Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Heat exchanger including furcating unit cells
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Application No.: US16988314Application Date: 2020-08-07
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Publication No.: US11892245B2Publication Date: 2024-02-06
- Inventor: William Dwight Gerstler , Daniel Jason Erno , Michael Thomas Kenworthy , Jeffrey Douglas Rambo , Nicolas Kristopher Sabo
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
- Main IPC: F28D7/16
- IPC: F28D7/16 ; F28F1/02

Abstract:
A heat exchanger is provided that can include furcating unit cells coupled with each other. Each of the unit cells can be elongated along an axis and include a sidewall that defines annular ring openings on opposite ends of the unit cell along the axis. The sidewall also can define undulating annular rings between the annular ring openings and axially separated from each other along the axis. The sidewall can further define angled openings into the unit cell both above and below each of the undulating annular rings. At least a first opening of the annular ring openings and the angled openings can be configured to be an inlet to receive a first fluid into the unit cell and at least a second opening of the annular ring openings and the angled openings configured to be an outlet through which the first fluid exits the unit cell.
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