摘要 |
A combined filter and heat exchanger for effecting simultaneously filtering of a first medium and heat transfer between the first medium and a second medium includes a filter section in the form of a hollow, cylindrical filter element arranged co-axially within an outer casing having a cylindrical wall which extends around the filter element coaxially therewith and in spaced relationship thereto. A heat-exchanger section is arranged in the space defined between the cylindrical wall of the casing and the filter element. The heat-exchanger section includes a substantially cylindrical partition wall which subdivides the space into two heat-exchange chambers, of which the inwardly located chamber, between the partition wall and the filter element, communicates with a first-medium inlet, such that the first medium will first flow through the heat-exchanger chamber and then be distributed across the outer surface of the filter element, whereas the outer chamber located between the partition wall and the cylindrical wall of the casing communicates with a second-medium inlet and a second-medium outlet, such that the second medium will flow through the outer chamber. |