Patent ID: 7677057
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: B23K,F25B,F28D,F28F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A heat exchanger comprising: a first manifold; a second manifold; a first plurality of multichannel tubes in fluid communication with the first manifold and the second manifold, the first plurality of multichannel tubes being spaced from one another by a first spacing; a second plurality of multichannel tubes in fluid communication with the first manifold and the second manifold, the second plurality of multichannel tubes being spaced from one another by a second spacing different from the first spacing; and a baffle in the first manifold to force inlet flow introduced into the first manifold through the first plurality of multichannel tubes to the second manifold and to separate the inlet flow from outlet flow exiting from the second plurality of multichannel tubes into the first manifold.