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Patent Inventor Names
Keith D. Agee0
Roland L. Dilley, Jr.0
Richard Paul Beldam0
Date of Patent
October 24, 2006
0Patent Application Number
102560630
Date Filed
September 25, 2002
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
Apparatus and method for cooling heated fluids, such as exhaust gases, flowing through a heat exchanger comprising one or more exhaust plenums and one or more coolant plenums, and providing increased coolant velocity in that portion of the coolant plenums contacting the inlet portion of the exhaust plenums. Local increased coolant velocity is provided by any means, including decreasing the area-in-flow of the coolant plenums wherein increased velocity is desired, shaping or baffling either or both inlet or outlet coolant tanks in fluidic contact with coolant plenums wherein increased velocity is desired, or a combination thereof.
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