Wound tube heat exchanger

Patent · 31 December 1982

OSTI ID:864748

Ecker, Amir L.

What is disclosed is a wound tube heat exchanger in which a plurality of tubes having flattened areas are held contiguous adjacent flattened areas of tubes by a plurality of windings to give a double walled heat exchanger. The plurality of windings serve as a plurality of effective force vectors holding the conduits contiguous heat conducting walls of another conduit and result in highly efficient heat transfer. The resulting heat exchange bundle is economical and can be coiled into the desired shape. Also disclosed are specific embodiments such as the one in which the tubes are expanded against their windings after being coiled to insure highly efficient heat transfer.

• Research Organization: Atlantic Richfield Company, Los Angeles, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC03-78CS31718
• Assignee: Atlantic Richfield Company (Los Angeles, CA)
• Patent Number(s): 4,411,307
• Application Number: 06/229,331
• OSTI ID: 864748
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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