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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2001
Naoyuki Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Toshio Matsubara, Tokyo, JP;
Ebara Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a plate heat exchanger for simultaneously exchanging heat between two sets of fluids having different temperatures. The plate heat exchanger comprises a heat exchange element ( ) comprising two plates facing each other so as to form a inner sealed space as a passage for a first fluid, and a plate surface of the plate serves as a heat transfer surface, and a fluid flowing along an outer surface of the plate is a second fluid. The plate heat exchanger comprises a heat exchange element ( ′) comprising two plates facing each other so as to form a inner sealed space as a passage for a third fluid, and a plate surface of the plate serves as a heat transfer surface, and a fluid flowing along an outer surface of the plate is a fourth fluid. A plurality of the heat exchange elements ( ) and a plurality of the heat exchange elements ( ′) are alternately disposed in such a manner that the plate surfaces of the plates are opposed to each other and a predetermined gap is formed between adjacent the heat exchange elements. A communication pipe communicating with the inner spaces of the heat exchange elements ( ) and a communication pipe communicating with the inner spaces of the heat exchange elements ( ′) are formed on the plate surfaces of the heat exchange elements ( ) and ( ′) and integrally formed with the elements.