Inverted heat exchanger device

Patent · 31 January 2022

OSTI ID:1892580

de Bock, Hendrik Pieter Jacobus; Gerstler, William Dwight; Erno, Daniel J.; Glessner, John C.; Garrigan, Neil R.; Rambo, Jeffrey

An inverted heat exchanger device includes an exterior conduit elongated and extending around a center axis between a first end and second end. The exterior conduit including a body having an exterior surface, an interior surface, a center core elongated along the center axis, and plural walls extending between the center core and the interior surface. A first conduit is disposed inside the exterior conduit that includes an inlet, plural core passages, an outlet, and internal manifolds. A first fluid is configured to flow along the first conduit. A second conduit is also disposed inside the exterior conduit. The second conduit includes an inlet, plural core passages, an outlet, and internal manifolds. A second fluid is configured to flow along the second conduit. The plural walls are configured to define the first conduit and the second conduit within the body of the exterior conduit.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AR0001120
• Assignee: General Electric Company (Schenectady, NY); U.S. Department of Energy (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): 11,236,953
• Application Number: 16/692,728
• OSTI ID: 1892580
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English