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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2002
Terry E. Hill, Nashville, TN (US);
Kenneth D. Johns, Chapel Hill, TN (US);
Carrier Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
The invention is applicable to a furnace having a plurality of parallel, multi-pass pass heat exchanger panels that are susceptible to the occurrence of hot spots at a specific location. A baffle is installed between adjacent panels and is so placed and spaced from that location as to cause the flow of circulation air to be diverted to that location to prevent the occurrence of hot spots. The baffle may be integrally formed as an extension of a rear wall baffle which is attached to the rear wall and extends normally therefrom to divert circulation air away from the rear wall. The baffle is relatively planar and elongate in shape and is closely spaced from but does not engage the surface of the heat exchanger panels.