CN204632749U - Radiator and air-conditioning - Google Patents

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CN204632749U
CN204632749U CN201520135425.3U CN201520135425U CN204632749U CN 204632749 U CN204632749 U CN 204632749U CN 201520135425 U CN201520135425 U CN 201520135425U CN 204632749 U CN204632749 U CN 204632749U
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赵强
刘艳涛
韩宇
陈明瑜
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The utility model discloses a kind of radiator and air-conditioning, radiator comprises: the first plate body, and described first plate body has at least one holding tank; Heat exchanger tube, can be filled with refrigerant in described heat exchanger tube, and described heat exchanger tube has distortion pipeline section, and described distortion pipeline section is corresponding with described holding tank and embed in described holding tank; Second plate body, described second plate body is connected with described first plate body and the described distortion pipeline section of all or part of covering of described second plate body, the downside of described distortion pipeline section contacts to cool to described first plate body and described second plate body with described holding tank, and the cross section of the downside of described distortion pipeline section and the contact-making surface of described holding tank is cardinal principle Long Circle.Radiator of the present utility model not only connects closely, and good effect of heat exchange.

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Radiator and air-conditioning
Technical field
The utility model relates to technical field of heat exchange, in particular to a kind of radiator and have the radiator of this radiator and have the air-conditioning of this radiator.
Background technology
In correlation technique, radiator and intrasystem electronic chip heat exchange is usually utilized to come for electronic chip is lowered the temperature in air-conditioning refrigeration system, riveted aluminium base cooling above usual radiator, wherein radiator comprises upper aluminium sheet and the lower aluminum sheet of heat exchanger tube and fixing heat exchanger tube, heat exchanger tube is positioned at the semi-circular groove of aluminium sheet lower surface and lower aluminum sheet upper surface, and upper aluminium sheet and lower aluminum sheet are by oat tail groove structure compacting.
This structure has the following disadvantages: 1) because manufacturing process deviation, and the circular groove for fixing heat exchanger tube on upper aluminium sheet and lower aluminum sheet effectively can not form concentric circles, can not exchange heat pipe and fixedly secure; 2) heat exchanger tube and half slot are cylindrical, because the cylindricity of heat exchanger tube own is not high, always there is part contact surface after causing heat exchanger tube to be in place cannot fit, effective heat transfer area of copper pipe and aluminium sheet is less, greatly reduces the cooling effect of radiator to electronic chip; 3) heat exchanger tube only contacts with lower aluminum sheet under gravity, heating panel by with lower aluminum sheet transmission of heat by contact, need could lower the temperature to electronic chip through upper aluminium sheet, aluminium base transition, cause heat transfer effect poor.
Utility model content
The utility model is intended to solve one of technical problem in correlation technique at least to a certain extent.For this reason, an object of the present utility model be to propose a kind ofly to connect closely, the radiator of good effect of heat exchange.
The utility model also proposed a kind of air-conditioning.
Radiator according to the utility model first aspect embodiment comprises: the first plate body, and described first plate body has at least one holding tank; Heat exchanger tube, can be filled with refrigerant in described heat exchanger tube, and described heat exchanger tube has distortion pipeline section, and described distortion pipeline section is corresponding with described holding tank and embed in described holding tank; Second plate body, described second plate body is connected with described first plate body and the described distortion pipeline section of all or part of covering of described second plate body, the downside of described distortion pipeline section contacts to cool to described first plate body and described second plate body with described holding tank, and the cross section of the downside of described distortion pipeline section and the contact-making surface of described holding tank is cardinal principle Long Circle.
Not only connect closely according to the radiator of the utility model embodiment, and good effect of heat exchange.
Preferably, the cross section of described holding tank is an oval part, described holding tank comprises the long arc section that is positioned at middle part and is connected to the short arc segments of described long arc section both sides, and described short arc segments extends internally to prevent described heat exchanger tube from deviating from described holding tank from the junction of itself and long arc section.
Preferably, the upper side of described distortion pipeline section is corresponding with described holding tank, and described upper side is plane, and described distortion pipeline section is all positioned at described holding tank.
Preferably, described heat exchanger tube also comprises cylinder pipeline section and transitional pipe segment, described cylinder pipeline section is all or part of to be positioned at outside described holding tank, and described transitional pipe segment connects adjacent described cylinder pipeline section and described distortion pipeline section with the pipeline making described heat exchanger tube be formed as unidirectional linearity flowing.
Preferably, also comprise air conditioner piping, described air conditioner piping has refrigerant and enters pipe and refrigerant effuser, and the two ends along the liquid flow direction of described heat exchanger tube are two cylinder pipeline sections, and two described cylinder pipeline sections connect described refrigerant respectively and enter pipe and described refrigerant effuser.
Preferably, the spacing between the lowermost end of the downside of described distortion pipeline section and upper side is the 2/3-3/4 of the diameter of described cylinder pipeline section.
Preferably, described first plate body is aluminium sheet, and described second plate body is aluminium base.
Preferably, described distortion pipeline section is punch section.
Preferably, described first plate body has surperficial from it positioning convex portion protruding upward, the contiguous holding tank both sides of described positioning convex portion are arranged, and described second plate body has from its lower surface to the location indentations be recessed on, and described location indentations matches with described positioning convex portion.
Air-conditioning according to the utility model second aspect embodiment comprises: electronic chip; And described radiator, described electronic chip is connected with described second plate body.
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Above-mentioned and/or additional aspect of the present invention and advantage will become obvious and easy understand from accompanying drawing below combining to the description of embodiment, wherein:
Fig. 1 is the schematic front view (the second plate body is not shown) of the radiator according to the utility model embodiment.
Fig. 2 is the schematic top plan view (the second plate body is not shown) of the radiator according to the utility model embodiment.
Fig. 3 looks schematic diagram (the second plate body is not shown) according to a left side for the radiator of the utility model embodiment.
Fig. 4 is the schematic perspective view of the radiator according to the utility model embodiment.
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Radiator 100,
First plate body 10, holding tank 11, long arc section 11a, short arc segments 11b, upper surface 13, positioning convex portion 14,
Second plate body 20, lower surface 21,
Heat exchanger tube 30, distortion pipeline section 31, downside 31a, upper side 31b, transitional pipe segment 32, cylinder pipeline section 33,
Air conditioner piping 40, refrigerant enters pipe 41, refrigerant effuser 42.
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Be described below in detail embodiment of the present utility model, the example of described embodiment is shown in the drawings, and wherein same or similar label represents same or similar element or has element that is identical or similar functions from start to finish.Be exemplary below by the embodiment be described with reference to the drawings, be intended to for explaining the utility model, and can not be interpreted as restriction of the present utility model.
The radiator 100 of the utility model embodiment is described referring to Fig. 1-4.
As shown in Fig. 1,4, the radiator 100 according to the utility model first aspect embodiment comprises: the first plate body 10, second plate body 20 and heat exchanger tube 30.First plate body 10 has at least one holding tank 11, refrigerant can be filled with in heat exchanger tube 30, heat exchanger tube 30 has distortion pipeline section 31, distortion pipeline section 31 is corresponding with holding tank 11 and embed in holding tank 11, second plate body 20 is connected with the first plate body 10 and all or part of covering of the second plate body 20 is out of shape pipeline section 31, the downside 31a of distortion pipeline section 31 contacts to cool to the first plate body 10 and the second plate body 20 with holding tank 11, and the cross section of the distortion downside 31a of pipeline section 31 and the contact-making surface of holding tank 11 is cardinal principle Long Circle.
According to the radiator 100 of the utility model embodiment, distortion pipeline section 31 is arranged on to realize the heat exchange of heat exchanger tube 30 and the first plate body 10 and the second plate body 20 between the first plate body 10 and the second plate body 20, distortion pipeline section 31 is embedded in holding tank 11 to realize the compact siro spinning technology of heat exchanger tube 30 and the first plate body 10; The downside 31a of distortion pipeline section 31 and the contact-making surface of holding tank 11 are in cardinal principle Long Circle, thereby increase the contact area of heat exchanger tube 30 entirety and the first plate body 10 and the second plate body 20, and then the first plate body 10 and the second plate body 20 are lowered the temperature fast and effectively, improve the heat exchange efficiency of radiator 100.
As shown in Figure 3, preferably, the cross section of holding tank 11 is an oval part, holding tank 11 comprises the long arc section 11a that is positioned at middle part and is connected to the short arc segments 11b of long arc section 11a both sides, and short arc segments 11b extends internally to prevent heat exchanger tube 30 from deviating from holding tank 11 from the junction of itself and long arc section 11a.Specifically, long arc section 11a is formed as segmental arc corresponding to oval major axis, short arc segments 11b is formed as segmental arc corresponding to oval part minor axis, long arc section 11a both sides circumferentially connect two short arc segments 11b respectively, two short arc segments 11b with extend internally to prevent heat exchanger tube 30 prolapse upwards holding tank 11.Thus, holding tank 11, on the basis increasing heat transfer effect, can also strengthen the compactness that the first plate body 10 is connected with heat exchanger tube 30.
As Figure 1-3, preferably, the upper side 31b (shown in Fig. 2) of distortion pipeline section 31 is corresponding with holding tank 11, and upper side 31b is plane, and distortion pipeline section 31 is all positioned at described holding tank 11.Wherein, heat exchanger tube 30 embeds after on the first plate body 10, covered by second plate body 20 above first plate body 10 and heat exchanger tube 30, the first plate body 10 and the second plate body 20 fit, and the first plate body 10 and the second plate body 20 are equipped with installing hole and are bolted to make both.Particularly, distortion the downside 31a of pipeline section 31 and the holding tank 11 of the first plate body 10 fits and are fixed, and the upper side 31b being out of shape pipeline section 31 is relative with the second plate body 20 and have gap between the two.Thus, distortion pipeline section 31 makes the downside 31a of distortion pipeline section 31 become main heat transfer face with substantially not contacting between the second plate body 20, enhances heat transfer uniformity.
As shown in Figure 2, in a preferred embodiment, heat exchanger tube 30 also comprises cylinder pipeline section 33 and transitional pipe segment 32, cylinder pipeline section 33 is all or part of to be positioned at outside holding tank 11, and transitional pipe segment 32 connects adjacent cylinder pipeline section 33 and is out of shape pipeline section 31 with the pipeline making heat exchanger tube 30 be formed as unidirectional linearity flowing.In the concrete example shown in Fig. 2, heat exchanger tube 30 is that a pipe bending is formed, this heat exchanger tube 30 is roundabout to be arranged between the first plate body 10 and the second plate body 20, and the first plate body 10 arranges holding tank 11 to hold heat exchanger tube 30 in the part of heat exchanger tube 30 between the first plate body 10 and the second plate body 20.
Wherein, connected by transitional pipe segment 32 between the cylinder pipeline section 33 outside holding tank 11 and the distortion pipeline section 31 in holding tank 11, transitional pipe segment 32 is all positioned at holding tank 11.Thus, the upper side 31b of the upper side 31b connecting cylinder pipeline section 33 of the transitional pipe segment 32 and upper side 31b of distortion pipeline section 31 is to make to form slow transition between distortion pipeline section 31 and cylinder pipeline section 33, avoid the stress that heat exchanger tube 30 changes of section significantly causes to concentrate, thus enhance the useful life of heat exchanger tube 30.
Advantageously, being out of shape pipeline section 31 is punch section.That is, transitional pipe segment 32 and distortion pipeline section 31 can by putting into holding tank 11 by cylindrical tube and downward punching press cylindrical tube is formed to assigned address.Thereby, it is possible to realize the fixing fast of heat exchanger tube 30 and the first plate body 10, make that heat exchanger tube 30 and the first plate body 10 are fitted closely, difficult drop-off.
As shown in Figure 1, selectively, the spacing of being out of shape between the lowermost end of the downside 31a of pipeline section 31 and upper side 31b is the 2/3-3/4 of the diameter of cylinder pipeline section 33.Thus, the heat exchange area of distortion pipeline section 31 is made to maximize.
In the example shown in accompanying drawing 2, heat exchanger tube 30 is that a pipe bending is formed, but the utility model is not limited to this, and heat exchanger tube 30 can also have multiple branch road, and current flow into the outlet of heat exchanger tube 30 after the import of heat exchanger tube 30 enters after multiple branch road shunting.In addition, heat exchanger tube 30 can also be mutual independently two pipelines, and the liquid flow direction of two pipelines, on the contrary to form convection current and then effectively to strengthen heat transfer effect, is that the first plate body 10 and the second plate body 20 are lowered the temperature Quick uniform more.
As shown in Figure 4, radiator 100 also comprises air conditioner piping 40, air conditioner piping 40 has refrigerant and enters pipe 41 and refrigerant effuser 42, and the two ends along the liquid flow direction of heat exchanger tube 30 are that two cylinder pipeline sections, 33, two cylinder pipeline sections 33 connect refrigerant respectively and enter pipe 41 and refrigerant effuser 42.Thus, refrigerant through air conditioner piping 40 distribution enters pipe 41 through refrigerant and enters cylinder pipeline section 33, enter distortion pipeline section 31 afterwards and with upper plate body and lower body generation heat exchange to lower the temperature to the first plate body 10 and the second plate body 20, finally flow back to air conditioner piping 40 to realize circulating of refrigerant through cylinder pipeline section 33, thus reach lasting cooling.
In addition, the first plate body 10 can be aluminium sheet, and the second plate body 20 can be aluminium base.Like this, the heat-conducting metal face of the second plate body 20 is connected with the first plate body 10, the insulating barrier of the second plate body 20 is connected with part of waiting to lower the temperature, on the one hand can not affect the second plate body 20 and treat the cooling of cooling element, can not cause on the other hand and treat that cooling part surface temperature is too low or uneven and affect it and normally work.
As shown in Figure 3, preferably, the first plate body 10 has the positioning convex portion 14 that surface 13 is protruding upward from it, and contiguous holding tank 11 both sides of positioning convex portion 14 are arranged, second plate body 20 has from its lower surface 21 to the location indentations be recessed on, and location indentations matches with positioning convex portion 14.Thus, the upper surface 13 of the first plate body 10 and the lower surface 21 of the second plate body 20 fit and realize locating by positioning convex portion 14 and location indentations between the two, and when avoiding installing, the changing of the relative positions occurs for the first plate body 10 and the second plate body 20, is convenient to assembling and positioning.
Air-conditioning according to the utility model second aspect embodiment comprises: electronic chip and radiator 100, and electronic chip is connected with the second plate body 20.Thus, be connected to the electronic chip on the second plate body 20 and heat exchange occurs radiator 100 and then make the temperature of self be able to quick reduction, ensure the normal work of electronic chip.
In description of the present utility model, it will be appreciated that, term " on ", the orientation of the instruction such as D score or position relationship be based on orientation shown in the drawings or position relationship, only the utility model and simplified characterization for convenience of description, instead of the device of instruction or hint indication or element must have specific orientation, with specific azimuth configuration and operation, therefore can not be interpreted as restriction of the present utility model.
In addition, term " first ", " second " only for describing object, and can not be interpreted as instruction or hint relative importance or imply the quantity indicating indicated technical characteristic.Thus, be limited with " first ", the feature of " second " can express or impliedly comprise at least one this feature.In description of the present utility model, the implication of " multiple " is at least two, such as two, three etc., unless otherwise expressly limited specifically.
In the utility model, unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, the term such as term " installation ", " being connected ", " connection ", " fixing " should be interpreted broadly, and such as, can be fixedly connected with, also can be removably connect, or integral; Can be mechanical connection, also can be electrical connection; Can be directly be connected, also indirectly can be connected by intermediary, can be the connection of two element internals or the interaction relationship of two elements, unless otherwise clear and definite restriction.For the ordinary skill in the art, the concrete meaning of above-mentioned term in the utility model can be understood as the case may be.
In the utility model, unless otherwise clearly defined and limited, fisrt feature second feature " on " or D score can be that the first and second features directly contact, or the first and second features are by intermediary indirect contact.And, fisrt feature second feature " on ", " top " and " above " but fisrt feature directly over second feature or oblique upper, or only represent that fisrt feature level height is higher than second feature.Fisrt feature second feature " under ", " below " and " below " can be fisrt feature immediately below second feature or tiltedly below, or only represent that fisrt feature level height is less than second feature.
In the description of this specification, specific features, structure, material or feature that the description of reference term " embodiment ", " some embodiments ", " example ", " concrete example " or " some examples " etc. means to describe in conjunction with this embodiment or example are contained at least one embodiment of the present utility model or example.In this manual, to the schematic representation of above-mentioned term not must for be identical embodiment or example.And the specific features of description, structure, material or feature can combine in one or more embodiment in office or example in an appropriate manner.In addition, when not conflicting, the feature of the different embodiment described in this specification or example and different embodiment or example can carry out combining and combining by those skilled in the art.
Although illustrate and described embodiment of the present utility model above, be understandable that, above-described embodiment is exemplary, can not be interpreted as restriction of the present utility model, those of ordinary skill in the art can change above-described embodiment, revises, replace and modification in scope of the present utility model.

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1. a radiator, is characterized in that, comprising:
First plate body, described first plate body has at least one holding tank;
Heat exchanger tube, can be filled with refrigerant in described heat exchanger tube, and described heat exchanger tube has distortion pipeline section, and described distortion pipeline section is corresponding with described holding tank and embed in described holding tank;
Second plate body, described second plate body is connected with described first plate body and the described distortion pipeline section of all or part of covering of described second plate body, the downside of described distortion pipeline section contacts to cool to described first plate body and described second plate body with described holding tank, and the cross section of the downside of described distortion pipeline section and the contact-making surface of described holding tank is cardinal principle Long Circle.
2. radiator according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, the cross section of described holding tank is an oval part, described holding tank comprises the long arc section that is positioned at middle part and is connected to the short arc segments of described long arc section both sides, and described short arc segments extends internally to prevent described heat exchanger tube from deviating from described holding tank from the junction of itself and described long arc section.
3. radiator according to claim 1, is characterized in that, the upper side of described distortion pipeline section is corresponding with described holding tank, and described upper side is plane, and described distortion pipeline section is all positioned at described holding tank.
4. radiator according to claim 3, it is characterized in that, described heat exchanger tube also comprises cylinder pipeline section and transitional pipe segment, described cylinder pipeline section is all or part of to be positioned at outside described holding tank, and described transitional pipe segment connects adjacent described cylinder pipeline section and described distortion pipeline section with the pipeline making described heat exchanger tube be formed as unidirectional linearity flowing.
5. radiator according to claim 4, it is characterized in that, also comprise air conditioner piping, described air conditioner piping has refrigerant and enters pipe and refrigerant effuser, two ends along the liquid flow direction of described heat exchanger tube are two cylinder pipeline sections, and two described cylinder pipeline sections connect described refrigerant respectively and enter pipe and described refrigerant effuser.
6. the radiator according to any one of claim 4-5, is characterized in that, the spacing between the lowermost end of the downside of described distortion pipeline section and upper side is the 2/3-3/4 of the diameter of described cylinder pipeline section.
7. radiator according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described first plate body is aluminium sheet, and described second plate body is aluminium base.
8. radiator according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described distortion pipeline section is punch section.
9. radiator according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, described first plate body has surperficial from it positioning convex portion protruding upward, the contiguous holding tank both sides of described positioning convex portion are arranged, described second plate body has from its lower surface to the location indentations be recessed on, and described location indentations matches with described positioning convex portion.
10. an air-conditioning, is characterized in that, comprising:
Electronic chip; And
Radiator as claimed in any one of claims 1-9 wherein, described electronic chip is connected with described second plate body.
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