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EP0756149B1
EP0756149B1 EP96111915A EP96111915A EP0756149B1 EP 0756149 B1 EP0756149 B1 EP 0756149B1 EP 96111915 A EP96111915 A EP 96111915A EP 96111915 A EP96111915 A EP 96111915A EP 0756149 B1 EP0756149 B1 EP 0756149B1
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Jean-Louis Laveran
Jean-François Chevalier
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28FDETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F13/00Arrangements for modifying heat-transfer, e.g. increasing, decreasing
    • F28F13/06Arrangements for modifying heat-transfer, e.g. increasing, decreasing by affecting the pattern of flow of the heat-exchange media
    • F28F13/12Arrangements for modifying heat-transfer, e.g. increasing, decreasing by affecting the pattern of flow of the heat-exchange media by creating turbulence, e.g. by stirring, by increasing the force of circulation
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28DHEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D1/00Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
    • F28D1/02Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid
    • F28D1/04Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits
    • F28D1/053Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being straight
    • F28D1/0535Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being straight the conduits having a non-circular cross-section
    • F28D1/05358Assemblies of conduits connected side by side or with individual headers, e.g. section type radiators
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28FDETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F9/00Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
    • F28F9/02Header boxes; End plates
    • F28F9/0219Arrangements for sealing end plates into casing or header box; Header box sub-elements
    • F28F9/0221Header boxes or end plates formed by stacked elements

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  • the invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising a row of fluid circulation tubes each containing a disturbing plate intended to produce a flow turbulent fluid, and at least one manifold elongated in the direction of alignment of the tubes and in which opens one end of each of them, said box collector being formed of a stack of pairs of shells in which each shell has a wall annular lateral connected on the one hand to an external rim annular and secondly to an annular inner rim defined by the bottom of the shell provided with an opening axial, these two edges extending substantially in radial planes, the shells of the same pair being mutually joined and joined by their outer edges, and two adjacent shells belonging to different pairs by their interior edges, delimiting a room internal along the entire length of the stack, the walls of the two shells of the same pair being arranged so as to define a side opening into which fits the end of a tube to communicate with said chamber internal.
  • Such a heat exchanger is known from FR-A-2-563 899.
  • the shells forming the manifold are in contact exclusively with each the others and with the ends of the tubes engaged in the side openings. We could see an insufficient rigidity of the manifold thus produced.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy this drawback.
  • the invention relates in particular to a heat exchanger of the kind defined in the introduction, and provides that the disruptive plate protrudes beyond the end of said tube to come into contact with the shells of said pair on a fraction at least of the periphery of the internal chamber.
  • the protruding part of the disturbing plate provides additional contact areas for the shells, enhancing thus the shape stability of these and therefore the rigidity of the box, for a given thickness of shells.
  • the heat exchanger according to the invention can be used especially for cooling the charge air a heat engine for driving a vehicle, plus particularly of an industrial vehicle.
  • two manifolds can be provided in which penetrate the two ends of each tube respectively, the disruptive plates protruding into the same conditions in the two boxes at the two ends of tubes.
  • Figure 1 are represented two pairs 1 and 2 of metal parts in the form of bowls or shells, formed from pressed sheet metal and belonging to a stack constituting a manifold not shown in general.
  • the two shells 3 and 4 component each of pairs 1 and 2 are identical.
  • Each includes a bottom 5 arranged in a radial plane, that is to say perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 6 of the manifold, is connecting to an annular side wall 7 of revolution around the axis 6.
  • the bottom 5 is pierced with an opening central 8, also of revolution around axis 6, thus defining around it an inner rim annular 9.
  • the side wall 7 is connected to an annular rim 10 which extends radially outward.
  • this outer rim 10 has an outer contour rectangular with rounded corners, and connects to its turn to a peripheral annular skirt 11 turned axially towards the bottom 5.
  • the outer rim 10 has three regions located substantially in three radial planes.
  • a first region annular 12 of rectangular outer contour surrounds the side wall 7 directly.
  • the portion 12 is bordered on three of its sides by a second portion 13 which forms a curved U-shaped band extending to the periphery of the rim 10 to connect to the skirt 11 along three sides of the rectangular shell outline.
  • a third region 14 extends as a marginal band straight, between the fourth side of the first region 12 and the fourth side of the above-mentioned contour, over a length slightly larger than the corresponding dimension of the region 12.
  • the plans of regions 13, 12 and 14 are at increasing distances from the bottom 5 and these regions are connect to each other by recesses in the direction axial.
  • the two shells 3 and 4 of the same pair are joined together by the marginal regions 13 of their outer edges 10, the annular regions 12, marginal regions 14 and the inner edges 9 of the two shells being at distances growing mutuals.
  • the two regions 14 define between they a housing for the end of a flattened tube 15 belonging to a row of tubes each of which is associated with one of the pairs of shells in the manifold.
  • the tubes of the row are aligned alternately with 16 dividers in strip form corrugated metal, the crests of the corrugations of the same strip alternately coming into contact with two tubes neighbors.
  • each tube is lined with a disturbing plate 17 intended to create turbulence in the flow of fluid circulating in the tube.
  • the disturbing plate is by example consisting of a corrugated metal strip whose ripple ridges alternately come into contact with the two opposite internal faces of the tube, this strip being further perforated to allow circulation of the fluid.
  • the disturbing plate 17 protrudes beyond the end of the tube, between the two shells 3 and 4, and comes into contact with the annular regions 12 of outer edges thereof substantially throughout the extent of these regions.
  • the plate 17 is pierced with a circular opening 18, aligned with the openings 8 at the bottom of the shells, of a diameter close to that of the side walls 7, so as to allow free communication between internal volumes 19 delimited by the bottom 5 and the side wall 7 of each shell.
  • pairs 1 and 2 of shells are mutually joined and assembled by the outer faces of the inner edges 9 of their respective shells facing each other, the skirts peripherals 11 of these same shells being opposite and at a certain distance from each other.
  • the other pairs of unrepresented shells are assembled in the same way to form the constituent stack of the manifold, the internal volumes 19 of the different communicating pairs between them through the openings 8 to form a chamber internal extending over the length of the manifold, with which communicate the tubes 15.
  • This room internal is tightly separated from the outside of the heat exchanger by mutual brazing of the flanges interiors 9 contiguous, that of regions 13 contiguous and the soldering of regions 14, and of the recesses which connect them at regions 13, on tubes 15.

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Description

L'invention concerne un échangeur de chaleur comprenant une rangée de tubes de circulation de fluide contenant chacun une plaque perturbatrice destinée à produire un écoulement turbulent du fluide, et au moins une boíte collectrice allongée dans la direction d'alignement des tubes et dans laquelle débouche une extrémité de chacun d'eux, ladite boíte collectrice étant formée d'un empilement de paires de coquilles dans lequel chaque coquille présente une paroi latérale annulaire raccordée d'une part à un rebord extérieur annulaire et d'autre part à un rebord intérieur annulaire défini par le fond de la coquille muni d'une ouverture axiale, ces deux rebords s'étendant sensiblement selon des plans radiaux, les coquilles d'une même paire étant mutuellement accolées et assemblées par leurs rebords extérieurs, et deux coquilles adjacentes appartenant à des paires différentes par leurs rebords intérieurs, en délimitant une chambre interne sur toute la longueur de l'empilement, les parois des deux coquilles d'une même paire étant aménagés de façon à définir une ouverture latérale dans laquelle s'insère l'extrémité d'un tube pour communiquer avec ladite chambre interne.The invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising a row of fluid circulation tubes each containing a disturbing plate intended to produce a flow turbulent fluid, and at least one manifold elongated in the direction of alignment of the tubes and in which opens one end of each of them, said box collector being formed of a stack of pairs of shells in which each shell has a wall annular lateral connected on the one hand to an external rim annular and secondly to an annular inner rim defined by the bottom of the shell provided with an opening axial, these two edges extending substantially in radial planes, the shells of the same pair being mutually joined and joined by their outer edges, and two adjacent shells belonging to different pairs by their interior edges, delimiting a room internal along the entire length of the stack, the walls of the two shells of the same pair being arranged so as to define a side opening into which fits the end of a tube to communicate with said chamber internal.

Un tel échangeur de chaleur est connu par FR-A-2-563 899. Dans cet échangeur de chaleur connu, les coquilles formant la boíte collectrice sont en contact exclusivement les unes avec les autres et avec les extrémités des tubes engagées dans les ouvertures latérales. On a pu constater une rigidité insuffisante de la boíte collectrice ainsi réalisée.Such a heat exchanger is known from FR-A-2-563 899. In this known heat exchanger, the shells forming the manifold are in contact exclusively with each the others and with the ends of the tubes engaged in the side openings. We could see an insufficient rigidity of the manifold thus produced.

Le but de l'invention est de remédier à cet inconvénient.The object of the invention is to remedy this drawback.

L'invention vise notamment un échangeur de chaleur du genre défini en introduction, et prévoit que la plaque perturbatrice fait saillie au-delà de l'extrémité dudit tube pour venir en contact avec les coquilles de ladite paire sur une fraction au moins de la périphérie de la chambre interne.The invention relates in particular to a heat exchanger of the kind defined in the introduction, and provides that the disruptive plate protrudes beyond the end of said tube to come into contact with the shells of said pair on a fraction at least of the periphery of the internal chamber.

La partie en saillie de la plaque perturbatrice offre des zones de contact supplémentaires pour les coquilles, améliorant ainsi la stabilité de forme de celles-ci et par conséquent la rigidité de la boíte, pour une épaisseur donnée des coquilles.The protruding part of the disturbing plate provides additional contact areas for the shells, enhancing thus the shape stability of these and therefore the rigidity of the box, for a given thickness of shells.

L'échangeur de chaleur selon l'invention est utilisable notamment pour le refroidissement de l'air de suralimentation d'un moteur thermique d'entraínement d'un véhicule, plus particulièrement d'un véhicule industriel. Bien entendu, deux boítes collectrices peuvent être prévues dans lesquelles pénètrent respectivement les deux extrémités de chaque tube, les plaques perturbatrices faisant saillie dans les mêmes conditions dans les deux boítes aux deux extrémités des tubes.The heat exchanger according to the invention can be used especially for cooling the charge air a heat engine for driving a vehicle, plus particularly of an industrial vehicle. Of course, two manifolds can be provided in which penetrate the two ends of each tube respectively, the disruptive plates protruding into the same conditions in the two boxes at the two ends of tubes.

Des caractéristiques optionnelles de l'invention, complémentaires ou alternatives, sont énoncées ci-après :

  • Le rebord extérieur de l'une au moins des coquilles de la paire présente une région annulaire, adjacente à la paroi latérale, en retrait vers le plan du rebord intérieur, coopérant avec le rebord extérieur de l'autre coquille pour former un logement recevant la plaque perturbatrice.
  • Les deux coquilles de la paire sont identiques, l'épaisseur dudit logement étant définie pour moitié par la région en retrait de chaque rebord extérieur.
  • Ladite région annulaire en retrait se raccorde, du côté du passage du tube, à une région marginale du même rebord extérieur davantage encore en retrait, les régions marginales en retrait des deux coquilles de la paire définissant un logement pour l'extrémité du tube.
  • La région de la plaque perturbatrice en saillie par rapport au tube présente une ouverture alignée avec les ouvertures axiales des coquilles de façon à ne pas gêner la circulation du fluide dans ladite chambre.
  • Le rebord extérieur de chaque coquille se raccorde, sur une partie au moins de sa périphérie, à une jupe s'étendant axialement vers le plan du rebord intérieur de la même coquille.
  • Le rebord extérieur et la paroi latérale des coquilles présentent respectivement un contour sensiblement rectangulaire et une section circulaire.
Optional, complementary or alternative features of the invention are set out below:
  • The outer rim of at least one of the shells of the pair has an annular region, adjacent to the side wall, recessed towards the plane of the inner rim, cooperating with the outer rim of the other shell to form a housing receiving the disruptive plate.
  • The two shells of the pair are identical, the thickness of said housing being defined for half by the region set back from each outer rim.
  • Said annular recessed region is connected, on the side of the passage of the tube, to a marginal region of the same outer rim which is further recessed, the marginal regions recessed from the two shells of the pair defining a housing for the end of the tube.
  • The region of the disturbing plate projecting from the tube has an opening aligned with the axial openings of the shells so as not to hinder the circulation of the fluid in said chamber.
  • The outer rim of each shell is connected, over at least part of its periphery, to a skirt extending axially towards the plane of the inner rim of the same shell.
  • The outer rim and the side wall of the shells respectively have a substantially rectangular outline and a circular section.

Les caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention seront exposés plus en détail dans la description ci-après, en se référant aux dessins annexés, sur lesquels :

  • les figures 1 et 2 sont des vues partielles en coupe d'un échangeur de chaleur conforme à l'invention, selon des plans mutuellement perpendiculaires passant par l'axe de la boíte collectrice; et
  • la figure 3 est une vue partielle prise selon la direction axiale de la boíte collectrice.
The characteristics and advantages of the invention will be explained in more detail in the description below, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
  • Figures 1 and 2 are partial sectional views of a heat exchanger according to the invention, according to mutually perpendicular planes passing through the axis of the manifold; and
  • Figure 3 is a partial view taken in the axial direction of the manifold.

Sur la figure 1 sont représentées deux paires 1 et 2 de pièces métalliques en forme de cuvettes ou de coquilles, formées à partir de tôle emboutie et appartenant à un empilement constituant une boíte collectrice non représentée dans son ensemble. Les deux coquilles 3 et 4 composant chacune des paires 1 et 2 sont identiques. Chacune comprend un fond 5 disposé selon un plan radial, c'est-à-dire perpendiculaire à l'axe longitudinal 6 de la boíte collectrice, se raccordant à une paroi latérale annulaire 7 de révolution autour de l'axe 6. Le fond 5 est percé d'une ouverture centrale 8, également de révolution autour de l'axe 6, définissant ainsi autour de celle-ci un rebord intérieur annulaire 9. A l'opposé du fond 5 dans la direction axiale, la paroi latérale 7 se raccorde à un rebord annulaire 10 qui s'étend radialement vers l'extérieur. Comme le montre la figure 3, ce rebord extérieur 10 présente un contour extérieur rectangulaire à angles arrondis, et se raccorde à son tour à une jupe annulaire périphérique 11 tournée axialement vers le fond 5.In Figure 1 are represented two pairs 1 and 2 of metal parts in the form of bowls or shells, formed from pressed sheet metal and belonging to a stack constituting a manifold not shown in general. The two shells 3 and 4 component each of pairs 1 and 2 are identical. Each includes a bottom 5 arranged in a radial plane, that is to say perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 6 of the manifold, is connecting to an annular side wall 7 of revolution around the axis 6. The bottom 5 is pierced with an opening central 8, also of revolution around axis 6, thus defining around it an inner rim annular 9. Opposite the bottom 5 in the axial direction, the side wall 7 is connected to an annular rim 10 which extends radially outward. As the Figure 3, this outer rim 10 has an outer contour rectangular with rounded corners, and connects to its turn to a peripheral annular skirt 11 turned axially towards the bottom 5.

Le rebord extérieur 10 présente trois régions situées sensiblement dans trois plans radiaux. Une première région annulaire 12 de contour extérieur rectangulaire entoure directement la paroi latérale 7. La portion 12 est bordée sur trois de ses côtés par une seconde portion 13 qui forme une bande recourbée en U s'étendant jusqu'à la périphérie du rebord 10 pour se raccorder à la jupe 11 le long de trois côtés du contour rectangulaire de la coquille. Enfin, une troisième région 14 s'étend sous forme d'une bande marginale rectiligne, entre te quatrième côté de la première région 12 et le quatrième côté du contour précité, sur une longueur légèrement supérieure à la dimension correspondante de la région 12. Les plans des régions 13, 12 et 14 sont à des distances croissantes de celui du fond 5 et ces régions se raccordent entre elles par des décrochements dans la direction axiale.The outer rim 10 has three regions located substantially in three radial planes. A first region annular 12 of rectangular outer contour surrounds the side wall 7 directly. The portion 12 is bordered on three of its sides by a second portion 13 which forms a curved U-shaped band extending to the periphery of the rim 10 to connect to the skirt 11 along three sides of the rectangular shell outline. Finally, a third region 14 extends as a marginal band straight, between the fourth side of the first region 12 and the fourth side of the above-mentioned contour, over a length slightly larger than the corresponding dimension of the region 12. The plans of regions 13, 12 and 14 are at increasing distances from the bottom 5 and these regions are connect to each other by recesses in the direction axial.

Comme on le voit sur les figures 1 et 2, les deux coquilles 3 et 4 d'une même paire sont accolées entre elles par les régions marginales 13 de leurs rebords extérieurs 10, les régions annulaires 12, les régions marginales 14 et les rebords intérieurs 9 des deux coquilles étant à des distances mutuelles croissantes. Les deux régions 14 définissent entre elles un logement pour l'extrémité d'un tube aplati 15 appartenant à une rangée de tubes dont chacun est associé à l'une des paires de coquilles de la boíte collectrice. De façon connue, les tubes de la rangée sont alignés alternativement avec des intercalaires 16 sous forme de bandes métalliques ondulées, les crêtes des ondulations d'une même bande venant alternativement en contact avec deux tubes voisins. De façon connue également, l'espace interne de chaque tube est garni par une plaque perturbatrice 17 destinée à créer des turbulences dans l'écoulement du fluide circulant dans le tube. La plaque perturbatrice est par exemple constituée par une bande métallique ondulée dont les crêtes d'ondulations viennent alternativement en contact avec les deux faces internes opposées du tube, cette bande étant en outre perforée pour permettre la circulation du fluide.As seen in Figures 1 and 2, the two shells 3 and 4 of the same pair are joined together by the marginal regions 13 of their outer edges 10, the annular regions 12, marginal regions 14 and the inner edges 9 of the two shells being at distances growing mutuals. The two regions 14 define between they a housing for the end of a flattened tube 15 belonging to a row of tubes each of which is associated with one of the pairs of shells in the manifold. Of known manner, the tubes of the row are aligned alternately with 16 dividers in strip form corrugated metal, the crests of the corrugations of the same strip alternately coming into contact with two tubes neighbors. In a known manner also, the internal space of each tube is lined with a disturbing plate 17 intended to create turbulence in the flow of fluid circulating in the tube. The disturbing plate is by example consisting of a corrugated metal strip whose ripple ridges alternately come into contact with the two opposite internal faces of the tube, this strip being further perforated to allow circulation of the fluid.

Selon l'invention, la plaque perturbatrice 17 fait saillie au-delà de l'extrémité du tube, entre les deux coquilles 3 et 4, et vient en contact avec les régions annulaires 12 des rebords extérieurs de celles-ci sensiblement sur toute l'étendue de ces régions. Dans sa partie en saillie, la plaque 17 est percée d'une ouverture circulaire 18, alignée avec les ouvertures 8 des fonds des coquilles, d'un diamètre voisin de celui des parois latérales 7, de façon à permettre une libre communication entre les volumes internes 19 délimités par le fond 5 et la paroi latérale 7 de chaque coquille.According to the invention, the disturbing plate 17 protrudes beyond the end of the tube, between the two shells 3 and 4, and comes into contact with the annular regions 12 of outer edges thereof substantially throughout the extent of these regions. In its projecting part, the plate 17 is pierced with a circular opening 18, aligned with the openings 8 at the bottom of the shells, of a diameter close to that of the side walls 7, so as to allow free communication between internal volumes 19 delimited by the bottom 5 and the side wall 7 of each shell.

Comme le montrent également les figures 1 et 2, les paires 1 et 2 de coquilles sont mutuellement accolées et assemblées par les faces extérieures des rebords intérieurs 9 de leurs coquilles respectives tournées l'une vers l'autre, les jupes périphériques 11 de ces mêmes coquilles étant en regard et à une certaine distance l'une de l'autre. Les autres paires de coquilles non représentées sont assemblées de la même façon pour former l'empilement constitutif de la boíte collectrice, les volumes internes 19 des différentes paires communiquant entre eux par les ouvertures 8 pour former une chambre interne s'étendant sur la longueur de la boíte collectrice, avec laquelle communiquent les tubes 15. Cette chambre interne est séparée de façon étanche de l'extérieur de l'échangeur de chaleur par le brasage mutuel des rebords intérieurs 9 accolés, celui des régions 13 accolées et le brasage des régions 14, et des décrochements qui les relient aux régions 13, sur les tubes 15.As also shown in Figures 1 and 2, pairs 1 and 2 of shells are mutually joined and assembled by the outer faces of the inner edges 9 of their respective shells facing each other, the skirts peripherals 11 of these same shells being opposite and at a certain distance from each other. The other pairs of unrepresented shells are assembled in the same way to form the constituent stack of the manifold, the internal volumes 19 of the different communicating pairs between them through the openings 8 to form a chamber internal extending over the length of the manifold, with which communicate the tubes 15. This room internal is tightly separated from the outside of the heat exchanger by mutual brazing of the flanges interiors 9 contiguous, that of regions 13 contiguous and the soldering of regions 14, and of the recesses which connect them at regions 13, on tubes 15.

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  1. A heat exchanger comprising a row of tubes (15) for flow of fluid therein, each tube containing a turbulator plate (17) adapted to produce turbulent flow of the fluid, and at least one header which extends lengthwise in the direction of alignment of the tubes, and into which an end of each tube is open, the said header consisting of a stack of pairs (1, 2) of shells (3, 4) in which each shell has an annular side wall (7) joined firstly to an annular outer flange (10) and secondly to an annular inner flange (9) defined by the base (5) of the shell having an axial aperture (8), the said two flanges lying substantially in radial planes, the shells of a common pair being abutted on each other and assembled through their outer flanges, and two adjacent shells of different pairs through their inner flanges, to define an internal chamber over the whole length of the stack, the walls of the two shells of a common pair being arranged in such a way as to define a lateral aperture into which the end of the tube is inserted so as to communicate with the said internal chamber, characterised in that the turbulator plate (17) projects beyond the end of the said tube so as to come into contact with the shells of the said pair over at least a fraction of the periphery of the internal chamber.
  2. A heat exchanger according to Claim 1, characterised in that the outer flange (10) of at least one of the shells of the pair has an annular region (12) adjacent to the side wall, set back towards the plane of the inner flange, cooperating with the outer flange of the other shell so as to define a housing receiving the turbulator plate.
  3. A heat exchanger according to Claim 2, characterised in that the two shells of the pair are identical, with one half of the thickness of the said housing being defined by the set-back region (12) of each outer flange.
  4. A heat exchanger according to Claim 3, characterised in that the said annular set-back region (12) is joined, on the same side as the passage of the tube through it, to a marginal region (14) of the same outer flange which is set back even more, the marginal set-back regions of the two shells of the pair defining a housing for the end of the tube.
  5. A heat exchanger according to one of the preceding Claims, characterised in that the region of the turbulator plate which projects with respect to the tube has an aperture (18) aligned with the axial apertures (8) in the shells (3, 4), in such a way as not to hinder the flow of the fluid into the said chamber.
  6. A heat exchanger according to one of the preceding Claims, characterised in that the outer flange (10) of each shell is joined over at least part of its periphery to a skirt (11) extending axially towards the plane of the inner flange of the same shell.
  7. A heat exchanger according to one of the preceding Claims, characterised in that the outer flange and the side wall of the shells have, respectively, a substantially rectangular contour and a circular cross section.
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