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1. A heat exchanger comprising:
a first enclosure defining a volume; a separator dividing the volume of the first enclosure into a mixing area and a heat exchange area, the separator defining a plurality of orifices, wherein the mixing area of the first enclosure is configured to receive a hot fume and droplets of a liquid for mixing with each other to form a fume-droplet vapor mixture, the fume-droplet vapor mixture configured to pass through the orifices of the separator into the heat exchange area; and a plurality of magazines disposed within the heat exchange area of the first enclosure including a lower-most magazine, an upper-most magazine, and at least one intermediate magazine disposed therebetween, each magazine defining a cavity, the cavities disposed in communication with one another, the lower-most magazine configured to receive a receiver medium that is pumped through the cavity of each successive magazine from the lower-most magazine to the upper-most magazine, wherein the fume-droplet vapor mixture is configured to circulate about the magazines to incrementally heat the receiver medium as the receiver medium is pumped through the cavity of each successive magazine. |
