Patent ID: 6438936
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: F02C,F28D,F28F,Y10T

Abstract:
A fluid recuperator, comprising:a frame; an enclosure provided about said frame defining a recuperator chamber; a first fluid inlet in fluid communication with said recuperator chamber; a first fluid outlet in fluid communication with said recuperator chamber; a plurality of spaced sealed recuperator units received within said recuperator chamber, each of said recuperator units having a body with an outer surface and an inner surface, said inner surface defines a recuperator unit fluid flow chamber; a second fluid inlet in fluid communication with said plurality of sealed recuperator units; and a second fluid outlet in fluid communication with said plurality of sealed recuperator units, whereby said recuperator is adapted to have a first fluid flow through said first gas inlet, said recuperator chamber across said sealed recuperator units outer surfaces and through said first fluid outlet, respectively, while a second fluid passes through said second fluid inlet, through each of said recuperator unit fluid flow chambers, contacting inner surfaces of said sealed recuperator units and through said second fluid outlet in a manner that the first fluid and the second fluid do not mix while passing through said recuperator chamber and heat transfer takes place between the fluids through said bodies of said sealed recuperator units.