ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,977, issued on April 7, was assigned to YARA INTERNATIONAL ASA (Oslo, Norway).
"Baffles for heat exchangers" was invented by Lino Giovanni Porro (Etterbeek, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A baffle for a shell-and-tube heat exchanger. The baffle including a flat plate with a region having a plurality of annular elements designed for receiving the tubes of the shell-and-tube heat exchanger, arranged in at least two rows, wherein a row is staggered with respect to an adjacent row, wherein the outer diameter of the annular element is less than 130% of the inner diameter of the annular element, and wherein each annular element is ...