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Ceramic heat exchanger element
Assignee: AGC Inc
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Filing: 1987-05-05
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Granted: 1988-11-29
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Expires: 2007-05-05
Abstract
Abstract A ceramic heat exchanger element comprises a ceramic honeycomb body, fluid passages formed in the ceramic honeycomb body and ceramic tubes extending through and fixed to the ceramic honeycomb body so as to intersect the fluid passages. The ceramic of the honeycomb body, the fluid passages therein, and the tubes extending through and fixed thereto preferably have a thermal conductivity of 15 Kcal/m/hr/°C. or higher.
Inventors
- 👤 Yukio Fukatsu
- 👤 Yasuhiko Endo
- 👤 Tetsuo Takehara
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 12:22
CPC Classifications
F; F28; F28F; F28F7/00; F28F7/02; F28D; F28D7/00; F28D7/0058; F28F1/00; F28F1/10; F28F1/12; F28F1/24; F28F1/32; F28F21/00; F28F21/04; F28F2255/00; F28F2255/18; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S165/00; Y10S165/355; Y10S165/356; Y10S165/393; Y10S165/394; Y10S165/905; Y10S165/907
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
A ceramic heat exchanger element which comprises a ceramic honeycomb body, fluid passages formed in said honeycomb body and at least one ceramic tube extending through and fixed by a binder to said honeycomb body so as to intersect said fluid passages, wherein said honeycomb body and said at least one tube are made of ceramics having a thermal conductivity of 50 Kcal/m/hr/°C. or higher and said binder comprises silicon or a mixture of silicon and silicon carbide as a main component.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
82 words
A ceramic heat exchanger element which comprises a ceramic honeycomb body, fluid passages formed in said honeycomb body and at least one ceramic tube extending through and fixed by a binder to said honeycomb body so as to intersect said fluid passages, wherein said honeycomb body and said at least one tube are made of ceramics having a thermal conductivity of 50 Kcal/m/hr/°C. or higher and said binder comprises silicon or a mixture of silicon and silicon carbide as a main component.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A ceramic heat exchanger element according to claim 1, wherein said binder is applied to areas where said honeycomb body and said at least one tube are mutually in contact.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A ceramic heat exchanger element according to claim 1, wherein said honeycomb body is formed in one piece by extrusion-molding.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
40 words
A ceramic heat exchanger element according to claim 1, wherein said honeycomb body is formed by stacking a plurality of layered bodies and said at least one tube is extended in parallel to the stacking planes of said layered bodies.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
A ceramic heat exchanger element according to claim 1, wherein said honeycomb body is formed by stacking a plurality of layered bodies and said at least one tube is extended so as to intersect the stacking planes of said layered bodies.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
A ceramic heat exchanger element according to claim 1, wherein said honeycomb body is formed by laminating corrugated plates or by laminating corrugated plates and flat plates.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
A ceramic heat exchanger element according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of ceramics tubes are used and said tubes are arranged in parallel to each other.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A ceramic heat exchanger element according to claim 1, wherein said at least one tube intersects said fluid passages at right angles.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A ceramic heat exchanger element according to claim 1, wherein said at least one tube is arranged not to substantially clog said fluid passages in said honeycomb body.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
44 words
A ceramic heat exchanger element according to claim 1, wherein said ceramics having a thermal conductivity of 50 Kcal/m/hr/°C. or higher contains as a main component at least one selected from a group consisting of silicon carbide, silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, Si-Al-O-N and silicon.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
A ceramic heat exchanger element according to claim 1, wherein said honeycomb body and said at least one tube are made of substantially same kind of ceramics.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
37 words
A ceramic heat exchanger element according to claim 1, wherein said honeycomb body and/or said at least one tube are made by impregnating silicon in a material which contains as a main component carbon and/or silicon carbide.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
27 words
A ceramic heat exchange element according to claim 1, wherein liquid is passed in said at least one tube and gas is passed in said fluid passages.
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