A turbine engine heat exchanger has: a manifold having a first face and a second face opposite the first face; a plurality of first plates along the first face, each first plate having an interior passageway; and a plurality of second plates along the second face, each second plate having an interior passageway. A first flowpath passing through the interior passageways of the first plates, the manifold, and the interior passageways of the second plates.

A system and method for cooling an oxygen stream by heat exchange with a warming supply nitrogen stream having of a heat exchanger having at least a Zone A and a Zone B, the system having indirect heat exchange between a gaseous oxygen stream, and a high-pressure liquid nitrogen stream split into at least a first portion which passes through a Zone A, and a second portion which passes through a Zone B during a first phase of operation. And a high-pressure liquid nitrogen stream passing through Zone A, thereby producing a high-pressure nitrogen vapor stream, which passes through an expansion turbine, thereby producing an expansion turbine outlet stream which then passes through Zone B, during a second phase of operation, thereby producing a liquid oxygen stream.

A climate-control system may include a first working fluid circuit, a second working fluid circuit and a storage tank. The first working fluid circuit includes a first compressor and a first heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first compressor. The second working fluid circuit includes a second compressor and a second heat exchanger in fluid communication with the second compressor. The storage tank contains a phase-change material. The first working fluid circuit and the second working fluid circuit are thermally coupled with the phase-change material contained in the storage tank.

An exhaust gas heat exchanger including connection points for the exhaust gas flow, for connecting the exhaust gas heat exchanger to an exhaust gas supply line for supplying a hot exhaust gas and an exhaust gas withdrawal line for withdrawing the exhaust gas flow cooled in the exhaust gas heat exchanger. The exhaust gas flow flows through the exhaust gas heat exchanger in a bundle of exhaust gas guiding pipes in a flow direction. The exhaust gas heat exchanger is provided with at least one coolant supply connection and at least one coolant withdrawal connection. Coolant is guided in a coolant channel in the exhaust gas heat exchanger, inside which it flows around the bundle of exhaust gas guiding pipes. The coolant channel includes at least two regions which differ in terms of the flow direction of the exhaust gas flow by divergent flow directions of the coolant.

According to the present invention, a heat exchanger comprises a fin having a plurality of through holes. The plurality of through holes include mutually adjacent first and second through holes disposed on a side closest to a heating gas's inlet side. The fin has a slit located between the first through hole and the second through hole and cut into the fin from an edge thereof located on the heating gas's inlet side to a side farther from the heating gas's inlet side than a reference line connecting a center of the first through hole and a center of the second through hole. Furthermore, the fin has at least one opening between the slit and the first and second through holes. The opening includes a first opening having a portion located on the side farther from the heating gas's inlet side than the reference line.

Various methods and systems are provided for an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) EGR cooler for an engine system. In one example, the EGR cooler includes a first section with a first group of tubes adapted to flow exhaust gases, and also includes a first group of passages formed by exterior surfaces of the first group of tubes and adapted to flow coolant from a coolant source. The EGR cooler also includes a second section including a second group of tubes adapted to flow coolant from the coolant source, and a second group of passages formed by exterior surfaces of the second group of tubes and adapted to flow the exhaust gas from the first group of tubes.

The unit comprises two similar heat exchangers (2.1, 2.2) included in the thermodynamic medium circuit through an inlet collectors (7.1, 7.2) and outlet collectors (8.1, 8.2), wherein the inlet collectors (7.1, 7.2) are connected with the outlet collectors (8.1, 8.2) through the perpendicular tubular flow channels (5.1, 5.2), wherein final sections (10.1, 10.2) of the flow channel connections (5.1, 5.2) to the outlet collector (8.1, 8.2) are bent off the plate of the radiator (4) common for both exchangers (2.1, 2.2) by a dimension (e) greater that half the sum of the outside diameters of the inlet (7.1, 7.2) and outlet collector (8.1, 8.2), wherein the tubular nozzle distributors, having many nozzle orifices on the side, directed coaxially to the flow channels (5.1, 5.2), are introduced to the inside of the inlet collectors (7.1, 7.2), wherein the diameters of the nozzle orifices increase successively from the end of the thermodynamic medium supply.

The device comprises a closed, a heat-insulated storage tank with a water reservoir embedded inside, wherein a plurality of inner chambers are separated by horizontally mounted and spaced apart units with tubular heat exchangers, wherein each unit comprises two similar heat exchangers included in parallel the thermodynamic medium circuit through the inlet collectors (7.1) and the outlet collectors (8.2), wherein the inlet collectors (7.1) are connected with the outlet collectors (8.2) through the perpendicular tubular flow channels (5.1), wherein final sections (10.2) of the flow channel connections (5.2) to the outlet collector (8.2) are bent off the plate of the radiator (4) common for both exchangers by a dimension (e) greater than half the sum of the outside diameters of the inlet (7.1) and outlet collector (8.2), wherein the tubular nozzle distributors (11), having many nozzle orifices on the side, directed coaxially to the flow channels (5.1), are introduced to the inside of the inlet collectors (7.1).

A heat exchanger (10) of heat pipe configuration for transferring heat between a first and second process streams via a heat transfer fluid comprises: at least one first process stream passage (19); at least one second process stream passage (29); and a shell (11) enclosing the first and second process stream passages (19, 29) within a volume (55). The volume (55), as a result of a heat transfer process, is fully filled with both vapour and liquid phases of the heat transfer fluid. The first and second process stream passages (19, 29) are spaced by a disengagement zone (50) enabling gravitational separation of said vapour and liquid phases and limiting accumulation of liquid phase heat transfer fluid about the first process stream passage(s) (19). Such heat exchangers can be used, among other applications, to replace a flash cooling stage in a Bayer process plant.

A hot water apparatus includes a burner, a latent heat recovery heat exchanger, a housing, a fixing member, an attachment member, and a straightening vane. The fixing member is configured to fix the latent heat recovery heat exchanger to the housing. The attachment member is configured to attach the fixing member to a case. The straightening vane is arranged in the case. The attachment member protrudes into the case. The straightening vane includes a top plate portion arranged upstream from the attachment member in a direction of flow of the heating gas in the case.