A heat exchanger includes: a pillar shaped honeycomb; an inner cylindrical member; an outer cylindrical member arranged on a radially outer side of the inner cylindrical member such that a part of the outer cylindrical member forms a flow path for a second fluid; an upstream cylindrical member having a cylindrical portion and a flange portion, the upstream cylindrical member being located on a side of a first end face of the honeycomb structure, and an end portion of the flange portion being connected to the inner cylindrical member and/or the outer cylindrical member; and a downstream cylindrical member having a cylindrical portion and a flange portion, the downstream cylindrical member being located on a side of a second end face of the honeycomb structure, and an end portion of the flange portion being connected to the inner cylindrical member and/or the outer cylindrical member.

A heat exchanger includes: a hollow pillar shaped honeycomb structure, a first cylindrical member, a second cylindrical member, a cylindrical guide member, and an upstream cylindrical member. A communication port is provided between the downstream end portion of the guide member and the second cylindrical member or at the guide member. The second cylindrical member has a horn shape in which a diameter of the upstream end portion of the second cylindrical member is increased radially outward. The upstream cylindrical member has a flange portion, and a rising position of the flange portion is located on a more downstream side than the upstream end portion of the first cylindrical member.

A fluid heating system for heating a production fluid using a thermal transfer fluid, the production fluid being contained in a vessel includes an electric blower configured to receive ambient air and electrical input power and to provide output source air, a combustion system configured to receive the source air from the electric blower and to receive fuel and to provide the thermal transfer fluid, a heat exchanger configured to receive the thermal transfer fluid from the combustion system and configured to provide heat exchange from the thermal transfer fluid to the production fluid, and to provide output exhaust gas, and wherein the electric fan provides a predetermined volume flow rate of the output source air at a predetermined blower efficiency such that the fluid heating system has a Bulk Heat Flux of at least about 14.7 kBTU/Hr/ft.sup.2 and a Pressure Drop of at least about 0.7 psi.

A system of double concentric pipes having different enthalpy including a plurality of double pipes where the internal pipe is made of a material of high thermal conductivity and the external pipe is made of a material of low thermal conductivity.

A flow-guiding rod includes a cooling channel provided in a rod portion of the flow-guiding rod, and a coolant inlet pipe and a coolant outlet pipe provided on end(s) of the flow-guiding rod. The coolant inlet pipe and the coolant outlet pipe are communicated with the cooling channel.

A plate for use in a heat exchanger is includes: a first surface; a second surface; first, second and third discrete flow passages passing through the plate from the first surface to the second surface, the second flow passage extending around the first flow passage and the third flow passage extending around the second flow passage. A plurality of fins extend parallel to the first surface across the third flow passage and have a first surface extending parallel to the first surface of the plate and a second surface extending parallel to and spaced from the first surface of the fin; and one or more pins protruding from the first surface of at least some of the fins. The pins extend away from the second surface of the fins.

A cold storage box 1 comprises a housing 2 internally having a storage space S for a cold storage object, and one or more heat exchanger tubes 3 provided in the storage space S; wherein the heat exchanger tubes 3 are each a multilayer tube comprising an outer tube with thermal conductivity having an outer surface facing the storage space S, and as inner tube provided inside the outer tube; a first brine solution that does not freeze at 0 C. is contained between the outer tube and the inner tube; and a refrigerant, or a second brine solution that does not freeze at 0 C. is contained inside the inner tube.

A heat exchange component including: a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure; and a casing arranged so as to cover an outer circumferential face of the honeycomb structure. The casing includes an inner cylinder arranged so as to be fitted to the outer circumferential face of the honeycomb structure, a middle cylinder arranged so as to cover the inner cylinder, and an outer cylinder arranged so as to cover the middle cylinder such that a circumferential flow path serving as a flow path of a second fluid is formed between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder. The circumferential flow path includes an inner circumferential flow path and an outer circumferential flow path. At least one communication hole that communicates the inner circumferential flow path and the outer circumferential flow path is formed in a portion of the middle cylinder that covers the honeycomb structure.

A fluid heating system for heating a production fluid using a thermal transfer fluid, the production fluid being contained in a vessel includes an electric blower configured to receive ambient air and electrical input power and to provide output source air, a combustion system configured to receive the source air from the electric blower and to receive fuel and to provide the thermal transfer fluid, a heat exchanger configured to receive the thermal transfer fluid from the combustion system and configured to provide heat exchange from the thermal transfer fluid to the production fluid, and to provide output exhaust gas, and wherein the electric fan provides a predetermined volume flow rate of the output source air at a predetermined blower efficiency such that the fluid heating system has a Bulk Heat Flux of at least about 14.7 kBTU/Hr/ft.sup.2 and a Pressure Drop of at least about 0.7 psi.

A heat exchanger including a honeycomb structure having partition walls defining fluid cells extending between inflow and outflow end faces, and inner and outer peripheral walls. A first outer cylinder contacts the outer peripheral wall. A first inner cylinder having inflow and outflow ports for the fluid has an outer peripheral surface that contacts the inner peripheral wall. A second inner cylinder having inflow and outflow ports for the fluid is spaced on a radially inner side of the inner peripheral wall. The inflow port of the first inner cylinder is closer to the inflow end face than the outflow end face in an axial direction of the honeycomb structure. The outflow port of the second inner cylinder is closer to the outflow end face than the inflow end face in the axial direction of the honeycomb structure.