Patent ID: 6223808
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: F28D,F28F

Abstract:
A supporting structure for a heat exchanger for supporting an annular-shaped heat exchanger (2) having a high-temperature fluid passage inlet (11) at one of axially opposite ends thereof and a low-temperature fluid passage inlet (15) at the other end thereof, within a cylindrical casing (9) which is divided axially into portions bonded together through a pair of flanges (32 and 33),characterized in that a heat exchanger supporting ring (37) fixed to an outer peripheral surface of said heat exchanger (2) is fitted in a socket-and-spigot fashion (38) to an inner peripheral surface of one (33) of said flanges, and a seal member (35) is disposed between said heat exchanger supporting ring (37) and the other flange (32).