Metal foam base printed circuit board type flue gas heat exchanger
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of heat energy, in particular to a metal foam base printed circuit board type smoke heat exchanger.
Background
The flue gas heat exchanger is a key component in a waste heat recovery and circulation system of the internal combustion engine and is responsible for absorbing heat from the flue gas of the internal combustion engine. The design of a proper flue gas heat exchanger can greatly improve the efficiency of the waste heat recovery system. The traditional heat exchanger and the traditional heat exchange strengthening means have the defect of low heat exchange efficiency, so that the flue gas heat exchanger is too large in size and weight, and difficult to apply to a vehicle-mounted waste heat recovery system under the conditions of large size and weight. In addition, the internal combustion engine is very sensitive to the loss of the pressure drop of the flue gas, and the flue gas heat exchanger needs to meet the requirement of small flow resistance so as to improve the heat exchange efficiency.
Chinese patent publication No. CN208620384U discloses a composite plate formula gas heater, including upper cover plate, lower apron, stand and heat exchanger fin, upper cover plate, lower apron and stand constitute the heat exchanger frame, the heat exchanger fin be provided with a plurality ofly and interval distribution set up in the heat exchanger frame to correspond between arbitrary two adjacent heat exchanger fins and be provided with the sealing strip, the sealing strip that sets up on arbitrary two adjacent heat exchanger fins is 90 dislocation set, forms hot fluid passage and cold fluid passage of a plurality of adjacent crisscross settings, all correspond in hot fluid passage and the cold fluid passage and be provided with the fluid of disturbing, the heat exchanger fin is polygonal composite plate. The utility model has the advantages of dew point corrosion resistance, long-period stable operation, recovery of sensible heat in low-temperature waste heat of flue gas, recovery of latent heat of vapor in the flue gas, obvious energy-saving effect, obvious emission reduction effect, high strength, good sealing property, prolonged service life of equipment and long-period operation; the pressure drop is small and the cleaning is easy. But this patent heat transfer intensification means has the shortcoming that heat exchange efficiency is low, leads to flue gas heat exchanger volume and weight too huge, only leans on the smooth surface of composite sheet coating to make fluid flow resistance little to reduce fluid pressure drop, the effect that reduces the pressure drop is not obvious, based on its bulky and the effect that reduces the pressure drop is not obvious leads to the not high problem of heat exchange efficiency, this patent is not applicable to on-vehicle waste heat recovery system.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the technical problems that the flue gas heat exchanger in the prior art is too large in size and weight, and the effect of reducing pressure drop is not obvious, so that the heat exchange efficiency is not high, and the flue gas heat exchanger is difficult to apply to a vehicle-mounted waste heat recovery system.
The invention solves the technical problems through the following technical means: the utility model provides a metal foam base printed circuit board formula flue gas heat exchanger, includes the heat exchanger core, the heat exchanger core is micron order printed circuit board formula structure, the heat exchanger core includes cold fluid passageway and hot-fluid passageway, the hot-fluid passageway adopts metal foam's zigzag runner, cold fluid passageway and hot-fluid passageway are alternately arranged in the range of the combination of piling up the orientation periodicity, the straight line distance scope of the starting point of hot-fluid passageway to the terminal point is between 2-40 mm.
The range of the linear distance from the starting point to the end point of the hot fluid channel is 2-40mm, the core body of the heat exchanger is of a micron-sized printed circuit board type structure, the cold fluid channel and the hot fluid channel are periodically arranged in a staggered combination manner in the stacking direction, the compactness of the heat exchanger is greatly improved, the miniaturization and the light weight are realized, the hot fluid channel adopts the Z-shaped channel made of the metal foam material, the fluid flowing direction can be changed, the turbulence degree is improved, meanwhile, part of fluid flows through the metal foam to further improve the heat exchange performance, and due to the permeability of the metal foam, the pressure drop of the Z-shaped channel made of the metal foam material is greatly reduced, so that the heat exchanger can be applied to a vehicle-mounted waste heat recovery system, the energy conservation and emission reduction are realized, and the miniaturization and the integration of the internal combustion engine are very important.
Furthermore, the heat exchanger core body is formed by high-temperature diffusion welding of at least one layer of hot fluid substrate and at least one layer of cold fluid substrate, the cold fluid substrates and the hot fluid substrates are periodically arranged in a staggered combination manner in the stacking direction, the cold fluid channels are arranged in the cold fluid substrates, and the hot fluid channels are arranged in the hot fluid substrates.
Furthermore, the hot fluid channel comprises a plurality of first separating strips, the first separating strips are made of metal foam materials, each first separating strip is a zigzag strip-shaped structure formed by connecting a plurality of continuous first z-shaped strips end to end, each first separating strip is arranged at equal intervals, a first channel is formed between every two adjacent first separating strips, the first channels are arranged in the hot fluid substrate, the inlet and the outlet of each first channel are respectively located on one opposite side of the heat exchanger core, and hot fluid flows in the first channels.
Furthermore, the cold fluid channel comprises a plurality of second separating strips, the second separating strips are of a metal solid structure, each second separating strip is a second Z-shaped strip formed by bending a straight metal strip vertically to the right and then bending the straight metal strip vertically to the lower, each second separating strip is arranged at equal intervals, a second channel is formed between every two adjacent second separating strips, the second channels are arranged in the cold fluid base plate, the inlets and the outlets of the second channels are respectively located on the other opposite sides of the heat exchanger core, and the cold fluid circulates in the second channels.
Further, the metal foam porosity is between 0.7 and 0.98 and the metal foam cell density is between 30PPI and 90 PPI.
Further, the metal foam is made of aluminum, copper, nickel or an alloy of aluminum, copper, nickel by a sintering method, an electroplating method, a pressure casting method or a foaming method.
Furthermore, the hydraulic diameter of the aperture of the hot fluid channel is 1mm-3mm, and the hydraulic diameter of the aperture of the cold fluid channel is 0.5mm-3 mm.
Furthermore, the bending angle of the Z-shaped flow channel of the metal foam material is an acute angle or an acute angle fillet, and the bending angle range is between 0 and 45 degrees.
Further, the heat exchanger core body is made of metal foam materials or stainless steel materials.
Further, the surface of a Z-shaped flow channel of the metal foam material in the heat exchanger core is coated with a soot activation regeneration catalyst, and the soot activation regeneration catalyst is alkali metal or precious metal.
The invention has the advantages that:
(1) the range of the linear distance from the starting point to the end point of the hot fluid channel is 2-40mm, the core body of the heat exchanger is of a micron-sized printed circuit board type structure, the cold fluid channel and the hot fluid channel are periodically arranged in a staggered combination manner in the stacking direction, the compactness of the heat exchanger is greatly improved, the miniaturization and the light weight are realized, the hot fluid channel adopts the Z-shaped channel made of the metal foam material, the fluid flowing direction can be changed, the turbulence degree is improved, meanwhile, part of fluid flows through the metal foam to further improve the heat exchange performance, and due to the permeability of the metal foam, the pressure drop of the Z-shaped channel made of the metal foam material is greatly reduced, so that the heat exchanger can be applied to a vehicle-mounted waste heat recovery system, the energy conservation and emission reduction are realized, and the miniaturization and the integration of the internal combustion engine are very important.
(2) The part of the fluid flows through the metal foam, so that the flow dead zone is obviously reduced, and the dirt and impurities at the dead corner of the flow are washed away.
(3) The hot fluid channel adopts the Z-shaped flow channel made of the metal foam material, so that the influence of the traditional Z-shaped flow channel on the change of the flow form can be reduced, and the pressure drop of the Z-shaped flow channel can be obviously reduced while the heat exchange is enhanced.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a metal foam-based printed circuit board type flue gas heat exchanger disclosed in an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a hot fluid channel in a metal foam-based printed circuit board type flue gas heat exchanger according to an embodiment of the present invention in a top view direction;
fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a cold fluid channel in a metal foam-based printed circuit board type flue gas heat exchanger in a top view direction according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present invention, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
As shown in fig. 1, the metal foam-based printed circuit board type flue gas heat exchanger comprises a heat exchanger core 5, wherein the heat exchanger core 5 is of a micron-sized printed circuit board type structure, the heat exchanger core 5 comprises a cold fluid channel 2 and a hot fluid channel 1, the hot fluid channel 1 adopts a zigzag flow channel made of metal foam materials, the cold fluid channel 2 and the hot fluid channel 1 are periodically arranged in a staggered combination manner in the stacking direction, and the range of the linear distance from the starting point to the end point of the hot fluid channel 1 is 2-40 mm.
The heat exchanger core body 5 is formed by high-temperature diffusion welding of at least one layer of hot fluid substrate 3 and at least one layer of cold fluid substrate 4, the cold fluid substrates 4 and the hot fluid substrates 3 are periodically arranged in a staggered combination manner in the stacking direction, the cold fluid channels 2 are arranged in the cold fluid substrate 4, and the hot fluid channels 1 are arranged in the hot fluid substrate 3.
As shown in fig. 2, the thermal fluid channel 1 includes a plurality of first division bars 101, the material of the first division bars 101 is a metal foam material, each first division bar 101 is a zigzag-shaped bar structure formed by connecting a plurality of continuous first z-shaped bars end to end, each first division bar 101 is arranged at equal intervals, a first channel 102 is formed between two adjacent first division bars 101, the first channel 102 is arranged in the thermal fluid substrate 3, an inlet and an outlet of the first channel 102 are respectively located on one opposite side of the heat exchanger core 5, and a thermal fluid circulates in the first channel 102. The bending angle of the Z-shaped flow channel of the metal foam material is an acute angle or an acute angle fillet, and other bending angles can be adopted, and the bending angle range is 0-45 degrees, namely the angle range of each bending position of the zigzag strip-shaped structure is 0-45 degrees.
As shown in fig. 3, the cold fluid channel 2 includes a plurality of second partition strips 201, the second partition strips 201 are metal solid structures, each second partition strip 201 is a second Z-shaped strip formed by bending a straight metal strip vertically to the right and then bending the straight metal strip vertically to the lower, each second partition strip 201 is arranged at equal intervals, a second channel 202 is formed between two adjacent second partition strips 201, the second channel 202 is arranged in the cold fluid base plate 4, an inlet and an outlet of the second channel 202 are respectively located on the other opposite sides of the heat exchanger core 5, and the cold fluid circulates in the second channel 202. In the invention, the hot fluid is smoke in automobile exhaust, and the cold fluid is CO2。
The cold fluid channel 2 of the invention is overlapped with the hot fluid channel 1 in space as much as possible, that is, the connecting line of the whole hot fluid channel 1 from the flue gas inlet to the flue gas outlet shown in fig. 1 and the two vertical bending parts of the second Z-shaped strip of the cold fluid channel 2 is exactly overlapped in the overlooking direction, so that the cold fluid in the cold fluid channel 2 can be closest to the hot fluid in the hot fluid channel 1, the contact surface is largest, and the heat of the hot fluid channel 1 is taken away as soon as possible.
As a further improved scheme, the porosity of the metal foam is between 0.7 and 0.98, the pore density of the metal foam is between 30PPI and 90PPI, and the porosity and the pore density of the metal foam are ranges with optimal comprehensive performance selected by continuously adjusting parameters after modeling the flue gas heat exchanger through the existing modeling software. The metal foam is made of aluminum, copper and nickel or an alloy of the aluminum, the copper and the nickel by adopting a sintering method, an electroplating method, a pressure casting method or a foaming method. Sintering, electroplating, pressure casting and foaming are all prior art and are not described herein.
As a further improvement scheme, the hydraulic diameter of the pore diameter of the hot fluid channel 1 is 1mm-3mm, and the hydraulic diameter of the pore diameter of the cold fluid channel 2 is 0.5mm-3 mm. The hydraulic diameter range is also the optimal hydraulic diameter range obtained by continuously adjusting parameters after modeling the flue gas heat exchanger through the existing modeling software and performing multi-objective optimization calculation according to the physical difference of the flue gas and the carbon dioxide.
As a further improvement, the heat exchanger core 5 is made of a corrosion-resistant material such as a metal foam material or stainless steel, and the corrosion-resistant material is adopted to prolong the service life of the whole heat exchanger.
As a further improved scheme, the surfaces of the zigzag flow channels of the metal foam material in the heat exchanger core 5 are coated with soot activation regeneration catalysts, and the soot activation regeneration catalysts are alkali metals or precious metals. The catalyst has the function of preventing soot particles from depositing in a flue gas flow passage, and if the soot particles deposit, the soot particles are easier to generate chemical reaction by using the heat of the flue gas, so that the influence of the soot particles is eliminated.
Through the technical scheme, the range of the linear distance from the starting point to the end point of the hot fluid channel 1 is 2-40mm, the heat exchanger core 5 is of a micron-sized printed circuit board type structure, the cold fluid channel 2 and the hot fluid channel 1 are periodically arranged in a staggered combination manner in the stacking direction, the compactness of the heat exchanger is greatly improved, the miniaturization and the light weight are realized, the hot fluid channel 1 adopts a Z-shaped flow channel made of metal foam materials, and the effects of changing the flow direction of the fluid and improving the turbulence degree can be achieved, meanwhile, part of the fluid flows through the metal foam to further improve the heat exchange performance, and the Z-shaped flow channel of the metal foam material greatly reduces the pressure drop due to the permeability of the metal foam, so that the heat exchange material can be applied to a vehicle-mounted waste heat recovery system, the method has very important significance for saving energy, reducing emission and realizing the miniaturization and integration of the waste heat recovery system of the internal combustion engine.
The above examples are only intended to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, but not to limit it; although the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some technical features may be equivalently replaced; and such modifications or substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the corresponding technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.