SHROUDED HEAT EXCHANGER

摘要

A heat exchanger is provided, including a tubular shell having an opening in one end thereof, an open-topped, sideslotted shroud mounted inside the shell, a bundle of tubes extending through the opening into the shroud, meAnS for circulating a hot fluid through the bundle of tubes, means for charging a heat-exchange fluid to the space between the shell and the shroud for flow through slots into the shroud and into indirect heat exchange contact with the bundle of tubes for cooling the hot fluid, and means for removing heated exchange fluid from the top of said shell.