Normal-flow heat exchanger
US7302998B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 4, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L2924/0002
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A heat exchanger (120) includes a core (130) containing inlet manifold (140), outlet manifold (126), interconnecting channels (144) and a heat-transfer surface (128). Each interconnecting channel fluidly communicates at one end with a corresponding inlet manifold and at the other end with the two outlet manifolds located adjacent that inlet manifold. The inlet manifolds are located distal from the heat-transfer surface. The interconnecting channels are configured such that substantially all of the heat collected by a working fluid is collected as the working fluid flows from the inlet manifolds away from the heat-transfer surface in a direction substantially normal to the heat-transfer surface.
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