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A corrugated heat exchanger element may have grooves and ribs on the interior and exterior surfaces of the tube. The corrugations on the tube may be linear corrugations or helical corrugations. The texturing of the interior and exterior surfaces of the tube, and the corrugations in the tube may prov

A corrugated heat exchanger element may have grooves and ribs on the interior and exterior surfaces of the tube. The corrugations on the tube may be linear corrugations or helical corrugations. The texturing of the interior and exterior surfaces of the tube, and the corrugations in the tube may provide a heat exchanger element that has a large surface area. The surface texturing and corrugations may also provide a heat exchanger element that promotes internal mixing of fluids that flow by and through the element. Increased internal mixing and increased surface area of an element may allow the heat exchanger element to have a high heat transfer coefficient. A heat exchanger element or heat exchanger elements may be assembled into a heat exchanger that has a high overall heat transfer coefficient. Ends of the heat exchanger element may be pointed to facilitate attachment of the element to a support structure.

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1. A heat exchanger element comprising:a seamless conduit; corrugations formed in a section of the conduit, wherein the section extends for greater than a majority of the length of the conduit, wherein the corrugations comprise two or more indentions that form convolutions in the conduit, wherein th

1. A heat exchanger element comprising:a seamless conduit; corrugations formed in a section of the conduit, wherein the section extends for greater than a majority of the length of the conduit, wherein the corrugations comprise two or more indentions that form convolutions in the conduit, wherein the convolutions extend along a length of the section, and wherein a periphery of the conduit along the length of the section is substantially constant; texturing formed in an interior surface of the conduit; and texturing formed in an exterior surface of the conduit.