EP2245406A4 - Heat exchanger - Google Patents

Heat exchanger

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Publication number
EP2245406A4
EP2245406A4 EP09702022A EP09702022A EP2245406A4 EP 2245406 A4 EP2245406 A4 EP 2245406A4 EP 09702022 A EP09702022 A EP 09702022A EP 09702022 A EP09702022 A EP 09702022A EP 2245406 A4 EP2245406 A4 EP 2245406A4
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Prior art keywords
heat exchanger
exchanger
heat
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EP09702022A
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German (de)
French (fr)
Other versions
EP2245406A1 (en
EP2245406B1 (en
Inventor
William J White
Melvin J Albrecht
Jason M Marshall
Dennis R Shiffer
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Babcock and Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc
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Babcock and Wilcox Power Generation Group Inc
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22STEAM GENERATION
    • F22BMETHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B21/00Water-tube boilers of vertical or steeply-inclined type, i.e. the water-tube sets being arranged vertically or substantially vertically
    • F22B21/02Water-tube boilers of vertical or steeply-inclined type, i.e. the water-tube sets being arranged vertically or substantially vertically built-up from substantially straight water tubes
    • F22B21/20Water-tube boilers of vertical or steeply-inclined type, i.e. the water-tube sets being arranged vertically or substantially vertically built-up from substantially straight water tubes involving sectional or subdivided headers in separate arrangement for each water-tube set
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22STEAM GENERATION
    • F22BMETHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B29/00Steam boilers of forced-flow type
    • F22B29/02Steam boilers of forced-flow type of forced-circulation type
    • F22B29/023Steam boilers of forced-flow type of forced-circulation type without drums, i.e. without hot water storage in the boiler
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22STEAM GENERATION
    • F22BMETHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B37/00Component parts or details of steam boilers
    • F22B37/02Component parts or details of steam boilers applicable to more than one kind or type of steam boiler
    • F22B37/10Water tubes; Accessories therefor
    • F22B37/20Supporting arrangements, e.g. for securing water-tube sets
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F22STEAM GENERATION
    • F22BMETHODS OF STEAM GENERATION; STEAM BOILERS
    • F22B37/00Component parts or details of steam boilers
    • F22B37/02Component parts or details of steam boilers applicable to more than one kind or type of steam boiler
    • F22B37/24Supporting, suspending, or setting arrangements, e.g. heat shielding
    • F22B37/242Supporting, suspending, or setting arrangements, e.g. heat shielding for bottom supported water-tube steam generators
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28DHEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D1/00Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
    • F28D1/02Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid
    • F28D1/04Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits
    • F28D1/0408Multi-circuit heat exchangers, e.g. integrating different heat exchange sections in the same unit or heat exchangers for more than two fluids
    • F28D1/0417Multi-circuit heat exchangers, e.g. integrating different heat exchange sections in the same unit or heat exchangers for more than two fluids with particular circuits for the same heat exchange medium, e.g. with the heat exchange medium flowing through sections having different heat exchange capacities or for heating/cooling the heat exchange medium at different temperatures
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28DHEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D1/00Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
    • F28D1/02Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid
    • F28D1/04Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits
    • F28D1/0408Multi-circuit heat exchangers, e.g. integrating different heat exchange sections in the same unit or heat exchangers for more than two fluids
    • F28D1/0426Multi-circuit heat exchangers, e.g. integrating different heat exchange sections in the same unit or heat exchangers for more than two fluids with units having particular arrangement relative to the large body of fluid, e.g. with interleaved units or with adjacent heat exchange units in common air flow or with units extending at an angle to each other or with units arranged around a central element
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28DHEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D1/00Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
    • F28D1/02Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid
    • F28D1/04Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits
    • F28D1/053Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being straight
    • F28D1/05316Assemblies of conduits connected to common headers, e.g. core type radiators
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28FDETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F9/00Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
    • F28F9/001Casings in the form of plate-like arrangements; Frames enclosing a heat exchange core
EP09702022.6A 2008-01-14 2009-01-14 Heat exchanger Not-in-force EP2245406B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US2088208P 2008-01-14 2008-01-14
PCT/US2009/030978 WO2009091816A1 (en) 2008-01-14 2009-01-14 Heat exchanger

Publications (3)

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EP2245406A1 EP2245406A1 (en) 2010-11-03
EP2245406A4 true EP2245406A4 (en) 2011-11-30
EP2245406B1 EP2245406B1 (en) 2015-07-15

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EP09702022.6A Not-in-force EP2245406B1 (en) 2008-01-14 2009-01-14 Heat exchanger

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US (1) US20090178779A1 (en)
EP (1) EP2245406B1 (en)
CN (1) CN101910776B (en)
AU (1) AU2009205434B2 (en)
BR (1) BRPI0907256A2 (en)
CA (1) CA2712027A1 (en)
ES (1) ES2376814B2 (en)
IL (1) IL206741A (en)
MA (1) MA32011B1 (en)
MX (1) MX336768B (en)
NZ (1) NZ586755A (en)
PT (1) PT2009091816Y (en)
RO (1) RO128317A2 (en)
WO (1) WO2009091816A1 (en)
ZA (1) ZA201004604B (en)

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NZ586755A (en) 2013-02-22
ES2376814B2 (en) 2013-06-11
US20090178779A1 (en) 2009-07-16
IL206741A0 (en) 2010-12-30
PT2009091816Y (en) 2012-01-19
ES2376814A1 (en) 2012-03-20
CN101910776A (en) 2010-12-08
WO2009091816A1 (en) 2009-07-23
EP2245406A1 (en) 2010-11-03
RO128317A2 (en) 2013-04-30
MA32011B1 (en) 2011-01-03
CN101910776B (en) 2013-12-04
ZA201004604B (en) 2011-03-30
EP2245406B1 (en) 2015-07-15
IL206741A (en) 2013-03-24
MX336768B (en) 2016-01-29
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CA2712027A1 (en) 2009-07-23

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