Fractal heat exchanger
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorAdam HOROSZCZAK
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Abstract
A fractal heat exchanger comprises: a heat exchanger core comprising a plurality of channels in a close-packed configuration, the plurality of channels comprising a plurality of first channels and a plurality of second channels; a first fractal channel for conveying a first fluid to the plurality of first channels of the heat exchanger core; and a second fractal channel for conveying the first fluid from the plurality of first channels of the heat exchanger core; wherein the first fractal channel and the second fractal channel each comprise at least one divergence point along its length where a parent channel splits into a plurality of sub-channels which diverge away from each other.
Claims12
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a heat exchanger core comprising a plurality of channels in a close-packed configuration, the plurality of channels comprising a plurality of first channels and a plurality of second channels;
- a first fractal channel for conveying a first fluid to the plurality of first channels of the heat exchanger core;
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- a second fractal channel for conveying the first fluid from the plurality of first channels of the heat exchanger core;
- wherein the first fractal channel and the second fractal channel each comprises at least one divergence point along its length where a parent channel splits into a plurality of sub-channels which diverge away from each other.
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