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A heat exchanger contains one or more heat exchange plates having on a common facial surface thereof a first heating fluid facial subchannel set containing at least one heating fluid facial subchannel and a first cooling fluid facial subchannel set containing at least one cooling fluid facial subcha

A heat exchanger contains one or more heat exchange plates having on a common facial surface thereof a first heating fluid facial subchannel set containing at least one heating fluid facial subchannel and a first cooling fluid facial subchannel set containing at least one cooling fluid facial subchannel; wherein the heating fluid facial subchannel set and the cooling fluid facial subchannel set are mutually aligned in a heat exchange relationship on the common facial surface of the heat exchange plate(s). In one embodiment, the heat exchanger contains at least one pair of heat exchange plates, wherein a first plate in the pair has on a front facial surface thereof a first-plate heating fluid facial subchannel set and a first-plate cooling fluid facial subchannel set, and a second plate in the pair has on a front facial surface thereof a second-plate heating fluid facial subchannel set and a second-plate cooling fluid facial subchannel set, wherein the first-plate heating fluid facial subchannel set is aligned in heat exchange relationships with the first-plate cooling fluid facial subchannel set and the second-plate cooling fluid facial subchannel set, and the second-plate heating fluid facial subchannel set is aligned in heat exchange relationships with the second-plate cooling fluid facial subchannel set and the first-plate cooling fluid facial subchannel set.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A heat exchanger, comprising a plurality of heat exchange plates stacked in a parallel, adjacent, front-to-back facial configuration, each of said heat exchange plates having on a front facial surface thereof:(A) a first heating fluid facial subchannel set comprising at l

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A heat exchanger, comprising a plurality of heat exchange plates stacked in a parallel, adjacent, front-to-back facial configuration, each of said heat exchange plates having on a front facial surface thereof:(A) a first heating fluid facial subchannel set comprising at least one heating fluid facial subchannel; and(B) a first cooling fluid facial subchannel set comprising at least one cooling fluid facial subchannel;wherein the first heating fluid facial subchannel set and the first cooling fluid facial subchannel set are mutually aligned in a first heat exchange relationship on the common facial surface,further wherein:(i) said first heating fluid facial subchannel set and said first cooling fluid facial subchannel set each have a linear flow path and said first heat exchange relationship comprises a countercurrent, concurrent or crosscurrent heat exchange relationship;(ii) said first heating fluid facial subchannel set has a linear flow path and said first cooling fluid facial subchannel set has a non-linear flow path or said first heating fluid facial subchannel set has a non-linear flow path and said first cooling fluid facial subchannel set has a linear flow path, and said first heat exchange relationship consists of a concurrent heat exchange relationship; or(iii) one of said first heating fluid facial subchannel set and said first cooling fluid facial subchannel set has a linear flow path and the other of said first heating fluid facial subchannel set and said first cooling fluid facial subchannel set has a non-linear flow path, wherein said non-linear flow path comprises a first longitudinal portion, a second longitudinal portion and a third non-linear end portion contiguous with said first longitudinal portion and said second longitudinal portion, wherein said linear flow path and said first longitudinal portion are mutually aligned in a concurrent or countercurrent heat exchange relationship; said linear flow path and said second longitudinal portion are mutually aligned in a concurrent or countercurrent heat exchange relationship; and said linear flow path and said third non-linear end portion are mutually aligned in a crosscurrent heat exchange relationship.