Patent ID: 6247526
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: F28D,H05K

Abstract:
A device for performing heat exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid, said device comprising:a heat exchanger having a first passage including a plurality of first passage portions through which the first fluid flows and a second passage including a plurality of second passage portions through which the second fluid flows, said first passage portions and said second passage portions being arranged alternately to each other in an arrangement direction;a first case for forming a first space communicating with said first passage on an upstream side of said first passage; anda first centrifugal fan for blowing the first fluid into said first passage of said heat exchanger, said first centrifugal fan having an axial direction approximately perpendicular to the arrangement direction, the axial direction of said first centrifugal fan being provided in said first space at one side shifted from a center in the arrangement direction, wherein sad first centrifugal fan is disposed in said first space so that the first fluid sucked in the axial direction is blown radial outside toward the other side of said first space opposite to the one side.