Normal-flow heat exchanger

摘要

A heat exchanger ( 120 ) comprising a core ( 130 ) containing inlet manifolds ( 140 ), outlet manifold ( 126 ) and interconnecting channels ( 144 ) and having a heat-transfer surface ( 128 ). Each interconnecting channel fluidly communicates at one end with a corresponding inlet manifold and at the other end with the two outlet manifolds located immediately adjacent that inlet manifold. The inlet manifolds are located distal from the heat-transfer surface. The interconnecting channels are configured such that substantially all of the heat collected by a working fluid is collected as the working fluid flows from the inlet manifolds toward the heat-transfer surface in a direction substantially perpendicular to the heat-transfer surface.