Patent attributes
An energy exchanger for exchanging energy between a hot flow and a cold flow may comprise a hot flow section and a cold flow section, each of the sections comprising the same quantity of channels having variable cross sections. The inlets of the hot flow channels may be juxtaposed to the outlets of the cold flow channels and the outlets of the hot flow channels may be juxtaposed to the inlets of the cold flow channels such that the hot and cold flows move in opposing directions. The energy exchanger may further comprise a liquid distribution system and a common interface between each hot flow channel and a corresponding cold flow channel with an exponentially varying surface area adapted for exchanging latent energy released through condensation in the hot flow section and absorbed through evaporation in the cold flow section.
