A turbofan gas turbine engine includes, in axial flow sequence, a heat exchanger module, a fan assembly, a compressor module, a turbine module, and an exhaust module. The fan assembly includes a plurality of fan blades defining a fan diameter (D). The heat exchanger module is in fluid communication with the fan assembly by an inlet duct, and the heat exchanger module includes a plurality of radially-extending hollow vanes arranged in a circumferential array with a channel extending axially between each pair of adjacent hollow vanes. An airflow entering the heat exchanger module is divided between a set of vane airflows through each of the hollow vanes and a set of channel airflows through each of the channels.

A plate heat exchanger with two heat exchange plates forming a channel system between the heat exchange plates, the channel system being sealed by a sealing member. The channel system includes a support member, the support member is arranged at a distance from the sealing member and a support member material is different from a material of a heat exchange plate.

A heat exchange plate for use in a plate-type heat exchanger, and a plate-type heat exchanger having same. The heat exchange plate having a heat exchange portion and a port portion; fluids having different temperatures exchange heat with each other by means of the heat exchange portion; an opening used as the port of the heat exchanger is formed in the port portion. The heat exchange plate includes a first side and a second side in a direction perprendicular to the heat exchange plate; the port portion is provided with a contact porition that is in contact with the port portion of another heat exchange plate at the first side, and a protrusion protruding towards the second side relative to the contact portion. The heat exchange plate and the plate-type heat exchanger of the embodiments of the present invention can, for example, improve the quality of the port portion of the heat exchange plate of the heat exchanger.

A heat exchange device including a valve element component, a core body component and a connecting member having a first end and a second end, and the second end is provided with a welding section and an adjacent section; the core body component is provided with a welding matching portion; the welding section is welded to the welding matching portion, and the adjacent section is adjacent to the welding section; the outer diameter of the welding section is smaller than or equal to the inner diameter of the welding matching portion, and the outer diameter of the adjacent section is smaller than or equal to the inner diameter of the welding matching portion; and the distance between the end of the welding matching portion away from the valve element component and the end of the welding section away from the valve element component is larger than or equal to zero.

This specification relates to operating industrial facilities, for example, crude oil refining facilities or other industrial facilities that include operating plants that process natural gas or recover natural gas liquids.

A total heat exchange element includes partitions disposed in a state of being opposed to each other, and a spacer portion keeping a space between the partitions and forming a passage between the partitions. The spacer portion has a laminate structure in which nonwoven fabric base layers including a nonwoven fabric base material are laminated on both sides of a paper layer. A first nonwoven fabric base layer that is the nonwoven fabric base layer of the spacer portion laminated on one side of the paper layer is joined to the partition opposed to the first nonwoven fabric base layer, and a second nonwoven fabric base layer that is the nonwoven fabric base layer of the spacer portion laminated on another side thereof is joined to the partition opposed to the second nonwoven fabric base layer. The element has the above-mentioned configuration and so can improve the humidity exchange efficiency.

A total heat exchange element includes partitions disposed in a state of being opposed to each other, and a spacer portion keeping a space between the partitions and forming a passage between the partitions. The spacer portion has a laminate structure in which nonwoven fabric base layers including a nonwoven fabric base material are laminated on both sides of a paper layer. A first nonwoven fabric base layer that is the nonwoven fabric base layer of the spacer portion laminated on one side of the paper layer is joined to the partition opposed to the first nonwoven fabric base layer, and a second nonwoven fabric base layer that is the nonwoven fabric base layer of the spacer portion laminated on another side thereof is joined to the partition opposed to the second nonwoven fabric base layer. The element has the above-mentioned configuration and so can improve the humidity exchange efficiency.

A spacer device for incorporation into a bent-tube heat exchanger that includes a spine and a plurality of fingers that protrude from one side of the spine. The number of fingers in the spacer device is less than the number of tubes that are folded in a region to form the bent-tube heat exchanger. The plurality of fingers are configured to exert a force against the tubes and to provide and maintain a separation between the tubes in the folded region. A heat exchanger that includes the spacer device may also include a coating on the tubes in the folded region in order to reduce corrosion and increase the life-time of the heat exchanger. The method of forming the heat exchanger includes placing the spacer device between the tubes, such that the fingers lay on the tubes in the region to be folded and assist in the folding process.

The invention relates to a counter flow enthalpy exchanger (1) having a parallelogram-shaped central part (11), whose ends in the flow direction through the exchanger it is joined by end parts (12, 13), which become narrower in the direction from the central part (11), whereby in order to separate the flow of the heat-transfer medium in the direction from the inner space to the outer space are arranged contour identical and with respect to the flowing medium sealed vapour-permeable lamellae (10) with shaping means for generating turbulent flow, whereby every two adjacent lamellae (10) form one interplate flow channel in the central part (11) one interplate flow channel. The lamella (10) is made as a one-piece self-supporting moulding common to the central part (11) and the end parts (12, 13), whereby it does not have a reinforcing support grid. Two adjacent lamellae (10) form one interplate flow channel in the end part (12, 13), in the walls of which are formed straight protrusions (121, 131) situated in the direction of the heat-transfer medium flow between the central part (11) and corresponding inlet or outlet of this medium.

A heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine transfers heat between fluids and includes a housing having a housing wall and a housing interior bordered at least in regions by the housing wall. The housing interior has a fluid inlet region for introducing a first fluid of the fluids into the housing interior and a fluid outlet region for discharging the first fluid out of the housing interior. The heat exchanger has at least two partition walls, which are at least substantially accommodated in the housing interior and connected to the housing wall of the housing at at least one connection region. The partition walls border at least regions of a fluid receiving chamber, through which a second fluid of the fluids can flow, in order to separate the fluids from one another. The partition walls are connected to one another at least at a joining region associated with the fluid inlet region and adjacent to the fluid receiving chamber in a main fluid flow direction of the first fluid. The partition walls also have a deformation, at least in a joining sub-region of the joining region spaced apart from the connection region, which is provided to at least reduce mechanical tension in the at least one connection region due to a temperature-dependent change in length of the joining region.