CN214499229U

CN214499229U - Intercooler for engine air inlet system and vehicle

Info

Publication number: CN214499229U
Application number: CN202120393541.0U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 韩洪豹
Original assignee: Great Wall Motor Co Ltd
Current assignee: Great Wall Motor Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-02-22
Filing date: 2021-02-22
Publication date: 2021-10-26
Anticipated expiration: 2031-02-22

Abstract

The utility model discloses an intercooler and vehicle for engine air intake system, wherein an intercooler for engine air intake system includes: intercooler body, hinder liquid structure and water storage structure. The intercooler body is provided with a cooling main body, an air outlet air chamber and an air outlet, and the air outlet air chamber is communicated between the cooling main body and the air outlet; the liquid blocking structure is arranged in the air outlet chamber so as to divide the space in the air outlet chamber into a plurality of bent flow passages from the cooling main body to the air outlet, and the bent flow passages jointly form a labyrinth type air passing channel; the water storage structure is arranged at the lower part of the air outlet chamber and is respectively communicated with the plurality of bent flow passages. The intercooler can separate, store and discharge condensed water in the pressurized air subjected to heat exchange by the intercooler, and the problems that the power of an engine is insufficient and flameout is caused because the condensed water enters the engine or the condensed water freezes in the intercooler are solved, so that the reliability of an engine air inlet system is improved, and the safety of a vehicle is improved.

Description

Intercooler for engine air inlet system and vehicle

Technical Field

The utility model relates to a vehicle technical field particularly, relates to an intercooler and vehicle for engine air intake system.

Background

Pressurized air in traditional intercooler has a large amount of comdenstion water to appear after the cooling, when the vehicle is in high temperature and high humidity environment, the comdenstion water can get into engine cylinder, causes the influence to the normal operating of engine, and when the vehicle is in low temperature and high humidity environment, the comdenstion water easily freezes in the intercooler, blocks up the intercooler, leads to engine power not enough or flame-out even, influences the reliability of engine air intake system and the security of vehicle, exists the improvement space.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of this, the utility model aims at providing an intercooler for engine air intake system, this intercooler can separate and store the comdenstion water in the pressurized air through the intercooler heat transfer, has avoided because the comdenstion water gets into engine or the comdenstion water freezes in the intercooler and the engine power that leads to is not enough with flame-out to engine air intake system's reliability has been improved, and then the security of vehicle has been improved.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme of the utility model is realized like this:

an intercooler for an engine air intake system, comprising: the intercooler body is provided with a cooling main body, an air outlet air chamber and an air outlet, and the air outlet air chamber is communicated between the cooling main body and the air outlet; the liquid blocking structure is arranged in the air outlet chamber so as to divide the space in the air outlet chamber into a plurality of bent flow passages from the cooling main body to the air outlet, and the bent flow passages jointly form a labyrinth type air passing channel; and the water storage structure is arranged at the lower part of the air outlet chamber and is respectively communicated with the plurality of bent flow passages.

Further, the liquid blocking structure includes: the cooling body is provided with a plurality of baffles, the baffles are arranged between the cooling body and the air outlet in a transverse direction at intervals, and any two adjacent baffles are vertically staggered.

Furthermore, the baffle is provided with air passing ports, and the air passing ports on two adjacent baffles are vertically staggered.

Furthermore, the liquid blocking structure is vertically opposite to the liquid inlet of the water storage structure.

Further, the width of the liquid inlet is not smaller than the whole width of the water storage structure.

Further, the vertical height of the liquid inlet is lower than the vertical height of the cooling main body and the gas outlet.

Further, the intercooler further includes: the liquid drainage structure is arranged on the water storage structure.

Further, the liquid discharge structure includes: and (4) active pressure relief valves.

Further, the intercooler further includes: a heating structure disposed within the water storage structure.

Compared with the prior art, an intercooler for engine air intake system have following advantage:

a intercooler for engine air intake system, this intercooler can separate and store and discharge the comdenstion water in the pressurized air through the intercooler heat transfer, avoided because the comdenstion water gets into engine or comdenstion water and freezes in the intercooler and the engine power that leads to is not enough and flame-out to engine air intake system's reliability has been improved, and then the security of vehicle has been improved.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle, including the intercooler for engine air intake system as described above, the vehicle has better safety.

Drawings

The accompanying drawings, which form a part hereof, are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the invention without undue limitation. In the drawings:

fig. 1 is a partial structural sectional view of an intercooler according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Description of reference numerals:

100-an intercooler, 1-an intercooler body, 11-a cooling main body, 12-an air outlet air chamber, 121-a bent flow channel, 13-an air outlet, 2-a liquid blocking structure, 21-a baffle, 211-an air passing port, 3-a water storage structure, 31-a liquid inlet, 4-a liquid drainage structure and 5-a heating structure.

Detailed Description

It should be noted that, in the present invention, the embodiments and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

An intercooler 100 for an engine intake system according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1.

According to the utility model discloses an intercooler 100 for engine air intake system can include: intercooler body 1, hinder liquid structure 2 and water storage structure 3.

As shown in fig. 1, the intercooler 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be an air-to-air intercooler. The air-air intercooler uses air as a cooling medium and is mainly used for cooling the charge air of the vehicle engine. The supercharged air is heat exchanged with the outside air in the intercooler 100, and after the heat exchange, the supercharged air temperature is lowered and the outside air temperature is raised.

Because the pressurized air in the traditional intercooler has a large amount of condensate water to separate out after cooling, when the vehicle is in a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, the condensate water can enter an engine cylinder, the normal operation of the engine is influenced, when the vehicle is in the low-temperature and high-humidity environment, the condensate water is easy to freeze in the intercooler, the intercooler is blocked, the power of the engine is insufficient, even the engine is flamed out, and the reliability of an engine air inlet system and the safety of the vehicle are influenced.

Therefore, the embodiment of the utility model provides an intercooler 100 that has integrateed the liquid structure 2 that hinders that can separate the comdenstion water and the water storage structure 3 that can store the comdenstion water has been designed. That is, the condensed water separated out after the temperature of the charge air is lowered may be separated and stored by the intercooler 100. Therefore, the condensed water can be prevented from entering an engine cylinder in a high-temperature high-humidity environment, and the condensed water is frozen in the intercooler 100 in a low-temperature high-humidity environment, so that the problem that the power of the engine is insufficient or even the engine is flamed out is avoided, and the reliability of an engine air inlet system and the safety of a vehicle are improved.

The intercooler body 1 has a cooling body 11, an air outlet chamber 12, and an air outlet 13. The supercharged air exchanges heat with the outside air at the cooling body 11, the air outlet 13 is communicated with an engine throttle valve at the downstream of the intercooler 100, and the air outlet air chamber 12 is communicated between the cooling body 11 and the air outlet 13, that is, the supercharged air cooled by the cooling body 11 needs to pass through the air outlet air chamber 12 and then is discharged through the air outlet 13, and finally enters the engine.

Further, the liquid blocking structure 2 is disposed in the air outlet air chamber 12 to separate the space in the air outlet air chamber 12 into a plurality of curved flow channels 121 from the cooling body 11 to the air outlet 13, the pressurized air can flow outwards through the plurality of curved flow channels 121 at the same time, the plurality of curved flow channels 121 jointly form a labyrinth air passage to achieve a better gas-liquid separation effect, and the water storage structure 3 is disposed at the lower portion of the air outlet air chamber 12 and is respectively communicated with the plurality of curved flow channels 121 to collect the separated condensed water (the solid line of the arrow in fig. 1 indicates the general flowing direction of the air in the curved flow channel 121).

Wherein, the labyrinth is crossed the gas passageway and can be avoided pressurized air directly to discharge from gas outlet 13 under the inertia effect to make pressurized air walk longer route in gas outlet air chamber 12, so that pressurized air can be in better realization gas-liquid separation in gas outlet air chamber 12, avoid the comdenstion water to get into the engine, with the security that improves engine air intake system.

Specifically, when the supercharged air separated out a large amount of condensed water after being cooled by the cooling body 11 passes through the air outlet air chamber 12, the supercharged air passes through the plurality of curved flow channels 121 formed by dividing the liquid blocking structure 2, the condensed water collides with the liquid blocking structure 2 due to the inertia effect and falls into the water storage structure 3 positioned at the lower part of the air outlet air chamber 12 under the action of gravity, and the dried supercharged air can change the direction and pass through the curved flow channels 121, and then is discharged from the air outlet 13 and enters the engine to participate in combustion in the engine.

According to the utility model discloses an intercooler 100 for engine air intake system, this intercooler 100 can separate and store the comdenstion water in the pressurized air through the heat transfer of intercooler 100, has avoided because the comdenstion water gets into engine or the comdenstion water freezes in intercooler 100 and the engine power that leads to is not enough with flame-out to engine air intake system's reliability has been improved, and then the security of vehicle has been improved.

As shown in fig. 1, the liquid-blocking structure 2 includes: the baffles 21 are arranged at intervals in the transverse direction between the cooling body 11 and the air outlet 13, and any two adjacent baffles 21 are arranged in a vertically staggered manner, so that the air outlet air chamber 12 can form a plurality of curved flow passages 121 from the cooling body 11 to the air outlet 13 under the division of the baffles 21, and high-pressure air is prevented from being directly discharged from the air outlet 13 under the inertia effect. Preferably, the number of the baffles 21 may be 2.

Moreover, the baffle 21 has a simpler structure, is more convenient to arrange in the air outlet chamber 12, and cannot cause excessive influence on the overall structure of the intercooler 100.

Further, the baffle 21 is provided with the air passing ports 211, and the air passing ports 211 on two adjacent baffles 21 are vertically arranged in a staggered manner, so that the air outlet air chamber 12 can form more bent flow channels 121 under the division of the baffles 21 and the air passing ports 211, and the bent flow channels 121 are communicated with each other to form a labyrinth air passing channel, thereby improving the gas-liquid separation efficiency and the air passing efficiency.

Referring to fig. 1, the liquid blocking structure 2 is vertically opposite to the liquid inlet 31 of the water storage structure 3. Wherein, the vertical direction of intercooler 100 is the direction of height of vehicle promptly, and the upper and lower just right hinders liquid structure 2 and water storage structure 3 and can guarantee that the comdenstion water that hinders that liquid structure 2 stops can be under the effect of gravity accurate fall into the water storage structure 3 that is located the lower part of air outlet air chamber 12.

Further, the width of inlet 31 is not less than the whole width of water storage structure 3 to ensure that the comdenstion water can not drip outside water storage structure 3, thereby guaranteed the collection and the storage effect of comdenstion water, can avoid because the comdenstion water falls into water storage structure 3 outside and the intercooler 100 that leads to blocks up, and then improved engine air intake system's reliability.

As shown in fig. 1, the vertical height of the liquid inlet 31 is lower than the vertical heights of the cooling body 11 and the air outlet 13, so as to prevent the condensed water in the water storage structure 3 from overflowing and entering the cooling body 11 or entering the engine from the air outlet 13 during the driving process of the vehicle, thereby ensuring the water storage stability of the water storage structure 3.

Referring to fig. 1, intercooler 100 further includes: drainage structure 4, drainage structure 4 set up on water storage structure 3 to can discharge the comdenstion water in water storage structure 3 through drainage structure 4, avoid the comdenstion water too much and spill over water storage structure 3, with the stability of further guaranteeing intercooler 100.

Further, the liquid discharge structure 4 includes: and (4) active pressure relief valves. The active pressure release valve can be actively opened after the water pressure or the water storage capacity in the water storage structure 3 reaches a certain value, so that condensed water in the water storage structure 3 is discharged without being manually opened by personnel. Therefore, the condensate water can be discharged in time, and the water storage structure 3 is prevented from overflowing due to the fact that the condensate water is overfilled.

As shown in fig. 1, intercooler 100 further includes: heating structure 5, heating structure 5 sets up in water storage structure 3 to under the high humid environment of low temperature, heat the comdenstion water in the water storage structure 3, make it remain throughout above 0 ℃, guarantee that flowing back structure 4 can in time be discharged the comdenstion water.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a vehicle includes the intercooler 100 for an engine intake system described in the above embodiments. Other configurations of vehicles, such as brake systems and the like, are known in the art and are well known to those skilled in the art, and therefore, are not described in detail herein.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and should not be taken as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An intercooler (100) for an engine air intake system, comprising:

the intercooler comprises an intercooler body (1), wherein the intercooler body (1) is provided with a cooling main body (11), an air outlet air chamber (12) and an air outlet (13), and the air outlet air chamber (12) is communicated between the cooling main body (11) and the air outlet (13);

the liquid blocking structure (2) is arranged in the air outlet air chamber (12) to divide the space in the air outlet air chamber (12) into a plurality of bent flow channels (121) from the cooling body (11) to the air outlet (13), and the bent flow channels (121) jointly form a labyrinth air passage;

the water storage structure (3) is arranged at the lower part of the air outlet air chamber (12) and is respectively communicated with the plurality of bent flow channels (121).

2. An intercooler (100) for an engine intake system according to claim 1, wherein the liquid blocking structure (2) includes: the cooling body (11) and the air outlet (13) are arranged in a transverse direction, the baffles (21) are arranged at intervals, and any two adjacent baffles (21) are vertically staggered.

3. An intercooler (100) for an engine intake system according to claim 2, wherein the baffles (21) have air inlets (211), and the air inlets (211) of two adjacent baffles (21) are vertically staggered.

4. An intercooler (100) for an engine air intake system according to claim 3, wherein the liquid blocking structure (2) is vertically opposite to the liquid inlet (31) of the water storage structure (3).

5. An intercooler (100) for an engine air intake system according to claim 4, wherein the width of the liquid inlet (31) is not less than the overall width of the water storage structure (3).

6. An intercooler (100) for an engine air intake system according to claim 4, wherein the liquid inlet (31) has a lower vertical height than the cooling body (11) and the air outlet (13).

7. An intercooler (100) for an engine air intake system according to claim 1, further comprising: the liquid drainage structure (4), the liquid drainage structure (4) set up on the water storage structure (3).

8. An intercooler (100) for an engine air intake system according to claim 7, wherein the liquid discharge structure (4) comprises: and (4) active pressure relief valves.

9. An intercooler (100) for an engine air intake system according to claim 1, further comprising: the heating structure (5), the heating structure (5) sets up in water storage structure (3).

10. A vehicle, characterized by comprising a charge air cooler (100) for an engine air intake system according to any one of claims 1-9.