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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Trane International Inc., Davidson, NC (US);
Inventor:
Brian Thomas Sullivan, La Crosse, WI (US);
Assignee:
TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC., Davidson, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 7/00 (2006.01); F28F 9/22 (2006.01); F28D 7/16 (2006.01); F28F 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 7/1607 (2013.01); F28F 9/0229 (2013.01); F28F 9/0265 (2013.01);
Abstract
A return waterbox for a heat exchanger, such as a shell-and-tube heat exchanger, is provided. The return waterbox may include an insert configured to direct a fluid flow(s) in the return waterbox. In some embodiments, such as in a two-pass heat exchanger, the insert can be configured to receive water from one portion of the heat exchanger tubes in the first pass and redirect the received water to another portion of the heat exchanger tubes in the second pass.