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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry Gene Hackemesser, Houston, TX (US);
Lloyd Edward Cizmar, Missouri City, TX (US);
Robert Stevens Burlingame, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
The M. W. Kellogg Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1651341 ; 165159 ; 165D / ;
Abstract
An impingement distributor for a shell and tube heat exchanger and a method of recovering waste heat from a hot gas which minimizes adverse heat flux at the outermost banks of tubes for enhanced operational reliability. The impingement distributor has a cylindrical distribution plate having evenly arranged rows of longitudinal perforations and a plurality of impact bars longitudinally aligned with the perforations. The hot fluid impinges on the impact bars, and direct impingement on the tubes is avoided.