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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2006
Sunghan Jung, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Jifeng Zhang, East Hartford, CT (US);
Timothy C. Wagner, East Hartford, CT (US);
Mark E. Marler, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Fabio P. Bertolotti, South Windsor, CT (US);
Michael K. Sahm, Avon, CT (US);
Jinsang Ryu, Gyunggi-do, KR;
Sunghan Jung, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
Jifeng Zhang, East Hartford, CT (US);
Timothy C. Wagner, East Hartford, CT (US);
Mark E. Marler, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Fabio P. Bertolotti, South Windsor, CT (US);
Michael K. Sahm, Avon, CT (US);
Jinsang Ryu, Gyunggi-do, KR;
UTC Power, LLC, South Windsor, CT (US);
Abstract
Turbulators are disclosed for use in a high-stage generator for an exhaust-fired absorption chiller/heater. The turbulators are designed to minimize pressure drop across the turbulator, and thus minimize the efficiency loss to the exhaust source. One turbulator design has a number of flanges extending at a non-normal angle to a central web. Further, some of the flanges have cutout portions. The overall turbulator design is intended to minimize wake downstream of the turbulator blades, which could otherwise cause undesirable pressure drop. A second turbulator design incorporates flanges that extend at a normal angle relative to the central web, but wherein the flanges have a non-rectangular cross-sectional shape. Again, the goal of the turbulator designs here is to minimize wake, and potential pressure drop.