Patent · US Expired

Plate heat exchanger with improved undulating passageway

US5692559A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 7, 1995
Grant dateDec 2, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF28F2280/04
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A heat exchanger is disclosed having a plurality of stacked plate pairs with a core thickness of less than 25 mm. Each plate of a plate pair has asymmetrically arranged parallel ribs disposed at an oblique angle of less than 32 degrees to provide two point contact between the ribs on adjacent plate pairs.

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