Heat exchanger for cooling multiple fluids
AssigneeModine Manufacturing Company
InventorTobias SCHUMACHER
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Abstract
A heat exchanger having a stack of nested shells joined to a base plate includes two coolant manifolds and four fluid manifolds extending through the stack. The coolant manifolds extend the entire length of the stack in the stacking direction. Two of the fluid manifolds extend from one end of the stack to an intermediate location along the stacking direction, and the other two fluid manifolds extend from the other end of the stack to the intermediate location. Fluid transfer conduits extend through the stack, from a face of the base plate opposite the stack to the fluid manifolds at the end of the stack opposite the base plate, in order to transfer fluid to and from fluid flow passages extending between those fluid manifolds at that end of the stack.
Claims12
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a stack of nested shells extending in a stacking direction from a first end to a second end;
- a base plate arranged at the first end, the stack of nested shells being mounted to a first face of the base plate;
- a cap plate arranged at the second end and joined to the stack of nested shells;
- a first and a second coolant manifold extending through the stack of nested shells from the first end to the second end;
- a plurality of coolant flow passages formed between nested shells of the stack to fluidly connect the first and second coolant manifolds;
- a plurality of fluid flow passages formed between nested shells of the stack, the plurality of fluid flow passages being interleaved with the plurality of coolant flow passages;
- a first and a second fluid manifold extending through the stack of nested shells from the first end to an intermediate location between the first end and the second end along the stacking direction, the first and second fluid manifolds being fluidly connected by those ones of the fluid flow passages that are located between the first end and the intermediate location, the first and second fluid manifolds additionally extending through the base plate from the first face to a second face of the base plate opposite the first face;
- a third and a fourth fluid manifold extending through the stack of nested shells from the second end to the intermediate location, the third and fourth fluid manifolds being fluidly connected by those ones of the fluid flow passages that are located between the second end and the intermediate location;
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- a first and a second fluid transfer conduit extending from the second face to the third and fourth fluid manifolds respectively, each of the first and second fluid transfer conduits including a first section extending in the stacking direction through the stack of nested shells, and a second section formed into the cap plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.