Vertical shell and tube heat exchanger with spacer or clip to form uniform thickness falling films on exterior surfaces of tubes

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4641706
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06668409

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A vertical shell and tube heat exchanger in which the tubes extend through oversized holes in a liquid distribution plate. Liquid flows through the holes and down each tube exterior surface as a falling film. A spacer or clip, desirably of wire, is placed in each hole around each tube to center the tube so that the film has a uniform thickness. The clip is self-locking and remains fixed securely in position.

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CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY800 JORIE BLVD A CORP OF IL OAK BROOK IL 60521

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Haynie, Timothy J Lockport, IL 8 104

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