Heat exchanger U-bend tube support

Patent · Tue Apr 09 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5092084

Gentry, C C

This patent describes a heat exchanger. It comprises: a housing defining a tube chamber therein; a tube plate at an end of the tube chamber; parallel tubes extending from the tube plate in a longitudinal direction in the tube chamber, the tubes being divided into a first pass and a second pass of tubes; U-bend tubes, each U-bend tube interconnecting a tube in the first pass with a corresponding tube in the second pass, the U-bend tubes defining a plurality of first lanes therebetween and second lanes therebetween substantially perpendicular to the first lanes; a tube support adapted for supporting the first and second passes of the tubes within the housing and having an end adjacent the U-bend tubes; first and second mounting brackets positioned on the end of the tube support and aligned in a plane passing between the first and second passes of tubes; a frame disposed around the U-bend tubes and in the plane between the first and second passes.

• Assignee: Phillips Petroleum Co., Bartlesville, OK (USA)
• Patent Number(s): A; US 5005637
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-927345
• OSTI ID: 5092084
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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