EP0798527A1 - Spiral-Wärmetauscher - Google Patents

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EP0798527A1
EP0798527A1 EP96202200A EP96202200A EP0798527A1 EP 0798527 A1 EP0798527 A1 EP 0798527A1 EP 96202200 A EP96202200 A EP 96202200A EP 96202200 A EP96202200 A EP 96202200A EP 0798527 A1 EP0798527 A1 EP 0798527A1
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    • 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
    • F28D9/0012—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 apparatus having an annular form
    • F28D9/0018—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 apparatus having an annular form without any annular circulation of the heat exchange media
    • 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
    • F28D9/04—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 being formed by spirally-wound plates or laminae
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S165/00—Heat exchange
    • Y10S165/355—Heat exchange having separate flow passage for two distinct fluids
    • Y10S165/398—Spirally bent heat exchange plate

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  • the invention relates to a heat exchanger wound in a spiral, where the fluids arrive, circulate and open in countercurrent, in the direction of the winding axis.
  • recuperators for gas turbines In the wide field of application of heat exchangers, one of the most demanding applications is that of recuperators for gas turbines. Indeed, they must be compact, high efficiency, inexpensive and reliable.
  • Efficiency and compactness can be obtained by using the concept of primary surface, with channels of small hydraulic diameter and by circulating the two counter-current fluids.
  • the cost price will be low if the exchanger consists of the assembly of a small number of printed elements and continuously wound to form a roll.
  • the pressure drops will be reduced if the passage sections offered to the two fluids are sufficient: this is obtained by circulating the fluids axially and not tangentially in a spiral exchanger.
  • the exchangers are subjected to high thermal loads and thermal shocks resulting from transient variations in the operation of the turbine. Reliability is linked to resistance to thermal shock.
  • Heat exchangers consisting of a winding of a pair of sheets, between which the fluids pass countercurrently, in the axial direction of the roll thus formed, are known: see for example a recent patent (1995) from the company Rolls- Royce. These coiled exchangers distribute the flow by cutouts made in the sheet and welded in pairs at the time of winding.
  • the distribution and the collection of flows are carried out in plate exchangers stacked by cutouts made in the plates.
  • the edges of these cutouts are brazed or welded during stacking [see US Pat. No. 4,073,340] or lined with a seal, as in the well-known plate exchangers from Alfa-Laval.
  • the invention aims to produce a heat exchanger formed by winding a pair of sheets where the fluids circulate in counter-current in the direction of the axis of the winding and arrive and open on the opposite faces of the cylindrical roller constituted by the 'leaf rolling.
  • This avoids creating distribution cutouts inside the exchanger, which eliminates both stress concentrations, welding problems, inspection and repair of these flanges embedded in the mass of the exchanger.
  • This results in greater freedom in the choice of dimensions and shapes of the distributor-collectors, since they are external to the exchanger itself.
  • the wrapped exchanger concept eliminates the need for closing bars, since there is no longer any edge to close.
  • the exchanger consists of a core 1 to which are attached scoops 8 for supplying and discharging air 2, FIGS. 1 and 3.
  • the air penetrates by angular sectors 5 regularly spaced and alternating with angular sectors 6 for the outlet of the gases.
  • the core consists of a winding of a pair of sheets a and b around a z axis, Figure 1.
  • the sheet a is wrinkled longitudinally, that is to say along the winding axis z, while the sheet b is transversely, that is to say along the tangential winding direction ( Figures 4 and 5).
  • the sheet a has three axial zones of wrinkles: zones II and IV near the edges and central zone III ( Figure 4).
  • the sheet b is wrinkled on these same three zones and also comprises, on the zones I and V of entry-exit, flanges 7 offset alternately to form the gates of arrival-exit of the fluids (FIGS. 5 and 2).
  • the offset edges of b come against the edge of a and vice versa, during winding. They are definitively brazed together, once the core has been wound up ( Figure 2). The alternative offset of the edges of b must be done during winding and in synchronization with it. It is indeed necessary that the gills thus formed are of increasing length at each winding turn and in angular phase to form very regular angular sectors.
  • the scoops 8 are then brazed on the faces of the core 1, with their edges 9 brazed on the edges 10 of the angular sectors, as indicated in FIG. 3.
  • the sum of the heights of the wrinkles of a and b is constant over all areas; it is worth the offset of b on the zones I and V and allows the winding without radial deformation of the pair ab, because it is of constant thickness equivalent to the sum of the heights of the wrinkles of a and b, as illustrated by the figure 6.
  • zones II and IV the wrinkles of a and b have comparable heights: being perpendicular and in contact with their crests, they allow the passage of air and gas in both axial and tangential directions: these zones are distribution zones of the flow from the entry sectors to zone III; these are cross-flow zones, as shown in Figure 7.
  • zone III the flows are essentially parallel and opposite; that is to say against the current (Figure 7), because the tangential wrinkles of b are minimal and those of a, axial, are large ( Figure 6).
  • This type of exchanger can also be produced by replacing the wrinkles printed in relief by fins of the same height, filling with flat sheets.

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  • Heat-Exchange Devices With Radiators And Conduit Assemblies (AREA)
EP96202200A 1996-08-05 1996-08-05 Spiral-Wärmetauscher Expired - Lifetime EP0798527B1 (de)

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EP96202200A EP0798527B1 (de) 1996-08-05 1996-08-05 Spiral-Wärmetauscher
AT96202200T ATE159097T1 (de) 1996-08-05 1996-08-05 Spiral-wärmetauscher
ES96202200T ES2111410T3 (es) 1996-08-05 1996-08-05 Intercambiador de calor en espiral.
DE69600073T DE69600073T2 (de) 1996-08-05 1996-08-05 Spiral-Wärmetauscher
US09/308,647 US6263961B1 (en) 1996-08-05 1997-07-28 Spiral heat exchanger
PCT/BE1997/000088 WO1998005916A1 (fr) 1996-08-05 1997-07-28 Echangeur de chaleur spirale
AU39348/97A AU3934897A (en) 1996-08-05 1997-07-28 Spiral heat exchanger

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WO2000028265A1 (fr) * 1998-11-09 2000-05-18 Sorokine, Rouslan Transformateur de l'energie thermique rotatoire avec recuperateur
WO2001035042A1 (en) * 1999-11-09 2001-05-17 Ateliers De Construction De Thermo-Echangeurs S.A. A coiled heat exchanger and a method for making a coiled heat exchanger
GB2372559A (en) * 2001-02-21 2002-08-28 Rolls Royce Plc A heat exchanger
WO2005017435A1 (en) * 2003-08-12 2005-02-24 Rolls-Royce Plc A heat exchanger and a method of manufacturing a heat exchanger

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DE3234878A1 (de) * 1982-09-21 1984-03-22 Rudolf 6101 Gross-Bieberau Peschke Gegenstrom-waermetauscher mit spiralfoermigen flaechen

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BE1011595A3 (nl) * 1997-12-09 1999-11-09 Ewa Nova Bvba Besloten Vennoot Verbeterde warmtewisselaar en werkwijze voor het verwezenlijken van zulke warmtewisselaar.
WO2000028265A1 (fr) * 1998-11-09 2000-05-18 Sorokine, Rouslan Transformateur de l'energie thermique rotatoire avec recuperateur
WO2001035042A1 (en) * 1999-11-09 2001-05-17 Ateliers De Construction De Thermo-Echangeurs S.A. A coiled heat exchanger and a method for making a coiled heat exchanger
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DE69600073D1 (de) 1997-12-11
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