Patent ID: 9279626
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: F28D,F28F

Claim Text:
1. A plate-fin heat exchanger, comprising: a heat exchanger face; a first fluid pathway running along a first axis the first fluid pathway including a first plurality of passages, each of the first plurality of passages including both a plurality of first bars running parallel to the first axis and at least one first fin oriented to allow fluid to flow along the first axis; a second fluid pathway running along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis; and a blocker bar having an inlet face and an outlet face; wherein the blocker bar inlet face coincides with the heat exchanger face; wherein the blocker bar is at an inlet of the second fluid pathway and receives a second fluid; wherein the outlet face of the blocker bar is at the inlet of the second fluid pathway; wherein the blocker bar includes a set of spaced apart pores that extend from the inlet face to the outlet face.