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Title: Heat exchanger containing a component capable of discontinuous movement

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1176698

Regenerative heat exchangers are described for transferring heat between hot and cold fluids. The heat exchangers have seal-leakage rates significantly less than those of conventional regenerative heat exchangers because the matrix is discontinuously moved and is releasably sealed while in a stationary position. Both rotary and modular heat exchangers are described. Also described are methods for transferring heat between a hot and cold fluid using the discontinuous movement of matrices.

Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC21-89MC26051
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Patent Number(s):
RE37134
Application Number:
08/409,137; 5,259,444
OSTI ID:
1176698
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 1995 Mar 23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

The Role of the Ceramic Heat Exchanger in Energy and Resource Conservation journal April 1980