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PLATE-LIKE AIR-COOLED ENGINE SURFACE COOLER WITH FLUID CHANNEL AND VARYING FIN GEOMETRY

  • US 20170108291A1
  • Filed: 01/05/2017
  • Published: 04/20/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A surface cooler comprising:

  • a plate-like layer comprising a thermally conductive material; and

    a plurality of spaced-apart fins extending substantially perpendicular from an uppermost layer of the plate-like layer, wherein the plurality of spaced-apart fins is configured in a plurality of rows, wherein the plurality of rows are configured one of offset one from another by an amount up to one-half a transverse fin spacing or oriented at alternating angles to one another with respect to an axial direction of the surface cooler, the plurality of fins comprising a thermally conductive material and defining a plurality of air flow paths,wherein the plurality of spaced-apart fins are configured to augment heat transfer of the surface cooler by increasing the turbulence levels of a fluid flowing through the airflow paths by promoting increased mixing with a resulting increase in the heat transfer coefficient of the surface cooler.

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