Disclosure of Invention
The present invention aims to solve at least one of the technical problems existing in the prior art. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a collecting pipe, which includes a first pipe and a second pipe, wherein a first installation portion of the first pipe and a second installation portion of the second pipe are formed separately, the thickness of the first installation portion and the second installation portion is smaller, a first installation hole is formed by opening the first installation portion, a second installation hole is formed by opening the second installation portion, and the first installation hole and the corresponding second installation hole form a plugging hole for plugging a heat exchange unit.
The invention also provides a manufacturing method for the collecting pipe.
The invention also provides a heat exchanger with the collecting pipe.
The invention also provides a manufacturing method for the heat exchanger.
The invention also provides an air conditioning system with the heat exchanger.
The collecting pipe is used for a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger comprises the collecting pipe and a heat exchange unit, the collecting pipe comprises a first pipe fitting and a second pipe fitting, the first pipe fitting is provided with a first installation part, a plurality of first installation holes are formed in the first installation part, the second pipe fitting is connected with the first pipe fitting, the second pipe fitting and the first pipe fitting are respectively and independently formed, the second pipe fitting is provided with a second installation part, a plurality of second installation holes are formed in the second installation part, the second installation part is overlapped with the first installation part, an installation plate for installing the heat exchange unit of the heat exchanger is formed, the second installation holes are respectively in one-to-one correspondence with the first installation holes, and each second installation hole and the corresponding first installation hole jointly form an insertion hole for inserting the heat exchange unit.
According to the collecting pipe provided by the embodiment of the invention, the collecting pipe comprises the first pipe and the second pipe, the first installation part of the first pipe and the second installation part of the second pipe are respectively and independently formed, the thickness of the first installation part and the second installation part is smaller, the first installation part is provided with a hole to form a first installation hole, the second installation part is provided with a hole to form a second installation hole, and the first installation hole and the corresponding second installation hole form an inserting hole for inserting a heat exchange monomer.
According to some embodiments of the invention, a ratio of the thickness of the first mounting portion to the thickness of the second mounting portion ranges from 0.6 to 1.5.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the rest of the header excluding the mounting plate is a main pipe portion, and the thickness of each of the first and second mounting portions is smaller than the wall thickness of the main pipe portion.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the rest of the header excluding the mounting plate is a main pipe portion, and the thickness of the mounting plate is not less than the wall thickness of the main pipe portion.
According to some embodiments of the invention, a manifold is defined within the first tube, the first tube including a body portion disposed along a circumferential direction of the first tube and the first mounting portion.
According to some alternative embodiments of the invention, the first mounting portion has a thickness less than a wall thickness of the main body portion, and/or the second mounting portion has a thickness less than a wall thickness of the main body portion.
According to some optional embodiments of the present invention, the second pipe further includes a positioning portion connected to at least one side of the second mounting portion in a width direction, an included angle is formed between the positioning portion and the second mounting portion, and the positioning portion is connected to the main body portion.
According to some alternative embodiments of the present invention, at least one end of the main body portion in the circumferential direction is formed with a fitting notch penetrating through a circumferential end face of the main body portion, and the positioning portion is accommodated in the fitting notch.
According to some alternative embodiments of the invention, the mating notch extends along a length of the main body portion, and the positioning portion extends along a length of the second mounting portion.
According to some alternative embodiments of the invention, the locating portion is disposed flush with the same side surface of the body portion.
According to some alternative embodiments of the invention, the second tube is mounted on the outer peripheral side of the first tube.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the second tube is welded to the first tube.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the header has a D-shaped or rectangular cross-section.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the plug hole is in a strip shape, and the width of the plug hole is not more than 0.9mm.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, a method for manufacturing the header includes:
preparing a first blank and a second blank, machining a plurality of first mounting holes on a first mounting part of the first blank to form the first pipe fitting, and machining a plurality of second mounting holes on a second mounting part of the second blank to form the second pipe fitting;
assembling the first tube with the second tube to form the header.
According to the manufacturing method for the collecting pipe, the first blank and the second blank are processed respectively to form the first pipe fitting and the second pipe fitting, the thicknesses of the first blank and the second blank are smaller, and the cutter for punching is not easy to break, so that the process stability of the collecting pipe manufacturing and processing is higher, and the production cost of the collecting pipe can be reduced.
The heat exchanger comprises a first collecting pipe and a second collecting pipe, wherein the first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe are arranged oppositely and at intervals, and at least one of the first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe is the collecting pipe according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the invention;
and the heat exchange monomers are connected between the first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe.
According to the heat exchanger provided by the embodiment of the invention, the collecting pipe is divided into the first pipe fitting and the second pipe fitting, the first installation part of the first pipe fitting and the second installation part of the second pipe fitting are respectively and independently formed, so that a cutter for perforating is not easy to break, the process stability of perforating of the collecting pipe is higher, and the process stability of the heat exchanger is higher.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the heat exchange unit is formed in a flat tubular shape, and the thickness of the heat exchange unit is not greater than 0.8mm.
A manufacturing method for a heat exchanger according to an embodiment of a fourth aspect of the present invention includes:
preparing a first blank and a second blank, machining a plurality of first mounting holes on a first mounting part of the first blank to form the first pipe fitting, and machining a plurality of second mounting holes on a second mounting part of the second blank to form the second pipe fitting;
and assembling the first pipe fitting, the second pipe fitting and the plurality of heat exchange monomers to form the heat exchanger.
According to the manufacturing method for the heat exchanger, the cutter for perforating is not easy to break when the first pipe fitting and the second pipe fitting are processed, the stability of the processing technology of the first pipe fitting and the second pipe fitting is high, and the production and manufacturing cost of the heat exchanger is reduced.
According to some embodiments of the invention, assembling the first tube, the second tube, and a plurality of heat exchange cells to form the heat exchanger comprises:
Preliminary assembling the first pipe fitting with the second pipe fitting;
inserting the heat exchange monomer into the inserting hole and primarily assembling the heat exchange monomer into a heat exchanger blank;
and placing the heat exchanger blank into a heating box, and heating, welding and forming to form the heat exchanger.
An air conditioning system according to an embodiment of the fifth aspect of the present invention includes a heat exchanger according to an embodiment of the above-described third aspect of the present invention.
According to the air conditioning system provided by the embodiment of the invention, the heat exchanger is arranged, so that the cutter for perforating is not easy to break, the stability of the processing technology of the heat exchanger is higher, and the production cost of the air conditioning system is reduced.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
Detailed Description
Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention.
The header 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As shown in fig. 1 to 9, according to the header 1 of the embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the header 1 is used for a heat exchanger 100, and the heat exchanger 100 includes the header 1 and a heat exchange unit 3. Header 1 includes a first tube member 13 and a second tube member 18. The first pipe member 13 has a first mounting portion 14, and the first mounting portion 14 is formed with a plurality of first mounting holes. The second pipe member 18 is connected to the first pipe member 13, the second pipe member 18 and the first pipe member 13 are formed separately, the second pipe member 18 has a second mounting portion 19, and the second mounting portion 19 is formed with a plurality of second mounting holes. By forming the first pipe member 13 and the second pipe member 18 separately, the first mounting portion 14 can be perforated with a cutter to form a first mounting hole, and the second mounting portion 19 can be perforated with a cutter to form a second mounting hole, so that the first pipe member 13 and the second pipe member 18 can be perforated separately to form mounting holes.
Wherein, the second mounting portion 19 overlaps with the first mounting portion 14 and forms a mounting plate 22 for mounting the heat exchange unit 3 of the heat exchanger 100, and the plurality of second mounting holes and the plurality of first mounting holes are respectively in one-to-one correspondence, and each second mounting hole and the corresponding first mounting hole jointly form a plugging hole 21 for plugging the heat exchange unit 3.
The second installation department 19 forms mounting panel 22 through the superpose with first installation department 14, and the thickness of first installation department 14 and second installation department 19 is all less, compares in prior art and directly opens the hole on the bigger pressure manifold 1 of thickness, and when respectively alone to first installation department 14 trompil in order to form first mounting hole, to second installation department 19 trompil in order to form the second mounting hole, the cutter is difficult for the rupture, and the technological stability of trompil processing is higher.
According to the collecting pipe 1 of the embodiment of the invention, the collecting pipe 1 comprises the first pipe fitting 13 and the second pipe fitting 18, the first installation part 14 of the first pipe fitting 13 and the second installation part 19 of the second pipe fitting 18 are respectively and independently formed, and the thicknesses of the first installation part 14 and the second installation part 19 are smaller.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 3, the ratio of the thickness of the first mounting portion 14 to the thickness of the second mounting portion 19 ranges from 0.6 to 1.5. When the ratio of the thickness of the first mounting portion 14 to the thickness of the second mounting portion 19 is smaller or larger than the range, the difference between the thickness of the first mounting portion 14 and the thickness of the second mounting portion 19 is too large, and when the cutter is used for punching holes, the first mounting portion 14 or the second mounting portion 19 with too large thickness can cause the cutter to be broken easily, so that the process stability is lower when the first mounting portion 14 is provided with the first mounting hole or the second mounting portion 19 is provided with the second mounting hole.
The range of the ratio of the thickness of the first mounting portion 14 to the thickness of the second mounting portion 19 is limited to be within the range, and the thickness of the first mounting portion 14 and the thickness of the second mounting portion 19 are not greatly different, so that when the cutters are used for perforating the first mounting portion 14 and the second mounting portion 19, the cutters are not easily broken, and the process stability of the processing of the first mounting hole and the second mounting hole can be improved.
For example, the ratio of the thickness of the first mounting portion 14 to the thickness of the second mounting portion 19 may be 1, i.e., the thickness of the first mounting portion 14 is equal to the thickness of the second mounting portion 19.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the rest of the header 1 excluding the mounting plate 22 is the main pipe portion 23, and the thickness of each of the first mounting portion 14 and the second mounting portion 19 is smaller than the wall thickness of the main pipe portion 23. This arrangement reduces the thickness of the first mounting portion 14 and the second mounting portion 19, and when the first mounting portion 14 and the second mounting portion 19 are perforated with a cutter, the breakage rate of the cutter can be reduced, and the process stability of the perforation process of the first mounting portion 14 and the second mounting portion 19 can be further improved.
According to some embodiments of the invention, referring to fig. 1-7, the remainder of the header 1 excluding the mounting plate 22 is the main pipe portion 23, and the thickness of the mounting plate 22 is no less than the wall thickness of the main pipe portion 23. The pressure-resistant strength of the collecting pipe 1 is required to be certain, if the wall thickness is smaller, the pressure-resistant strength is lower, the service life of the collecting pipe 1 can be reduced, the plug holes 21 are formed in the mounting plate 22, the thickness of the mounting plate 22 is not smaller than the wall thickness of the main pipe part 23, the structural strength of the mounting plate 22 can be ensured, the service life of the mounting plate 22 is prolonged, and the pressure-resistant strength of the collecting pipe 1 can be ensured.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 3 and 6, a manifold 15 is defined in the first tube member 13, and the first tube member 13 includes a main body portion 16 and a first mounting portion 14 disposed along a circumferential direction of the first tube member 13. Through defining the manifold 15 in the first pipe fitting 13, the heat exchange medium can flow into the heat exchange unit 3 from the manifold 15 in the first pipe fitting 13 through the inserting holes 21, compared with the manifold 15 defined by the first pipe fitting 13 and the second pipe fitting 18 together, the manifold 15 is defined in the first pipe fitting 13, the manifold 15 and the first pipe fitting 13 are integrally formed, the connecting procedure of splicing to form the manifold 15 is omitted, the structure of the manifold 15 is more stable, the sealing performance of the manifold 15 is improved, and the service life of the manifold 15 is prolonged.
When the remaining part of the header 1 excluding the mounting plate 22 is the main pipe portion 23, the main pipe portion 23 includes the main body portion 16 described above.
According to some alternative embodiments of the invention, referring to fig. 6, the thickness of the first mounting portion 14 is less than the wall thickness of the body portion 16. The thickness of the first mounting portion 14 is smaller, and the cutter for perforating is not easy to break, so that the first mounting portion 14 is conveniently perforated to form a first mounting hole, and the process stability of machining the first mounting hole is higher.
According to some alternative embodiments of the invention, referring to fig. 3, the thickness of the second mounting portion 19 is less than the wall thickness of the body portion 16. The thickness of the second mounting portion 19 is smaller, and the cutter for perforating is not easy to break, so that the second mounting portion 19 is conveniently perforated to form a first mounting hole, and the process stability of machining the second mounting hole is higher.
According to some alternative embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 2, 3, 6 and 7, the second pipe member 18 further includes a positioning portion 20, the positioning portion 20 is connected to at least one side of the second mounting portion 19 in the width direction, an included angle is formed between the positioning portion 20 and the second mounting portion 19, and the positioning portion 20 is connected to the main body portion 16. For example, the positioning portion 20 is connected to one side in the width direction of the second mounting portion 19, and for example, the positioning portion 20 is connected to both sides in the width direction of the second mounting portion 19. Through setting up location portion 20, make second pipe fitting 18 can realize with the location installation of first pipe fitting 13, can guarantee that a plurality of first mounting holes are in a plurality of second mounting holes one-to-one respectively, and establish location portion 20 to be the contained angle setting with between the second mounting portion 19, be convenient for location portion 20 and main part 16 are connected.
When the remaining part of the header 1 excluding the mounting plate 22 is the main pipe portion 23, the main pipe portion 23 includes the positioning portion 20 described above.
According to some alternative embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 2 and 6, at least one end of the main body portion 16 in the circumferential direction is formed with a fitting notch 17, the fitting notch 17 penetrates the circumferential end surface of the main body portion 16, and the positioning portion 20 is accommodated in the fitting notch 17. For example, the body portion 16 is formed with a fitting notch 17 at one end in the circumferential direction, and for example, the body portion 16 is formed with a fitting notch 17 at both ends in the circumferential direction. When the first pipe fitting 13 and the second pipe fitting 18 are assembled, the matching notch 17 is arranged, so that the positioning part 20 can be positioned and installed on the matching notch 17, the first pipe fitting 13 and the second pipe fitting 18 are conveniently connected, the positioning and installation of the second pipe fitting 18 and the first pipe fitting 13 can be ensured, and the second pipe fitting 18 and the first pipe fitting 13 are more stably connected.
The wall thickness of the main body 16 is the wall thickness of the main body 16 excluding the fitting notch 17.
According to some alternative embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 6 and 7, the fitting recess 17 extends along the length direction of the main body portion 16, and the positioning portion 20 extends along the length direction of the second mounting portion 19. The extending direction of the fitting notch 17 and the positioning portion 20 is consistent, so that the connecting area of the fitting notch 17 and the positioning portion 20 is larger, and the positioning portion 20 can be more stably accommodated in the fitting notch 17, thereby connecting the first pipe fitting 13 and the second pipe fitting 18 more stably.
According to some alternative embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 3, the positioning portion 20 is disposed flush with the same side surface of the main body portion 16. This arrangement facilitates the mating of header 1 with other components of heat exchanger 100.
According to some alternative embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 1-3, the second tube member 18 is mounted on the outer peripheral side of the first tube member 13. If the second pipe member 18 is attached to the outer peripheral side of the first pipe member 13, the operation is inconvenient when the first pipe member 13 is connected to the second pipe member 18, and the installation operation is convenient, so that the second pipe member 18 is connected to the first pipe member 13, and the production and the manufacture of the header 1 are facilitated.
According to some embodiments of the invention, the second pipe member 18 is welded to the first pipe member 13. The second pipe fitting 18 is welded with the first pipe fitting 13, so that the second pipe fitting 18 can be connected with the first pipe fitting 13 more stably and reliably.
According to some embodiments of the invention, referring to fig. 1-3, the header 1 is D-shaped or rectangular in cross-section. This arrangement allows the selection of header pipes 1 of different cross sections according to the use requirements, and the heat exchanger 100 with the header pipes 1 can be used more flexibly.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 4 and 5, the plugging hole 21 has an elongated shape, and the width L1 of the plugging hole 21 is not greater than 0.9mm. The heat exchange monomer 3 is inserted into the inserting hole 21, the width of the inserting hole 21 is smaller, the thickness of the heat exchange monomer 3 is also smaller, the heat exchange of the heat exchange monomer 3 is facilitated, the performance of the heat exchanger 100 can be improved, but when the width L1 of the inserting hole 21 is not more than 0.9mm, the thickness of a cutter for opening holes is not more than 0.9mm, the thickness of the cutter is thinner, the cutter is easy to break, if the thickness of the collecting pipe 1 is larger during processing, the cutter can be more easily broken, the processing stability is lower, the thickness of the first mounting part 14 and the second mounting part 19 is smaller through arranging the first mounting part 14 and the second mounting part 19, and the cutter is not easy to break when the first mounting part 14 and the second mounting part 19 are respectively opened, so that the processing stability can be effectively improved. The heat exchange performance of the heat exchanger 100 is improved, the cutter for opening the holes is not easy to break, and the process stability of opening the holes on the collecting pipe 1 is high.
Header 1 according to some embodiments of the present invention is described with reference to fig. 1-9.
Referring to fig. 1 to 9, in the present embodiment, a header 1 is used for a heat exchanger 100, and the header 1 has a D-shaped cross section. Header 1 includes a first tube member 13 and a second tube member 18.
The first tube member 13 defines a manifold 15 therein, the first tube member 13 includes a main body portion 16 and a first mounting portion 14 provided in a circumferential direction of the first tube member 13, the first mounting portion 14 is formed with a plurality of first mounting holes, both ends in the circumferential direction of the main body portion 16 are formed with fitting notches 17, and the fitting notches 17 extend in a length direction of the main body portion 16 and penetrate through a circumferential end face of the main body portion 16.
The second pipe member 18 has a second mounting portion 19, and the second mounting portion 19 is formed with a plurality of second mounting holes. The second pipe fitting 18 further includes positioning portions 20, the positioning portions 20 are connected to two sides of the second mounting portion 19 in the width direction and extend along the length direction of the second mounting portion 19, an included angle is formed between the positioning portions 20 and the second mounting portion 19, and the positioning portions 20 are connected to the main body portion 16 and are accommodated in the fitting notch 17.
The second pipe fitting 18 and the first pipe fitting 13 are respectively and independently formed, the second pipe fitting 18 is mounted on the outer peripheral side of the first pipe fitting 13, the second pipe fitting 18 is welded to the first pipe fitting 13, and the positioning portion 20 is arranged flush with the same side surface of the main body portion 16. The second mounting portion 19 overlaps with the first mounting portion 14 and forms a mounting plate 22 for mounting the heat exchange unit 3 of the heat exchanger 100, the plurality of second mounting holes and the plurality of first mounting holes are respectively in one-to-one correspondence, and each second mounting hole and the corresponding first mounting hole jointly form a plugging hole 21 for plugging the heat exchange unit 3. The plugging hole 21 is in a strip shape, and the width L1 of the plugging hole 21 is not more than 0.9mm. The rest of the header 1 excluding the mounting plate 22 is a main pipe portion 23, and the main pipe portion 23 includes the main body portion 16. The ratio of the thickness of the first mounting portion 14 to the thickness of the second mounting portion 19 is 1. The thickness of the first mounting portion 14 is smaller than the wall thickness of the main body portion 16, the thickness of the second mounting portion 19 is also smaller than the wall thickness of the main body portion 16, and the thickness of the mounting plate 22 is not smaller than the wall thickness of the main tube portion 23.
In this embodiment, the width of the insertion hole 21 is smaller, the thickness of the cutter is also thinner, the thicknesses of the first mounting portion 14 and the second mounting portion 19 of the first pipe member 13 and the second mounting portion 19 of the second pipe member 18 are respectively formed independently, the cutter is not easy to break when the cutter opens the first mounting portion 14 and the second mounting portion 19 respectively, the process stability of forming the first mounting hole and the second mounting hole by machining can be improved, the process stability of opening the header 1 can be improved, and the positioning and mounting of the first mounting portion 14 and the second mounting portion 19 can be realized by accommodating the positioning portion 20 in the fitting notch 17.
A manufacturing method for the header 1 according to an embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention includes:
Preparing a first blank 25 and a second blank 26;
A plurality of first mounting holes are machined into first mounting portion 14 of first blank 25 to form first tube member 13, a plurality of second mounting holes are machined into second mounting portion 19 of second blank 26 to form second tube member 18, and first tube member 13 is assembled with second tube member 18 to form header 1. The cutter is used for machining a plurality of first mounting holes on the first mounting part 14 of the first blank 25 and a plurality of second mounting holes on the second mounting part 19 of the second blank 26, the thicknesses of the first blank 25 and the second blank 26 are smaller, the cutter is not easy to break, the machining process stability is higher, and the production cost of the collecting pipe 1 can be reduced.
For example, the first pipe member 13 includes a main body portion 16 and a first mounting portion 14 provided in the circumferential direction of the first pipe member 13, the first mounting portion 14 is formed with a plurality of first mounting holes, and both ends of the main body portion 16 in the circumferential direction are formed with fitting notches 17. The second pipe member 18 has a second mounting portion 19 and a positioning portion 20. In the assembly process of the first pipe fitting 13 and the second pipe fitting 18, the second pipe fitting 18 is mounted on the outer peripheral side of the first pipe fitting 13, the positioning portion 20 is connected with the main body portion 16 and is accommodated in the matching notch 17, the second mounting portion 19 is overlapped with the first mounting portion 14 and forms a mounting plate 22 for mounting the heat exchange unit 3 of the heat exchanger 100, the plurality of second mounting holes are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of first mounting holes, and each second mounting hole and the corresponding first mounting hole jointly form a plugging hole 21 for plugging the heat exchange unit 3.
According to the manufacturing method for the collecting pipe 1, the first blank 25 and the second blank 26 are respectively processed to form the first pipe fitting 13 and the second pipe fitting 18, the thicknesses of the first blank 25 and the second blank 26 are smaller, and the cutter for perforating is not easy to break, so that the manufacturing and processing process stability of the collecting pipe 1 is higher, and the production cost of the collecting pipe 1 can be reduced.
The heat exchanger 100 according to the embodiment of the third aspect of the present invention comprises a first header 11, a second header 12 and a plurality of heat exchange units 3, wherein the first header 11 and the second header 12 are opposite and spaced, at least one of the first header 11 and the second header 12 is the header 1 according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, and the plurality of heat exchange units 3 are connected between the first header 11 and the second header 12.
For example, the first header 11 is the header 1 according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, the second header 12 is the header 1 according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention, and the first header 11 and the second header 12 are both headers 1 according to the embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention.
The collecting pipe 1 comprises a first pipe fitting 13 and a second pipe fitting 18, a first installation part 14 of the first pipe fitting 13 and a second installation part 19 of the second pipe fitting 18 are respectively and independently formed, the thicknesses of the first installation part 14 and the second installation part 19 are smaller, and a cutter for perforating the first pipe fitting 13 and the second pipe fitting 18 is not easy to break during processing, so that the process stability of processing the first pipe fitting 13 and the second pipe fitting 18 is improved, one of the first collecting pipe 11 and the second collecting pipe 12 is the collecting pipe 1, and the heat exchanger 100 comprises the first collecting pipe 11, the second collecting pipe 12 and a plurality of heat exchange monomers 3, so that the process stability of processing the heat exchanger 100 can be improved through the arrangement.
Optionally, the first collecting pipe 11 and the second collecting pipe 12 are respectively provided with a connecting pipe 24, and a heat exchange channel 30 is formed in the heat exchange unit 3. For example, the heat exchange medium may flow from the connection pipe 24 into the first header 11, then flow into the second header 12 through the heat exchange channel 30 in the heat exchange unit 3, and finally flow out of the connection pipe 24 of the second header 12, and for example, the heat exchange medium may flow from the connection pipe 24 into the second header 12, then flow into the first header 11 through the heat exchange channel 30 in the heat exchange unit 3, and finally flow out of the connection pipe 24 of the first header 11.
According to the heat exchanger 100 of the embodiment of the invention, the collecting pipe 1 is divided into the first pipe fitting 13 and the second pipe fitting 18, the first installation part 14 of the first pipe fitting 13 and the second installation part 19 of the second pipe fitting 18 are respectively and independently formed, so that a cutter for perforating is not easy to break, the process stability of perforating of the collecting pipe 1 is higher, and the process stability of the heat exchanger 100 is higher.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, referring to fig. 8 and 9, the heat exchange cells 3 are formed in a flat tube shape, and the thickness L2 of the heat exchange cells 3 is not more than 0.8mm. This setting makes the thickness of heat transfer monomer 3 less, is favorable to heat transfer monomer 3 to exchange heat, can improve the heat transfer performance of heat exchanger 100, but is used for pegging graft the width of the spliced eye 21 of heat transfer monomer 3 also less, and the thickness of cutter for trompil is also thinner, and the cutter is easy to break, through dividing into first pipe fitting 13 and second pipe fitting 18 with pressure manifold 1, the first installation department 14 of first pipe fitting 13 and the second installation department 19 of second pipe fitting 18 are independent shaping respectively, have reduced the thickness of trompil part, have reduced the rupture rate of cutter to can be when improving the heat transfer performance of heat exchanger 100, the process stability of pressure manifold 1 trompil processing has been improved.
A manufacturing method for a heat exchanger 100 according to an embodiment of the fourth aspect of the present invention includes:
First blank 25 and second blank 26 are prepared, a plurality of first mounting holes are formed in first mounting portion 14 of first blank 25 to form first pipe member 13, a plurality of second mounting holes are formed in second mounting portion 19 of second blank 26 to form second pipe member 18, a plurality of first mounting holes are formed in first mounting portion 14 of first blank 25 and a plurality of second mounting holes are formed in second mounting portion 19 of second blank 26 by using a cutter, the thicknesses of first blank 25 and second blank 26 are small, the cutter is not easy to break, and the processing stability is high.
The first tube member 13, the second tube member 18, and the plurality of heat exchange cells 3 are assembled to form the heat exchanger 100.
For example, the first pipe member 13 includes a main body portion 16 and a first mounting portion 14 provided in the circumferential direction of the first pipe member 13, the first mounting portion 14 is formed with a plurality of first mounting holes, and both ends of the main body portion 16 in the circumferential direction are formed with fitting notches 17. The second pipe fitting 18 has a second mounting portion 19 and a positioning portion 20, the second pipe fitting 18 is mounted on the outer peripheral side of the first pipe fitting 13, the second pipe fitting 18 is welded to the first pipe fitting 13, the positioning portion 20 is connected to the main body portion 16 and is accommodated in the fitting notch 17, the second mounting portion 19 overlaps with the first mounting portion 14 and forms a mounting plate 22 for mounting the heat exchange unit 3 of the heat exchanger 100, a plurality of second mounting holes are in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of first mounting holes, and each second mounting hole and the corresponding first mounting hole jointly form a plugging hole 21 for plugging the heat exchange unit 3. The heat exchange unit 3 is assembled with the first pipe fitting 13 and the second pipe fitting 18 by being inserted into the insertion hole 21.
In addition, the cutter for perforating is not easy to break when the first pipe fitting 13 and the second pipe fitting 18 are processed, the service life of the cutter is prolonged, and the production cost of the heat exchanger 100 is reduced.
According to the manufacturing method for the heat exchanger 100, the cutter for perforating is not easy to break when the first pipe fitting 13 and the second pipe fitting 18 are processed, the processing process stability of the first pipe fitting 13 and the second pipe fitting 18 is high, and the manufacturing cost of the heat exchanger 100 is reduced.
According to some embodiments of the present invention, assembling the first tube member 13, the second tube member 18, and the plurality of heat exchange cells 3 to form the heat exchanger 100 includes:
preliminary assembling the first pipe member 13 with the second pipe member 18;
The first pipe member 13 includes a main body portion 16 and a first mounting portion 14 provided in the circumferential direction of the first pipe member 13, the first mounting portion 14 being formed with a plurality of first mounting holes, and both ends of the main body portion 16 in the circumferential direction being formed with fitting notches 17. The second pipe fitting 18 has a second mounting portion 19 and a positioning portion 20, the second pipe fitting 18 is mounted on the outer peripheral side of the first pipe fitting 13, the positioning portion 20 is connected with the main body portion 16 and is accommodated in the fitting notch 17, the second mounting portion 19 is overlapped with the first mounting portion 14 and forms a mounting plate 22 for mounting the heat exchange unit 3 of the heat exchanger 100, a plurality of second mounting holes are in one-to-one correspondence with a plurality of first mounting holes, and each second mounting hole and the corresponding first mounting hole jointly form a plugging hole 21 for plugging the heat exchange unit 3.
Inserting the heat exchange monomer 3 into the inserting hole 21 and primarily assembling the heat exchange monomer into a heat exchanger 100 blank;
The blank of the heat exchanger 100 is placed in a heating box, and is formed by heating and welding, so as to form the heat exchanger 100.
Optionally, the surface of the second tube member 18 is coated with a solder layer, and the heat exchanger 100 blank may be placed in a heating box, and the various components of the heat exchanger 100 blank are welded together after the solder layer melts, which facilitates the operation of the arrangement and the formation of the heat exchanger 100.
According to the arrangement, the first pipe fitting 13, the second pipe fitting 18 and the heat exchange monomer 3 are assembled into a heat exchanger 100 blank, and then are connected together through welding, so that the first pipe fitting 13, the second pipe fitting 18 and the heat exchange monomer 3 are stably and reliably connected, and good tightness can be ensured between the plug hole 21 and the heat exchange monomer 3.
An air conditioning system 1000 according to an embodiment of the fifth aspect of the present invention includes a heat exchanger 100 according to an embodiment of the above-described third aspect of the present invention. By providing the heat exchanger 100 described above, the cutter for punching the holes is not easily broken, and the production cost during processing is reduced.
As shown in fig. 10, the air conditioning system 1000 may further include a compressor 7, an outdoor heat exchanger 4, a throttling part 5, and an indoor heat exchanger 41, for example, the indoor heat exchanger 41 may be the heat exchanger 100 of the embodiment of the first aspect described above, and the indoor heat exchanger 41 includes the first header 11, the second header 12, and the plurality of heat exchange cells 3 described above. The compressor 7 and the outdoor heat exchanger 4 are usually located in an air conditioner outdoor unit, and the air conditioner outdoor unit may further include an outdoor fan 40, where the outdoor fan 40 may blow outdoor air into the airflow channel, so as to facilitate heat exchange between the refrigerant flowing in the heat exchange unit 3 and the air. The indoor heat exchanger 41 is located in an air conditioner indoor unit, and the air conditioner indoor unit may further include an indoor fan 42, and the indoor fan 42 may drive indoor air to exchange heat with the indoor heat exchanger 41 to change indoor temperature. The throttle member 5 (for example, an electronic expansion valve) may be connected between the indoor heat exchanger 41 and the outdoor heat exchanger 4, and the throttle member 5 may be located in the air conditioning indoor unit or the air conditioning outdoor unit.
For example, referring to fig. 10, the compressor 7 has the exhaust port 71 and the return port 72, and the first sensor 61 and the second sensor 62 are provided at each of the exhaust port 71 and the return port 72 of the compressor 7, and for example, the first sensor 61 may be a temperature sensor and the second sensor 62 may be a pressure sensor. An oil separator 63 and a first control valve 65 are connected between the exhaust port 71 of the compressor 7 and the outdoor heat exchanger 4, the oil separator 63 can filter engine oil in the compressor 7 doped in the refrigerant, and the filtered engine oil can enter the compressor 7 for recycling. The gas-liquid separator 64 is connected between the first control valve 65 and the return air port 72 of the compressor 7, and the gas-liquid separator 64 can reduce the content of liquid refrigerant sucked into the return air port 72 of the compressor 7, so as to avoid the liquid impact of the compressor 7. A second control valve 66 is connected between the indoor heat exchanger 41 and the throttle 5 and between the indoor heat exchanger 41 and the first control valve 65. The first control valve 65 may be a four-way valve, which has a first port D, a second port C, a third port E, and a fourth port S.
When the air conditioning system 1000 comprises the compressor 7, the outdoor heat exchanger 4, the throttling part 5 and the indoor heat exchanger 41, the refrigerating process of the air conditioning system 1000 is as follows, the first interface D is communicated with the second interface C, the third interface E is communicated with the fourth interface S, the second control valve 66 is communicated, the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 7 is discharged through the exhaust port 71, enters the outdoor heat exchanger 4 through the inlet and outlet after passing through the first interface D and the second interface C of the oil separator 63 and the first control valve 65, exchanges heat with the air in the air flow channel in the outdoor heat exchanger 4, the refrigerant after heat exchange flows out of the outdoor heat exchanger 4 through the inlet and outlet and enters the indoor heat exchanger 41 through the throttling part 5 to exchange heat with the indoor air to cool the indoor, then the refrigerant flows out of the indoor heat exchanger 41, flows into the gas-liquid separator 64 after passing through the third interface and the fourth interface, and finally enters the compressor 7 through the return port 72 of the compressor 7.
When the air conditioning system 1000 comprises the compressor 7, the outdoor heat exchanger 4, the throttling part 5 and the indoor heat exchanger 41, the heating process of the air conditioning system 1000 is as follows, when the air conditioning system 1000 heats, the second control valve 66 is communicated, the first interface and the third interface E of the first control valve 65 are communicated, the second interface C and the fourth interface S are communicated, the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 7 is discharged through the exhaust port 71, enters the indoor heat exchanger 41 after passing through the oil separator 63 and the first interface D and the third interface E of the first control valve 65, exchanges heat with indoor air in the indoor heat exchanger 41 to heat the indoor, the refrigerant after heat exchange flows out of the indoor heat exchanger 41 and enters the outdoor heat exchanger 4 from the second inlet and outlet through the throttling part 5, exchanges heat with air in the air flow channel in the outdoor heat exchanger 4, the refrigerant after heat exchange flows out of the outdoor heat exchanger 4 through the first inlet and outlet through the outdoor heat exchanger 4, the refrigerant after heat exchange flows into the air-liquid separator 64 through the second interface C and the fourth interface S, and finally enters the compressor 7 after heat exchange through the air inlet 7.
According to the air conditioning system 1000 of the embodiment of the invention, by arranging the heat exchanger 100, the cutter for perforating is not easy to break, so that the stability of the processing technology of the heat exchanger 100 is higher, and the production cost of the air conditioning system 1000 is reduced.
In the description of the present specification, reference to the terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "illustrative embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiments or examples. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.