A plate-fin panel for a heat exchanger may be either formed as an aluminum extrusion or fabricated from a corrugated metal sheet sandwiched between two flat metal sheets. The extruded aluminum version may be clad with protective sheet metal jackets made of, or coated with, a corrosion resistant Cu-Ni alloy. Individual panel sections can be joined together by tongue and groove engagement to obtain a total desired panel width if available extrusion press or rolling mill capacity is insufficient. T...

An optical wavelength tracking apparatus and method in a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) passive optical network (PON) in which a central office (CO) having a multi-frequency light source is connected to a plurality of optical network units (ONUs) having loop-back light sources through a WDM MUX/DEMUX in a remote node (RN). The power levels of downstream and upstream WDM optical signals are measured. The WDM wavelengths of the multi-frequency light source and the WDM MUX/DEMUX are controll...

A screening device for eliminating balls (6) for cleaning the tube of a heat exchanger, condenser or the like from a coolant line (7) comprises a screen (2) located in the outlet area of the heat exchanger, able to cover the free cross section of the coolant line (7) for collecting the balls (6) and progressively restricting the free cross section for the coolant for the collection of the balls (6) in the cooling medium flow direction and a removal line (3), positioned in the flow direction of t...

This invention is drawn to a brush which cleans dust and debris from refrigeration coils in conventional coolers. When the door is opened, a cable draws a brush upwardly across the face of the condenser coil and removes dust from the coil. The brush is attached to a jointed arm which controls the positioning of the brush and keeps the brush contiguous the coil. A method of operating the device is also disclosed.

A mobile work machine is provided with an onboard washing system. The washing system has a mixing device which mixes a predetermined amount of concentrated cleaning fluid with water based on the flow rate of water passing through the mixing device and delivers a resulting washing fluid mixture to a sprayer for delivery by a plurality of nozzles toward a radiator core. A fan further induces the washing fluid mixture to pass through the radiator core.

A heat pipe air preheater includes a multiplicity of heat pipes arranged in a plurality of superposed planar rows inclined relative to the horizontal, the rows of heat pipes including a first group of rows inclined at a first inclination angle and a second group inclined at a second inclination angle. Means are provided for removing collections of soot or other particulate matter from the evaporator ends of the heat pipes, the rows of the first group being disposed on one side of these means whi...

An apparatus for measuring a fouling resistance and a cleanliness factor of heat-transfer surface and which is capable of continuously and accurately monitoring a build-up degree of deposits on a heat-transfer surface of a heat exchanger includes a fouling sensor having a given length of metal wire wound inside the heat-transfer surface for measuring an average temperature of the heat-transfer surface, a direct current voltage supply member for supplying a voltage to a heating wire of the foulin...

The present invention relates to a method for more efficiently operating a heat exchanger wherein heat is exchanged between a scale-forming and a scale-cleaning liquid. The scale-cleaning liquid is passed periodically into the region of the heat exchanger wherein scale from the scale-forming liquid has accumulated, and the effluent is flushed from the heat exchanger.

An apparatus for collecting cleaning bodies in a tubular heat exchanger capable of collecting the cleaning bodies with a high collection efficiency against the temporary introduction of a large amount foreign matter such as falling tools in a cooling water system and against the deflected flow of the cooling water from the upstream side. A rectifying member rectifies or regulates the deflected flow of the cooling water from the upstream side whereby it is possible to collect the cleaning bodies ...

An electro-mechanical, dual tube and plug device for on-line monitoring of performance losses due to reduced conductivity of a non condensing heat exchanger resulting from micro-bio fouling of the surfaces of said heat exchanger and for detecting change of heat transfer resistance of individual heat transfer tubes. The dual tube and plug assembly includes a first flow assembly tube and a second temperature assembly tube attached to the discharge end of a heat exchanger for providing accurate mea...