Corrosion resistant tubular air preheater
CA 1058154 A · Owner: John Zink Company · Inventors: Reed, Robert D.; Hart, Wallace F.
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A corrosion resistant tubular air preheater in which combustion air is heated by heat transfer from flue gases from a furnace. The heat exchanger is of a longitudinal type having a central enclosure of rectangular cross-section in which a plurality of tubular heat transfer elements are mounted. Surrounding the central enclosure is an outer plenum. Cold combustion air enters at the bottom of the outer plenum and circulates around and up the plenum to a series of openings on top of the heat transfer elements. The partially heated combustion air then passes downwardly through metal tubes in the heat transfer elements and then passes outwardly to the furnace. The minimum temperature in metal …
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- Granted July 10, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 10, 1996.
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