Heat exchanger having close packed spheres

Details Heat exchanger having close packed spheres Heat exchanger having close packed spheres

1993-06-22

1994-08-09

Argenbright, Tony M.

Internal-combustion engines

Charge forming device

Heating of combustible mixture

123549, F02M 3100

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053356390

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus (16) for preheating combustion fluids such as air, fuel or fuel-air mixtures upstream of the combustion chamber in an internal combustion engine (10). The apparatus (16) generally includes a heat exchanger (18) and an assembly (46) for heating the heat exchanger. The improvement involves constructing the heat exchanger (18) from a plurality of closely-packed beads (20) each having a spherical shape and each comprised of homogeneous aluminum filling the entire space within the outer spherical shape to provide a high surface area heat exchanger for heating the combustion fluid as the fluid passes around the beads.

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Gates, Bruce C.; Catalytic Chemistry; Dec. 1992; pp. 378-399.

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