Patent ID: 7997327
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: B01F,B01J,B29B,F28D,F28F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for combining a heat transfer between a liquid and a heat transporting medium with a static mixing of the liquid, said apparatus comprising a longitudinally extending jacket having a head end and a base end for conveying a liquid from said head end to said base end as an outer flow; a plurality of installed structures disposed in said jacket to form a heat exchanging and mixing structure, each said structure including a serpentine tube having parallel part tube pieces for conveying a heat transporting medium from said base end to said head end as an inner flow; and a plurality of reinforcement elements connecting said part tube pieces of said installed structures in a main region within said jacket to form a non-expandable part structure therein and to stabilize said installed structures in a longitudinal direction of said jacket against pressure gradients produced by the liquid, said reinforcement elements being longitudinally spaced from said part tube pieces of said installed structures in a secondary region complementary to said main region whereby said part tube pieces in said secondary region form a longitudinally expandable part structure.