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US 10,704,847 B2Granted
Rotating heat exchanger/bypass combo
AssigneeHamilton Sunstrand Corporation
InventorChristoph Haugstetter
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Abstract
A system is provided. The system includes at least two heat exchangers that are alternatively cooled by an outlet medium. The system also includes a cooling circuit that provides a cooling medium to the at least two heat exchangers. The cooling circuit provides the cooling medium to a first heat exchanger of the at least two heat exchangers in accordance with a first mode. The cooling circuit provide the cooling medium to a second heat exchanger of the at least two heat exchangers in accordance with a second mode.
Claims7
A system comprising:
- at least two heat exchangers being alternatively cooled by an outlet medium wherein the outlet medium cools one of the at least two heat exchangers in a first mode of operation for the system and another of the at least two heat exchangers in a second mode of operation for the system;
- and
- a cooling circuit providing a cooling medium to the at least two heat exchangers, wherein the cooling circuit includes:
- a cooling load through which the cooling medium flows;
- a plurality of valves, that includes at least a first valve, a second valve, a third valve and a fourth valve, configured so that:
- the first valves is connected to one side of the cooling load and the fourth valves is connected to another side of the cooling load;
- the first and fourth valves are closed whereby the cooling circuit provides the cooling medium in one direction through the circuit to a first heat exchanger of the at least two heat exchangers in accordance with the first mode, and
- the second and third valves are closed whereby the cooling circuit provides the cooling medium in another direction in the cooling circuit that is reversed from the one direction to a second heat exchanger of the at least two heat exchangers in accordance with the second mode;
- and
- a flow direction of the cooling medium through the cooling load remains constant in the first mode and the second mode.
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