Heat exchanger containing a component capable of discontinuous movement

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:869000

Wilson, David G ^[1]

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1. Winchester, MA

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)
• DOE Contract Number: AC21-89MC26051
• Assignee: Masachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5259444
• OSTI ID: 869000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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