Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Plate-like air-cooled engine surface cooler with fluid channel and varying fin geometry
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Application No.: US13560779Application Date: 2012-07-27
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Publication No.: US09599410B2Publication Date: 2017-03-21
- Inventor: William Joseph Antel, Jr. , Carlos Enrique Diaz , Jorge Carretero Benignos
- Applicant: William Joseph Antel, Jr. , Carlos Enrique Diaz , Jorge Carretero Benignos
- Applicant Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Niskayuna
- Agent Robert M. McCarthy
- Main IPC: F28F13/00
- IPC: F28F13/00 ; F28F3/02 ; B23P15/26 ; F28D1/02 ; F02K3/115 ; F28F3/04 ; F28F21/08 ; F28D1/06 ; F28F1/16 ; F28F13/12

Abstract:
A surface cooler includes a plate-like layer and a plurality of spaced-apart fins extending substantially perpendicular from an uppermost layer of the plate-like layer. The plurality of fins defining a plurality of air flow paths. The plurality of spaced-apart fins are configured to augment heat transfer of the surface cooler by increasing the turbulence levels of a fluid flowing through the airflow paths by promoting increased mixing with a resulting increase in the heat transfer coefficient of the surface cooler. A method of forming the surface cooler and an engine including the surface cooler.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140027102A1 AIR-COOLED ENGINE SURFACE COOLER Public/Granted day:2014-01-30
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