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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald Prentice Satchell, Jr, Summit, NJ (US);
Venkat Natarajan, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Richard Henry Clarke, Abingdon, GB;
Assignee:
The BOC Group, Inc., New Providence, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25J / ; F28B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62643 ; 62903 ; 165110 ;
Abstract
A heat exchanger for use within a sump to condense an vapor and to vaporize the liquid. The heat exchanger includes a core having alternating passages to vaporize the liquid and to condense the vapor. Liquid is distributed into passages through a liquid distributor and the passages involved in vaporizing the liquid are provided with a down flow, stage and one or more thermosiphon stages situated below the down flow stage. In such manner, part of the liquid is vaporized within the down flow stage and the remainder is vaporized within the thermosiphon stage or stages.