US 7,600,489 B2
Heat exchanger having plural tubular arrays
Franklin D. Lomax, Jr., Arlington, Va. (US); John S. Lettow, Washington, D.C. (US); and Brian D. James, Alexandria, Va. (US)
Assigned to H2Gen Innovations, Inc., Alexandria, Va. (US)
Filed on Mar. 04, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/791,746.
Prior Publication US 2005/0194120 A1, Sep. 08, 2005
Int. Cl. F22B 1/02 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 122—31.1  [122/33] 40 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heat exchange apparatus comprising:
a housing;
a first array of fluid conduits provided within said housing, said first array of fluid conduits being configured to carry a first fluid;
a second array of fluid conduits provided within said housing, said second array of fluid conduits being configured to carry the first fluid; and
a first fluid passageway provided within said housing, said first fluid passageway being defined by an internal surface of said housing and by a baffle plate, said first fluid passageway being configured to carry a second fluid,
wherein said baffle plate is configured to divide said first fluid passageway into a first flow path and a second flow path, and
wherein said first array of fluid conduits extends through said first flow path and said second array of fluid conduits extends through said second flow path,
a first insulating layer including a first plurality of blocks of insulating material provided about an outer surface of said housing; and
a first casing provided about an outer surface of said first insulating layer.