Patent ID: 9546825
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: F28D,F28F

Claim:
1. A plate heat exchanger comprising flow channels through which a first and a second flow flows in concurrent or countercurrent flow, which flow channels are formed for a first medium between individual plates ( 1 ) joined together to form pairs (P) of plates, respectively, and for a second medium between the pairs (P) of plates joined together to form a stack (S) of plates, wherein the individual plates ( 1 ) and the pairs (P) of plates are connected to each other at longitudinal edges ( 12 ) and contact surfaces ( 13 ) running parallel to a main flow direction, wherein the stack of plates comprises inflow and outflow cross-sections (Z 1 , Z 2 , A 1 , A 2 ), arranged diagonally and corresponding in a longitudinal direction, for the first medium and inflow and outflow cross-sections (Z 1 , Z 2 , A 1 , A 2 ), adjacent thereto in a transverse direction, for the second medium, wherein the inflow and outflow cross-sections (Z 1 , Z 2 , A 1 , A 2 ) for the first medium are in each case offset by half the height of the inflow and outflow cross-sections (Z 1 , Z 2 , A 1 , A 2 ) for the second medium, wherein the individual plate ( 1 ) is provided with a profiling ( 31 , 32 ) that generates turbulences, wherein the profiling ( in a region of the contact surfaces ( wherein a first one of the blocking embossments is located on a first side of the edge channel facing the flow channels and extends into the interior of the edge channel in a direction toward the longitudinal edge, and wherein a second one of the blocking embossments is located on a second side of the edge channel, opposite the first side and facing the longitudinal edge, and extends into the interior of the edge channel in a direction toward the first side of the edge channel, wherein the blocking embossments each consist of a first embossment member and a second embossment member, wherein the first embossment member is provided by the upper boundary wall and the second embossment member is provided by the lower boundary wall, wherein, viewed in a cross-sectional view, the blocking embossments each extend across the full height of the edge channel and over at least 50% of the width of the edge channel measured from the first side to the second side, wherein the blocking embossments each are shaped as a circle segment and a sagitta of the circle segment equals half of said width of the edge channel or is greater than half of said width of the edge channel, wherein the at least two staggered blocking embossments generate in the edge channels a cross-sectional area having a cross-sectional size that varies over said longitudinal extension, respectively.