Patent ID: 7721795

Claim:
A heat exchanger with a disk structure comprising: a plurality of disks, wherein each pair of adjacent disks defines an intermediate space through which a heat transfer medium is configured to flow; a heat transfer medium inlet; a heat transfer medium outlet; and a first set of at least two heat transfer medium ducts in fluid communication between each intermediate space and one of the heat transfer medium inlet and the heat transfer medium outlet, wherein the at least two heat transfer medium ducts are in fluid communication with the same heat transfer medium inlet so that the at least two heat transfer medium ducts are configured to be supplied with heat transfer medium by the same heat transfer medium inlet; wherein the first set of at least two heat transfer medium ducts runs perpendicular to the plane of the disks; wherein the heat transfer medium inlet has a branching section; wherein the branching section is arranged in a plane which is perpendicular to the at least two heat transfer medium ducts such that the branching section is offset from the plurality of disks and the heat transfer medium inlet is offset from the heat transfer medium ducts such that the heat transfer medium inlet and the heat transfer medium ducts do not share a common axis.