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US 11,029,102 B2Granted
Heat exchanger
AssigneeHs Marston Aerospace Limited
InventorNeil Basini
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Abstract
A heat exchanger includes a conduit, a header, and a swirler been formed as a unitary piece by additive manufacturing. The swirler is disposed within the conduit and the header and is arranged to disperse a flow from an inlet flow path a heat exchanger matrix. The swirler extends a only portion of the length of the header between the conduit and the heat exchanger matrix and thereby provides space within the header for fluid to diffuse before entering the heat exchanger matrix.
Claims7
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a conduit defining an inlet flow path for a fluid;
- a header disposed to receive a flow from the inlet flow path;
- a heat exchanger matrix disposed to receive a flow from the header;
- and
- a swirler disposed within the conduit and the header, wherein the swirler is arranged to disperse a flow from the inlet flow path over the heat exchanger matrix, and wherein the swirler extends over only a portion of the length of the header between the conduit and the heat exchanger matrix and thereby provides space within the header for fluid to diffuse before entering the heat exchanger matrix;
- wherein the conduit, header, and swirler have been formed as a unitary piece by additive manufacturing;
- and
- wherein the portion of the swirler in the header extends across the entire width of the heat exchanger matrix in two dimensions, and extends across the entire width of the header in two dimensions and joins integrally with opposing walls of the header, and is thereby arranged to provide structural support to the header during use and during formation of the header by additive manufacturing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.