Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Cleaning tubesheets of heat exchangers
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Application No.: US16701379Application Date: 2019-12-03
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Publication No.: US11561054B2Publication Date: 2023-01-24
- Inventor: Joseph A. Nitzken
- Applicant: Thermal Engineering International (USA) Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cerritos
- Assignee: Thermal Engineering International (USA) Inc.
- Current Assignee: Thermal Engineering International (USA) Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cerritos
- Agency: Locke Lord LLP
- Agent Joshua L. Jones; Gabrielle L. Gelozin
- Main IPC: F28G3/16
- IPC: F28G3/16 ; B08B9/00 ; B08B3/02 ; F28B1/02 ; F28D7/16 ; F28F9/013 ; F28G15/00

Abstract:
A heat exchange system includes a shell having an interior with an inlet and an outlet wherein a first fluid circuit is defined from the inlet, through a heat exchange volume within the interior of the shell, to the outlet. A tubesheet is mounted within the shell dividing between the heat exchange volume and a plenum of a second fluid circuit within the interior of the shell. A set of tubes extends through the heat exchange volume, a respective interior passage of each tube being in fluid communication with the plenum through a respective opening though the tubesheet. The second fluid circuit includes the plenum and interior passages of the tubes. A spray nozzle is mounted in the plenum of the second fluid circuit with a spray outlet directed toward the tubesheet for cleaning the tubesheet with a submerged impingement jet issued from the spray nozzle.
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