Plate-type heat exchanger
First Claim
1. A plate-type heat exchanger comprising a stack of flat fluid flow tubes each composed of a pair of confronting core plates joined to each other and defining a fluid flow pass therebetween, each of said core plates having an inlet hole for introducing a fluid into said fluid flow pass and an outlet hole for discharging the fluid from said fluid flow pass, said core plate having a plurality of ribs on an inner wall surface thereof which project into said fluid flow pass, said ribs on each of said pair of core plates being grouped in plural rows along said fluid pass and being held in contact with the confronting ribs of at least two rows on the other core plate, so that there is no rib-free line along said fluid flow pass, and one end of each of said ribs in one row being positionally displaced from one end of an adjacent one of said ribs in another row along said fluid flow pass, so that there is no transverse rib-free line across the fluid flow pass.
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Abstract
A plate-type heat exchanger comprises a stack of flat fluid flow tubes each composed of a pair of confronting core plates joined to each other and defining a fluid flow pass therebetween, each of the core plates having an inlet hole for introducing a fluid into the fluid flow pass and an outlet hole for discharging the fluid from the fluid flow pass. Each core plate has a plurality of ribs on an inner wall surface thereof, the ribs on one of the pair of plates being held in contact with the confronting ribs on the other core plate. The ribs are present in the fluid flow pass between the joined core plates in every direction along the inner wall surface of each of the core plates. The fluid flow pass does not have any fluid passage free of ribs. Therefore, the heat exchanger has improved heat transfer efficiency, and the fluid flow tube is mechanically strong or highly resistant to pressure.
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- 1. A plate-type heat exchanger comprising a stack of flat fluid flow tubes each composed of a pair of confronting core plates joined to each other and defining a fluid flow pass therebetween, each of said core plates having an inlet hole for introducing a fluid into said fluid flow pass and an outlet hole for discharging the fluid from said fluid flow pass, said core plate having a plurality of ribs on an inner wall surface thereof which project into said fluid flow pass, said ribs on each of said pair of core plates being grouped in plural rows along said fluid pass and being held in contact with the confronting ribs of at least two rows on the other core plate, so that there is no rib-free line along said fluid flow pass, and one end of each of said ribs in one row being positionally displaced from one end of an adjacent one of said ribs in another row along said fluid flow pass, so that there is no transverse rib-free line across the fluid flow pass.
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