A diffuser plate for a thermal transfer device can include a body having a number of first apertures and a second aperture that traverse therethrough, where the first apertures are asymmetrically arranged with respect to the second aperture. The first apertures can have a first shape and a first size, and where the first apertures are configured to receive a plurality of tubes. The second aperture has a second size, where the second size is larger than the first size.

A U-bend pipe type heat exchanger includes: a heat exchanger main body surrounded by a front side plate, a back side plate, a left side plate, and a right side plate, and having open upper and lower portions through which a heat source passes; a plurality of U-bend pipes inserted between the left side plate and the right side plate, each of the plurality of U-bend pipes including two heat exchange pipes arranged in parallel with each other and a U-shaped pipe connecting one end portions of the two heat exchange pipes; and a plurality of water jackets attached to at least one of outward surfaces of the left side plate and the right side plate, and connecting open end portions of two adjacent heat exchange pipes such that a low-temperature water circulates along the plurality of U-bend pipes.

A heat exchanger module includes a curved inner surface adapted to enclose at least a portion of an outside surface of a conduit. The heat exchanger module further includes a curved outer surface at least partially enclosing the curved inner surface. The heat exchanger module further includes a first port adapted to receive heat exchanger fluid and a second port spaced from the first port and adapted to exhaust heat exchanger fluid. The heat exchanger module further comprises a plurality of curved flow guides disposed between the curved inner surface and the curved outer surface. The curved flow guides are disposed between the first and second ports and they define a closed flow path between the first port and the second port.

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 be in thermal communication with the production fluid to provide convective 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 fin-and-tube type heat exchanger includes: a plurality of plate fins arranged in a case side by side in a fore-and-aft direction of the case; and a heat transfer tube including a plurality of straight-type tubular bodies each passing through these plurality of plate fins. First and second plate fins arranged side by side in the right-and-left width direction of the case are provided as a plurality of plate fins. The heat transfer tube has a connection tubular body connecting the straight-type tubular bodies passing through the first and second plate fins. The heat transfer tube passes through areas in which the first and second plate fins are arranged.

Disclosed is a heat exchanger that has an internal air flow pattern such as a helical pattern. The heat exchanger includes a shell that encompasses an inner series of heat exchange tubes and an outer series of heat exchange tubes. A baffle sheet is juxtaposed next to the outer series of heat exchange tubes. And the baffle sheet is configured to direct air flow within the heat exchanger in a configuration, such as a helical configuration, from a center of the shell toward an outer region of the shell.

A heat exchanger includes a case, fins, and heat transfer tubes. Combustion exhaust gas passes downward in the case. The fins are disposed at a lower portion of the case and arranged in the first direction. Each of the fins includes a first end and a second end that is an opposite end from the first end in a second direction intersecting the first direction. Each of the fins includes through holes in which the heat transfer tubes are inserted. Each of the fins includes heat receiving portions arranged in the second direction and connecting portion connecting the heat receiving portions. The heat receiving portions include a first heat receiving portion disposed at the first end. The first heat receiving portion includes a first recessed portion recessed from an outer edge of an upper part of the first heat receiving portion.

A tube sheet for a thermal transfer device can include a body having a plurality of apertures that traverse therethrough, where the plurality of apertures are configured to receive a plurality of tubes of the thermal transfer device. The tube sheet can also include an outer perimeter defining the body, where the outer perimeter has at least one first recess feature disposed therein. The at least one first recess feature can have a first shape and a first size, where the first shape is any shape aside from a semi-circle.

A profile for a header of a cooler which also includes numerous parallel tubes. The parallel tubes have a cross-sectional shape between slots for the tubes which further include at least two wave troughs Further, the header is also included having such a profile. A cooler may also be provided, wherein the cooler has such a header.

A curved plate heat exchanger of the present invention comprises a heat exchange unit in which heat medium flow paths and combustion gas flow paths are alternately formed to be adjacent to each other in spaces between a plurality of plates, wherein the plurality of plates are configured in such a manner whereby a plurality of unit plates, in which first and second plates are stacked, are formed; wherein the heat medium flow paths are formed between the first plate and the second plate of the unit plate; and wherein the combustion gas flow paths are formed between the second plate of the unit plate located on one side of the adjacent unit plates and the first plate of the unit plate located on the other side, and is formed to maintain a constant interval along a flow direction of a combustion gas.