Manufacturing heat exchanger from porous medium and conduits
AssigneeNV Bekaert SA
InventorsFranky Wallaert, Peter De Jaeger, Johan Hugelier
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for producing a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger comprising at least one heat conducting conduit for passage of a first medium and at least one block of an open cell porous medium for passage of a second medium. The method comprises providing at least one groove in the open cell porous medium. Thereafter, the porous medium is bent in a direction such that at least part of the grooves are opened and heat conducting conduits are applied in this at least one opened groove. Thereafter, the porous medium is rebend such that the heat conducting conduits are locked in said open cell porous medium.
Claims12
Method for producing a heat exchanger, said method comprising:
- providing at least one heat conducting conduit (14, 16, 18, 20) for passage of a first medium;
- providing at least one block of an open-cell porous medium (10) for passage of a second medium;
- providing at least one groove (12) in said porous medium (10);
- bending said grooved porous medium in a direction, such that at least part of said at least one groove is opened;
- applying said at least one heat conducting conduit (14, 16, 18, 20) in said opened groove(s) (12);
- bending said grooved porous medium in the opposite direction such that said at least one heat conducting conduit gets locked in said open cell porous medium.
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