Heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine

An internal combustion engine for a motor vehicle, comprising an exhaust gas system, a fresh air system, and a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger including:

• a plurality of first tubular bodies for being flowed through by a gas, the plurality of first tubular bodies extending along a longitudinal direction and arranged spaced apart from one another along a stacking direction extending perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
• a plurality of second tubular bodies for being flowed through by the gas, the plurality of second tubular bodies extending along the longitudinal direction and arranged spaced apart from one another along the stacking direction;
• the plurality of second tubular bodies arranged next to the plurality of first tubular bodies along a transverse direction extending perpendicular to the stacking direction and perpendicular to the longitudinal direction;
• a plurality of first intermediate spaces disposed along the stacking direction between the plurality of first tubular bodies, the plurality of first intermediate spaces defining a plurality of first coolant paths for being flowed through by a coolant;
• a plurality of second intermediate spaces disposed along the stacking direction between the plurality of second tubular bodies, the plurality of second intermediate spaces defining a plurality of second coolant paths for being flowed through by the coolant;
• the plurality of first coolant paths fluidically connected to a first coolant distributor configured to distribute the coolant to the plurality of first coolant paths and to a first coolant collector structured and arranged to collect the coolant after the coolant has flowed through the plurality of first coolant paths;
• the plurality of second coolant paths fluidically connected to a second coolant distributor configured to distribute the coolant to the plurality of second coolant paths and to a second coolant collector structured and arranged to collect the coolant after the coolant has flowed through the plurality of second coolant paths;
• wherein the gas is flowable through the plurality of first tubular bodies and the plurality of second tubular bodies in the longitudinal direction, and the coolant is flowable through the plurality of first coolant paths and the plurality of second coolant paths in the longitudinal direction;
• wherein the first coolant distributor and the second coolant distributor are arranged opposite one another along the transverse direction and wherein the first coolant collector and the second coolant collector are arranged opposite one another along the transverse direction;
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• wherein the plurality of first tubular bodies and the plurality of second tubular bodies are incorporated in one of the exhaust gas system and the fresh air system.

A heat exchanger for an internal combustion engine, comprising:

• a housing;
• a plurality of first tubular bodies and a plurality of second tubular bodies through which a gas is flowable arranged within the housing, the plurality of first tubular bodies extending along a longitudinal direction and arranged spaced apart from one another along a stacking direction extending perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, the plurality of second tubular bodies extending along the longitudinal direction and arranged spaced apart from one another along the stacking direction, the plurality of first tubular bodies and the plurality of second tubular bodies arranged adjacent to one another in a transverse direction extending perpendicular to the stacking direction and to the longitudinal direction;
• a plurality of first intermediate spaces disposed between the plurality of first tubular bodies along the stacking direction, the plurality of first intermediate spaces defining a plurality of first coolant paths through which a coolant is flowable;
• a plurality of second intermediate spaces disposed between the plurality of second tubular bodies along the stacking direction, the plurality of first intermediate spaces defining a plurality of second coolant paths through which the coolant is flowable;
• a first coolant distributor configured to distribute the coolant to the plurality of first coolant paths;
• a first coolant collector structured and arranged to collect coolant that has flowed through the plurality of first coolant paths;
• a second coolant distributor configured to distribute the coolant to the plurality of second coolant paths;
• a second coolant collector structured and arranged to collect coolant that has flowed through the plurality of second coolant paths;
• the plurality of first coolant paths having two first longitudinal ends disposed opposite one another in the longitudinal direction, the first coolant distributor arranged in a region of one of the two first longitudinal ends and the first coolant collector arranged in a region of the other of the two first longitudinal ends, the plurality of first coolant paths fluidically connected to the first coolant distributor and to the first coolant collector;
• the plurality of second coolant paths having two second longitudinal ends disposed opposite one another in the longitudinal direction, the second coolant distributor arranged in a region of one of the two second longitudinal ends and the second coolant collector arranged in a region of the other of the two second longitudinal ends, the plurality of second coolant paths fluidically connected to the second coolant distributor and to the second coolant collector;
• wherein the plurality of first coolant paths are fluidically separated from the plurality of second coolant paths;
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• wherein the first coolant distributor and the second coolant distributor are arranged opposite one another along the transverse direction and wherein the first coolant collector and the second coolant collector are arranged opposite one another along the transverse direction.