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Title: Heat exchanger

Abstract

A heat exchanger includes a shell housing a plurality of tubes and defining an exhaust fluid flow path within a first volume enclosed by the shell. The outer surfaces of the plurality of tubes are in fluid communication with the exhaust fluid flow path. The heat exchanger includes a cap attached to a first end of the shell and defining a second volume. A header is configured to separate the first volume from the second volume, flex with thermal expansion, and define tube inlet and outlet positions. The tube inlets and outlets are in fluid communication with a source fluid flow path, and each tube is substantially U-shaped and defines a flow path of the source fluid within the exhaust fluid flow path. The heat exchanger includes at least one longitudinal flow baffle within the shell configured to reduce an amount of exhaust fluid that may bypass the tubes.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
OSTI Identifier:
1998532
Patent Number(s):
11686535
Application Number:
17/151,534
Assignee:
Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, NC)
DOE Contract Number:  
AR0001131
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 01/18/2021
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Borghese, Joseph, Do, Quang, Berukhim, David, and Maldonado, Rafael. Heat exchanger. United States: N. p., 2023. Web.
Borghese, Joseph, Do, Quang, Berukhim, David, & Maldonado, Rafael. Heat exchanger. United States.
Borghese, Joseph, Do, Quang, Berukhim, David, and Maldonado, Rafael. Tue . "Heat exchanger". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1998532.
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patent, June 2015


Closure for heat exchanger
patent, April 1976


Microtube-strip heat exchanger
patent, January 1991


U-tube heat exchanger
patent, April 2020


Brazeless heat exchanger of the tube and shell type
patent, June 1977