Patent ID: 6076598
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: F24F,F28D,F28F,Y02B,Y10S

Abstract:
An opposed flow heat exchanger, comprising:partitions each including a corrugated portion defining passages in a wavefront direction, and flat portions for taking in or out air flows from a predetermined direction at opposite ends of said corrugated portion in the wavefront direction; andflat shape holding plates having a length in a direction of said passages which is not longer than a length of said corrugated portion of said partitions;said partitions and said shape holding plates being alternately layered so that said corrugated portion of each said partition contacts respective adjacent shape holding plates, wherein said flat portion of each said partition faces a respective said flat portion of an adjacent said partition, thereby independently forming the passages through said partitions;wherein opposite ends of said shape holding plates are retracted relative to respective opposite ends of each said corrugated portion in the direction of said passages.