HEAT EXCHANGER Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: heat exchange equipment, applicable for production of hot or cold air by discharge or absorption of heat. SUBSTANCE: heat exchanger has a body, rotor in the form of a disk pack installed on a shaft, heat exchange surface, as well as manifolds for supply and exhaust of air and heat, a heating element with any kind of energy conversion is positioned in the hollow shaft, whose walls and disks serve as a heat exchange surface, heat extraction fins are positioned on the shaft inner surface on the side of arrangement of the heating element. EFFECT: enhanced thermal capacity at low overall dimensions of the heat exchanger, simplified control of heat extraction. 2 dwg