Heat exchanger
AssigneeTransportation IP Holdings, LLC
InventorBalaji Hosadurgam Ravindranath
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Abstract
A heat exchanger includes a first fluid carrying conduit extending along a first conduit axis and configured to convey a first fluid at a first temperature, and a second fluid carrying conduit extending along a second conduit axis and configured to convey a second fluid at a cooler, second temperature. The heat exchanger also includes at least one fin having a first opening for coupling to the first fluid carrying conduit and a second opening for coupling to the second fluid carrying conduit. The at least one fin extends along a fin axis that subtends an acute angle or obtuse angle with at least one of the first conduit axis or the second conduit axis.
Claims18
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a first fluid carrying conduit of a gas turbine extending along a first conduit axis and configured to convey a first fluid at a first temperature;
- a second fluid carrying conduit of the gas turbine extending along a second conduit axis and configured to convey a second fluid at a cooler, second temperature;
- a first fin having a first opening for coupling to the first fluid carrying conduit and a second opening for coupling to the second fluid carrying conduit, the first fin extending along a first fin axis that subtends an acute angle or obtuse angle with at least one of the first conduit axis or the second conduit axis to transfer heat from the first fluid carrying conduit to the second fluid carrying conduit that exits the heat exchanger;
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- a second fin having a first opening for coupling to the first fluid carrying conduit and a second opening for coupling to the second fluid carrying conduit, the second fin extending along a second fin axis that subtends an acute angle or obtuse angle with at least one of the first conduit axis or the second conduit axis and positioned adjacent to and aligned with the first fin along the first conduit axis and the second conduit axis to transfer heat from the first fluid carrying conduit to the second fluid carrying conduit that exits the heat exchanger.
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a fluid carrying conduit of a gas turbine extending along an axis;
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- a first fin having a first opening for receiving the fluid carrying conduit, the first fin having a front surface and a back surface, the front surface and the back surface each intersecting the axis to form a first acute or a first obtuse angle with the axis;
- wherein the fluid carrying conduit is a first fluid carrying conduit, and the axis is a first axis, the heat exchanger further comprising:
- a second fluid carrying conduit having a second axis and that exits the heat exchanger, wherein the front surface and the back surface of the first fin each intersect the second axis to form a second acute or a second obtuse angle with the second axis.
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a first fluid carrying conduit of a gas turbine extending along a first axis and configured to convey a first fluid at a first temperature;
- a second fluid carrying conduit of the gas turbine extending along a second conduit axis and configured to convey a second fluid at a cooler, second temperature;
- a first fin having a first opening for receiving the first fluid carrying conduit and a second opening for receiving the second fluid carrying conduit, the first fin extending between the first fluid carrying conduit and the second fluid carrying conduit;
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- a second fin having a first opening for receiving the first fluid carrying conduit and a second opening for receiving the second fluid carrying conduit, the second fin spaced from the first fin and extending between the first fluid carrying conduit and the second fluid carrying conduit;
- wherein the first fluid carrying conduit, the second fluid carrying conduit, the first fin, and the second fin form a rhomboid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.