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- Patent Title: Fluid routing methods for a spiral heat exchanger with lattice cross section made via additive manufacturing
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Application No.: US16049077Application Date: 2018-07-30
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Publication No.: US11193716B2Publication Date: 2021-12-07
- Inventor: Jeffrey D. Lopes
- Applicant: Fluid Handling LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Morton Grove
- Assignee: Fluid Handling LLC
- Current Assignee: Fluid Handling LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Morton Grove
- Agency: Ware, Fressola, Maguire & Barber LLP
- Main IPC: F28D7/00
- IPC: F28D7/00 ; F28F7/02 ; F28D7/04 ; F28D7/02 ; B33Y80/00

Abstract:
A spiral heat exchanger features: a cold fluid inlet manifold, a hot fluid inlet manifold and at least one spiral fluid pathway. The cold fluid inlet manifold receives cold fluid and provide cold inlet manifold fluid. The hot fluid inlet manifold receives hot fluid and provide hot inlet manifold fluid. The at least one spiral fluid pathway includes cold spiral pathways configured to receive the cold inlet manifold fluid and provide cold spiral fluid pathway fluid, and hot spiral pathways configured to receive the hot inlet manifold fluid and provide hot spiral fluid pathway fluid. The cold spiral pathways and the hot spiral pathways are configured in relation to one another to exchange heat between the cold spiral pathway fluid and the hot spiral pathway fluid so that the hot spiral fluid pathway fluid warms the cold spiral fluid pathway fluid, and vice versa.
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