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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
William L. Keith, Ashaway, RI (US);
Kimberly M. Cipolla, Portsmouth, RI (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 1/312 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 1/312 ;
Abstract
A heat exchange tube includes a tubular conduit for flowing a working fluid therethrough and for conducting heat between the working fluid and a thermal field proximate the tube, and a wire extending axially through the tubular conduit and spaced from an inside surface of the tubular conduit. The invention also provides a method for increasing heat transfer about a tubular conduit by positioning a wire in the conduit.