Abstract: A heat exchanger (20) comprising: a pair of generally planar, heat conducting plates (10) arranged in spaced, generally parallel relationship; spacing elements (22) separating the plates (10) from one another and defining first (26) and second (28) flow channels between the plates (10) for flow in a first direction and a second direction respectively; wherein the plates (10) in at least the first channel (26) are divided into fins (14), the fins being separated from each other in the first direction and being offset from the plate (10) perpendicular to the first direction to a plurality of offset positions.

Abstract: A heat exchanger (20) comprising: a pair of generally planar, heat conducting plates (10) arranged in spaced, generally parallel relationship; spacing elements (22) separating the plates (10) from one another and defining first (26) and second (28) flow channels between the plates (10) for flow in a first direction and a second direction respectively; wherein the plates (10) in at least the first channel (26) are divided into fins (14), the fins being separated from each other in the first direction and being offset from the plate (10) perpendicular to the first direction to a plurality of offset positions.

Abstract: A dewpoint cooler comprises: two medium circuits coupled mutually via a heat-conducting wall, through which circuits two media can flow, wherein the second medium contains gas, which wall has heat-conducting protrusions; wherein the wall and the protrusions are covered with a hydrophilic coating which can absorb an evaporable liquid and relinquish it again through evaporation such that the wetted coating, and thereby also the heath-conducting surfaces and the protrusions, are cooled; a wetting unit for subjecting the secondary medium to wetting by the evaporable liquid by evaporating liquid from the coating such that the evaporated liquid entrained by the secondary medium extracts heat from the primary medium via the heath-conducting wall. The coating consists of a porous technical ceramic material, such as a mineral wool.

Abstract: A heat exchanger (1) comprising two sets of medium through-flow channels (P,S) through which two media can flow in heat-exchanging contact; walls (2) separating the channels; heat conducting fins (3-8) arranged on both sides of each wall (2), wherein a fin on the one side of a wall is in thermal contact with a similar contact surface of a fin on the other side of this wall; wherein the wall (2) are embodied as membrane and the fins (3-8) are embodied as heat transferring strips with a general wave shape and are provided with contact surfaces connected to the walls and main planes extending between two wall.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing a heat exchanger from a formable laminate (1, 11, 105) of a metal layer and a heat-seal layer whereby the laminate is sealed under heat and pressure to itself or to another similar laminate to form a flow channel for a heat exchange medium. Preferably the heat exchanger includes a series of fins (3, 106, 107) formed on the laminate (1, 11, 105) to increase heat transfer and may also include a water retaining layer (204).

Abstract: A dewpoint cooler comprises: a first air circuit and a second air circuit coupled thereto via a heat-conducting wall, through which two circuits can flow two media, wherein the second medium contains a gas, heat-conducting wall break-up means for breaking up at least the thermal boundary layer (50), the laminar boundary layer and the relative humidity boundary layer in both media, which break-up means comprise heat-conducting protrusions; wherein the surfaces of said wall and the break-up means are covered with a hydrophilic coating, which can absorb an evaporable liquid, retain it and relinquish it again (100), such that the wetted coating, the heat-conducting surfaces and the break-up means are cooled. A wetting (150) unit for subjecting the secondary medium to wetting by the evaporable liquid such that evaporated liquid entrained by the secondary medium extracts heat from the primary medium via the wall.