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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
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- the present invention relates to a heat exchanger and more particularly to a micro-channel heat exchanger.
- the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention has advantages such as higher heat exchange efficiency and less usage of working medium. Since the industry at present places great emphasis and sets higher requirements on environmental protection and energy conservation, the micro-channel heat exchanger has been widely used in many industries owing to its own advantages, for instance, air-conditioning industry, automobile industry and chemical mechanical industry.
- the micro-channel heat exchanger is usually not planar as a whole but designed with one or more bends so as to match the particular mounting space available.
- some of such bends are formed by bending the micro-channel heat exchanger along the length of a manifold. Fins inside the heat exchanger are crushed, deformed and distorted during the bending process, thereby influencing the heat exchange performance of the heat exchanger and making the appearance of the heat exchanger not aesthetically pleasing.
- the portions of the heat exchanger outside of the bend will be torn where the manifolds are welded to flat tubes, which results in the decrease in the burst pressure of the heat exchanger.
- the EU patent application No. EP1962040A1 discloses a micro-channel heat exchanger, in which a U-shaped crush relief spacer is disposed at a bend for the purpose of avoiding the deformation of the fins around the bend.
- the object of the present invention is to provide a micro-channel heat exchanger, which can effectively prevent the fins around the bend from deformation when the micro-channel heat exchanger is bent along the length of the manifold.
- micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention utilizes the following several technical solutions for achieving said object.
- a micro-channel heat exchanger comprises manifolds, a plurality of micro-channel flat tubes connected to the manifolds, and a plurality of rows of fins spaced apart by the micro-channel flat tubes, the micro-channel heat exchanger being provided with at least one bend with each having at least one row of fins, the width of the at least one row of fins inside the bend being less than the width of the fins on two sides adjacent to the bend.
- Said solution forms a crush stress relief space inside the bend by decreasing the width of the fin inside the bend, thereby avoiding the deformation of the fins on the two inner sides adjacent to the bend due to crushing and meanwhile maintaining the ventilation and heat exchange functionalities of the bend.
- a micro-channel heat exchanger comprises manifolds, a plurality of micro-channel flat tubes connected to the manifolds, and a plurality of rows of fins spaced apart by the micro-channel flat tubes, the micro-channel heat exchanger being provided with at least one bend with each having at least one row of fins, the gap between the fins of at least one row among the at least one row of fins being greater than the gap between the fins on two sides adjacent to the bend.
- the gap of the fins of the bend is greater than the gap of the fins on the two sides adjacent to the bend, when being bent, the fins of the bend will be deformed first as being relatively weak supported, thereby effectively preventing the fins around the bend from being deformed; moreover, since the fins of the bend have comparatively great gaps, they still have big space allowing for air passage after being crushed. Thus, the ventilation and heat exchange functionalities of the bend can be maintained.
- a micro-channel heat exchanger comprises manifolds, a plurality of micro-channel flat tubes connected to the manifolds, and a plurality of rows of fins spaced apart by the micro-channel flat tubes, the micro-channel heat exchanger being provided with at least one bend with each having a space for separating a micro-channel heat exchanger core.
- a micro-channel heat exchanger comprises manifolds, a plurality of micro-channel flat tubes connected to the manifolds, and a plurality of rows of fins spaced apart by the micro-channel flat tubes, the micro-channel heat exchanger including at least two heat exchanger cores, the manifolds of each heat exchanger core being respectively in sealing connection with the manifolds of another heat exchanger core via elbow pipes, and a bend being formed between the heat exchanger cores.
- the solution forms the required bend by interconnecting the heat exchanger cores via elbow pipes, thereby avoiding directly bending the heat exchanger cores. Therefore, fin deformation caused by the bending of the heat exchanger cores is avoided.
- FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of a first preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of a second preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a front view of a third preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention.
- FIG. 4 is a partial enlarged view of the embodiment of FIG. 3 .
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a fourth preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a fifth preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of a first preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention.
- a micro-channel heat exchanger in accordance with the present invention typically comprises an upper manifold 11 a , a lower manifold 12 a (see FIG. 3 ), a plurality of micro-channel flat tubes 21 a respectively connected to the upper manifold 11 a and the lower manifold 12 a, and a plurality of rows of fins 31 a spaced apart by the micro-channel flat tubes 21 a .
- each micro-channel flat tube 21 a Both ends of each micro-channel flat tube 21 a are respectively inserted into the interiors of the upper manifold 11 a and the lower manifold 12 a and are fixed with the upper and lower manifolds 11 a , 12 a in sealing connection.
- the fins 31 a are fixed onto the micro-channel flat tube 21 a.
- the interior of the micro-channel flat tubes 21 a is provided with a row of micro-channels 211 which extend along the longitudinal direction of the flat tubes 21 a to two end surfaces of the flat tubes 21 a.
- the upper manifold 11 a, the lower manifold 12 a and the micro-channel flat tubes 21 a are all made of aluminum alloy material.
- the micro-channel heat exchanger is provided with a bend which comprises a row of fins 41 a.
- the width of the row of fins 41 a inside the bend is less than the width of the fins 31 a on two sides adjacent to the bend in such a way that a crush stress relief space A is formed inside the bend.
- the flat tubes 21 a are prone to be close to each other along the direction X since the portions of the flat tubes 21 a on both sides of the space A are not supported, thereby releasing the crush stress applied on the fins 31 a in proximity to both sides of the space A.
- the specific width of the fins 41 a inside the bend mainly depends on the bending radius, and the width of the fins 41 a at the bend decreases as the bending radius decreases.
- FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of a second preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention.
- the micro-channel heat exchanger comprises an upper manifold 11 a , a lower manifold 12 a (see FIG. 3 ), a plurality of micro-channel flat tubes 21 b respectively connected to the upper manifold 11 a and the lower manifold 12 a, and a plurality of rows of fins 31 b spaced apart by the micro-channel flat tubes 21 b.
- FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view of a second preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention.
- the micro-channel heat exchanger comprises an upper manifold 11 a , a lower manifold 12 a (see FIG. 3 ), a plurality of micro-channel flat tubes 21 b respectively connected to the upper manifold 11 a and the lower manifold 12 a, and a plurality of rows of fins 31 b spaced apart by the micro-channel flat tubes 21 b.
- each bend comprises two rows of fins 41 b and a flat tube 51 therebetween, the width of the two rows of fins 41 b inside the bend being less than the width of the fins 31 b on two inner sides adjacent to the bend and the width of the flat tube 51 inside the bend being less than the width of the flat tubes 21 b on two inner sides adjacent to the bend, in such a way that a crush stress relief space B is formed inside the bend.
- the flat tubes 21 b are prone to be close to each other along the direction X since the portions of the flat tubes 21 b on both sides of the space B are not supported, thereby releasing the crush stress applied on the fins 31 b in proximity to both sides of the space B.
- the width of the two rows of fins 41 b outside the bend is less than the width of the fins 31 b on two outer sides adjacent to the bend
- the width of the flat tube 51 outside the bend is less than the width of the flat tubes 21 b on two outer sides adjacent to the bend, thereby forming a space C outside the bend.
- FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate a third preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention.
- the micro-channel heat exchanger comprises the upper manifold 11 a, the lower manifold 12 a, a plurality of micro-channel flat tubes 21 c respectively connected to the upper manifold 11 a and the lower manifold 12 a, and a plurality of rows of fins 31 c spaced apart by the micro-channel flat tubes 21 c . As shown in FIG.
- the bend D comprises five rows of fins, wherein the gap between the fins of three rows of fins 41 c is greater than the gap between the fins of the rows of fins 31 c on two sides adjacent to the bend, and the gap between the fins of the remaining two rows of fins 42 c is the same as that of the rows of fins 31 c.
- the gap between the fins in the remaining two rows of fins 42 c may also be the same as that in the rows of fins 41 c in other embodiments of the present invention.
- the three rows of fins 41 c are respectively disposed on both sides of the two rows of fins 42 c in a spaced manner.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a fourth preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention.
- the micro-channel heat exchanger comprises an upper manifold 11 b and a lower manifold 12 b.
- the micro-channel heat exchanger is provided with a bend having a space 61 for separating the micro-channel heat exchanger cores.
- There are no fins and flat tubes arranged in the space 61 and therefore the parts of the upper manifold 11 b and the lower manifold 12 b facing the space have no slots for receiving the ends of the flat tubes. Therefore, the bending of the heat exchanger is easier and will not cause the problem of the deformation of the crushed fins when being bent.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a fifth preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention.
- the micro-channel heat exchanger comprises two heat exchanger cores 1 a and 1 b .
- the micro-channel heat exchanger may include three or more heat exchanger cores in other embodiments of the present invention.
- the heat exchanger core 1 a comprises an upper manifold 11 c and a lower manifold 12 c.
- the heat exchanger core 1 b comprises an upper manifold 11 d and a lower manifold 12 d.
- An elbow pipe 71 is fitted into one end of the upper manifold 11 c and the upper manifold 11 d respectively and sealingly fixed to the two manifolds by welding; likewise, an elbow pipe 72 is fitted onto the lower manifold 12 c and the lower manifold 12 d respectively and sealingly fixed to the two manifolds by welding in such a way that a bend is formed between the two heat exchanger cores 1 a and 1 b .
- the elbow pipe 71 is in communication with the upper manifolds 11 c and 11 d so that the working medium can flow between the upper manifolds 11 c and 11 d .
- the elbow pipe 72 is in communication with the lower manifolds 12 c and 12 d so that the working medium can flow between the lower manifolds 12 c and 12 d.
- the bending radius of the bend can be adjusted by varying the size of the elbow pipes 71 and 72 .
- the upper and lower ends of the windshield 81 are respectively fixed onto the elbow pipes 71 and 72 by welding.
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- This application is entitled to the benefit of and incorporates by reference essential subject matter disclosed in Chinese Patent Application No. 200910002435.9 filed on Jan. 20, 2009.
- The present invention relates to a heat exchanger and more particularly to a micro-channel heat exchanger.
- Compared with the conventional heat exchanger, the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention has advantages such as higher heat exchange efficiency and less usage of working medium. Since the industry at present places great emphasis and sets higher requirements on environmental protection and energy conservation, the micro-channel heat exchanger has been widely used in many industries owing to its own advantages, for instance, air-conditioning industry, automobile industry and chemical mechanical industry.
- Due to particular design requirements or mounting space constraints, the micro-channel heat exchanger is usually not planar as a whole but designed with one or more bends so as to match the particular mounting space available. In the prior art, some of such bends are formed by bending the micro-channel heat exchanger along the length of a manifold. Fins inside the heat exchanger are crushed, deformed and distorted during the bending process, thereby influencing the heat exchange performance of the heat exchanger and making the appearance of the heat exchanger not aesthetically pleasing. Additionally, the portions of the heat exchanger outside of the bend will be torn where the manifolds are welded to flat tubes, which results in the decrease in the burst pressure of the heat exchanger. For solving the problem of deformation of the fins at bends, the EU patent application No. EP1962040A1 discloses a micro-channel heat exchanger, in which a U-shaped crush relief spacer is disposed at a bend for the purpose of avoiding the deformation of the fins around the bend.
- The object of the present invention is to provide a micro-channel heat exchanger, which can effectively prevent the fins around the bend from deformation when the micro-channel heat exchanger is bent along the length of the manifold.
- The micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention utilizes the following several technical solutions for achieving said object.
- Solution 1: a micro-channel heat exchanger comprises manifolds, a plurality of micro-channel flat tubes connected to the manifolds, and a plurality of rows of fins spaced apart by the micro-channel flat tubes, the micro-channel heat exchanger being provided with at least one bend with each having at least one row of fins, the width of the at least one row of fins inside the bend being less than the width of the fins on two sides adjacent to the bend.
- Said solution forms a crush stress relief space inside the bend by decreasing the width of the fin inside the bend, thereby avoiding the deformation of the fins on the two inner sides adjacent to the bend due to crushing and meanwhile maintaining the ventilation and heat exchange functionalities of the bend.
- Solution 2: a micro-channel heat exchanger comprises manifolds, a plurality of micro-channel flat tubes connected to the manifolds, and a plurality of rows of fins spaced apart by the micro-channel flat tubes, the micro-channel heat exchanger being provided with at least one bend with each having at least one row of fins, the gap between the fins of at least one row among the at least one row of fins being greater than the gap between the fins on two sides adjacent to the bend.
- Since the gap of the fins of the bend is greater than the gap of the fins on the two sides adjacent to the bend, when being bent, the fins of the bend will be deformed first as being relatively weak supported, thereby effectively preventing the fins around the bend from being deformed; moreover, since the fins of the bend have comparatively great gaps, they still have big space allowing for air passage after being crushed. Thus, the ventilation and heat exchange functionalities of the bend can be maintained.
- Solution 3: a micro-channel heat exchanger comprises manifolds, a plurality of micro-channel flat tubes connected to the manifolds, and a plurality of rows of fins spaced apart by the micro-channel flat tubes, the micro-channel heat exchanger being provided with at least one bend with each having a space for separating a micro-channel heat exchanger core.
- The problem of fin deformation is essentially eliminated by arranging a specialized space at the bend because there are no fins and flat tubes in the space and only the manifold is bent upon bending.
- Solution 4: a micro-channel heat exchanger comprises manifolds, a plurality of micro-channel flat tubes connected to the manifolds, and a plurality of rows of fins spaced apart by the micro-channel flat tubes, the micro-channel heat exchanger including at least two heat exchanger cores, the manifolds of each heat exchanger core being respectively in sealing connection with the manifolds of another heat exchanger core via elbow pipes, and a bend being formed between the heat exchanger cores.
- The solution forms the required bend by interconnecting the heat exchanger cores via elbow pipes, thereby avoiding directly bending the heat exchanger cores. Therefore, fin deformation caused by the bending of the heat exchanger cores is avoided.
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FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of a first preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention. -
FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of a second preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention. -
FIG. 3 is a front view of a third preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention. -
FIG. 4 is a partial enlarged view of the embodiment ofFIG. 3 . -
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a fourth preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention. -
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a fifth preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention. - Various embodiments of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention will be described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. It shall be noted that various embodiments described below are only for illustration of the present invention but not intended to limit the present invention.
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FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view of a first preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention. A micro-channel heat exchanger in accordance with the present invention typically comprises anupper manifold 11 a, alower manifold 12 a (seeFIG. 3 ), a plurality of micro-channelflat tubes 21 a respectively connected to theupper manifold 11 a and thelower manifold 12 a, and a plurality of rows offins 31 a spaced apart by the micro-channelflat tubes 21 a. Both ends of each micro-channelflat tube 21 a are respectively inserted into the interiors of theupper manifold 11 a and thelower manifold 12 a and are fixed with the upper andlower manifolds fins 31 a are fixed onto the micro-channelflat tube 21 a. As shown more clearly inFIG. 1 , the interior of the micro-channelflat tubes 21 a is provided with a row of micro-channels 211 which extend along the longitudinal direction of theflat tubes 21 a to two end surfaces of theflat tubes 21 a. In this embodiment, theupper manifold 11 a, thelower manifold 12 a and the micro-channelflat tubes 21 a are all made of aluminum alloy material. - As shown in
FIG. 1 , in this embodiment, the micro-channel heat exchanger is provided with a bend which comprises a row offins 41 a. The width of the row offins 41 a inside the bend is less than the width of thefins 31 a on two sides adjacent to the bend in such a way that a crush stress relief space A is formed inside the bend. When the micro-channel heat exchanger is bent along the bend in the direction X of the arrows shown inFIG. 1 , theflat tubes 21 a are prone to be close to each other along the direction X since the portions of theflat tubes 21 a on both sides of the space A are not supported, thereby releasing the crush stress applied on thefins 31 a in proximity to both sides of the space A. The specific width of thefins 41 a inside the bend mainly depends on the bending radius, and the width of thefins 41 a at the bend decreases as the bending radius decreases. -
FIG. 2 is a partial perspective view of a second preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention. Similar to the first embodiment, the micro-channel heat exchanger comprises anupper manifold 11 a, alower manifold 12 a (seeFIG. 3 ), a plurality of micro-channelflat tubes 21 b respectively connected to theupper manifold 11 a and thelower manifold 12 a, and a plurality of rows offins 31 b spaced apart by the micro-channelflat tubes 21 b. As shown inFIG. 2 , each bend comprises two rows offins 41 b and aflat tube 51 therebetween, the width of the two rows offins 41 b inside the bend being less than the width of thefins 31 b on two inner sides adjacent to the bend and the width of theflat tube 51 inside the bend being less than the width of theflat tubes 21 b on two inner sides adjacent to the bend, in such a way that a crush stress relief space B is formed inside the bend. When the micro-channel heat exchanger is bent along the bend in the direction X of the arrows shown inFIG. 2 , theflat tubes 21 b are prone to be close to each other along the direction X since the portions of theflat tubes 21 b on both sides of the space B are not supported, thereby releasing the crush stress applied on thefins 31 b in proximity to both sides of the space B. In order to make the micro-channel heat exchanger more easily bent so as to avoid the deformation of the fins around the bend, the width of the two rows offins 41 b outside the bend is less than the width of thefins 31 b on two outer sides adjacent to the bend, and the width of theflat tube 51 outside the bend is less than the width of theflat tubes 21 b on two outer sides adjacent to the bend, thereby forming a space C outside the bend. -
FIGS. 3 and 4 illustrate a third preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention. The micro-channel heat exchanger comprises theupper manifold 11 a, thelower manifold 12 a, a plurality of micro-channelflat tubes 21 c respectively connected to theupper manifold 11 a and thelower manifold 12 a, and a plurality of rows offins 31 c spaced apart by the micro-channelflat tubes 21 c. As shown inFIG. 3 , the bend D comprises five rows of fins, wherein the gap between the fins of three rows offins 41 c is greater than the gap between the fins of the rows offins 31 c on two sides adjacent to the bend, and the gap between the fins of the remaining two rows offins 42 c is the same as that of the rows offins 31 c. Certainly, the gap between the fins in the remaining two rows offins 42 c may also be the same as that in the rows offins 41 c in other embodiments of the present invention. The three rows offins 41 c are respectively disposed on both sides of the two rows offins 42 c in a spaced manner. -
FIG. 5 illustrates a fourth preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the micro-channel heat exchanger comprises anupper manifold 11 b and alower manifold 12 b. In this embodiment, the micro-channel heat exchanger is provided with a bend having aspace 61 for separating the micro-channel heat exchanger cores. There are no fins and flat tubes arranged in thespace 61, and therefore the parts of theupper manifold 11 b and thelower manifold 12 b facing the space have no slots for receiving the ends of the flat tubes. Therefore, the bending of the heat exchanger is easier and will not cause the problem of the deformation of the crushed fins when being bent. -
FIG. 6 illustrates a fifth preferable embodiment of the micro-channel heat exchanger of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the micro-channel heat exchanger comprises twoheat exchanger cores heat exchanger core 1 a comprises anupper manifold 11 c and alower manifold 12 c. Similarly, theheat exchanger core 1 b comprises anupper manifold 11 d and alower manifold 12 d. Anelbow pipe 71 is fitted into one end of theupper manifold 11 c and theupper manifold 11 d respectively and sealingly fixed to the two manifolds by welding; likewise, anelbow pipe 72 is fitted onto thelower manifold 12 c and thelower manifold 12 d respectively and sealingly fixed to the two manifolds by welding in such a way that a bend is formed between the twoheat exchanger cores elbow pipe 71 is in communication with theupper manifolds upper manifolds elbow pipe 72 is in communication with thelower manifolds lower manifolds elbow pipes heat exchanger cores windshield 81 is arranged in the gap for preventing wind from passing the gap. The upper and lower ends of thewindshield 81 are respectively fixed onto theelbow pipes - The foregoing description of embodiments of the present invention has been presented for the purpose of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the particular forms disclosed. Obvious modifications and variations are possible in light of the above disclosure without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The embodiments described were chosen to best illustrate the principles of the invention and practical applications thereof to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to utilize the invention in various embodiments and with various modifications as suited to the particular use contemplated. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the claims appended hereto.
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