Two-pass heat exchanger

Claim 2

In a heat exchanger having tubes combined into at least two horizontally arranged bundles with heating steam flowing into the tubes and a heating working medium flowing around the tubes, the tube bundles being streamed in series by the heating steam and circumflowed in series by the working medium and wherein the individual bundles are connected flow-upstream with a distribution chamber and flow-downstream with a drainable collecting chamber, the individual tube bundles having different heat exchanging surfaces such that the heating steam flow cross section of the tube bundles decreases in the direction of flow of the heating steam, the improvement comprising orifices with different inlet cross sections arranged at the inlet openings of each of the tubes streamed by the heating steam, said orifices being arranged such that within each tube bundle the inlet cross sections become smaller in the direction of flow of the heating working medium.

Claim 3

A heat exchanger comprising: a first plurality of horizontal heat exchanger tubes arranged in a first bundle with first and second sides along a longitudinal length of the first plurality of tubes; means for distributing heating steam to an inlet end of the first plurality of tubes; a first plurality of baffle members having openings of different flow cross sectional area, each of the plurality of baffle members being arranged at an inlet end of a corresponding one of the first plurality of tubes; a collection chamber connected to an outlet end of the first plurality of tubes, said collection chamber having means for selectively draining the collection chamber; a second plurality of horizontal tubes arranged in a second bundle with first and second sides along a longitudinal length of the second plurality of tubes and having an inlet end connected to the collection chamber, the second plurality of tubes having a smaller flow cross sectional area than the first plurality of tubes; a second plurality of baffle members having openings of different flow cross sectional area, each of the second plurality of baffle members being arranged at an inlet end of a corresponding one of the second plurality of tubes; means for flowing a fluid to be heated serially across the second and first bundles of tubes respectively from the first side towards the second side of each bundle; and said baffle members being arranged in each bundle such that the cross sectional area of the openings of each of the baffle members decreases when viewed from the first side towards the second side.

Claim 4

A heat exchanger comprising: a first plurality of horizontal heat exchanger tubes arranged in a first bundle with first and second sides along a longitudinal length of the first plurality of tubes; means for distributing heating steam to an inlet end of the first plurality of tubes; a first plurality of baffle members having openings of different flow cross sectional area, each of the plurality of baffle members being arranged at an inlet end of a corresponding one of the first plurality of tubes; a collection chamber connected to an outlet end of the first plurality of tubes, said collection chamber having means for selectively draining the collection chamber; a second plurality of horizontal tubes arranged in a second bundle with first and second sides along a longitudinal length of the second plurality of tubes and having an inlet end connected to the collection chamber, the second plurality of tubes having a smaller flow cross sectional area than the first plurality of tubes; a second plurality of baffle members having openings of different flow cross sectional area, each of the second plurality of baffle members being arranged at an inlet end of a corresponding one of the second plurality of tubes; means for flowing a fluid to be heated serially across the second and first bundles of tubes respectively from the first side towards the second side of each bundle; and said baffle members being arranged in each bundle such that the cross sectional area of the openings of each of the baffle members decreases when viewed from the first side towards the second side.

Claim 5

The heat exchanger of claim 2 wherein each of the baffle members is inserted in a respective inlet end of one of the tubes.

Claim 6

The heat exchanger of claim 3 wherein each of the baffle members is removable.

Claim 7

The heat exchanger of claim 2 wherein each of the baffle members comprises: a first portion consisting of a cylindrical bushing having a slot running lengthwise, said bushing having an outside diameter in a free state which diameter is slightly larger than an inside diameter of the corresponding one of the tubes; and a second portion consisting of a collar arranged at a first end of the bushing wherein an outside diameter of the collar is greater than an outside diameter of the corresponding one of the tubes, said collar having the opening which defines the flow cross sectional area of the baffle member.

Claim 8

The heat exchanger of claim 5 wherein an inside surface of the bushing tapers conically outwardly toward a second end of the bushing whereby flow separations at the second end are avoided.

Claim 9

The heat exchanger of claim 5 further comprising an eccentric relief provided on an outside surface of the bushing adjacent to the collar.