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Distribution system and heat exchanger apparatus

  • US 9,157,690 B2
  • Filed: 12/28/2011
  • Issued: 10/13/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A heat exchanger device (100) comprising:

  • a container (27), having a fluid inlet (26), at least one plate heat exchanger block (28) arranged within said container (27), and a distribution system (101) that is arranged above said at least one plate heat exchanger block (28) in said container (27) for distributing a fluid (15) into said container (27) from said fluid inlet (26) of said container (27),wherein said distribution system (101) comprisesa guide section (2) and a distribution section (3) that adjoins the guide section (2), wherein said distribution section (3) comprises regions (4, 5) having openings (8, 9) to allow fluid (17) to pass through,wherein said guide section (2) and said distribution section (3) are formed from at least two guide plates that are arranged on one another and are essentially perpendicular to one another,wherein one of said guide plates functions as said distribution section (3) and is a horizontal distribution plate which has said regions (4,5) with said openings (8, 9) to allow fluid (17) to pass through, and the other of said guide plates functions as said guide section (2) and is a baffle plate,wherein said container (27) has a cylindrical shape and is arranged horizontally,wherein said baffle plate (2) runs vertically along or parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrically shaped container (27), and said distribution plate (3) runs horizontally along or parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrically shaped container (27), andwherein said distribution system (101) and a wall of said container (27) delimit a space (23) within said container (27), and said space (23) is in fluid communication with said fluid inlet (26) and is in fluid communication with said openings (8,9) in said distribution plate (3).

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