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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2007
Patrick Bucher, Winterthur, CH;
Kurt Steiner, Pfaeffikon, CH;
Patrick Bucher, Winterthur, CH;
Kurt Steiner, Pfaeffikon, CH;
Sulzer Chemtech AG, Winterthur, CH;
Abstract
The apparatus () which combines a heat exchange between a liquid () and a heat transporting medium () with a static mixing of the liquid includes installed structures () in a jacket (). The jacket extends longitudinally between a head end () and a base end (). The installed structures form a heat exchanging and mixing structure. The heat transporting medium can be conveyed from the base end to the head end as an inner flow in tubes () of the installed structures. The liquid can be conveyed from the head end to the base end as an outer flow. Reinforcement elements () are provided which stabilise the installed structures in the longitudinal direction against pressure gradients generated by the liquid. The installed structures are connected by the reinforcement elements to form a non-expandable part structure () in a main region; they remain at least partly non-reinforced as a longitudinally expandable part structure () and in a secondary region complementary to the main region.