Patent ID: 9033030
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: F28D,F28F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger matrix comprising: a first plate having a first surface and a second surface; a second plate having a first surface and a second surface, the second surface of the first plate opposing the first surface of the second plate to define a first flow channel that accommodates passage of a relatively hot fluid; a third plate having a first surface opposing the second surface of the second plate to define a second flow channel that accommodates passage of a relatively cold fluid; and the first plate, the second plate and the third plate comprising a portion of a plate matrix, wherein the matrix has a first flow inlet and a first flow outlet in communication with the first flow channel, and a second flow inlet and a second flow outlet in communication with the second flow channel; a first section of the plate matrix is defined by a first half of the first flow channel upstream along a flow direction of the relatively hot fluid; a second section of the plate matrix is defined by a second half of the first flow channel downstream along the flow direction of the relatively hot fluid; a third section of the plate matrix is defined by a first half of the first section that is downstream along the flow direction of the relatively cold fluid; and a fourth section of the plate matrix is defined by a second half of the first section that is upstream along the flow direction of the relatively cold fluid, wherein