Heat exchanger with a glass body
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsLowell A. Bellis, Robert C. Hon
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a glass body having a first face and a second face on opposing ends and defining a longitudinal axis between the opposing ends. The glass body includes multiple planar exterior surfaces, each extending continuously from the first face to the second face. The glass body also includes an interior surface surrounding an aperture, the aperture extending longitudinally from the first face to the second face. The glass body further includes a plurality of holes surrounding the aperture, where the holes are disposed within the glass body and extend longitudinally from the first face to the second face. The holes are configured to receive and direct a gas through the holes to exchange heat between the gas and the glass body.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a cryogenic cooler;
- and
- a glass body having a first face and a second face on opposing ends and defining a longitudinal axis between the opposing ends, the glass body including:
- multiple planar exterior surfaces, each extending continuously from the first face to the second face;
- an interior surface surrounding a single aperture, the aperture extending longitudinally from the first face to the second face;
- and
- a plurality of holes surrounding the aperture, the plurality of holes disposed within the glass body and extending longitudinally from the first face to the second face;
- wherein the holes are configured to receive and direct a gas from the cryogenic cooler through the holes to exchange heat between the gas and the glass body.
A system comprising:
- a cryogenic cooler;
- and
- a heat exchanger comprising a glass body having a first face and a second face on opposing ends and defining a longitudinal axis between the opposing ends, the glass body including:
- multiple planar exterior surfaces, each extending continuously from the first face to the second face;
- an interior surface surrounding a single aperture, the aperture extending longitudinally from the first face to the second face;
- and
- a plurality of holes surrounding the aperture, the plurality of holes disposed within the glass body and extending longitudinally from the first face to the second face;
- wherein at least a portion of the aperture that is adjacent the first face is configured to receive at least a portion of the cryogenic cooler;
- wherein the holes are configured to receive and direct a gas through the holes to exchange heat between the gas and the glass body;
- and
- wherein the system is configured so that the gas flows between a hot end of the system and a cold end of the system through the plurality of holes in the glass body.
A system comprising:
- a cryogenic cooler;
- and
- a heat exchanger comprising a glass body having a first face and a second face on opposing ends and defining a longitudinal axis between the opposing ends, the glass body including:
- multiple planar exterior surfaces, each extending continuously from the first face to the second face;
- an interior surface surrounding a single aperture, the aperture extending longitudinally from the first face to the second face;
- and
- a plurality of holes surrounding the aperture, the plurality of holes disposed within the glass body and extending longitudinally from the first face to the second face, wherein the holes extend straight from the first face to the second face;
- wherein the aperture includes an opening on the first face, the opening configured to receive at least a portion of the cryogenic cooler;
- wherein the holes are configured to receive and direct a gas through the holes to exchange heat between the gas and the glass body;
- and
- wherein the heat exchanger is configured so that the gas flows between a hot end of the heat exchanger and a cold end of the heat exchanger through the plurality of holes in the heat exchanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.