Abstract: The present invention describes a versatile, robust and environmentally controlled platform with a linear temperature gradient for massively parallel chemical or biochemical processing. This apparatus is capable of probing the phase transition behavior of macromolecules in solution, both thermodynamically and kinetically. This includes—but is not limited to—liquid/liquid phase transition behavior of antibody solutions and in situ gelation of thermo-responsive polymers. The device can be operated in a multiplex fashion using a controlled temperature gradient architecture and visualized by dark field microscopy or by other optical intensity measurements.

Abstract: A cycling heat dissipation module suited for dissipating heat generated from a heat source is provided. The cycling heat dissipation module includes an evaporator, a condenser, and a micro/nano-structure. The evaporator is thermal contacted with the heat source to absorb heat generated therefrom. The condenser is connected to the evaporator to form a loop, and a working fluid is filled in the loop. The working fluid in liquid state is transformed to vapor state by absorbing heat in the evaporator, and the working fluid in vapor state is transformed to liquid state by dissipating heat in the condenser. The micro/nano-structure is disposed in the condenser to destroy a boundary layer of the working fluid while passing through the condenser.

Abstract: An apparatus for growing semiconductor wafers, in particular of silicon carbide, wherein a chamber houses a collection container and a support or susceptor arranged over the container. The support is formed by a frame surrounding an opening accommodating a plurality of arms and a seat. The frame has a first a second surface, opposite to each other, with the first surface of the frame facing the support. The arms are formed by cantilever bars extending from the frame into the opening, having a maximum height smaller than the frame, and having at the top a resting edge. The resting edges of the arms define a resting surface that is at a lower level than the second surface of the frame. The seat has a bottom formed by the resting surface.

Abstract: A memory apparatus and method of operation are provided. The apparatus includes memory cells connected to word lines and disposed in strings. A control means is coupled to the word lines and the strings and is configured to ramp a voltage applied to a selected one of the word lines from a verify voltage to a reduced voltage during a program-verify portion of a program operation. The control means successively ramps voltages applied to each of a plurality of neighboring ones of the word lines from a read pass voltage to the reduced voltage beginning with ones of the plurality of neighboring ones of the word lines immediately adjacent the selected one of the word lines and progressing to ones of the plurality of neighboring others of the word lines disposed increasingly remotely from the selected one of the word lines during the program-verify portion of the program operation.

Abstract: A heat exchanger core according to an embodiment includes: a first header space; a plurality of first layered header passages; a plurality of first communication port rows; and a plurality of first passages. The plurality of first layered header passages are stacked in a perpendicular direction to a reference plane so as to each extend along the reference plane. Each first layered header passage has an open end at a first edge adjacent to the first header space and communicates with the first header space through the open end. The plurality of first communication port rows are arranged in the perpendicular direction so as to correspond to the plurality of first layered header passages, respectively. Each first communication port row is formed by a plurality of first communication ports arranged along the reference plane. The plurality of first passages communicate with any of the first layered header passages through the plurality of first communication ports.

Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling a datacenter are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, an alternate cooling loop with its own fluid source and a liquid-to-liquid heat exchanger is used to provide cooling for the at least one computing component alternatively from a secondary cooling loop that is associated with a primary cooling loop and a chilling facility.

Abstract: Systems and methods for cooling a datacenter are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, an alternate cooling loop with its own fluid source and a liquid-to-air heat exchanger is used to provide cooling for the at least one computing component alternatively from a secondary cooling loop that is associated with a primary cooling loop and a chilling facility.

Abstract: A heat exchanger can be configured to utilize multiple sections of hardway fins that can be configured so that an upper first section of the fins can build up liquid head and a second lower section of the fins can be configured to distribute liquid in an even, or uniform, manner. The first section of fins can utilize a different type of hole arrangement than the second section of fins. For instance, the diameter or width of the holes in the first section may differ from the diameter or width of the holes of the second section. In addition (or as an alternative), fin frequency and/or spacing between immediately adjacent holes in the first section of fins may be different from the spacing between immediately adjacent holes in the second section of fins.

Abstract: A method of initiating a low-energy cooling mode using a controller of an HVAC system includes measuring a temperature of ambient air proximal to a condenser coil and determining whether the temperature of the ambient air proximal the condenser coil is less than a temperature threshold. If the temperature of the ambient air is less than the temperature threshold, the HVAC system is configured to operate in a low-energy cooling mode. In the low-energy cooling mode, the controller opens a first bypass valve to allow a refrigerant to bypass a compressor and the compressor is powered off. The HVAC system is operated until a cooling demand has been met.

Abstract: A thermal management plate includes two cooling devices. A first cooling device includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a distribution manifold, and a number of fluid channels extending from the distribution manifold. The second cooling device also includes a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, a distribution manifold, and a number of fluid channels extending from the distribution manifold. The channels of the first cooling device and the channels of the second cooling device are in thermal communication with one another, and the two channels are designed jointly.

Abstract: A port connection includes a first element, a second element, and a seal. The first element has a first sleeve and a first flange. The first sleeve is configured to slide into a port disposed through a pressure plate of the plate heat exchanger and the first flange having a first bearing surface to bear upon a first face of the pressure plate. The second element has a second sleeve and a second flange. The second sleeve is configured to slide into the port and the second flange having a second bearing surface to bear upon a second face of the pressure plate. The seal is generated in response to the first sleeve telescoping into the second sleeve.

Abstract: A heat pipe operating noiselessly by preventing, or reducing the effects of, the mixing of working fluid at different temperatures includes a hollow tube, a capillary structure, a working fluid, and a bushing. The porous capillary structure able to carry the fluid is disposed on an inner wall of the tube. The bushing is hollow, and the bushing is disposed on a surface of the capillary structure away from the tube. The heat pipe is divided into evaporation, adiabatic, and condensation sections, the capillary structure being at all sections. The working fluid is disposed in the capillary structure of the evaporation section, the bushing is disposed on a side of the capillary structure of the adiabatic section.

Abstract: A cooling device includes a cooler disposed inside a shell main body formed in a cylindrical shape, and having a first surface facing an inlet nozzle and an outlet nozzle, and a partition member fixed to the first surface, and partitioning a portion between the cooler and an inner peripheral surface of the shell main body into a first space communicating with the inlet nozzle and a second space communicating with the outlet nozzle. The partition member includes a main partition plate disposed between the inlet nozzle and the outlet nozzle in an axial direction, a first guide portion extending from an end portion of the main partition plate toward a first end surface of the shell main body, and a second guide portion extending from an end portion of the main partition plate toward a second end surface of the shell main body.

Abstract: A method of initiating a low-energy cooling mode using a controller of an HVAC system includes measuring a temperature of ambient air proximal to a condenser coil and determining whether the temperature of the ambient air proximal the condenser coil is less than a temperature threshold. If the temperature of the ambient air is less than the temperature threshold, the HVAC system is configured to operate in a low-energy cooling mode. In the low-energy cooling mode, the controller opens a first bypass valve to allow a refrigerant to bypass a compressor and the compressor is powered off. The HVAC system is operated until a cooling demand has been met.

Abstract: A spiral heat exchanger includes a spiral unit, a case member, and a bracket. The spiral unit includes thin metal plates. The thin metal plates are spaced away from each other and spirally wound. The thin metal plates define flow paths. A portion or all of the flow paths are provided with a coolant flowing therein. The case member is attached to a vehicle and contains the spiral unit. The bracket is fixed to the case member and holds the spiral unit. The bracket includes a holding portion and a fixed portion. The holding portion holds a first end, a second end, or both of the spiral unit in an axial direction. The fixed portion is disposed between an outer peripheral surface of the spiral unit and an inner peripheral surface of the case member. The fixed portion is fixed to the inner peripheral surface of the case member.

Abstract: Air-cooled condensers and air-cooled condenser streets for condensing exhaust steam from a turbine are disclosed. An example air-cooled condenser street includes one or more rows of V-shaped heat exchangers. Each row includes a main steam manifold to introduce exhaust steam into tube bundles that are placed in an inclined position such that condensate formed in the bundles flows back by gravitation to the main steam manifold. Top steam manifolds are connected to the upper end of respectively each of the tube bundles of the air-cooled condenser street. The series of parallel top steam manifolds are forming a support assembly for supporting one or more fan decks. The fan decks support a plurality of fans to induce an air draft in the V-shaped heat exchangers.

Abstract: A regenerative heat exchanger includes a refrigerant pipe, a regenerator, and an air passage fin. The air passage fin is disposed in an air passage defined outside of the refrigerant pipe and the regenerator, and is thermally connected with the regenerator directly or through the refrigerant pipe. At least one of the regenerator and the air passage fin is configured such that a thermal resistance between a part of a regenerative material located on an upstream side and air flowing through the air passage becomes larger than a thermal resistance between a part of the regenerative material located on a downstream side and air flowing through the air passage.

Abstract: A cycling heat dissipation module suited for dissipating heat generated from a heat source is provided. The cycling heat dissipation module includes an evaporator, a condenser, and a micro/nano-structure. The evaporator is thermal contacted with the heat source to absorb heat generated therefrom. The condenser is connected to the evaporator to form a loop, and a working fluid is filled in the loop. The working fluid in liquid state is transformed to vapor state by absorbing heat in the evaporator, and the working fluid in vapor state is transformed to liquid state by dissipating heat in the condenser. The micro/nano-structure is disposed in the condenser to destroy a boundary layer of the working fluid while passing through the condenser.

Abstract: A liquid cooled heat dissipation device including a housing, at least two cooling fin modules, an input pipe, and an output pipe is provided. The housing has an accommodation space. The at least two cooling fin modules are disposed in the accommodation space. The input pipe is disposed on the top plate, the front plate, the rear plate, or one of the side plates of the housing and communicates with the accommodation space. The output pipe is disposed on the top plate, the front plate, the rear plate, or the other one of the side plates of the housing and communicates with the accommodation space. The at least two cooling fin modules have different arrangement densities and different fin thicknesses.

Abstract: A heat exchanger tube insert for use in a heat exchanger tube located within a fuel fired apparatus or non-fired storage tank heat exchanger. The heat exchanger tube insert includes a central rode, a cap, and at least two protruding helical guides that are configured to direct a flow of heated working fluid around the inner circumference of the heat exchanger tube.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a heat-exchanger core which includes flat fins each having a plurality of cuts arranged on one side of each flat fin and allowing heat transfer tubes to be inserted into the cuts, and which has a recess on the other side of the flat fins; and a heat-exchanger core having protrusions which fits in the recesses. The heat-exchanger core also includes flat fins each of which has a plurality of cuts allowing heat transfer tubes to be inserted into the cuts, and also each of which has protrusions on a side of the fin; and a heat-exchanger core having recesses which allow the protrusions to fit in the recesses.

Abstract: A charge air cooler, e.g., as used with a supercharger having meshing rotors in sealing contact with a housing, the housing having an inlet port to admit air into the meshing rotors and the housing having an outlet port to expel air from the meshing rotors, the charge air cooler having an inlet-side core for transmitting the flow of pressurized air, and an outlet-side core receiving the flow of pressurized air transmitted from the inlet-side core and further transmitting the flow of pressurized air, each core having coolant conduits and fins joined to the coolant conduits for contact with the flow of pressurized air, the fins being arranged with a predetermined density, wherein the inlet-side core fin density is lower than the outlet-side core fin density, whereby the inlet-side core presents less resistance to the flow of pressurized air than the outlet-side core and the outlet-side core presents greater surface area for heat conductance from the flow of pressurized air than the inlet-side core.

Abstract: A divergent flap includes a hinge joint to connect the divergent flap to a convergent flap, a plow structure, a first wall, a second wall, and two side walls. The plow structure is at a plow end of the flap opposite the hinge joint. The first wall and the second wall each extend from the hinge joint to the plow end. The second wall is spaced apart from the first wall by the two side walls to form at least one cooling channel extending between the hinge joint and the plow end. The divergent flap is integrally formed in layer-by-layer fashion as a single piece.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying an asphalt binder composition to a roadway during construction or repair of an asphalt pavement which apparatus include: a mobile vehicle having a chassis extending in a longitudinal direction which longitudinal direction is aligned with a forward/rearward direction of travel of said mobile vehicle; at least one storage tank supported on the chassis containing an asphalt binder composition; and at least one spray nozzle configured to dispense the asphalt binder composition from the at least one storage tank in a longitudinal strip or band having a width that is no greater that a width of the asphalt binder composition dispensed by one of the at least one spray nozzle. The at least one spray nozzle can include a plurality of spray nozzles that are coupled to a common spray bar. According to one embodiment the asphalt binder composition is a void reducing asphalt membrane composition that is provided between adjacent asphalt pavement passes.

Abstract: A one-piece part based on magnetocaloric material comprising an alloy comprising iron and silicon and a lanthanide, comprises a base in a first plane defined by a first and second direction and N unitary blades secured to the base; the blades having a first and second dimension in the first and second direction, respectively, and a third dimension in a third direction at right angles to the first and second dimensions; an ith blade being separated from an (i+1)th blade by an ith distance; the ratio between the second dimension and first dimension being at least 10; the ratio between the third dimension and first dimension being at least 6; the first dimension being the same order of magnitude as the distance separating an ith blade from an (i+1)th blade. The magnetocaloric material can be rare-earth alloy or a composite material based on polymer binder and rare-earth alloy.

Abstract: A combustor thermal shield is provided. The combustor thermal shield may have a combustor panel that may protect a surface of a combustor from heat and/or flame. The combustor thermal shield may be mounted to the combustor by an attachment stud formed as a unitary body with the combustor panel. The combustor panel and the attachment stud may be made of different materials. A transition region may be disposed between the attachment stud and the combustor thermal shield and formed as a unitary body with the combustor panel and the attachment stud. The transition region may be made of a mixture of the different materials. The mixture may vary according to a gradient as a function of proximity to the combustor panel and the attachment stud.

Abstract: A heat sink assembly comprising a heat sink including a plurality of parallel fins, said fins defining a plurality of channels; said heat sink divided into two stages; said first stage positioned in the upstream portion of said heat sink and arranged such that fluid entering the heat sink is under closed channel flow conditions within said plurality of channels and; the second stage positioned in the downstream portion, said second stage including a void above said channels so as to have open channel flow in said channels for fluid exiting said heat sink.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus improved in heat dissipation efficiency. An image pickup section includes an image pickup device. A circuit board includes an image processor for processing on output from the image pickup device. A duct section has a fan for discharging heat generated on the circuit board to the outside. A rear cover forming a part of an exterior is disposed at the rear of the apparatus in an optical axis direction. The circuit board is disposed between the duct section and the rear cover in the optical axis direction. The duct section includes a plurality of extended portions which are extended in the optical axis direction to surround the circuit board and are in contact with the rear cover.

Abstract: Systems and methods for creating a localized environment for a cell culture plate are described herein. An example system can include a dock shaped to receive the cell culture plate, and a gas distribution device positioned on the dock. The gas distribution device can include a frame including a plurality of sides connected to form an opening, an internal channel within the frame for directing a gas mixture within the gas distribution device, an inlet port in fluid communication with the internal channel for receiving the gas mixture, and a plurality of apertures in fluid communication with the internal channel. The plurality of apertures can be spaced apart from one another along the frame and configured to direct the gas mixture toward the opening.

Abstract: A motor may include first housing installed with a stator and a rotor, and a second housing configured to form a refrigerant passage by being distanced from the first housing. When the second housing is coupled to the first housing, a first pipe is configured to introduce refrigerant into the refrigerant passage by communicating with the refrigerant passage, and a second pipe is configured to discharge the introduced refrigerant. A plurality of passage lugs are configured to be positioned at the refrigerant passage to flow the refrigerant in a zigzag manner.

Abstract: A heat exchanger to exchange heat from a first fluid to a second fluid includes a center manifold to receive the first fluid, a first inner loop having an inner loop inlet and an inner loop outlet, and a first outer loop disposed around the first inner loop, the first outer loop having an outer loop inlet and an outer loop outlet, wherein the inner loop inlet and the outer loop inlet are adjacent, and the inner loop outlet and the outer loop outlet are adjacent.

Abstract: A heat exchanger for a vehicle includes a heat exchange unit in which a plurality of plates are layered to alternately form a first flow channel and a second flow channel therein and heat exchange unit having one surface fixedly mounted in an expansion valve. First and second inflow holes are formed separately at both surfaces of the heat exchange unit and connected to the first flow channel and the second flow channel, respectively. First and second exhaust holes are formed separately in a diagonal direction of the first and second inflow holes at both surfaces of the heat exchange unit and connected to the first flow channel and the second flow channel, respectively. A noise reducer is integrally connected to the heat exchange unit at another surface of the heat exchange unit and reduces noise and vibration occurring when an operation fluid that is injected through the second inflow hole moves.

Abstract: A heat dissipation estimating method is disclosed. The heat dissipation estimating method includes following steps: providing an input heat to a fin of a heat sink unit; obtaining an average temperature of the fin according to the input heat; obtaining an output heat according to the average temperature; determining whether the input heat is the same as the output heat or not; while the input heat is different from the output heat, updating the input heat according to the output heat and repeating the above steps until the input heat is the same as the output heat; and while the input heat is the same as the output heat, obtaining a total heat dissipation value of the heat sink unit according to the input heat and a ratio value.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of determining characteristics of orifices (O1, . . . , O9) to be made through a plate (2) positioned in a circuit (10) across the fluid passage. Said method comprises defining fluid data, the number of orifices, and for each orifice a control segment or area. The fluid flow rate through each orifice of the perforated plate is calculated, and for each orifice, the flow rate density is calculated by dividing said fluid flow rate by the associated control segment length or control area. The optimized or non-optimized nature of the orifice characteristic is determined by comparing said flow rate density with the mean flow rate density. If the difference in absolute value lies within a predetermined range of values, then the orifice characteristics are considered as being optimized. Otherwise at least one characteristic of at least some of the orifices is modified.

Abstract: An exhaust gas cooler may include a plurality of stacked disc pairs. A first flow chamber for a coolant flow may be disposed between two discs of at least a first disc pair of the plurality of disc pairs. A second flow chamber for an exhaust gas flow may be disposed between two second disc pairs of the plurality of disc pairs arranged mutually adjacent with respect to one another. The plurality of stacked disc pairs may include at least one coolant inlet and at least one coolant outlet. The first disc pair may include a plurality of coolant inlets and a plurality of coolant outlets surrounding an edge of the first disc pair to facilitate peripheral edge cooling.

Abstract: In an electrical machine for the hybrid drive of a vehicle, an annular cooling jacket extends between a housing and a casing. The cooling jacket is connected to a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet so that coolant is axially introduced into the cooling jacket. The coolant inlet and the coolant outlet are situated next to each other in the circumferential direction of the housing and are hydraulically connected to a deflection section by way of coolant ducts. Coolant introduced into the cooling jacket flows in two partial flows in opposite directions, to the deflection section through coolant ducts forming an intake. The coolant is deflected back to the coolant outlet through a coolant duct forming a return. The coolant flows through the coolant duct of the return and the axially adjacent coolant duct of the intake in opposite directions.

Abstract: A heat exchanger door and heat exchanger core optimization method are provided. The door resides at an air inlet or outlet side of an electronics rack, and includes an air-to-coolant heat exchanger with a heat exchanger core. The core includes a first coolant channel coupled to a coolant inlet manifold downstream from a second coolant channel, and the first channel has a shorter channel length than the second channel. Further, coolant channels of the core are coupled to provide counter-flow cooling of an airflow passing across the core. The core optimization method determines at least one combination of parameters that optimize for a particular application at least two performance metrics of the heat exchanger. This method includes obtaining performance metrics for boundary condition(s) of possible heat exchanger configurations with different variable parameters to determine a combination of parameters that optimize the performance metrics for the heat exchanger.

Abstract: An evaporative condenser radiating module for steam exhaust of a steam turbine comprises tube bundles and steam-water separating chambers. A steam-water separating chamber (4) between a section A and a section B, a section A downflow cooling section tube bundle (3), a section B downflow cooling section tube bundle (5), and a counter flow cooling section tube bundle (8) are disposes at the left side of a central steam-water separating chamber (7). An upper sealed space (10) of the steam-water separating chamber (4) between the section A and the section B is in communication with the central steam-water separating chamber (7) through the counter flow cooling section tube bundle (8). A lower sealed space of the steam-water separating chamber (4) between the section A and the section B is in communication with the central steam-water separating chamber (7) through the section B downflow cooling section tube bundle (5).

Abstract: A light source apparatus comprises a beam flux conversion optical system for making all the light emitting areas conjugate to one geometrical-optical output image, all the solid light emitting elements being in series connected to each other and fixed to a heat sink to be insulated to one another, circuits on the input and output sides of an electric supply circuit being not insulated, the electric supply circuit including an interface circuit for receiving a modulation amount specifying signal from a host circuit, wherein a ratio of ON time to a switching cycle of the switch element is controlled in a feedback manner so that a difference between current values indicated by the output current signal and a target current signal may become small, and the interface circuit generating analog quantity correlated to the amount of modulation specified by a modulation amount specifying signal through a data insulation transmission unit.

Abstract: Heat exchange devices, including aseptic cooler devices, and systems including same are provided. Methods of using heat exchange device are also provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides heat exchangers having an open chamber configuration and including a first section containing a cooling or heating media and a second section containing a food product. The first section includes a level detecting device that is configured to maintain a level of cooling or heating media in the first section, while preventing the cooling or heating media from pressurizing the first section. The open chamber configuration provides an air break at a top portion of the first section that ensures that the cooling or heating media entering the first section is at, or close to, atmospheric pressure.

Abstract: A manifold assembly includes a first channel, a second channel and a manifold. The first channel has a first flow profile and a manifold end with a first cross-sectional geometry. The second channel has a second flow profile and a manifold end with a second cross-sectional geometry, which may be different than the first cross-sectional geometry. A first channel port of the manifold is configured to mate with the manifold end of the first channel. A second channel port of the manifold is configured to mate with the manifold end of the second channel.

Abstract: A heat exchanger is adapted to be used in a vapor compression system, and includes a shell, a distributing part and a tube bundle. The tube bundle includes a plurality of heat transfer tubes arranged in a plurality of columns extending parallel to each other when viewed along the longitudinal center axis of the shell. The heat transfer tubes has at least one of: an arrangement in which a vertical pitch between adjacent ones of the heat transfer tubes in at least one of the columns is larger in an upper region of the tube bundle than in a lower region of the tube bundle; and an arrangement in which a horizontal pitch between adjacent ones of the columns is larger in an outer region of the tube bundle than in an inner region of the tube bundle.

Abstract: Present invention relates to a channel system for improving the relation between pressure drop and heat, moisture and/or mass transfer of fluids flowing through said system, said channel system comprising at least one channel comprising at least a first and a second flow director, said channel having a cross-section area A and a first and a second cross-section area A1, A2 at respective flow director, said flow directors extending in a fluid flow direction and transversely to said channel, and comprising an upstream portion, deviating, in said fluid flow direction, from a channel wall of said channel inwardly into said channel, a downstream portion returning, in said fluid flow direction, towards said channel wall, and an intermediate portion located between said upstream and downstream portions, wherein said first cross-section area A1 at said first flow director is smaller than said second cross-section area A2 at said second flow director.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for internally heated concentrated solar power (CSP) thermal absorbers. The system and method involve an energy-generating device having at least one heating unit. At least one heating unit preheats the energy-generating device in order to expedite the startup time of the energy-generating device, thereby allowing for an increase in efficiency for the production of energy. In some embodiments, the energy-generating device is a CSP thermal absorber. The CSP thermal absorber comprises a housing, a thermal barrier, a light-transparent reservoir containing a liquid alkali metal, at least one alkali metal thermal-to-electric converter (AMTEC) cell, an artery return channel, and at least one heating unit. Each heating unit comprises a heating device and a metal fin. The metal fin is submerged into the liquid alkali metal, thereby allowing the heating device to heat the liquid alkali metal via the fin.

Abstract: An ice cream product making machine includes a main body, housing a refrigerating unit, and a secondary body, removably associated with the main body, including a mixing and cooling unit having a vertical axis interacting with the refrigerating unit, a lid allowing access to an interior and inside, a stirrer. The secondary body includes a hollow space surrounding the mixing and cooling unit and integral with it, containing a coolant to cool the mixing and cooling unit when the secondary body is associated with the main body, during machine operation, and to keep the mixing and cooling unit cool when the secondary body is separated from the main body.

Abstract: A heat exchanger having a plurality of heat-transfer tubes arrayed at intervals in vertical and anteroposterior directions and arranged so that an equilateral triangle is formed by lines connecting the centers of heat-transfer tubes located vertically and anteroposteriorly adjacent to each other; and a plurality of heat-transfer corrugated fins arranged at intervals in an axial direction of the heat-transfer tubes, characterized in that when an external diameter of each of the heat-transfer tubes is V1; a vertical pitch of the heat-transfer tubes is V2, a fin pitch of the heat-transfer corrugated fins is V3, a fin plate thickness of each of the heat-transfer corrugated fins is V4, and a corrugate height of the heat-transfer corrugated fins is V5, any one of V2, V3 and V5 is set within a given range.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for minimizing cold spots on plates of a plate-type fluid-to-fluid heat exchanger averages the plate temperature at a hot-fluid exit plane of the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger matrix is constructed to internally vary the flow patterns of opposing hot and cold fluid streams so that the heat transfer coefficient values of one or both fluid streams, designated as h, are optimized so the hot fluid value is a greater value than that of a cold fluid value. Plate variable flow structures are arranged in a manner that allows higher velocity hot fluid flow and possible lower velocity cold fluid flow in areas where the plate temperatures are coolest and the opposite configuration where plate temperatures are hottest.

Abstract: An aircraft includes a heat exchanger between a first fluid that flows into the narrow pipes of the exchanger and that is able to contain solid elements that can melt, and, a second fluid to be cooled. The heat exchanger includes a device for preheating the first fluid upstream from the pipes of the exchanger, a number of pipes arranged in at least one plane that intersects the direction of flow of the first fluid, whereby the spacing between two adjacent pipes is suitable for retaining the solid elements of large dimensions and for allowing them to pass only when they have melted at least partially.

Abstract: A hot-water storage type hot-water supply device includes a heat pump unit (1) for heating water, a hot-water storage tank (21) for storing hot water heated by the heat pump unit (1), and a hot-water supplying heat exchanger (22) placed so as to extend roughly entirely in a vertical direction thereof and which receives water from a lower side thereof and discharges hot water from an upper side thereof.

Abstract: A centrifuge includes a rotor configured to receive sample containers; a drive shaft operatively coupled to the rotor; and a motor. The motor includes a housing; a plurality of substantially parallel fins integral with the housing, each fin having a free end spaced from the housing, wherein the free ends of the plurality of fins are disposed in a common cylindrical plane; and a plurality of substantially parallel grooves, each groove disposed between a pair of adjacent fins and having a groove depth defined by a distance between the common cylindrical plane and the housing. Wherein the plurality of grooves includes a first multitude of grooves having a common groove depth and a second multitude of grooves having a groove depth that is not the same as the common groove depth, wherein the first and second multitude of grooves are interleaved.