Heat exchanger

Claim 1

A radiator operable with an entering gas flowing in a direction generally normal to a front reference plane, for cooling a quantity of liquid, the radiator formed of at least one heat-transfer element having a generally flat front part and a rear part, which comprises a plurality of pipes for said liquid, the pipes being spaced apart and defining a substantially flat wall, said front part of the element being inclined relative to said direction at an angle θ ≦ 45°; and a multiplicity of fins extending transversely between and connected to said pipes in heat-transfer relationship with air passages defined between each pair of adjacent fins, a typical passage having length L ≦ 25 mm. in the direction of flow, hydraulic diameter d h ≦ 2 mm., and the ratio L/d h < 25, the passages having axes that are generally normal to said flat front part; said fins having corresponding entrance and exit parts, said exit parts only of a plurality of the fins being bent to extend generally in said direction of the entering gas flow for directing air exiting said passages, at least one shortened fin intermediate part being arranged between each of the adjacent fins having bent exit parts.