Patent ID: 11892245
Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC F

Claim 7:
8. A heat exchanger comprising:
an inner wall;
a first core portion; and
a second core portion, each of the first core portion and the second core portion comprising furcating unit cells coupled with each other and surrounding the inner wall, each of the furcating unit cells comprising:
a sidewall that defines several openings into an interior of a furcating unit cell;
at least a first opening of the openings configured to be an inlet to receive a first fluid into the furcating unit cell;
at least a second opening of the openings configured to be an outlet through which the first fluid exits the furcating unit cell; and
interior passageways through the interior of the furcating unit cell that direct the first fluid into the furcating unit cell, divide flow of the first fluid into separate flows through the interior passageways, and out of the furcating unit cell, wherein:

the sidewall of each of the furcating unit cells is shaped to divide a first flow of the first fluid inside the furcating unit cell into at least a second flow, a third flow, and a fourth flow of the first fluid within the furcating unit cell and out of the furcating unit cell; and
the inner wall separates the first core portion from the second core portion, wherein the first fluid and the second fluid flow along both sides of the inner wall, the first fluid flows along both sides of the inner wall and around a first end of the inner wall.