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Patent Inventor Names
Roland L. Dilley, Jr.0
Keith D. Agee0
Richard Paul Beldam0
Date of Patent
February 24, 2009
0Patent Application Number
115525020
Date Filed
October 24, 2006
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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