A counter-flow heat exchanger including: a primary flow passageway comprising a primary flow inlet, a primary flow outlet, and a plurality of primary flow subset passageways therebetween; a secondary flow passageway comprising a secondary flow inlet, a secondary flow outlet, and a plurality of secondary flow subset passageways therebetween; and a heat exchanger core comprising portions of the plurality of primary flow subset passageways and the plurality of secondary flow subset passageways, the secondary flow passageway being in thermal communication with the primary flow passageway in the heat exchanger core, wherein the primary flow subset passageways in the heat exchanger core and the secondary flow subset passageways in the heat exchanger core are oriented such that primary fluid flow through the primary flow subset passageways flows opposite secondary fluid flow through the secondary flow subset passageways.

A heat exchanger includes a mounting section on which heat-exchanged object is mounted, and a circulation section in which a plurality of flow paths through which a heating medium flows are formed, wherein the plurality of flow paths include first flow paths in which a flow path width in a third direction vary according to advance in a first direction at a side closer to a first end portion and at a side closer to a second end portion of the first flow path in a second direction, the flow path width of the first flow path at the side closer to the first end portion varies with a decrease tendency according to advance in the first direction, and the flow path width of the first flow path at the side closer to the second end portion varies with an increase tendency according to advance in the first direction.

Disclosed is a shell and tube heat exchanger that includes, inter alia, an elongated cylindrical shell that defines a longitudinal axis for the heat exchanger and an internal chamber. The shell has at least one feed gas inlet and feed gas outlet formed in an outer wall for allowing a feed gas to enter and exit the internal chamber. At least one tube sheet is associated with an end of the elongated shell and a plurality of circular baffles are longitudinally spaced apart within the internal chamber of the shell for redirecting feed gas flow within the internal chamber. The heat exchanger also includes a tube bundle which has a plurality of tubes for allowing effluent gas to traverse from an inlet plenum through the internal chamber of the shell to an outlet plenum. Additionally, a shroud distributor is arranged and configured to direct feed gas flow from the feed gas inlet to the internal chamber proximate the at least one tube sheet. The shroud distributor has at least one angled cut formed in an end thereof for distributing the flow of feed gas.

A heat exchanger includes a separator member that divides a first flow passage from a second flow passage. The heat exchanger also includes a plurality of first hollow members that extend across the first flow passage at respective non-orthogonal angles. The plurality of first hollow members are fluidly connected to the second flow passage. Moreover, the heat exchanger includes a plurality of second hollow members that extend across the second flow passage at respective non-orthogonal angles. The plurality of second hollow members are fluidly connected to the first flow passage.

In certain embodiments, a condenser includes a shell having a longitudinal axis, a first tube bundle disposed within the shell, and a subcooler component disposed within the shell beneath the first tube bundle. The subcooler component includes a rectilinear housing, a plurality of rectilinear grid support assemblies disposed within the rectilinear housing and spaced lengthwise along the axis of the shell, and a second tube bundle disposed within the rectilinear housing, wherein tubes of the second tube bundle are held in place within rectilinear grid channels of the rectilinear grid support assemblies.

A heat exchanger includes a separator member that divides a first flow passage from a second flow passage. The heat exchanger also includes a plurality of first hollow members that extend across the first flow passage at respective non-orthogonal angles. The plurality of first hollow members are fluidly connected to the second flow passage. Moreover, the heat exchanger includes a plurality of second hollow members that extend across the second flow passage at respective non-orthogonal angles. The plurality of second hollow members are fluidly connected to the first flow passage.

A tubular heat exchanger having a plurality of shell-side and tube-side fluid passes. The heat exchanger includes an elongated cylindrical shell, a head coupled thereto, and a tube bundle positioned in the shell and supported in part by a tube sheet attached to the head. The shell of the heat exchanger may include a plurality of vertically stacked shell-side compartments each defining a shell-side pass. The head of the heat exchanger may have a plurality of tube-side compartments each defining a tube-side pass. A tube-side fluid enters the head and flows through the tube bundle progressively through a series of tube-side passes to heat the fluid with a shell-side fluid. Each shell-side pass contains multiple tube-side passes. The tube-side fluid may perform a plurality of horizontally arranged tube-side fluid passes in each vertically stacked shell-side fluid pass before cascading vertically to a next shell-side fluid pass.

A heat exchanger includes a separator member that divides a first flow passage from a second flow passage. The heat exchanger also includes a plurality of first hollow members that extend across the first flow passage at respective non-orthogonal angles. The plurality of first hollow members are fluidly connected to the second flow passage. Moreover, the heat exchanger includes a plurality of second hollow members that extend across the second flow passage at respective non-orthogonal angles. The plurality of second hollow members are fluidly connected to the first flow passage.

A heat exchanger includes a shell and a plurality of tubes. The shell includes a heat exchange region in which a second refrigerant is to be introduced into the shell, so that a heat exchange occurs between the second refrigerant and a first refrigerant which flows through the plurality of tubes. The shell includes an inlet region through which the first refrigerant is introduced into the shell, a reverse region into which the first refrigerant is introduced, after the first refrigerant passes through the heat exchange region, and an outlet region into which the first refrigerant is introduced, after the first refrigerant passes through the reverse region and the heat exchange region, the first refrigerant being discharged out of the shell from the outlet region. The shell includes partition plates to divide the heat exchange region, the inlet region, the reverse region, and the outlet region.

A heat exchanger is disclosed having a tube bundle, intended to internally receive a first fluid, and a shell with an inlet opening at a first end. The shell allows an internal circulation of a second fluid and is arranged to surround the tube bundle. An inner casing to the shell circumscribes the bundle within a heat exchange chamber so that between the casing and the shell an annular region extending in a continuous way along the length of the bundle is defined. The annular region is in fluid communication with the exchange chamber through an outflow opening obtained at a second end of the inner casing where the latter has a rear wall facing an opening of the shell to outlet the second fluid from the heat exchanger. The inlet and outlet openings are in fluid communication by means of the annular region.