Blowerless heat exchanger based on micro-jet entrainment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8376031
APP PUB NO 20090288807A1
SERIAL NO

12181480

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A blowerless heat exchanger apparatus based on micro-jet entrainment is disclosed. The heat exchanger apparatus incorporates a number of fins regularly spaced apart from each other and parallel to each other, thus letting air currents flow in the space defined between them. A dense array of micro-jet nozzles can be fabricated on the fins surface pointing to the flow direction of the air movement in order to induce increase airflow. The air from an air compressor delivers sufficient airflow on the fins surface utilizing micro-jets entrainment. The micro-jet entrainment confirms strong turbulent around the micro-jets and suggests significant heat transfer enhancement. The turbulence from the micro-jets enhance the heat transfer coefficient, potentially by an order of magnitude, therefore allowing much larger fin spacing and leads to huge reduction of flow resistance and overall power consumption.

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HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC855 S MINT STREET CHARLOTTE NC 28202

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Eickhoff, Steven J Brooklyn Park, US 105 631
Gu, Alex Plymouth, US 22 151
Yang, Wei Minnetonka, US 1193 4487
Zhang, Chunbo Plymouth, US 38 695

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