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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1981
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard K Young, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Assignee:
Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, OK (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165159 ;
Abstract
In a shell-tube heat exchanger which can be a single pass or multiple pass exchanger, a stream distributing means of baffle is provided to distribute a fluid entering and/or exiting the shell side of the exchanger so that at least a portion of the entering or exiting fluid is directed toward the adjacent tube sheet, comprising a flow deflecting means positioned transverse of the tubes and in between the tubes which are located between the centerline of a pass of the exchanger and the shell inlet and/or outlet, and in alignment with the longitudinal axis of the shell inlet and/or outlet.