LIQUID METAL OPERATED HEAT EXCHANGER

This invention relates to a heat exchanger arrangement of the shell and tube type especially adapted for the use of high temperature liquid metal as a heating medium. The arrangement incorporates a tube bundle comprising a plurality of bayonet tube assemblies through which the liquid metal is circul...

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Hauptverfasser: PETREK, JOHN PAUL
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This invention relates to a heat exchanger arrangement of the shell and tube type especially adapted for the use of high temperature liquid metal as a heating medium. The arrangement incorporates a tube bundle comprising a plurality of bayonet tube assemblies through which the liquid metal is circulated in indirect heat exchange relation with vaporizable fluid that flows through the shell. The tube assemblies incorporate a double walled bayonet tube containing a gas space which provides a thermal barrier to minimize heat loss from the heating medium. Various embodiments of evaporator and evaporator-superheater organizations utilizing the heat exchanger arrangement are described.