Patent attributes
A heat exchanger is disclosed including an array of interlaced conduits. The conduit array includes a first plurality of conduits connected to a first inlet header at one end of the first plurality of conduits and to a first outlet header at an opposite end of the first plurality of conduits. This first plurality of conduits provides a first fluid flow path from the first inlet header through the first plurality of conduits to the first outlet header. The conduit array also includes a second plurality of conduits crossing and interlaced with the first plurality of conduits. First and second fluid flow paths are provided through the first and second pluralities of conduits, and a third fluid flow path is through open spaces between the crossed interlaced first and second pluralities of conduits.