MUMBAI, India, June 13 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517049819 A) filed by Bae Systems Plc, London, on May 23, for 'heat exchanger.'
Inventor(s) include Owston, Jeremy Henry.
The application for the patent was published on June 13, under issue no. 24/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to shell and tube heat exchangers, specifically to compact heat exchangers without the need for a tube sheet. There is provided a shell and tube heat exchanger having an outer shell and a series of heat exchange tubes located therein, said shell comprising a shell side fluid inlet and a shell side fluid outlet for transfer of a first fluid, said tubes, capable in use of permitting flow of a second fluid, said tubes comprising a first end and second end, wherein said tubes are arranged such that they are touching, forming a hypocycloidal enclosure gap, which provides a path for the transfer of said first fluid, wherein said tubes comprise a first region of reduced diameter located proximate to said shell side fluid inlet nozzle and second region of reduced diameter located proximate shell side fluid outlet nozzle, to allow said first fluid to form a flow path through said hypocycloidial enclosure gap."
The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 14, 2023, under International application No.PCT/GB2023/052968.
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