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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2002
Applicants:
Jouko Laine, Tampere, FI;
Mauri Kontu, Kalanti, FI;
Inventors:
Jouko Laine, Tampere, FI;
Mauri Kontu, Kalanti, FI;
Assignee:
Vahterus Oy, Kalanti, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a device for improving heat transfer in a circular plate heat exchanger (), as well as a heat transfer plate to be used therein. The invention is based on changing the flow conditions in the radial direction in such a way that the heat transfer remains even. The ridges between the grooves of the heat transfer plates () may be, in their shape, evolvent graphs or the like.