Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Anti-erosion device for a shell-and-tube equipment
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Application No.: US16772570Application Date: 2018-12-12
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Publication No.: US11466942B2Publication Date: 2022-10-11
- Inventor: Giovanni Manenti
- Applicant: ALFA LAVAL OLMI S.P.A
- Applicant Address: IT Suisio
- Assignee: ALFA LAVAL OLMI S.P.A
- Current Assignee: ALFA LAVAL OLMI S.P.A
- Current Assignee Address: IT Suisio
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: EP17425125 20171215
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/084475 WO 20181212
- International Announcement: WO2019/115583 WO 20190620
- Main IPC: F28F19/00
- IPC: F28F19/00 ; F28D7/16 ; F28F9/16

Abstract:
Shell-and-tube equipment includes a tube bundle, an inlet tube-sheet, and an anti-erosion device including an outer tubular element and an inner tubular element. A first tubular end of the outer tubular element is connected the inlet tube-sheet, whereas a second free tubular end of the outer tubular element extends in an inlet channel. The inner tubular element is inserted into the outer tubular element, so as to substantially cover the entire internal surface of the outer tubular element, and into at least a portion of the corresponding tube to a point beyond the joint or the second side of the inlet tube-sheet whichever is further from the outer tubular element. The inner tubular element is joined to the outer tubular element by means of mechanical or hydraulic expansion of at least a first tubular portion of the inner tubular element against the internal surface of the outer tubular element.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210003355A1 ANTI-EROSION DEVICE FOR A SHELL-AND-TUBE EQUIPMENT Public/Granted day:2021-01-07
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