A construction of recuperator core segments is provided which insures proper assembly of the components of the recuperator core segment, and of a plurality of recuperator core segments. Each recuperator core segment must be constructed so as to prevent nesting of fin folds of the adjacent heat excha
A construction of recuperator core segments is provided which insures proper assembly of the components of the recuperator core segment, and of a plurality of recuperator core segments. Each recuperator core segment must be constructed so as to prevent nesting of fin folds of the adjacent heat exchanger foils of the recuperator core segment. A plurality of recuperator core segments must be assembled together so as to prevent nesting of adjacent fin folds of adjacent recuperator core segments.
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What is claimed is: 1. A recuperator assembly, comprising: a plurality of involute curved recuperator core segments, each recuperator core segment comprising: first and second heat exchanger foils disposed in opposition so as to define an internal air passage, said internal air passage providing fl
What is claimed is: 1. A recuperator assembly, comprising: a plurality of involute curved recuperator core segments, each recuperator core segment comprising: first and second heat exchanger foils disposed in opposition so as to define an internal air passage, said internal air passage providing fluid communication between a recuperator core segment inlet and a recuperator core segment outlet, said recuperator core segment inlet and recuperator core segment outlet disposed between said heat exchanger foils along a radially inner edge, each heat exchanger foil having: an integrally formed offset peripheral mating flange, the flanges of the first and second heat exchanger foils being mated together; and an exterior heat exchange surface having a primary surface zone including exterior corrugations, said exterior corrugations having a generally uniform height above said peripheral mating flange, said height being a profile height; and first and a second stiffener support spacer bars engaging a portion of said peripheral mating flanges of said first and second heat exchanger foils along said inner edge, respectively, the peripheral mating flanges being sandwiched between the stiffener support spacer bars, wherein, said first stiffener support spacer bar has a height being a first indexing height and said second stiffener support spacer bar has a height being a second indexing height, said first indexing height being less than the profile height of said first heat exchanger foil, and said second indexing height being greater than the profile height of said second heat exchanger foil, wherein, the exterior heat exchange surface of one of said first and second heat exchanger foils is convexly curved and the exterior heat exchange surface of the other of said first and second heat exchanger foils is concavely curved, and wherein, at least a pair of said plurality of recuperator core segments are adjacently stacked in a nested configuration so as to form at least one recuperator core sector. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, for at least one pair of recuperator core segments adjacently stacked in a nested configuration, said pair of recuperator core segments are disposed such that the convexly curved exterior surface of one recuperator core segment is received by the concavely curved exterior surface of the other recuperator core segment, and such that the second stiffener support spacer bar of one recuperator core segment is adjacently disposed along the first stiffener support spacer bar of the other recuperator core segment. 3. The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising: a thermal expansion gap disposed between said adjacently disposed first and second stiffener support spacer bars of at least one pair of recuperator core segments adjacently stacked in a nested configuration; and weld beads disposed within a radially inner portion of said thermal expansion gap such that a radially outer portion of said gap remains void, wherein, said the convexly curved exterior surface of said one recuperator core segment and the concavely curved exterior surface of said other recuperator core segment define an exterior gas passage between the recuperator core segments, said first and second stiffener support spacer bars and said weld beads defining an inner radial wall of said exterior gas passage. 4. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: at least a pair of recuperator core sectors disposed so as to form an annular recuperator core. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the first stiffener support spacer bar of each heat exchanger foil, and the associated exterior corrugations of its primary surface zone define a notch due to the first indexing height being less than the profile height; and said nested configuration of said adjacently stacked pair of recuperator core segments comprises the second stiffener support spacer bar of one of said recuperator core segments being received adjacent the first stiffener support spacer bar of the other of said recuperator core segments in said notch. 6. A recuperator for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a plurality of cells disposed in juxtaposed relation to one another in an annular array, each of said cells comprising: a first plate having spaced integral ribs thereon at least partially defining a plurality of spaced high pressure air channels; and a second plate welded to said first plate and having a plurality of spaced integral ribs which, in combination with the first plate of an adjacent cell, define a plurality of low pressure exhaust gas channels; a first extended spacer bar on the radially inner edge of said first plate, the first spacer bar having a height less than the ribs on the first plate; and a second extended spacer bar on the radially inner edge of said second plate, the second spacer bar having a height greater than the ribs on said second plate, wherein said first and second extended spacer bars extend beyond said cell; and wherein, said first and second extended spacer bars provide an offset indexing lip along the radially inner edge of the cell. 7. A method of manufacturing a recuperator cell: providing a first plate having spaced integral ribs thereon at least partially defining a plurality of spaced high pressure air channels; providing a second plate welded to said first plate and having a plurality of spaced integral ribs which, in combination with the first plate of an adjacent cell, define a plurality of low pressure exhaust gas channels; attaching a first spacer bar on the radially inner edge of said first plate, the first spacer bar having a height less than the ribs on the first plate; attaching a second spacer bar on the radially inner edge of said second plate, the second spacer bar having a height greater than the ribs on said second plate; and wherein, said first and second spacer bars provide an offset indexing lip along the radially inner edge of the cell. 8. The method of claim 7, further comprising: forming each of a plurality of such cells into an involute curve, the curve being oriented the same relative to said offset indexing lip for each of said cells; stacking said plurality of involute shape cells with their offset indexing lips nested with each other; and joining said cells together.
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