Patent ID: 8561681
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: F28D,F28F

Abstract:
1. A multiple-flow heat exchanger, comprising: a first flow passable by a fluid in a first direction, the first flow including a plurality of parallel first channels; a second flow passable by the fluid in a second opposite direction, the second flow including a plurality of parallel second channels; a deflecting pocket disposed on a first side of the heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first flow and the second flow, wherein the deflecting pocket is configured to manipulate a direction of the fluid from the first direction to the second direction; a fluid distributor disposed on an opposing second side of the heat exchanger in fluid communication with the first flow; a fluid collector disposed on the second side of the heat exchanger in fluid communication with the second flow; a blind channel substantially impassable by the fluid, wherein the blind channel is disposed between an adjacent one of the first channels of the first flow and an adjacent one of the second channels of the second flow to thermally decouple the first flow from the second flow, and wherein the adjacent one of the first channels of the first flow has a different fluid temperature than the adjacent one of the second channels of the second flow, and wherein the blind channel is established by at least one plate extending orthogonally to a longitudinal direction of the fluid distributor; and at least one lamella disposed between at least one of adjacent first channels of the first flow and adjacent second channels of the second flow.