Heat Exchanger Device and System Technologies

Abstract

A disclosed heat exchanger device for a heat exchanging fluid comprises a continuous conduit arranged in an Nth pass plurality of descending rows and columns interconnected at at least one transitional point(s). The transitional point(s) are arranged in a pattern of parallel U-tubes which in any two adjacent rows slope in the same direction wherein an end view of the first transitional points resembles a herringbone pattern. A heat exchanger system disclosed comprises a continuous conduit or a plurality of fluid channeling conduits arranged in a lattice of rows and columns, wherein an outside cross section of the conduit is polygonal, especially square but having an inner circumference, a.k.a. Square Pipe™. An outside shell for the conduit is adapted to contain and to channel a fluid therein. A plurality of heat deflectors and flow channeling baffles are arranged adjacent the conduits in a free-floating relationship to the conduits.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A heat exchanger device, comprising a continuous fluid channeling conduit arranged in an Nth pass plurality of descending rows and columns interconnected at least at one transitional point(s), the transitional point(s) arranged in a pattern of parallel U-tubes which in any two adjacent rows slope in the same direction. 
     
     
         2 . The heat exchanger device of  claim 1 , further comprising a first fluid for heat exchange and a second fluid for heating or cooling the heat exchange fluid, the first fluid comprising a liquid and the second fluid comprising a heated gas. 
     
     
         3 . The heat exchanger device of  claim 1 , further comprising a supporting baffle at both a first and a second transitional points and at least one optional supporting midpoint baffle, the baffles defining a plurality of openings for the conduits to pass there through. 
     
     
         4 . The heat exchanger device of  claim 1 , wherein the pattern of parallel U-tubes for which any two adjacent rows slope in the same direction is a mirror image arrangement for a second transitional point in regards to a first transitional point. 
     
     
         5 . The heat exchanger device of  claim 1 , wherein an end view of the U-tubes for first or second transitional points resembles a herringbone pattern. 
     
     
         6 . The heat exchanger device of  claim 1 , further comprising an outside shell for the conduit shaped as a burner box including an exhaust chimney at a top thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The heat exchanger device of  claim 1 , further comprising a system of heat exchange fluid channeling fins extending parallel to the descending rows, wherein an orthogonal cross section of the system of fluid channeling fins from a top to a bottom thereof resembles a honey comb structure. 
     
     
         8 . The heat exchanger device of  claim 1 , further comprising sidewall heat deflectors extending upward at an angle to a sidewall of an outside shell for the heat exchanger device. 
     
     
         9 . The heat exchanger device of  claim 1 , further comprising a fluid flow in the conduit starting at a top end of the conduit to a bottom egress end, the fluid flow moving solely under the influence of gravity. 
     
     
         10 . The heat exchanger device of  claim 1 , further comprising a fluid flow in the conduit starting at a top end of the conduit to a bottom egress end, the fluid flow moving under the influence of a mechanized pressure difference from the top end of the conduit to the bottom egress end thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The heat exchanger device of  claim 1 , wherein the descending rows descend from a top portion to a bottom portion of the device only at the first and the second transitional points. 
     
     
         12 . The heat exchanger device of  claim 1 , wherein the descending rows descend from a top portion to a bottom portion of the device along a length of the fluid channeling conduit. 
     
     
         13 . The heat exchanger device of  claim 1 , wherein an outside orthogonal cross section of the conduit is square and mounted on edge as a diamond and an inside cross section of the conduit is circular in order to maximize a heat transfer from the conduit into a fluid flowing around the conduit. 
     
     
         14 . A heat exchanger system, comprising:
 a continuous fluid channeling conduit arranged in a lattice of rows and columns, wherein an outside orthogonal cross section of the conduit is polygonal and mounted on edge in the system;   an outside shell for the conduit adapted to contain and to channel a heat transfer fluid therein; and   a plurality of heat deflectors arranged adjacent the conduits in a free-floating relationship to the conduits.   
     
     
         15 . A heat exchanger system, comprising:
 a plurality of fluid channeling conduits arranged in a lattice of rows and columns, wherein an outside orthogonal cross section of the conduit is polygonal and mounted on edge in the system;   an outside shell for the conduit adapted to contain and to channel a heat transfer fluid therein; and   a plurality of heat deflectors arranged adjacent the conduits in a free-floating relationship to the conduits.   
     
     
         16 . The heat exchanger system of  claim 15 , wherein the outside shell for the conduit is shaped as a larger segment of pipe in reference to the conduit. 
     
     
         17 . The heat exchanger system of  claim 15 , wherein a conduit at an Nth row and Nth column in the lattice comprises a nominal single pass defining a space around the conduit for a heat transfer fluid to circulate there around. 
     
     
         18 . The heat exchanger system of  claim 15 , wherein an inside orthogonal cross section of the conduit is circular in order to maximize a heat transfer from the conduit into a heat transfer fluid flowing around the polygonal geometry of the conduit mounted on edge in the system. 
     
     
         19 . The heat exchanger system of  claim 15 , wherein corner-perimeter conduits have both an outside orthogonal circular cross section and an inside circular cross section and other conduits have one of a square, hexagonal and otherwise polygonal outside orthogonal cross section. 
     
     
         20 . The heat exchanger device of  claim 15 , further comprising at least one supporting baffle disposed at at least one orthogonal location to the conduits in the system, the baffle(s) defining a plurality of polygonal openings, especially square openings for the conduits to pass there through and channel the heat transfer fluid/gas there around the conduits.