An annular duct including a modular annular heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine is provided, where the modular annular heat exchanger includes a plurality of radial modules in circumferentially adjacent arrangement. Each radial module includes a cooled fluid inlet plenum segment, a plurality of blades, and a cooled fluid outlet plenum segment. The plurality of blades is configured in circumferentially adjacent arrangement and defines an angular space that is conformal between each circumferentially adjacent blade. The cooled fluid inlet plenum segment, the plurality of blades, and the cooled fluid outlet plenum segment are in serial axial flow arrangement and define an internal cooled fluid flowpath and an external cooling fluid flowpath parallel to the internal cooled fluid flowpath. Each radial module further includes an inner annular ring segment and an outer annular ring segment. The inner annular ring segment and the outer annular ring segment define a plurality of blade retainers. The blade retainers define an axial, radial, and circumferential position of the blades, the cooled fluid inlet plenum segment, and the cooled fluid outlet plenum segment.

A heat exchanger including a corrugated heat transfer sheet having a first surface and a second surface on opposite sides thereof, a first flow channel for a first fluid flow in a first flow direction parallel to a longitudinal direction, and a second flow channel for a second fluid flow in a second flow direction parallel to the longitudinal direction, the second flow direction being opposite to the first flow direction. The heat exchanger includes a channel dividing system which provides the first flow channel and the second flow channel on opposite sides of the corrugated heat transfer sheet such that the first fluid flow is adapted to be in contact with the first surface, and the second fluid flow is adapted to be in contact with the second surface.

A baffle support and a baffle for a block-type heat exchanger. The baffle support comprises a base plate extending in a first direction and a transverse second direction. The baffle support comprises a first pair and a second pair of projections extending from the front surface of the base plate to engage the baffle. The first pair of projections is located further in the first direction than the second pair of projections. The baffle comprises a mounting member at each transverse edge of a baffle plate. Each mounting member comprises at least one stop surface) facing a first longitudinal edge of the baffle plate. A baffle assembly comprising two baffle supports and a baffle.

A plate heat exchanger comprising a top head, a bottom head, four side panels and four corner girders. The side panels and the corner girders extend along a longitudinal direction from the bottom head to the top head, and each side panel is associated with two corner girders. The top head, the bottom head, the four side panels and the four corner girders are joined together to form a sealed enclosure for housing a plate pack of stacked heat-exchanging plates. A continuous gasket assembly is arranged in a contact region between at least one side panel and two corner girders, the top head and the bottom head. The gasket assembly is located in a groove. Moreover, the gasket assembly is a segmented gasket assembly composed of plural gasket segments, and each gasket segment is made of graphite material. Also disclosed is a method for assembling such a plate heat exchanger.

A modular system for heat exchange between fluids includes two end plates. At least one end plate is configured with inlets and outlets for fluids. The modular system includes a number of heat exchanger elements and a number of guiding elements. Each heat exchanger element includes a folded sheet material including a plurality of slits extending in a longitudinal direction of the folded sheet material, which longitudinal extending slits form the fluids flow paths. The folded sheet material is cast in one piece in an outer casing. A central opening of the outer casing covers an outer circumference of the folded sheet material, exposing a front side and a back side of the folded sheet material where two through holes, forming the inlets and outlets for each fluid, are provided on opposite sides of the central opening of the outer casing. Each guiding element includes two inlets and two outlets for fluids, and a bead or edge, provided on one side, forming an enclosure around the inlet and outlet for a first fluid, and a bead or edge on an opposite side, forming an enclosure around the inlet and outlet for a second fluid. Heat exchanger elements and guiding elements are arranged successively following each other. The heat exchanger elements are arranged that two adjacent heat exchanger elements on sides facing each other carry the same fluid.

A heat exchanger according to one embodiment includes: a heat exchange core; a shell provided to surround the heat exchange core; and a first partition wall that is provided in a space surrounded by an outer surface of the heat exchange core and an inner surface of the shell, and partitions the space into a first header space communicating with the heat exchange core and a second header space communicating with the heat exchange core. The first header space and the second header space are adjacent to each other, separated by the first partition wall.

There is disclosed a heat exchanger apparatus, comprising flat heat exchange plates positioned parallel to each other, and adjustable spacers provided near each vertical edge of the flat heat exchange plates to form a material flow channel. In an embodiment, each adjustable spacer is configured to be adjustable via one or more angular adjustment mechanisms to form a material flow channel with one of a consistent volume channel, a reducing volume channel, and an increasing volume channel. The adjustable spacers are configured to receive spacer extensions to adjust the width of the spacers. The spacer extensions form extend the face of the spacers with a flat or profiled material contact face.

A heat exchanger includes a main body provided with first flow paths through which a first fluid flows and second flow paths through which a second fluid flows. Each first flow path includes an integrated part, a buffer part, and a divided part arranged in this order from an inlet of the main body. The integrated part includes a first flow path space defined by a peripheral wall including a pair of mutually facing partition walls. The buffer part includes a deformed flow path space formed by deforming the first flow path space such that first displacement parts or each of multiple pairs of first displacement parts provided at intervals on the pair of partition walls approach each other. The divided part includes multiple divided flow path spaces formed by dividing the first flow path space by connecting the first displacement parts of each pair to each other.

A temperature plate includes a plate body and a supporting structure. The plate body has a first plate and a second plat, and a vacuum chamber is defined by the first plate and the second plate. The first plate has a first surface away from the vacuum chamber. The plate body is bent to form a bent portion with the first surface to be a compressive side, and the supporting structure is disposed corresponding to the bent portion. This configuration can prevent the deformation as bending the temperature plate and enhance the heat dissipation performance. In addition, a heat dissipation device adapting the temperature plate is also disclosed, and the heat dissipation device further includes a cooling fin assembly disposed on the first surface of the plate body.

A heat spreader with a liquid-vapor separation structure includes a first panel, a second panel bonded with the first panel and defining therebetween an enclosed accommodation chamber, multiple spacer members arranged spaced apart from one another in the accommodation chamber and abutted between the first panel and the second panel and defining multiple vapor passages and liquid passages therebetween and dividing the accommodation chamber into a heat-absorbing zone and a condensing zone that are disposed in communication with each other through the vapor passages and the liquid passages, a first wick material partially disposed in the liquid passages and partially disposed in the heat-absorbing zone and the condensing zone, and a working fluid filled in the accommodation chamber.