Patent ID: 7065873
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: F05B,F28D,F28F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A recuperator assembly, comprising: a plurality of involute curved recuperator core segments, each recuperator core segment comprising: wherein, said first stiffener support spacer bar has a height being a first indexing height and said second stiffener support spacer bar has a height being a second indexing height, said first indexing height being less than the profile height of said first heat exchanger foil, and said second indexing height being greater than the profile height of said second heat exchanger foil, wherein, the exterior heat exchange surface of one of said first and second heat exchanger foils is convexly curved and the exterior heat exchange surface of the other of said first and second heat exchanger foils is concavely curved, and wherein, at least a pair of said plurality of recuperator core segments are adjacently stacked in a nested configuration so as to form at least one recuperator core sector.