Patent ID: 11859903
Assignee: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
(a) forming a first wound bundle onto a first mandrel to form a first coil wound bundle by winding tubing around the first mandrel;
(b) providing a first portion of a first heat exchanger shell, the first portion having a first open face and a first shell longitudinal axis that extends parallel to a largest dimension of the first heat exchanger shell;
(c) attaching the first portion of the first heat exchanger shell to a first module frame with at least two connecting members that are rigidly attached to the first heat exchanger shell to form a first heat exchange module;
(d) telescoping the first coil wound bundle into the first portion of the first heat exchanger shell through the first open face while the first shell longitudinal axis is in a substantially horizontal orientation;
(e) closing the first open face of the first heat exchanger shell;
(f) after performing steps (a) through (e), transporting the first heat exchange module to a plant site; and
(g) after performing step (f), mounting the first heat exchange module at the plant site with the first shell longitudinal axis in a substantially vertical orientation, wherein the first heat exchange module is suspended in a fixed position within the first module frame by the at least two connecting members.