Patent ID: 9151184
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: F01K,F22B,F22D,F24H,F28D,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A heat exchanger comprising: a first enclosure defining a volume; a separator disposed within the first enclosure and extending vertically within the first enclosure to divide the volume of the first enclosure into a mixing area and a heat exchange area, the separator defining a plurality of orifices, wherein the mixing area of the first enclosure is configured to receive a hot fume and droplets of a liquid for mixing with each other to form a fume-droplet vapor mixture within the mixing area of the first enclosure, the fume-droplet vapor mixture configured to pass horizontally through the orifices of the separator into the heat exchange area of the first enclosure; and a plurality of magazines disposed within and stacked vertically within the heat exchange area of the first enclosure, the plurality of magazines including a lower-most magazine, an upper-most magazine, and at least one intermediate magazine disposed therebetween, each magazine including a horizontally-oriented plate defining a recess and a cover disposed about the recess of the plate to define and enclose a cavity therebetween, the cavities of the magazines disposed in communication with one another, the lower-most magazine configured to receive a receiver medium that is pumped through the cavity of each successive magazine from the lower-most magazine to the upper-most magazine in an upward zig-zag spiral, wherein the fume-droplet vapor mixture is configured to circulate within the heat exchange area of the first enclosure and about the magazines to incrementally heat the receiver medium as the receiver medium is pumped through the cavity of each successive magazine, wherein the orifices defined through the separator are arranged to permit the fume-droplet vapor mixture to flow horizontally through the orifices of the separator from the mixing area into the heat exchange area between each pair of adjacent magazines.