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US 10,107,555 B1Granted
Heat exchanger assembly
AssigneeUnison Industries, LLC
InventorSamuel Noah Miller
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of forming a heat exchanger can include a first manifold that defines a first fluid inlet to the heat exchanger and a second manifold that defines a second fluid inlet to the heat exchanger. A lattice cell body can be provided in the heat exchanger that can form a first set of flow passages and a second set of flow passages. The first and second sets of flow passages can be intertwined with one another.
Claims20
A heat exchanger, comprising:
- a first manifold defining a first fluid inlet;
- a second manifold defining a second fluid inlet;
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- a lattice cell body having:
- a first set of flow passages in fluid communication with the first manifold, and where the first set of flow passages include a set of first furcated flow passages extending from the first fluid inlet and wherein the set of first furcated flow passages converge to a first interconnecting passage that forms a hyperbolic shape and diverges into another set of first furcated flow passages;
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- a second set of flow passages in fluid communication with the second manifold, and where the second set of flow passages include a set of second furcated flow passages extending from the second fluid inlet and wherein the set of second furcated flow passages converge to a second interconnecting passage that forms a hyperbolic shape and diverges into another set of second furcated flow passages,
- wherein at least a portion of the first furcated flow passages are intertwined with at least a portion of the second furcated flow passages.
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A heat exchanger, comprising:
- a body having a first set of hyperbolic flow passages in fluid communication with a first fluid inlet and where the first set of hyperbolic flow passages include a set of first furcated flow passages that include a number of saddle points, at which two of the set of first furcated flow passages asymptotically converge along one plane and then asymptotically diverge on an orthogonal plane and a second set of hyperbolic flow passages in fluid communication with a second fluid inlet and where the second set of hyperbolic flow passages include a set of second furcated flow passages that include a number of saddle points, at which two of the set of second furcated flow passages asymptotically converge along one plane and then asymptotically diverge on an orthogonal plane, wherein at least a portion of the first furcated flow passages and at least a portion of the set of furcated second flow passages intertwine.
A method of forming a heat exchanger, the method comprising:
- forming a lattice cell body wherein the lattice cell body includes a set of first furcated flow passages wherein the set of first furcated flow passages converge to a first interconnecting passage to define a hyperbolic shape and diverge into another set of first furcated flow passages, and wherein the lattice cell body includes a set of second furcated flow passages wherein the set of second furcated flow passages converge to a second interconnecting passage to define a hyperbolic shape and diverge into another set of second furcated flow passages;
- wherein at least a portion of the first furcated flow passages are intertwined with at least a portion of the second furcated flow passages.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.