Commissariat a L'energie Atomique

Jacques De Lallee

Robert Moracchioli

Gerard Marie

Daniel Tollens

Heat exchanger comprising a first enclosure in which heat is supplied, in thermal contact with at least one second enclosure at the top of which arrives a cold heat transfer fluid in the liquid state and at least one pipe, placed in the second enclosure, via which the fluid is discharged in the form of vapor or a liquid-vapor mixture, wherein the second enclosure incorporates a filling making it possible to regulate the outflow of fluid to the bottom of the second container and the partial transformation of said fluid into vapor which can escape by means of the pipe which, for this purpose, has holes arranged over its entire height.

Heat exchanger

The heat exchanger comprises at least one heat-transfer wall which forms a separation between a hot primary fluid and a secondary fluid to be heated. Each heat-transfer wall is either a vertical cylinder having a cross-section in the form of a circle with a wavy profile in the case of a tubular heat exchanger or a vertical rectangular plate having wavy corrugations in the case of a plate-type exchanger, a series of assembled plates being intended to form leak-tight compartments for receiving primary fluid and secondary fluid in alternate succession. The secondary fluid is introduced into the upper end of the heat-transfer wall in the vicinity of the wave crests of the wall face which is directed towards the fluid.

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Grenoble, France

Jacques De Lallee