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Title: Header for high-pressure heat exchanger

Abstract

A header for a high-pressure heat exchanger includes a first high-pressure transition section with inlets for multiple first high-pressure flow channels that are spaced from one another in a radial direction and collectively arranged in a substantially circular shape. The inlets for the multiple first high-pressure flow channels on a radially outer edge of the first high-pressure transition section are spaced further apart in a circumferential direction from adjacent inlets of the multiple first high-pressure flow channels than radially inward inlets are spaced from adjacent radially inward inlets of the multiple first high-pressure flow channels. The header also includes multiple first high-pressure flow channels extending from the first high-pressure transition section to a second-high pressure transition section that is configured to divide each of the multiple first high-pressure flow channels into at least two first high-pressure sub-flow channels. Each flow channel of the multiple first high-pressure flow channels and each sub-flow channel of the first high-pressure sub-flow channels have a round cross-sectional shape.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Charlotte, NC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1986810
Patent Number(s):
11493286
Application Number:
17/499,352
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (Charlotte, NC)
DOE Contract Number:  
AR0001121
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 10/12/2021
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Kirsch, Kathryn L., Dold, Robert H., Attridge, Paul, Cadar, Alexandru, Turney, Joseph, and Ranjan, Ram. Header for high-pressure heat exchanger. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Kirsch, Kathryn L., Dold, Robert H., Attridge, Paul, Cadar, Alexandru, Turney, Joseph, & Ranjan, Ram. Header for high-pressure heat exchanger. United States.
Kirsch, Kathryn L., Dold, Robert H., Attridge, Paul, Cadar, Alexandru, Turney, Joseph, and Ranjan, Ram. Tue . "Header for high-pressure heat exchanger". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1986810.
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