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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2020
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Fang Xu, Orefield, PA (US);
Xukun Luo, Allentown, PA (US);
Douglas Paul Dee, Allentown, PA (US);
Donn Michael Herron, Fogelsville, PA (US);
William T. Kleinberg, Emmaus, PA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
A heat exchanger apparatus can be configured so that there is at least one 'U' or “C” shape configured manifold in combination with at least one “Z” or “S” shape configured manifold for the heat exchanger apparatus for the input and output of fluid into and out of the heat exchangers of the heat exchanger apparatus. In some embodiments, downstream and/or upstream lines can be connected to the manifolds at a center or off-center point for conveying inlet fluid and outlet fluid. A method of retrofitting a pre-existing plant, building a new plant, or designing a new plant that utilizes an embodiment of the heat exchanger apparatus can help provide an improved heat exchanger arrangement without significantly increasing the footprint needed for the arrangement so that a plant can be improved with an embodiment of the apparatus without requiring an enlarged footprint for the plant.