18500316. SHELL-SIDE HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT (SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY)
SHELL-SIDE HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Abdullah Misfer Al-otaibi of Khobar City SA
Mohammad Ahmad Elyyan of Dhahran SA
Mohammed Rashed Aldossary of Dhahran SA
SHELL-SIDE HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18500316 titled 'SHELL-SIDE HEAT TRANSFER ENHANCEMENT
Original Abstract Submitted
A device for distributing flow through a shell side of a shell-and-tube heat exchanger, the device comprising a shell-side flow distributor configured to direct flow through all zones of a tube-bundle positioned in the shell, the shell-side flow distributor comprising an inlet flow distributor configured to direct flow from an inlet nozzle to all zones of the tube-bundle, the inlet flow distributor comprising an inlet distributor plate positioned proximate to the inlet nozzle in the shell side; and one or more window distributor plates, each window distributor plate comprising a window extending through a thickness of the window distributor plate, wherein the one or more window distributor plates are arranged in a vertical stack adjacent to the inlet distributor plate; and a flow guidance system, the flow guidance system disposed in the tube-bundle, wherein the flow guidance system comprises one or more flow guidance plates.