CA2547164A1 - Heat exchanger package with split radiator and split charge air cooler - Google Patents

Heat exchanger package with split radiator and split charge air cooler Download PDF

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CA2547164A1
CA2547164A1 CA002547164A CA2547164A CA2547164A1 CA 2547164 A1 CA2547164 A1 CA 2547164A1 CA 002547164 A CA002547164 A CA 002547164A CA 2547164 A CA2547164 A CA 2547164A CA 2547164 A1 CA2547164 A1 CA 2547164A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
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    • F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
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    • F28D1/0426—Multi-circuit heat exchangers, e.g. integrating different heat exchange sections in the same unit or heat exchangers for more than two fluids with units having particular arrangement relative to the large body of fluid, e.g. with interleaved units or with adjacent heat exchange units in common air flow or with units extending at an angle to each other or with units arranged around a central element
    • F28D1/0435—Combination of units extending one behind the other
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B29/00—Engines characterised by provision for charging or scavenging not provided for in groups F02B25/00, F02B27/00 or F02B33/00 - F02B39/00; Details thereof
    • F02B29/04—Cooling of air intake supply
    • F02B29/0406—Layout of the intake air cooling or coolant circuit
    • F02B29/0425—Air cooled heat exchangers
    • F02B29/0431—Details or means to guide the ambient air to the heat exchanger, e.g. having a fan, flaps, a bypass or a special location in the engine compartment
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
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    • F02B29/0456—Air cooled heat exchangers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
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    • F28F9/00—Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
    • F28F9/26—Arrangements for connecting different sections of heat-exchange elements, e.g. of radiators
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F01—MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL; STEAM ENGINES
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    • F01P2003/182—Arrangements or mounting of liquid-to-air heat-exchangers with multiple heat-exchangers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D21/00—Heat-exchange apparatus not covered by any of the groups F28D1/00 - F28D20/00
    • F28D2021/0019—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for
    • F28D2021/008—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for for vehicles
    • F28D2021/0082—Charged air coolers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D21/00—Heat-exchange apparatus not covered by any of the groups F28D1/00 - F28D20/00
    • F28D2021/0019—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for
    • F28D2021/008—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for for vehicles
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D21/00—Heat-exchange apparatus not covered by any of the groups F28D1/00 - F28D20/00
    • F28D2021/0019—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for
    • F28D2021/008—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for for vehicles
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    • F28D2021/0094—Radiators for recooling the engine coolant
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Abstract

A combined radiator and charge air cooler package includes a radiator having upper and lower portions for cooling engine coolant and a charge air cooler having upper and lower portions for cooling charge air. The upper charge air cooler portion is disposed in overlapping relationship and adjacent to the upper radiator portion, and the lower charge air cooler portion is disposed in overlapping relationship and adjacent to the lower radiator portion. The upper radiator portion and the lower charge air cooler portion are aligned in a first plane, and the lower radiator portion and the upper charge air cooler portion are aligned in a second plane, behind the first plane. Ambient cooling air may flow in series through the upper radiator portion and the upper charge air cooler portion, and also through the lower charge air cooler portion and the lower radiator portion.

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1. A heat exchanger apparatus comprising:
a first heat exchanger having two portions for cooling a first fluid, each first heat exchanger portion having opposite front and rear faces through which cooling air flows, opposite first and second ends adjacent the faces, sides adjacent the faces between the first and second ends, and including tubes through which the first fluid may flow while being cooled;
a second heat exchanger having two portions for cooling a second fluid, each second heat exchanger portion having opposite front and rear faces through which cooling air flows, opposite first and second ends adjacent the faces, and sides adjacent the faces between the first and second ends, and including tubes through which the second fluid may flow while being cooled, one of the second heat exchanger portions being disposed in overlapping relationship and adjacent to one of the first heat exchanger portions, wherein one face of the one of the first heat exchanger portions is disposed adjacent one face of the one of the second heat exchanger portions, such that the ambient cooling air may flow in series through the one of the first heat exchanger portions and the one of the second heat exchanger portions, the other of the second heat exchanger portions being disposed in overlapping relationship and adjacent to the other of the first heat exchanger portions, wherein the other face of the other of the first heat exchanger portions is disposed adjacent one face of the other of the second heat exchanger portions, such that the cooling air may flow in series through the other of the second heat exchanger portions and the other of the first heat exchanger portions, the first heat exchanger portions being operatively connected such that the first fluid may flow in series or parallel through the first heat exchanger portions, and the second heat exchanger portions being operatively connected such that the second fluid may flow in series between the one and the other of the second heat exchanger portions.
2. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first heat exchanger portions are operatively connected such that the first fluid may flow in parallel through the first heat exchanger portions, with one portion of the first fluid flowing through the one of the first heat exchanger portions and another portion of the first fluid flowing through the other of the first heat exchanger portions.
3. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first heat exchanger portions are operatively connected such that the first fluid may flow in series through both of the first heat exchanger portions, with all of the first fluid flowing through both first heat exchanger portions.
4. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first heat exchanger portions are cross flow units, including a manifold along each of the sides with the first heat exchanger portion tubes connecting the manifolds.
5. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 1 wherein the second heat exchanger portions are up- or down flow units, including a manifold between each of the sides at upper and lower ends of each of the portions with the second heat exchanger portion tubes connecting the manifolds.
6. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 5 wherein the second heat exchanger portions are down flow units and wherein the one of the second heat exchanger portions has greater thickness between faces than the other of the second heat exchanger portions.
7. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 5 wherein the second heat exchanger portions are upflow units and wherein the other of the second heat exchanger portions has greater thickness between faces than the one of the second heat exchanger portions.
8. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first and second heat exchanger portions have heights between the first and second ends thereof, and wherein the heights of the ones of the first and second heat exchanger portions are greater than the heights of the others of the first and second heat exchanger portions.
9. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first and second heat exchanger portions have heights between the first and second ends thereof, and wherein the heights of the ones of the first and second heat exchanger portions are substantially the same as the heights of the others of the first and second heat exchanger portions.
10. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first and second heat exchanger portions have heights between the first and second ends thereof, and wherein the heights of the first and second heat exchanger portions are all different.
11. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first and second heat exchanger portions have widths between the sides thereof, and wherein the widths of the first heat exchanger portion are substantially the same as the widths of the second heat exchanger portion.
12. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first and second heat exchanger portions have widths between the sides thereof, and wherein the widths of the first heat exchanger portion are greater than the widths of the second heat exchanger portion.
13. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 1 wherein the one of the first heat exchanger portions and the other of the second heat exchanger portions are disposed in a substantially same first plane, and wherein the other of the first heat exchanger portions and the one of the second heat exchanger portions are disposed in a substantially same second plane.
14. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first heat exchanger portions are operatively connected such that the first fluid may flow between the one of the first heat exchanger portions and the other of the first heat exchanger portions adjacent at least one side of the first heat exchanger portions.
15. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first and second heat exchanger portions have widths between the sides thereof, and wherein the second heat exchanger portions are operatively connected such that the second fluid may flow therebetween through a conduit extending substantially across the widths of the second heat exchanger portions.
16. A combined radiator and charge air cooler package comprising:
a radiator having upper and lower portions for cooling engine coolant, each radiator portion having opposite front and rear faces through which ambient cooling air flows, opposite upper and lower ends adjacent the faces, and sides adjacent the faces between the upper and lower ends, and including manifolds between the sides at upper and lower ends of each of the radiator portions and tubes through which the engine coolant may flow connecting the radiator manifolds;
a charge air cooler having upper and lower portions for cooling charge air, each charge air cooler portion having opposite front and rear faces through which cooling air flows, opposite upper and lower ends adjacent the faces, and sides adjacent the faces between the upper and lower ends, and including manifolds along the upper and lower ends and tubes through which the charge air may flow connecting the charge air cooler manifolds, the upper charge air cooler portion being disposed in overlapping relationship and adjacent to the upper radiator portion, wherein one face of the upper radiator portion is disposed adjacent one face of the upper charge air cooler portion, such that the ambient cooling air may flow in series through the upper radiator portion and the upper charge air cooler portion, the lower charge air cooler portion being disposed in overlapping relationship and adjacent to the lower radiator portion, wherein the other face of the lower radiator portion is disposed adjacent one face of the lower charge air cooler portion, such that the ambient cooling air may flow in series through the lower charge air cooler portion and the lower radiator portion, the upper radiator portion and the lower charge air cooler portion being substantially disposed in one plane, and the lower radiator portion and the upper charge air cooler portion being substantially disposed in another plane, the radiator portions being operatively connected such that the engine coolant may flow in series or parallel through the radiator portions, and the charge air cooler portions being operatively connected such that the charge air may flow in series between the upper charge air cooler portion and the lower charge air cooler portion.
17. The combined radiator and charge air cooler package of claim 16 wherein the radiator portions are operatively connected such that the engine coolant may flow in parallel through the radiator portions, with one portion of the coolant flowing through the upper radiator portion and another portion of the coolant flowing through the lower radiator portion.
18. The combined radiator and charge air cooler package of claim 16 wherein the radiator portions being operatively connected such that the engine coolant may flow in series through both of the radiator portions, with all of the coolant flowing through both radiator portions.
19. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 16 wherein the upper charge air cooler portion has greater thickness between faces than the lower charge air cooler portion.
20. The heat exchanger apparatus of claim 16 wherein the lower charge air cooler portion has greater thickness between faces than the upper charge air cooler portion.
21. A method for cooling fluids used in an internal combustion engine, comprising:
providing a heat exchanger assembly comprising:
a first heat exchanger having two portions for cooling a first fluid, each first heat exchanger portion having opposite front and rear faces through which cooling air flows, opposite first and second ends adjacent the faces, sides adjacent the faces between the first and second ends, and including tubes through which the first fluid may flow while being cooled;
a second heat exchanger having two portions for cooling a second fluid, each second heat exchanger portion having opposite front and rear faces through which cooling air flows, opposite first and second ends adjacent the faces, and sides adjacent the faces between the first and second ends, and including tubes through which the second fluid may flow while being cooled, one of the second heat exchanger portions being disposed in overlapping relationship and adjacent to one of the first heat exchanger portions, wherein one face of the one of the first heat exchanger portions is disposed adjacent one face of the one of the second heat exchanger portions, the other of the second heat exchanger portions being disposed in overlapping relationship and adjacent to the other of the first heat exchanger portions, wherein the other face of the other of the first heat exchanger portions is disposed adjacent one face of the other of the second heat exchanger portions, flowing the first fluid in series or parallel through the first heat exchanger portions;
flowing the second fluid in series between the one and the other of the second heat exchanger portions; and flowing ambient cooling air through the heat exchanger assembly such that ambient cooling air flows in series through the one of the first heat exchanger portions and the one of the second heat exchanger portions, and ambient cooling air flows in series through the other of the second heat exchanger portions and the other of the first heat exchanger portions.
22 The method of claim 21 wherein the first fluid flows in parallel through the first heat exchanger portions, with one portion of the first fluid flowing through the one of the first heat exchanger portions and another portion of the first fluid flowing through the other of the first heat exchanger portions.
23. The method of claim 21 wherein the first fluid flows in series through both of the first heat exchanger portions, with all of the first fluid flowing through both first heat exchanger portions.
24. The method of claim 21 wherein the first heat exchanger portions include a manifold along each of the sides with the first heat exchanger portion tubes connecting the manifolds, and wherein the first fluid flows from one side of the first heat exchanger portions to the other side of the first heat exchanger portions through the tubes.
25. The method of claim 21 wherein the second heat exchanger portions include a manifold between each of the sides at upper and lower ends of each of the portions with the second heat exchanger portion tubes connecting the manifolds, and wherein the second fluid flows between one end of the second heat exchanger portions and the other end of the second heat exchanger portions through the tubes.
26. The method of claim 21 wherein the second heat exchanger portions include a manifold between each of the sides at upper and lower ends of each of the portions with the second heat exchanger portion tubes connecting the manifolds, and wherein the second fluid flows from the lower manifold of the one of the second heat exchanger portions to the upper manifold of the other of the second heat exchanger portions.
27. The method of claim 21 wherein the second heat exchanger portions include a manifold between each of the sides at upper and lower ends of each of the portions with the second heat exchanger portion tubes connecting the manifolds, and wherein the second fluid flows from the upper manifold of the other of the second heat exchanger portions to the lower manifold of the one of the second heat exchanger portions.
28. The method of claim 21 wherein the one of the first heat exchanger portions and the other of the second heat exchanger portions are disposed in a substantially same first plane, and wherein the other of the first heat exchanger portions and the one of the second heat exchanger portions are disposed in a substantially same second plane, such that the ambient cooling air flows simultaneously through the one of the first heat exchanger portions and the other of the second heat exchanger portions, and simultaneously through the one of the second heat exchanger portions and the other of the first heat exchanger portions.
29. The method of claim 21 wherein the first fluid flows between the one of the first heat exchanger portions and the other of the first heat exchanger portions adjacent at least one side of the first heat exchanger portions.
30. The method of claim 21 wherein the first and second heat exchanger portions have widths between the sides thereof, and wherein the second fluid flows between the second heat exchanger portions through a conduit extending substantially across the widths of the second heat exchanger portions.
31. The method of claim 21 wherein the first heat exchanger is a radiator and the first fluid is engine coolant, and wherein the second heat exchanger is a charge air cooler and the second fluid is charge air, each of the radiator and the charge air cooler portions being cooled by ambient air.
32. A heat exchanger apparatus comprising:
a first heat exchanger having two portions for cooling a first fluid, each first heat exchanger portion having opposite front and rear faces through which ambient cooling air flows, opposite first and second ends adjacent the faces, and sides adjacent the faces between the first and second ends;
a second heat exchanger having two portions for cooling a second fluid, each second heat exchanger portion having opposite front and rear faces through which air flows, opposite first and second ends adjacent the faces, and sides adjacent the faces between the first and second ends, and including manifolds at the first and second ends and fluid-carrying tubes extending substantially directly therebetween, one of the second heat exchanger portions being disposed in overlapping relationship and adjacent to one of the first heat exchanger portions with the first and second ends of the one of the second heat exchanger portions being oriented in the same direction as the first and second ends of the one of the first heat exchanger portions, wherein one face of the one of the first heat exchanger portions is disposed adjacent one face of the one of the second heat exchanger portions, such that the ambient cooling air may flow in series through the one of the first heat exchanger portions and the one of the second heat exchanger portions, the other of the second heat exchanger portions being disposed in overlapping relationship and adjacent to the other of the first heat exchanger portions with the first and second ends of the other of the second heat exchanger portions being oriented in the same direction as the first and second ends of the other of the first heat exchanger portions, wherein the other face of the other of the first heat exchanger portions is disposed adjacent one face of the other of the second heat exchanger portions, such that the ambient cooling air may flow in series through the other of the second heat exchanger portions and the other of the first heat exchanger portions, the first heat exchanger portions being operatively connected such that the first fluid may flow between the second manifold of the one of the first heat exchanger portions and the first manifold of the other of the first heat exchanger portions, and the second heat exchanger portions being operatively connected such that the second fluid may flow between the second manifold of the one of the second heat exchanger portions and the first manifold of the other of the second heat exchanger portions.
33. A method for cooling fluids used in an engine of a motor vehicle, comprising:
providing a heat exchanger assembly comprising:
a first heat exchanger having two portions for cooling a first fluid, each first heat exchanger portion having opposite front and rear faces through which ambient cooling air flows, opposite first and second ends adjacent the faces, and sides adjacent the faces between the first and second ends;

a second heat exchanger having two portions for cooling a second fluid, each second heat exchanger portion having opposite front and rear faces through which air flows, opposite first and second ends adjacent the faces, and sides adjacent the faces between the first and second ends, and including manifolds at the first and second ends and fluid-carrying tubes extending substantially directly therebetween, one of the second heat exchanger portions being disposed in overlapping relationship and adjacent to one of the first heat exchanger portions with the first and second ends of the one of the second heat exchanger portions being oriented in the same direction as the first and second ends of the one of the first heat exchanger portions, wherein one face of the one of the first heat exchanger portions is disposed adjacent one face of the one of the second heat exchanger portions, the other of the second heat exchanger portions being disposed in overlapping relationship and adjacent to the other of the first heat exchanger portions with the first and second ends of the other of the second heat exchanger portions being oriented in the same direction as the first and second ends of the other of the first heat exchanger portions, wherein the other face of the other of the first heat exchanger portions is disposed adjacent one face of the other of the second heat exchanger portions, the first heat exchanger portions being operatively connected such that the first fluid may flow between the second manifold of the one of the first heat exchanger portions and the first manifold of the other of the first heat exchanger portions, and the second heat exchanger portions being operatively connected such that the second fluid may flow between the second manifold of the one of the second heat exchanger portions and the first manifold of the other of the second heat exchanger portions;
flowing the first fluid through the first heat exchanger portions;
flowing the second fluid through the substantially directly extending tubes of the second heat exchanger portions and between the second manifold of the one of the second heat exchanger portions and the first manifold of the other of the second heat exchanger portions; and flowing cooling air through the heat exchanger assembly such that ambient cooling air flows in series through the one of the first heat exchanger portions and the one of the second heat exchanger portions, and ambient cooling air flows in series through the other of the second heat exchanger portions and the other of the first heat exchanger portions.
34. A heat exchanger apparatus comprising:
a first heat exchanger having two portions for cooling a first fluid, each first heat exchanger portion having opposite front and rear faces through which ambient cooling air flows, a pair of manifolds, and fluid-carrying tubes extending substantially directly therebetween;
one of the first heat exchanger portions being disposed in a first plane, and the other of the first heat exchanger portions being disposed in a second plane, the first and second planes being substantially parallel, a second heat exchanger having two portions for cooling a second fluid, each second heat exchanger portion having opposite front and rear faces through which air flows, a pair of manifolds, and fluid-carrying tubes extending substantially directly therebetween, one of the second heat exchanger portions being disposed in the second plane in overlapping relationship and adjacent to the one of the first heat exchanger portions, wherein one face of the one of the first heat exchanger portions is disposed adjacent one face of the one of the second heat exchanger portions, such that the ambient cooling air may flow in series through the one of the first heat exchanger portions and the one of the second heat exchanger portions, the other of the second heat exchanger portions being disposed in the first plane in overlapping relationship and adjacent to the other of the first heat exchanger portions, wherein the other face of the other of the first heat exchanger portions is disposed adjacent one face of the other of the second heat exchanger portions, such that the ambient cooling air may flow in series through the other of the second heat exchanger portions and the other of the first heat exchanger portions, the first heat exchanger portions being operatively connected such that the first fluid may flow between a manifold of the one of the first heat exchanger portions and a manifold of the other of the first heat exchanger portions, and the second heat exchanger portions being operatively connected such that the second fluid may flow between a manifold of the one of the second heat exchanger portions and a manifold of the other of the second heat exchanger portions.
35. A method for cooling fluids used in an engine of a motor vehicle, comprising:
providing a heat exchanger assembly comprising:
a first heat exchanger having two portions for cooling a first fluid, each first heat exchanger portion having opposite front and rear faces through which ambient cooling air flows, a pair of manifolds, and fluid-carrying tubes extending substantially directly therebetween;
one of the first heat exchanger portions being disposed in a first plane, and the other of the first heat exchanger portions a being disposed in a second plane, the first and second planes being substantially parallel, a second heat exchanger having two portions for cooling a second fluid, each second heat exchanger portion having opposite front and rear faces through which air flows, a pair of manifolds, and fluid-carrying tubes extending substantially directly therebetween, one of the second heat exchanger portions being disposed in the second plane in overlapping relationship and adjacent to the one of the first heat exchanger portions, wherein one face of the one of the first heat exchanger portions is disposed adjacent one face of the one of the second heat exchanger portions, the other of the second heat exchanger portions being disposed in the first plane in overlapping relationship and adjacent to the other of the first heat exchanger portions, wherein the other face of the other of the first heat exchanger portions is disposed adjacent one face of the other of the second heat exchanger portions, the first heat exchanger portions being operatively connected such that the first fluid may flow between a manifold of the one of the first heat exchanger portions and a manifold of the other of the first heat exchanger portions, and the second heat exchanger portions being operatively connected such that the second fluid may flow between a manifold of the one of the second heat exchanger portions and a manifold of the other of the second heat exchanger portions;
flowing the first fluid sequentially through the one and the other of the first heat exchanger portions;
flowing the second fluid sequentially through the one and the other of the second heat exchanger portions; and flowing cooling air through the heat exchanger assembly such that ambient cooling air flows in series through the one of the first heat exchanger portions and the one of the second heat exchanger portions, and ambient cooling air flows in series through the other of the second heat exchanger portions and the other of the first heat exchanger portions.
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