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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2018
Westinghouse Electric Company Llc, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Alexander W. Harkness, Gibsonia, PA (US);
Cory A. Stansbury, Standish, ME (US);
Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Abstract
A printed circuit heat exchanger for use in a reactor includes a core formed from a stack of plates diffusion bonded together. The core has: a top face, a bottom face disposed opposite the top face, a first side face extending between the top face and the bottom face, and a second side face disposed opposite the first side face. The printed circuit heat exchanger includes: a plurality of primary channels defined in the core, each of the primary channels extending from a primary inlet defined in the first side face to a primary outlet defined in the second side face; and a plurality of secondary channels defined in the core, each of the secondary channels extending among at least some of the primary channels from a secondary inlet defined in the top face to a secondary outlet defined in the top face.