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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 03, 1999
Chart Heat Exchangers Limited, Cardiff, GB;
Abstract
The invention provides an improved heat exchanger and/or fluid mixing means which comprises a bonded stack of plates, the stack comprising at least one group of main perforated plates ( , P, R), wherein at least two adjacent plates (P, R) of the group of main perforated plates have their perforations ( ) aligned in rows with continuous ribs ( ) between adjacent rows, and the adjacent plates (P, R) are aligned whereby the rows of perforations ( ) in one plate (P) overlap in the direction of the rows with the rows of perforations ( ) of an adjacent plate (R) and the ribs ( ) of adjacent plates lie in correspondence with each other to provide discrete fluid channels ( ) extending across the plates, a channel ( ) corresponding to each row of perforations ( ), the channels together forming one or more fluid passageways ( ) across the plates and the passageway(s) ( ) in the group of main perforated plates being separated from passageway(s) ( ) in any adjacent group of perforated plates by an intervening plate (TS).