Global Patent Index - EP 3507558 A4

EP 3507558 A4 20200422 - STRUCTURAL HEAT EXCHANGER

Title (en)

STRUCTURAL HEAT EXCHANGER

Title (de)

STRUKTURELLER WÄRMETAUSCHER

Title (fr)

ÉCHANGEUR DE CHALEUR STRUCTUREL

Publication

EP 3507558 A4 20200422 (EN)

Application

EP 17847645 A 20170901

Priority

  • US 201662382722 P 20160901
  • US 2017049927 W 20170901

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2018058770A1] In some embodiments, a structural heat exchanger is presented that utilizes liquid fuel as a coolant as it travels through the perimeter of a region (e.g., a chamber) of an engine. The shapes of the coolant channels of the heat exchanger may be configured to change pitch angles as it travels to the top of the region, to account for areas of the region that may demand higher cooling properties. In some embodiments, the fuel diverter that allows initial passage of the fuel through the coolant channels may be configured to drive passage of the fluid up through the coolant channels with uniform pressure, even as the volume of fluid decreases the farther the fluid travels from the initial entry point. In some embodiments, this may be implemented as a fuel diverter shaped in an annulus with a gradually decreasing radial cross-section.

IPC 8 full level

F28D 1/00 (2006.01); F02K 9/64 (2006.01); F28D 7/00 (2006.01); F28D 7/10 (2006.01); F28D 7/16 (2006.01); F28F 1/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP KR US)

F02C 7/12 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F02K 9/64 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F28D 1/06 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F28D 7/0025 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F28D 7/0041 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F28D 7/005 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F28F 1/02 (2013.01 - EP US); F28F 1/022 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F28F 1/025 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F28F 1/04 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F05D 2230/30 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F28D 2021/0021 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F28D 2021/004 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F28D 2021/0087 (2013.01 - EP KR US); F28F 2009/0285 (2013.01 - EP KR US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2018058770 A1 20180301; AU 2017321896 A1 20190418; CA 3035764 A1 20180308; EP 3507558 A1 20190710; EP 3507558 A4 20200422; JP 2019535987 A 20191212; KR 20190044090 A 20190429; SG 11201901764R A 20190328; WO 2018045327 A1 20180308

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 201715694540 A 20170901; AU 2017321896 A 20170901; CA 3035764 A 20170901; EP 17847645 A 20170901; JP 2019512733 A 20170901; KR 20197008713 A 20170901; SG 11201901764R A 20170901; US 2017049927 W 20170901