05-02-2013 |
20130153172 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE IMPACT OF MOTION IN A CORE-IN-SHELL HEAT EXCHANGER - Methods and apparatuses for reducing the effects of motion in a core-in-shell type heat exchanger are provided. One apparatus includes: (a) a heat exchanger, wherein the heat exchanger includes an internal volume defined within a shell and a plurality of spaced apart cores disposed within the internal volume of the shell, wherein the internal volume is flooded with a vaporizing fluid; and (b) a separation vessel connected to the heat exchanger, wherein the separation vessel is located at higher elevation than the heat exchanger, wherein the separation vessel is connected to the heat exchanger in such a manner so as to deliver a hot feed stream to heat exchanger and the receive a non-vaporizing stream from the heat exchanger. | 06-20-2013 |
20130299134 | THERMAL EXPANSION JOINT AND HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger is provided that includes an expansion joint that accommodates thermal expansion of an inner casing relative to an outer casing. The expansion joint is positioned between the inner casing and the outer casing and is shielded from high temperature fluid flows by a wall of the heat exchanger and by thermal insulation. | 11-14-2013 |
20140069612 | SYSTEM FOR ACCOMMODATING DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL EXPANSION IN SYNGAS COOLER - A system includes a syngas cooler configured to cool a syngas. The syngas cooler includes a vessel with a head portion and a first opening and a first pipe that extends through the first opening. The first pipe is configured to convey a heated fluid out of the vessel. A first flanged connection is disposed about the first opening, wherein the first pipe extends through the first flanged connection and is coupled to the flanged connection. | 03-13-2014 |
20140090804 | Heat Exchanger - A device for exchanging heat between the two fluid streams is disclosed. The device includes parallel heat exchange tubes arranged in an annular pattern, the first and second ends of the tubes being coupled to first and second halves of a core housing configured to channel the first gas stream through the heat exchange tubes between a first intake formed on the first half of the core housing and a first exhaust formed on the second half of the core housing. The device further includes a shell enclosing the core housing and separated from the core housing by a space, the shell configured to channel the second gas from a second intake, then between the heat exchange tubes, and then through a second exhaust. The heat exchanger device includes an expansion joint coupling the core housing and the shell housing such that the core housing floats within the shell. | 04-03-2014 |
20140166236 | Thermal Stress Reduction for Heat Exchanger - A heat exchanger with a first manifold and a second manifold. The heat exchanger includes tubes having first and second ends. The tubes connect to the first manifold at the first end and the second manifold at the second end establishing fluid communication between the manifolds. The tubes are arranged parallel and forming gaps between tubes. The heat exchanger includes fin matrices formed from fins that span the gaps and extend from the first end to the second end. At least two adjacent tubes define an expansion gap that accommodates thermal expansion. | 06-19-2014 |
20140345828 | Heat Exchanger Adapted for the Production of Carbon Black - A heat exchanger ( | 11-27-2014 |
20140360698 | UNITARY HEAT EXCHANGERS HAVING INTEGRALLY-FORMED COMPLIANT HEAT EXCHANGER TUBES AND HEAT EXCHANGE SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME - Unitary heat exchangers having integrally-formed compliant heat exchanger tubes and heat exchange systems including the same are provided. The unitary heat exchanger comprises an inlet plenum and an outlet plenum and a plurality of integrally-formed compliant heat exchanger tubes. The plurality of integrally-formed compliant heat exchanger tubes extend between and are integral with the inlet and outlet plenums to define a heat exchanger first flow passage. Each integrally-formed compliant heat exchanger tube comprises a tubular member and a plurality of integral heat transfer fins extend radially outwardly from at least one portion of the tubular member. The tubular member has a proximal tube end and a distal tube end and comprises a tubular wall having an outer wall surface and an inner wall surface. | 12-11-2014 |
20150316331 | CAN-TYPE HEAT EXCHANGER - A can type of heat exchanger may include a housing formed as a cylinder, having a mounting space at the inside, and formed with at least one inlet and at least one outlet, a heat dissipation unit mounted in the mounting space of the housing, receiving operating fluids from the inlet, and the operating fluids heat-exchanging with each other, a separating plate separating the mounting space and inside of the mounting portion, and a valve unit, selectively opening and closing the mounting space or a bypass passageway separated by the separating plate using linear displacement which is generated when expansion and contraction occur according to the temperature of the coolant flowing from the inlet, and adjusting flow of the operating fluids. | 11-05-2015 |
20160084584 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR A POWER GENERATION SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to heat exchanger for a power generation system and related methods that use supercritical fluids, and in particular to a heat exchanger configured to minimize axial forces during operation. | 03-24-2016 |
20160201998 | FRAMELESS COOLING MODULE | 07-14-2016 |
20170236769 | HIGH THERMAL CONDUCTIVE HERMETIC RF PACKAGING | 08-17-2017 |
165082000 | Relieving or absorbing means supports temperature modifier in heat exchanger | 10 |
20090218075 | Coiled Heat Exchanger - A coiled heat exchanger having a plurality of tubes, which are helically coiled around a core tube in one or more concentric layers of tubes and form a bundle in the form of a hollow cylinder, and also having a shell, which delimits an outer space around the tubes, is disclosed. It is formed in such a way that, during operation, heat is transferred between at least two fluid streams, one of which flows through the interior of the tubes and the other of which flows through the outer space. At least one elastic component that does not transfer heat and comprises a metallic material is arranged inside the shell and radially outside the bundle. | 09-03-2009 |
20090277608 | Thermal Control Via Adjustable Thermal Links - An apparatus for thermal control includes a first component; a second component; an adjustable thermal link disposed between the first component and the second component; and a controller for selectively varying a thermal conductance of the adjustable thermal link. A method of controlling a temperature includes sensing a temperature of a first component; and adjusting a thermal conductance of an adjustable thermal link, the adjustable thermal link forming a thermal path between the first component and a second component; the thermal conductance of the adjustable thermal link being adjusted such that the temperature of the first component is controlled. | 11-12-2009 |
20110000642 | Heat exchanger with inserts having a stress absorber - A heat exchanger comprising: a core portion including a plurality of tubes; a pair of header tanks communicating with the tubes; and a pair of inserts arranged substantially parallel to the length of the tubes, and in such a manner as to contact the core portion at the ends of the core portion to transfer the heat from the core portion, and having the ends thereof supported on the header tanks; wherein a stress absorber to absorb the stress generated along the length of each insert is formed in the insert; wherein the stress absorber is formed over each insert from the upstream side to the downstream side in the air flow; and wherein the stress absorber is arranged in such a manner that the most upstream end and the most downstream end thereof in the air flow are not superposed, one on the other, along the direction of air flow. | 01-06-2011 |
20140138051 | Expansion Relief Header for Protecting Heat Transfer Coils in HVAC Systems - An expansion relief header is disclosed for use in an HVAC heat transfer coil. The expansion relief header includes a main body adapted to be secured to bends in fluid coils of the HVAC fluid tube system. The main body includes holes in alignment with holes formed in the bends to enable fluid to pass from the bends into the expansion relief header. The expansion relief headers include one or more relief devices, such as valves, that automatically open, preferably in response to pressure exceeding a predetermined threshold value or temperature falling below a predetermined value, to release fluid from the expansion relief header and then resent themselves. | 05-22-2014 |
165083000 | Flexible fluid confining wall | 6 |
20080202727 | Evaporator Protection - A heat exchange device and a method of compensating for increases in pressure in tubes within the heat exchange device is provided. The heat exchange devices includes a plurality of the tubes for carrying a first medium and a compressible feature insertable into at least one of the tubes. Expansion of the medium causes said compressible feature to compress. The compressible feature can be inert resilient material. | 08-28-2008 |
20080245507 | Heat Exchanger with Telescoping Expansion Joint - A heat exchanger comprises a shell comprising a hollow shell body and separate shell end members attached thereto. A number of tubes is disposed within the shell body which is sized to permit both ends of the tubes to project outwardly therefrom to facilitate access for attaching the tubes ends to respective tube header plates, after which time the shell end members are slid over the shell body towards the shell body ends for attachment to respective header plates. The heat exchanger can include an expansion element attached between a shell end member and the shell body, wherein the expansion element is positioned adjacent a slidable joint formed by an overlapping section of the shell body and shell end member. Together, the expansion element accommodates axial movement and the slidable joint carries vibration loads between the shell body and shell end member. | 10-09-2008 |
20110056653 | Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchanger - A shell-and-tube heat exchanger including a casing tube and at least one inner tube for treating liquid food products, optionally also with a product/product flow guidance, and having at least one thermal-expansion compensating device for the casing and/or inner tube, with the compensating device having a surface which can be contacted by the product to be treated, where the surface is provided on a bellows integrated into the casing and/or inner tube, with a plurality of relatively wide folds which extend around the tube axis and are of rounded cross-section, with the respective fold being configured with a radial depth and an axial width with a ratio of B:T of about 1 or more and to be cleanable on the product side in a hygienically irreproachable way. | 03-10-2011 |
20110192570 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH TELESCOPING EXPANSION JOINT - A heat exchanger comprises a shell comprising a hollow shell body and separate shell end members attached thereto. A number of tubes is disposed within the shell body which is sized to permit both ends of the tubes to project outwardly therefrom to facilitate access for attaching the tubes ends to respective tube header plates, after which time the shell end members are slid over the shell body towards the shell body ends for attachment to respective header plates. The heat exchanger can include an expansion element attached between a shell end member and the shell body, wherein the expansion element is positioned adjacent a slidable joint formed by an overlapping section of the shell body and shell end member. Together, the expansion element accommodates axial movement and the slidable joint carries vibration loads between the shell body and shell end member. | 08-11-2011 |
20130048246 | INTEGRATED PRESSURE COMPENSATING HEAT EXCHANGER AND METHOD - An integrated pressure compensating heat exchanger and method of use are provided. The integrated pressure compensating heat exchanger includes an inlet configured to input an internal fluid; a first conductive bellows connected to the inlet, configured to accept the internal fluid from the inlet, configured to transfer heat between the internal fluid and an external fluid, and configured to compensate for a pressure by compressing in length; and an outlet configured to accept the internal fluid from the first conductive bellows and to output the internal fluid. | 02-28-2013 |
20140000845 | Heat Exchangers with Floating Headers | 01-02-2014 |