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by IndrekR 551 days ago
The direction of flow is reversed every 30s. The cycle is short enough that due to the thermal mass there is thermal gradient within the heat-exchanger. So it effectively works as counter-flow heat exchanger. Same principle (but continuous flow) is used in rotor ERV: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_recovery_ventilation#Ther...

Heat exchanger there is usually an extruded ceramic grid (ERV) or rolled corrugated aluminum (functions closer to HRV than ERV)