Patent ID: 8851155

Claim:
A heat exchanger, comprising: a housing with a bottom, an upper wall and side walls, wherein onto two pairs of opposite side walls, a front wall and a back wall, respectively, are connected a supply and a discharge for a gas to be cooled, wherein means are provided in the housing for separating condensate from the cooled gas, comprising a series of corrugated vertical walls upon which are provided crosswise extending ribs forming vertical gutters extending only from the bottom up to the upper wall of the housing, and further wherein holes are provided in the bottom for the discharge of the separated condensate from the gutters via a collector, said collector extending from at least under the holes to under an opening which is provided in the bottom between the means for separating condensate and the back wall and said collector being formed U-shaped, wherein the leg of the collector which is situated closest to the back wall, is connected to the side edge of the opening on the side of the back wall, and wherein said heat exchanger is configured to cool a gas passed through said heat exchanger.