Patent ID: 9657600
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: B08B,C02F,F01K,F22B,F28F

Claim:
1. A heat exchanger for a power generation system, comprising: an electrolytic bath having first and second channels, a first fluid being able to flow through the first channel, and a second fluid that exchanges heat with the first fluid being able to flow through the second channel, and at least part of the first and second channels of the electrolytic bath being partitioned by anode and cathode plates to which a given potential is applied from a power source; and a control section adapted to repeat, at given time intervals, a cleaning process that applies the given potential to the anode and cathode plates by starting energization of these plates, next applies a potential reversed in polarity to the given potential, and then cancels the energization, wherein the control section applies the given potential and the potential reversed in polarity to the anode and cathode plates such that a period from cancellation of the energization to restart of the energization and application of the given potential is longer than a period during which the given potential and the potential reversed in polarity are applied to the anode and cathode plates, and wherein the potential reversed in polarity is applied after the given potential in succession, and wherein a set of the given potential and the potential reversed in polarity is repeated at given time intervals in the cleaning process.