Patent ID: 6374904
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: F28D,F28F

Abstract:
A heat exchanger including:a housing extending between a first end and a second end; a first housing opening and a second housing opening disposed proximate the first end; a third housing opening and a fourth housing opening disposed proximate the second end; a plurality of channel members, each channel member including slots and a heat exchanging wall and a peripheral flange extending outwardly from the heat exchanging wall for maintaining the heat exchanging wall in a spaced apart configuration from a heat exchanging wall of an adjacent channel member, wherein each flange defines a first channel member opening and a second channel member opening, and the channel members are arranged within the housing such that each of the first channel member openings are in communication with one of the first and second housing openings and each of the second channel member openings are in communication with one of the third and fourth housing openings, thereby defining a plurality of first fluid flow paths between the first and third housing openings and a separate plurality of second fluid flow paths between the second and fourth housing openings; and a plurality of spaced apart baffles increasing length of the first and second flow paths, the baffles including a plurality of slots corresponding to and mating with the slots in the channel members.