| MODINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY Patent applications |
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| 20120015258 | COMPACT AIR PREHEATER FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS - The present invention provides, among other things, a method of operating a solid oxide fuel cell system including a fuel cell stack. The method can include the acts of combining an exhaust flow from an anode side of the fuel cell stack and an exhaust flow from a cathode side of the fuel cell stack, transferring heat from the combined exhaust flow to a first air flow, and combining a second air flow and the heated first air flow upstream from the fuel cell stack to control a temperature of the combined air flow entering the cathode side of the solid oxide fuel cell. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20110209859 | Recuperative Heat Exchanger, Fuel Cell System Including Recuperative Heat Exchanger, and Method of Operating Same - A heat exchanger, such as a cathode recuperator for a high temperature fuel cell system, has a corrugated separator, a barrier and a plurality of flow channels. The corrugated separator has a surface positioned along a heat exchange fluid flow path, opposite ends of the separator having flattened corrugations. The barrier is positioned adjacent the surface. The plurality of flow channels are in the heat exchange fluid flow path and are at least partially defined by the surface and the barrier. The flattened corrugations are positioned adjacent crests in the corrugated separator and secured to the barrier. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110005738 | SOLDERED FLAT TUBE FOR CONDENSERS AND/OR EVAPORATORS - The present invention relates to a soldered flat tube for condensers and/or for evaporators in air-conditioning systems, in particular in motor vehicles, which can be produced by deformation of endless aluminum sheet-metal strips, has two narrow sides and two wide sides and also has inner passages with a hydraulic diameter which is greater than or equal to 0.254 mm, and the flat tube has a tube wall thickness of less than 0.25 mm, wherein both narrow sides are reinforced by having at least double the thickness of the remaining tube wall thickness. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110000656 | FLAT TUBE AND PRODUCTION METHOD - A flat tube for use with a heat exchanger. The flat tube including wide sides, narrow sides, an inner insert, a wall that at least partially forms the wide sides and the narrow sides, and the wall is configured to be produced from a punched-out blank. The flat tube further includes an introduction bevel in order to facilitate introduction of the inner insert. The introduction bevel includes at least two bent-down projections at an end of the flat tube. The at least two projections extend over portions of at least one of the wide sides and the narrow sides, and it being possible for the at least two projections to be separated off after the introduction of the inner insert. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100243200 | SUCTION LINE HEAT EXCHANGER MODULE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A heat exchanger module configured for use in a vapor compression based climate control system including a suction line heat exchanger having a plurality of stacked plates configured to accommodate two separate fluid flow paths for heat exchange therebetween. The heat exchanger also includes a first inlet for flow of a high pressure subcooled fluid from a condenser to the module along a first fluid flow path, a first outlet for flow of a low pressure superheated fluid from the module to a compressor along a second fluid flow path, a second outlet for flow of the subcooled fluid from the module to an evaporator along a third fluid flow path, and a second inlet for flow of the low pressure superheated fluid from the evaporator to the module along a fourth fluid flow path. The module also includes a port block with a first conduit for the third fluid flow path and a second conduit for the fourth fluid flow path. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20090056913 | Heat exchanger and method of manufacturing - The invention relates to a heat exchanger comprising at least one pipe ( | 03-05-2009 |
| 20080236792 | Heat exchanger and method - A heat exchanger and a method of manufacturing a heat exchanger for transferring heat energy between first and second working fluids. The heat exchanger can include a housing, a plurality of tubes extending through the housing, and a baffle integrally formed with the housing. The baffle can include one or more fingers that can extend between at least two of the plurality of tubes. The method can include forming a baffle integrally from a side of a housing and positioning the baffle such that it extends into the interior space defined by the housing. | 10-02-2008 |
