A counterflow heat exchanger configured to exchange thermal energy between a first fluid flow at a first pressure and a second fluid flow at a second pressure less than the first pressure includes a first fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet fluidly coupled to the first fluid inlet via a core section, a second fluid inlet, and a second fluid outlet fluidly coupled to the second fluid inlet via the core section. A heating arrangement is configured to heat the second fluid inlet to prevent ice ingestion via the second fluid inlet.

A counterflow heat exchanger includes a first fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet fluidly coupled to the first fluid inlet via a core section, a second fluid inlet, and a second fluid outlet fluidly coupled to the second fluid inlet via the core section. The core section includes a plurality of first fluid passages configured to convey the first fluid flow from the first fluid inlet toward the first fluid outlet, and a plurality of second fluid passages configured to convey the second fluid flow from the second fluid inlet toward the second fluid outlet such that the first fluid flow exchanges thermal energy with the second fluid flow at the core section. One or more drains are operably connected to the plurality of first fluid passages configured to remove condensation from an interior of the first fluid passages prior to the condensation reaching the first fluid outlet.

A bulkhead heat exchanger includes a first bulkhead, a second bulkhead, and a plurality of flow path walls which divide a space formed between the first bulkhead and the second bulkhead into a plurality of first flow paths, wherein the first bulkhead and the second bulkhead separate the plurality of first flow paths from a plurality of second flow paths through which a second fluid different from a first fluid flowing through the plurality of first flow paths flows, the plurality of flow path walls have the plurality of wall surfaces, and the plurality of wall surfaces conform to sine curves different from each other, respectively.

A heat exchanger with non-circular tubes arranged in a louvered fashion. In one embodiment the tubes include a first plurality of hollow members extending in a first direction, a second plurality of hollow members extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and a third plurality of hollow members extending in a third direction different from the first direction and from the second direction, the hollow members of the first plurality of hollow members, the second plurality of hollow members, and the third plurality of hollow members intersecting at a plurality of hollow nodes.

A flexible manifold adapted for use on a plate-fin heat exchanger core, the flexible manifold including a plurality of individual layers configured to be metallurgically joined to respective ones of a plurality of layers of the plate-fin heat exchanger core, and further including a first end with at least one port adapted to receive or discharge a medium, a second end distal from the first end, adapted to transfer the medium to or from the plurality of individual layers, a plurality of horizontal guide vanes defining the plurality of individual layers, and a plurality vertical members positioned within each of the individual layers. The flexible manifold is configured to be mechanically and thermally compliant, and can be metallurgically joined to the heat exchanger core by brazing or welding.

A heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger core. The heat exchanger core includes a first fin and a second fin. The second fin is spaced apart from the first fin. The heat exchanger core also includes a primary passage defined between the first fin and the second fin and extending through the heat exchanger core. The heat exchanger core also includes a plurality of airfoils extending through the first fin, the primary passage, and the second fin. At least one airfoil of the plurality of airfoils includes a secondary passage. The secondary passage extends through the heat exchanger core within the at least one airfoil transverse to the primary passage.

A guide vane for a dual flow aircraft turbine engine includes an aerodynamic part. The aerodynamic part includes an inner duct for lubricant cooling extending in a main direction and being partly bounded by a pressure side wall and a suction side wall of the vane. The aerodynamic part is embodied as a single piece, and includes heat transfer fins arranged in the duct expanding substantially parallel to a direction of the duct. The fins are spaced from each other depending on the direction of the duct and a transversal direction of the vane, so that at least some of the fins are arranged substantially staggered.

The present invention provides an economizer 70 including a plurality of cylindrical heat transfer tubes 71a-71d extending along a crossing direction crossing a flowing direction of combustion gas and disposed at a predetermined disposition interval P along the flowing direction, the combustion gas and fluid flowing in the plurality of heat transfer tubes performing heat exchange, and a swirl preventing section 75 disposed in contact with a downstream side outer circumferential surface 71Aa-71Ad in the flowing direction of each of the plurality of heat transfer tubes 71a-71d and configured to prevent a swirl of the combustion gas from occurring near the downstream side outer circumferential surface 71Aa-71Ad.

A heat exchanger apparatus includes: spaced-apart peripheral walls extending between an inlet and an outlet, the peripheral walls collectively defining a flow channel which includes a diverging portion downstream of the inlet, in which a flow area is greater than a flow area at the inlet; a plurality of spaced-apart fins disposed in the flow channel, each of the fins having opposed side walls extending between an upstream leading edge and a downstream trailing edge, wherein the fins divide at least the diverging portion of the flow channel into a plurality of side-by-side flow passages; and a heat transfer structure disposed within at least one of the fins.

An exhaust gas cooler (10) comprises at least one exhaust gas channel (16) defined by at least one wall that, at the inlet (12), comprises at least one edge substantially perpendicular to the direction of flow, and is distinguished thereby that at least one edge is covered by a cap (22) defining an air gap toward the edge.

An exhaust gas recirculation system comprises at least one such exhaust gas cooler.