Claims
- 1. A heat exchanger system, said system comprising:
at least one panel of sinuously winding piping having an inlet and an outlet; an input manifold in fluid communication with the inlet of the at least one panel; an output manifold in fluid communication with the outlet of the at least one panel; a cooling fluid flowing through the piping; a stream of hot gasses flowing over the piping; wherein the sinuously winding piping is substantially an assemblage of sectional lengths of connected tubes mounted side-by-side; and wherein the connected tubes are secured to each other with a linkage therein forming the at least one panel.
- 2. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 1, wherein the at least one panel is mounted to an interior side of a wall, and is in fluid communication with the output and the input manifolds that are on an exterior side of the wall.
- 3. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 2, wherein the wall has curvature, as for instance does the wall of a steel making furnace, a furnace roof, a smoke ring exhaust port, a straight section of an exhaust duct, and a curved section of an exhaust duct.
- 4. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 3, wherein the connected tubes are secured to each other with an angled linkage such that the resulting panel has a curvature that is comparable to the curvature of the wall.
- 5. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 4, wherein a plurality of the at least one panels are mounted around the interior side of the exhaust duct, wherein the plurality are individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the exhaust duct; and wherein each panel returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the exhaust duct.
- 6. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 4, wherein a plurality of the at least one panel are mounted around the interior side of the furnace roof, wherein each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold that is on an exterior side of the furnace roof; and wherein each panel returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which is on the exterior side of the furnace roof.
- 7. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 4, wherein a plurality of the at least one panels are mounted around the interior side of the furnace wall, wherein each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the furnace wall; and wherein each panel individually returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the furnace wall.
- 8. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 4, wherein a plurality of the at least one panel are mounted around the interior side of the smoke ring exhaust port, wherein each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the smoke ring exhaust port; and wherein each panel returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the smoke ring exhaust port.
- 9. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 5, wherein the connected tubes are mounted lengthwise in the exhaust ducts.
- 10. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 3, wherein there are a sufficient number of exhaust ducts strung together that the total number of panels in the exhaust ducts and the smoke ring exhaust port lowers the temperature of the stream of hot gasses pulled from the furnace from about 4,000° F.-5,000° F. to about 200° F.-350° F.
- 11. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 1, wherein the connected tubes have a spline.
- 12. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 1, wherein the spline tubes have an elongate ridge to enhance surface area, collect slag, and reduce stress risers.
- 13. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 1, wherein the cooling fluid flowing through the piping is water.
- 14. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 1, wherein the at least one panel of sinuously winding piping is comprised of an aluminum bronze alloy.
- 15. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 14, wherein said alloy comprises at least 89% copper and no more than 95% copper.
- 16. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 14, wherein the aluminum bronze alloy comprises Cu, Al, Sn, and Fe.
- 17. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 10, wherein the shape and size of the exhaust duct are sized to attain a desired surface area, wherein the exhaust duct has a known cooling capacity.
- 18. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 10, wherein the sinuously winding piping is comprised of an aluminum bronze alloy.
- 19. A heat exchanger system, said system comprising:
at least one panel of sinuously winding piping having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the at least one panel is affixed to a base plate; an input manifold in fluid communication with the inlet of the at least one panel; an output manifold in fluid communication with the outlet of the at least one panel; a cooling fluid flowing through the piping; a stream of hot gasses flowing over the piping; wherein the sinuously winding piping is substantially an assemblage of sectional lengths of connected tubes mounted side-by-side; and wherein the connected tubes are secured to each other and to the base plate with a linkage therein forming the at least one panel.
- 20. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 19, wherein the at least one panel is mounted to an interior side of a wall, and is in fluid communication with the output and the input manifolds that are on an exterior side of the wall.
- 21. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 20, wherein the wall has curvature, as for instance does the wall of a steel making furnace, a furnace roof, a smoke ring exhaust port, a straight section of an exhaust duct, and a curved section of an exhaust duct.
- 22. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 21, wherein the base plate is curved, and the connected tubes are secured to each other with an angled linkage such that the resulting panel has a curvature that is comparable to the curvature of the wall.
- 23. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 22, wherein a plurality of the at least one panel are mounted around the interior side of the exhaust duct, wherein each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the exhaust duct; and wherein each panel returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the exhaust duct.
- 24. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 22, wherein a plurality of the at least one panel are mounted around the interior side of the furnace roof, wherein each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which is on an exterior side of the furnace roof; and wherein each panel returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which is on the exterior side of the furnace roof.
- 25. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 22, wherein a plurality of the at least one panels are mounted around the interior side of the furnace wall, wherein each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the furnace wall; and wherein each panel individually returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the furnace wall.
- 26. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 22, wherein a plurality of the at least one panels are mounted around the interior side of the smoke ring exhaust port, wherein the each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the smoke ring exhaust port; and wherein each panel returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the smoke ring exhaust port.
- 27. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 23, wherein the connected tubes are mounted lengthwise in the exhaust ducts.
- 28. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 21, wherein there are a sufficient number of exhaust ducts strung together that the total number of panels in the exhaust ducts and the smoke ring exhaust port lowers the temperature of the stream of hot gasses pulled from the furnace from about 4,000° F.-5,000° F. to about 200° F.-350° F.
- 29. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 19, wherein the connected tubes have a spline.
- 30. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 19, wherein the spline tubes have an elongate ridge to enhance surface area, collect slag and reduce stress risers.
- 31. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 19, wherein the cooling fluid flowing through the piping is water.
- 32. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 19, wherein the at least one panel of sinuously winding piping is comprised of an aluminum bronze alloy.
- 33. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 32, wherein said alloy comprises at least 89% copper and no more than 95% copper.
- 34. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 32, wherein the aluminum bronze alloy comprises Cu, Al, Sn, and Fe.
- 35. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 27, wherein the shape and size of the exhaust duct are sized to attain a desired surface area, wherein the exhaust duct has a known cooling capacity.
- 36. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 27, wherein the sinuously winding piping is comprised of an aluminum bronze alloy.
- 37. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 32, wherein the aluminum bronze alloy tubes are formed by extruding the pipe, wherein said extruded aluminum bronze pipe has superior properties for bending.
- 38. A heat exchanger system, said system comprising:
at least one panel of a sinuously winding channel through a front plate and a base plate, the at least one panel having an inlet and an outlet; an input manifold in fluid communication with the inlet of the at least one panel; an output manifold in fluid communication with the outlet of the at least one panel; a cooling fluid flowing through the channel; a stream of hot gasses flowing over the front plate; and wherein the sinuously winding channel is substantially an assemblage of baffles mounted between the front plate and the base plate that route the cooling fluid.
- 39. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 38, wherein the assemblage of baffles are fabricated such that a longitudinal edge of a baffle is perpendicularly mounted to a backside of the front plate, approximately equidistant from an adjacent baffle, and covered with the base plate, where the resulting channel emulates a fabricated tube.
- 40. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 39, wherein the at least one panel is mounted to an interior side of a wall, and is in fluid communication with the output and the input manifolds that are on an exterior side of the wall.
- 41. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 40, wherein the wall has curvature, as for instance does the wall of a steel making furnace, a furnace roof, a smoke ring exhaust port, a straight section of an exhaust duct, and a curved section of an exhaust duct, or the wall is straight as is commonly employed for air boxes.
- 42. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 40, wherein a plurality of the at least one panel are mounted around the interior side of the exhaust duct, wherein each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the exhaust duct; and wherein each panel returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the exhaust duct.
- 43. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 40, wherein a plurality of the at least one panel are mounted around the interior side of the furnace roof, wherein each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which is on the exterior side of the furnace roof, and wherein each panel returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which is on the exterior side of the furnace roof.
- 44. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 40, wherein a plurality of the at least one panel are mounted around the interior side of the furnace wall, wherein each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the furnace wall; and wherein each panel individually returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the furnace wall.
- 45. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 41, wherein a plurality of the at least one panel are mounted around the interior side of the smoke ring exhaust port, wherein each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the smoke ring exhaust port; and wherein each panel returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the smoke ring exhaust port.
- 46. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 38, wherein there are a sufficient number of exhaust ducts strung together that the total number of panels in the exhaust ducts and the smoke ring exhaust port lowers the temperature of the stream of hot gasses pulled from the furnace from about 4,000° F.-5,000° F. to about 200° F.-350° F.
- 47. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 38, wherein the front plate is comprised of an aluminum bronze alloy.
- 48. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 47, wherein the assemblage of baffles is comprised of an aluminum bronze alloy.
- 49. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 48, wherein said alloy comprises at least 89% copper and no more than 95% copper.
- 50. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 48, wherein the aluminum bronze alloy is comprised of Cu, Al, Sn, and Fe.
- 51. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 38, wherein the heat exchanger system is suitable for cooling exhaust gasses generated by iron and steel manufacturing plants, converters, paper manufacturing plants, coal and gas fired electrical power generation plants, and other plants that generate exhaust gasses.
- 52. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 38, wherein the heat exchanger system is suitable for use on iron and steel manufacturing furnace walls.
- 53. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger system is suitable for cooling exhaust gasses generated by iron and steel manufacturing plants, converters, paper manufacturing plants, coal and gas fired electrical power generation plants, and other plants that generate exhaust gasses.
- 54. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 1, wherein the heat exchanger system is suitable for the furnace walls of iron and steel manufacturing furnaces.
- 55. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 19, wherein the heat exchanger system is suitable for cooling exhaust gasses generated by iron and steel manufacturing plants, converters, paper manufacturing plants, coal and gas fired electrical power generation plants, and other plants that generate exhaust gasses.
- 56. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 19, wherein the heat exchanger system is suitable for the furnace walls of iron and steel manufacturing furnaces.
- 57. A heat exchanger system, said system comprising:
at least one panel of piping having a plurality of spray nozzles, said piping mounted on a base plate offset from a front plate, wherein the at least one panel has an inlet and an outlet; an input manifold in fluid communication with the inlet of the at least one panel; an output manifold in fluid communication with the outlet of the at least one panel; a cooling fluid flowing through the piping and being sprayed through the nozzles; a stream of hot gasses flowing over the front plate; wherein the spray nozzles direct and disperse the cooling fluid onto the backside of the front plate, thereby providing heat transfer from the front plate to the cooling fluid; and wherein the front plate is comprised of an aluminum bronze alloy.
- 58. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 57, wherein the at least one panel is mounted to an interior side of a wall, and is in fluid communication with the output and the input manifolds that are on an exterior side of the wall.
- 59. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 57, wherein the wall has curvature, as for instance does the wall of a steel making furnace, a furnace roof, a smoke ring exhaust port, a straight section of an exhaust duct, and a curved section of an exhaust duct, or the wall is straight as is commonly employed for air boxes.
- 60. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 57, wherein a plurality of the at least one panel are mounted around the interior side of the exhaust duct, wherein each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the exhaust duct; and wherein each panel returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the exhaust duct.
- 61. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 57, wherein the outlet is near the bottom of the at least one panel such that drainage is always toward the bottom so as to prevent a buildup of cooling fluid from obstructing the plurality of nozzles.
- 62. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 57, wherein a plurality of the at least one panel are mounted around the interior side of the furnace roof, wherein each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which is on an exterior side of the furnace roof; and wherein each panel returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which is distributed over the exterior side of the furnace roof.
- 63. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 57, wherein a plurality of the at least one panel are mounted around the interior side of the furnace wall, wherein each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the furnace wall; and wherein each panel individually returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the furnace wall.
- 64. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 59, wherein a plurality of the at least one panel are mounted around the interior side of the smoke ring exhaust port, wherein each panel is individually supplied the cooling liquid from the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the smoke ring exhaust port; and wherein each panel returns the cooling liquid to the output manifold which encircles the exterior side of the smoke ring exhaust port.
- 65. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 57, wherein there are a sufficient number of exhaust ducts strung together that the total number of panels in the exhaust ducts and the smoke ring exhaust port lowers the temperature of the stream of hot gasses pulled from the furnace from about 4,000° F.-5,000° F. to about 200° F.-350° F.
- 66. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 57, wherein the aluminum bronze alloy comprises Cu, Al, Sn, and Fe.
- 67. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 38, wherein the heat exchanger system is suitable for cooling exhaust gasses generated iron and steel manufacturing plants, converting plants, paper manufacturing plants, coal and gas fired electrical power generation plants, and other plants that generate exhaust gasses.
- 68. The heat exchanger system, according to claim 57, wherein said aluminum bronze alloy is extruded.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of patent application Ser. No. 10/238,971 filed on Sep. 11, 2002, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/323,265, filed Sep. 19, 2001.
Provisional Applications (1)
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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