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Title: Self-defrosting recuperative air-to-air heat exchanger

Patent ·
OSTI ID:143941

A heat exchanger is described which includes a stationary spirally or concentrically wound heat exchanger core with rotating baffles on upper and lower ends thereof. The rotating baffles include rotating inlets and outlets which are in communication with respective fixed inlets and outlets via annuli. The rotation of the baffles causes a concurrent rotation of the temperature distribution within the stationary exchanger core, thereby preventing frost build-up in some applications and preventing the formation of hot spots in other applications. 3 figures.

Research Organization:
Mechanical Technology Inc
DOE Contract Number:
FC07-88ID12788
Assignee:
Mechanical Technology Inc., Latham, NY (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,273,106/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 7-918,217
OSTI ID:
143941
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 28 Dec 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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