EP 4107461 A1 20221228 - HEAT EXCHANGER
Title (en)
HEAT EXCHANGER
Title (de)
WÄRMETAUSCHER
Title (fr)
ÉCHANGEUR DE CHALEUR
Publication
Application
Priority
- GB 202002302 A 20200219
- EP 2021052743 W 20210205
Abstract (en)
[origin: GB2592221A] A shell and tube type heat exchanger 1 comprising a shell 2 and a tube arrangement 5 located within the shell. The tube arrangement has a flow tube 6, 8 that furcates at a plurality of nodes along its length and may further furcate into sub-tubes 18, 19 at these aligned nodes in a fractal or quasi-fractal form. The shell and tube type heat exchanger further comprise a tube matrix 13 fluidly coupled to the flow tube; the tube matrix being made of parallel tubes. The heat exchanger may feature a plurality of tube modules 9 that are formed into a ring structure with an aperture through the centre of the ring, with a plug 16 provided in the aperture.
IPC 8 full level
F28D 7/16 (2006.01); B64D 33/08 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP GB KR US)
F28D 7/10 (2013.01 - GB KR); F28D 7/16 (2013.01 - GB); F28D 7/163 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F28F 9/0275 (2013.01 - EP KR); F28F 2210/02 (2013.01 - EP KR)
Citation (search report)
See references of WO 2021165052A1
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
Designated validation state (EPC)
KH MA MD TN
DOCDB simple family (publication)
GB 202002302 D0 20200401; GB 2592221 A 20210825; GB 2592221 B 20220824; AU 2021223296 A1 20220922; CA 3168065 A1 20210826; EP 4107461 A1 20221228; JP 2023514363 A 20230405; KR 20230024870 A 20230221; US 2023081562 A1 20230316; WO 2021165052 A1 20210826
DOCDB simple family (application)
GB 202002302 A 20200219; AU 2021223296 A 20210205; CA 3168065 A 20210205; EP 2021052743 W 20210205; EP 21703890 A 20210205; JP 2022549626 A 20210205; KR 20227031350 A 20210205; US 202117800385 A 20210205