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US 2018/0356169 A1Published application
Hybrid metal-polymer heat exchanger
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsAbbas A. Alahyari, Craig R. Walker, Scott Alan Eastman, Catherine Thibaud
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Abstract
A heat exchanger includes a metal tube and a composite polymer fin in thermal contact with the metal tube. The fin is formed of a polymer and a thermally conductive filler such that the fin has a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to 0.5 Watts per meter Kelvin.
Claims20
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a metal tube;
- and
- a composite polymer fin in thermal contact with the metal tube, the fin being formed of a polymer and a thermally conductive filler such that the fin has a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to 0.5 Watts per meter Kelvin.
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a plurality of metal tubes;
- and
- a plurality of composite polymer fins in thermal contact with the metal tubes, the fins being formed of polymer and a thermally conductive filler such that the fin has a thermal conductivity greater than or equal to 0.5 Watts per meter Kelvin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.