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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1981
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1979
Hiroyuki Sumitomo, Osaka, JP;
Hisaka Works, Limited, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A cross-current type plate heat exchanger comprising a plurality of vertically disposed heat transfer plates arranged side by side to define fluid passageways through which two fluids to be heat exchanged flow in a cross-current fashion. Each heat transfer plate is formed with a plurality of juxtaposed vertical grooves extending from the top to the bottom of the heat transfer surface of the heat transfer plate, and a plurality of substantially horizontal projections are formed between the vertical grooves to divide the heat transfer area into a plurality of sections. Vertically extending short projections which are lower than the vertical grooves are formed between the substantially horizontal projections in such a manner that the number of such short projections provided in the vertically separated sections is progressively increased so that the bottommost section has the greatest number of short projections. A labyrinth is defined in a space between a gasket and a seal member, and a gas having a higher pressure than any of the fluids to be heat exchanged is fed to the labyrinth.