Louvered elliptical tube micro-lattice heat exchangers
US10502501B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 1, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 10, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28F2250/02
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A heat exchanger with non-circular tubes arranged in a louvered fashion. In one embodiment the tubes include a first plurality of hollow members extending in a first direction, a second plurality of hollow members extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and a third plurality of hollow members extending in a third direction different from the first direction and from the second direction, the hollow members of the first plurality of hollow members, the second plurality of hollow members, and the third plurality of hollow members intersecting at a plurality of hollow nodes.
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