Patent ID: 6561266
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B01F,B29B,B29K,F28D

Abstract:
A container for homogenizing and heating or cooling a liquid working medium, comprising:an outer container body having a bottom, a top and a container wall, with an interior surface of the bottom and the container wall in contact with the liquid working medium, said outer container body further having a container outlet disposed in the bottom and a container inlet disposed in the top; an inner container having an inner container wall and an inner container bottom, said inner container surrounded by the outer container body and having an opening at a top side facing the container inlet, with both an inner surface and an outer surface of each of the inner container wall and the inner container bottom in contact with the liquid working medium; and a tubular heat exchanger disposed in an interior space of the inner container and comprising a heat exchanger housing and a plurality of flow-through tubes disposed in the heat exchanger housing, each flow-through tube surrounded by a heat-exchange medium and having an inlet receiving the liquid working medium from the container inlet and an outlet facing the container bottom of the inner container and supplying the working medium into the interior space of the inner container, said working medium separated from the heat-exchange medium; and wherein the inner container defines a tortuous path for the working medium, said tortuous path extending through the flow-through tubes of the heat exchanger and successive ones of annular spaces located between the heat exchanger housing and the inner container, and the inner container and the outer container body, respectively.