Claims
- 1. In a rotary heat exchanger, comprising a rotatably mounted rotor, said rotor having first and second passages extending continuously outwardly from the axis of rotation of said rotor, passage means for connecting the outer ends of said first and said second passages, passage means for connecting the inner ends of said first and said second passages, to allow a fluid to flow outwardly and be compressed in said first passage and to flow inwardly and expand toward the center of rotation in said second passage, a compressible fluid within said passages, a first heat exchanger carried by said rotor for removing heat from said fluid and being at least in part adjacent to the outer end of said first passage and being at least in part adjacent to the outer end of said second passage, a second heat exchanger carried by said rotor and located in the second passage for adding heat into said fluid, the improvement comprising a third heat exchanger carried by said rotor adjacent to the inner ends of said first passage, for removing heat from said fluid as it enters the first passage.
- 2. The rotary heat exchanger of claim 1 wherein said third heat exchanger is a part of said first heat exchanger being in the part of said first heat exchanger nearest to the inner ends of said first and said second passages.
- 3. In a rotary heat exchanger, comprising a rotatably mounted rotor, said rotor having first and second passages extending continuously outwardly from the axis of rotation of said rotor, passage means for connecting the outer ends of said first and said second passages, passage means for connecting the inner ends of said first and said second passages, to allow a fluid to flow outwardly and be compressed in said first passage and to flow inwardly and expand toward the center of rotation in said second passage, a compressible fluid within said passages, a first heat exchanger carried by said rotor for removing heat from said fluid and being at least in part adjacent to the outer end of said first passage and being at least in part adjacent to the outer end of said second passage, a second heat exchanger carried by said rotor and located in the second passage for adding heat into said fluid, the improvement comprising a third heat exchanger carried by said rotor adjacent to the inner ends of said first passage for removing heat from said fluid downstream from said second heat exchanger.
CROSS REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a Continuation-in-part application, of "Heat-Exchanger with Three Fluids", filed May 17, 1973, Serial No. 361,281, now abandoned.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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