EP2009383A1 - Header box for heat exchanger - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- F28F9/00—Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
- F28F9/02—Header boxes; End plates
- F28F9/026—Header boxes; End plates with static flow control means, e.g. with means for uniformly distributing heat exchange media into conduits
- F28F9/0278—Header boxes; End plates with static flow control means, e.g. with means for uniformly distributing heat exchange media into conduits in the form of stacked distribution plates or perforated plates arranged over end plates
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
- F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
- F28D1/02—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid
- F28D1/04—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits
- F28D1/053—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being straight
- F28D1/0535—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being straight the conduits having a non-circular cross-section
- F28D1/05366—Assemblies of conduits connected to common headers, e.g. core type radiators
- F28D1/05391—Assemblies of conduits connected to common headers, e.g. core type radiators with multiple rows of conduits or with multi-channel conduits combined with a particular flow pattern, e.g. multi-row multi-stage radiators
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- F28F9/00—Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
- F28F9/02—Header boxes; End plates
- F28F9/0202—Header boxes having their inner space divided by partitions
- F28F9/0204—Header boxes having their inner space divided by partitions for elongated header box, e.g. with transversal and longitudinal partitions
- F28F9/0214—Header boxes having their inner space divided by partitions for elongated header box, e.g. with transversal and longitudinal partitions having only longitudinal partitions
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- F28F9/00—Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
- F28F9/02—Header boxes; End plates
- F28F9/0219—Arrangements for sealing end plates into casing or header box; Header box sub-elements
- F28F9/0224—Header boxes formed by sealing end plates into covers
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
- F28F9/00—Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
- F28F9/02—Header boxes; End plates
- F28F9/0246—Arrangements for connecting header boxes with flow lines
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
- F28D21/00—Heat-exchange apparatus not covered by any of the groups F28D1/00 - F28D20/00
- F28D2021/0019—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for
- F28D2021/008—Other heat exchangers for particular applications; Heat exchange systems not otherwise provided for for vehicles
- F28D2021/0085—Evaporators
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- the invention relates to the field of heat exchangers and in particular to exchangers intended to be traversed by a fluid under high pressure.
- the invention relates more particularly to air conditioning evaporators capable of being traversed by a refrigerant fluid in the supercritical state, as is the case with gases such as, for example, carbon dioxide or CO 2 .
- gases such as, for example, carbon dioxide or CO 2 .
- Such exchangers find particular application in motor vehicles.
- Collection boxes generally obtained by brazing, which are designed to withstand such high pressures, are already known.
- connection block is machined and is brazed to the manifold by an intermediate plate.
- This block is adapted to receive the refrigerant inlet and outlet pipes.
- This solution has the disadvantage of using a high weight block which can induce brazing problems.
- the invention aims to improve the situation.
- the invention proposes a heat exchanger collector box, comprising a collector plate and a cover.
- the header plate is provided with receiving openings for insertion of heat exchange tubes and at least one fluid inlet / outlet opening.
- the manifold box further comprises at least one sleeve having a retaining means, which sleeve is disposed in one of the inlet / outlet openings.
- the retaining means cooperates with the plate manifold for maintaining the sleeve, the sleeve being adapted to receive a fluid inlet / outlet manifold.
- Such a manifold is particularly advantageous in that the sleeve can be brazed with an optimum brazing surface on the collector plate by its collar. This makes it possible in particular to avoid the presence of plating on the sleeve and limits assembly problems.
- the arrangement of the sleeve makes it possible to make the connection to the inlet / outlet pipes of fluid in the bulk of the header, in a direction substantially parallel to the heat exchange tubes.
- the retaining means is a collar.
- the header plate is stamped at the fluid inlet / outlet opening to form a housing of a shape homologous to that of the collar, and the collar of the sleeve is housed in this housing.
- the housing has a depth substantially equal to the thickness of the collar.
- This embodiment makes it possible to optimize the space occupied by the manifold and not to modify the interior arrangement thereof.
- the manifold can have a distribution plate contiguous to the header plate, between it and the cover, and the sleeve can be housed between the header plate and the distribution plate.
- the sleeve can be brazed with the manifold plate at its collar and the fluid inlet / outlet opening.
- the sleeve can be made by stamping and the manifold can have two inlet / outlet openings.
- the invention also relates to a heat exchanger comprising a bundle of tubes and at least one collector box as described above.
- this exchanger is in the form of an evaporator for an air conditioning circuit traversed by a high-pressure refrigerant, in particular a fluid operating in the supercritical state.
- FIG. 1 shows a heat exchanger 10 having a beam 12 mounted between an upper header box 14 and a lower manifold 16, the heat exchanger 10 being considered in a vertical position.
- the beam 12 is composed of two rows of tubes 18 (only one of which is visible on the figure 1 ) and corrugated inserts common to the two rows of tubes (not shown on the figure 1 ).
- the manifold 14 is provided with two tubes 22 and 24 serving respectively for the admission and the evacuation of the fluid passing through the tubes of the bundle 12.
- the heat exchanger 10 is in the form of an evaporator capable of being traversed by a refrigerant fluid operating in the supercritical state, in particular CO 2 , the pressure of which can reach values of order of 100 to 150 bar.
- This fluid exchanges heat with a flow of air that sweeps the tube bundle to produce a flow of air conditioning, especially in a motor vehicle.
- the collecting box 14 comprises a collecting plate 26 provided with openings 28 for receiving the tubes of the bundle 12.
- the openings 28 are of elongate shape and arranged in two rows corresponding to the two rows of tubes 18.
- the collecting plate 26 is of generally rectangular shape and has, along its two long sides, edges 30 whose role will be specified below. It comprises an extension 32 in which openings 34 and 36 are arranged for the respective mounting of the tubes 22 and 24.
- the orifices 34 and 36 are each bordered by a stamping 38 which is made towards the side of the collecting plate 26 which receives the beam 12.
- the collecting plate 26 Above the collecting plate 26 are placed two sleeves 40 each comprising a retaining means (42), the retaining means being here a collar 42.
- the sleeves and their collars 42 are made by stamping or machining.
- the sleeves 40 are of substantially cylindrical shape and have an outer diameter substantially equal to that of the orifices 34 and 36. Their inner diameter is substantially equal to the outer diameter of the tubes 22 and 24.
- the collar 42 has dimensions and a shape similar to those of the stamping 38, that is to say that the stamping 38 has a depth substantially equal to the thickness of the collar 42.
- the stamping 38 is a housing for the collar 42 when the sleeve 40 is received in one of the orifices 34 or 36.
- the respective dimensions of the housing 38 and the collar 42 cause the face of the manifold plate 26 which receives the sleeves appears flat.
- the distribution plate 44 has two rows of slots 46 each communicating with a tube 18. These slots 40 contribute to define chambers that allow the distribution of the fluid and its circulation in the tubes of the beam according to a definite course.
- the distribution plate 44 further comprises an extension 48 and two orifices 50 and 52 corresponding to the orifices 34 and 36 of the header plate 26.
- the collars 42 are sandwiched between said collector plate 26 and said distribution plate (44).
- the collar 42 is soldered to both the header plate (26) and the distribution plate 44.
- cover 52 intended to be held against the header plate, which makes it possible to trap the distribution plate 44, in particular by brazing the edges 30 on the lateral edges of the cover 52.
- cover 52 is made in the form of a plate (extruded or stamped) having a peripheral edge 54 brazed with the edge 30.
- This cover further comprises a series of bosses 56, six in number, in the example shown along the width respectively defining chambers 58 communicating with the chambers of the distribution plate 44.
- bosses are suitably arranged to allow the cooling fluid to penetrate inside the manifold 14 via the manifold 22, to then flow into the tubes 18 of the bundle 12 between the manifold 14 and the manifold 16 and then leaving the heat exchanger 10 through the outlet pipe 24.
- the manner in which the circulation of the fluid takes place in the bundle will not be described in detail, in the case of a provision in itself known to those skilled in the art.
- the manifold 16 is similar to the manifold 14 except that it has no extensions 32 and 48.
- the manifold plate 26 has a brazing edge on the peripheral edge of the lid and the intermediate plate.
- any other device for connecting these elements is conceivable by those skilled in the art.
- the collector box components are made from a metal plate, preferably an aluminum alloy, with a thickness sufficient to withstand the high pressures of the refrigerant.
- the bosses 56 make it possible to form the chambers 58 of restricted volume limiting the effect of the pressure of the fluid on the components of the collector plate 16.
- edges 30 are of dimension intended to cover all the edges 54 of the cover 52.
- the figure 4 is a partial sectional view of the figure 3 to show the distribution of solder veneers necessary for the good performance of the exchanger 10.
- the tubing 22 has been shown in this figure to better specify this distribution.
- the entire face of the header plate 26 which receives the sleeves and is covered by the distribution plate 44 and the cover 52 receives a solder plating 60.
- This face will be described as an inner face.
- This veneer makes it possible to bond the edge 30 to the edge 54 as well as to the edge of the distribution plate 44.
- the housing 38 makes it possible to offer a larger brazing surface to the sleeve 40 by soldering not only along the periphery of the sleeve 40 in the orifices 32 and 34, but also on the contact surface of the collar 42 and of the latter.
- the sleeves 40 are thus held in place very strongly and able to withstand the pressures of the coolant.
- tubing 22 is disposed in the sleeve 40 without brazing and that the sleeve 40 generally is not covered with solder plating. Indeed, the brazing plating induces adverse effects for assembly with the pipes.
- the pipes 22 and 24 may be connected to the sleeve 40 by a mechanical device or by brazing.
- Another embodiment where the distribution plate is omitted, proposes a manifold in which the collar is sandwiched between a header plate and a cover.
- the collar will be soldered to the header plate and said cover.
- the manifold of the invention is capable of many other variants. It is in particular possible to distribute the sleeves and receiving ports of the inlet / outlet pipes on the two manifolds. It finds a main application to heat exchangers traversed by a high-pressure refrigerant, in particular to air-conditioning evaporators traversed by a fluid in the supercritical state such as CO 2 , such as those intended for motor vehicles.
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Description
L'invention se rapporte au domaine des échangeurs de chaleur et notamment aux échangeurs destinés à être parcourus par un fluide sous haute pression.The invention relates to the field of heat exchangers and in particular to exchangers intended to be traversed by a fluid under high pressure.
A cet égard, l'invention se rapporte plus particulièrement aux évaporateurs de climatisation susceptibles d'être parcourus par un fluide réfrigérant à l'état supercritique, comme c'est le cas de gaz tels que, par exemple, le dioxyde de carbone ou CO2. De tels échangeurs trouvent une application particulière dans les véhicules automobiles.In this respect, the invention relates more particularly to air conditioning evaporators capable of being traversed by a refrigerant fluid in the supercritical state, as is the case with gases such as, for example, carbon dioxide or CO 2 . Such exchangers find particular application in motor vehicles.
On rappellera que, dans un circuit de climatisation parcouru par un fluide réfrigérant à l'état supercritique, ce fluide reste essentiellement à l'état gazeux et sous une pression très élevée qui est actuellement comprise entre 100 et 150 bars. Il en résulte que de tels échangeurs de chaleur, et notamment leurs boîtes collectrices, doivent pouvoir résister à de telles pressions élevées, les pressions d'éclatement préconisées étant généralement de trois fois la valeur de la pression nominale de fonctionnement. Ces exigences sont également étendues aux tubulures de raccordement d'entrée et de sortie du fluide réfrigérant.It will be recalled that, in an air conditioning circuit traversed by a refrigerant fluid in the supercritical state, this fluid remains essentially in the gaseous state and under a very high pressure which is presently between 100 and 150 bar. As a result, such heat exchangers, and in particular their manifolds, must be able to withstand such high pressures, the recommended burst pressures being generally three times the value of the nominal operating pressure. These requirements are also extended to the refrigerant inlet and outlet connection pipes.
On connaît déjà des boîtes collectrices, généralement obtenues par brasage, qui sont conçues pour résister à de telles pressions élevées.Collection boxes, generally obtained by brazing, which are designed to withstand such high pressures, are already known.
Dans une première solution, connue par
Dans une seconde solution, connue par
D'autres solutions existent pour relier des tubulures d'entrée et de sortie de fluide réfrigérant à la boîte collectrice par une pièce intermédiaire, connues par exemple par
L'invention vise à améliorer la situation.The invention aims to improve the situation.
A cet effet, l'invention propose une boîte collectrice d'échangeur de chaleur, comprenant une plaque collectrice et un couvercle. La plaque collectrice est munie d'ouvertures de réception pour l'insertion de tubes d'échange de chaleur et d'au moins une ouverture d'entrée/sortie de fluide. La boite collectrice comporte en outre au moins un manchon comportant un moyen de retenue, lequel manchon est disposé dans une des ouvertures d'entrée/sortie. Le moyen de retenue coopère avec la plaque collectrice pour le maintien du manchon, le manchon étant propre à recevoir une tubulure d'entrée/sortie de fluide.For this purpose, the invention proposes a heat exchanger collector box, comprising a collector plate and a cover. The header plate is provided with receiving openings for insertion of heat exchange tubes and at least one fluid inlet / outlet opening. The manifold box further comprises at least one sleeve having a retaining means, which sleeve is disposed in one of the inlet / outlet openings. The retaining means cooperates with the plate manifold for maintaining the sleeve, the sleeve being adapted to receive a fluid inlet / outlet manifold.
Une telle boîte collectrice est particulièrement avantageuse en ce que le manchon peut être brasé avec une surface de brasage optimale sur la plaque collectrice par son collet. Cela permet notamment d'éviter la présence de placage sur le manchon et limite les problèmes d'assemblage.Such a manifold is particularly advantageous in that the sleeve can be brazed with an optimum brazing surface on the collector plate by its collar. This makes it possible in particular to avoid the presence of plating on the sleeve and limits assembly problems.
D'autre part, la disposition du manchon permet de réaliser la connexion aux tubulures d'entrée/sortie de fluide dans l'encombrement de la boîte collectrice, dans une direction sensiblement parallèle aux tubes d'échange de chaleur.On the other hand, the arrangement of the sleeve makes it possible to make the connection to the inlet / outlet pipes of fluid in the bulk of the header, in a direction substantially parallel to the heat exchange tubes.
Un mode de réalisation prévoit que le moyen de retenue est un collet.One embodiment provides that the retaining means is a collar.
Dans un autre mode de réalisation, la plaque collectrice est emboutie au niveau de l'ouverture d'entrée/sortie de fluide pour former un logement de forme homologue de celle du collet, et le collet du manchon est logé dans ce logement.
Avantageusement, le logement a une profondeur sensiblement égale à l'épaisseur du collet.In another embodiment, the header plate is stamped at the fluid inlet / outlet opening to form a housing of a shape homologous to that of the collar, and the collar of the sleeve is housed in this housing.
Advantageously, the housing has a depth substantially equal to the thickness of the collar.
Ce mode de réalisation permet d'optimiser l'espace occupé par la boîte collectrice et de ne pas modifier l'agencement intérieur de celle-ci.This embodiment makes it possible to optimize the space occupied by the manifold and not to modify the interior arrangement thereof.
La boîte collectrice peut comporter une plaque de distribution accolée à la plaque collectrice, entre celle-ci et le couvercle, et le manchon peut être logé entre la plaque collectrice et la plaque de distribution.The manifold can have a distribution plate contiguous to the header plate, between it and the cover, and the sleeve can be housed between the header plate and the distribution plate.
La manchon peut être brasé avec la plaque collectrice au niveau de son collet et de l'ouverture entrée/sortie de fluide.The sleeve can be brazed with the manifold plate at its collar and the fluid inlet / outlet opening.
Ces modes de réalisation sont particulièrement adaptés aux échangeurs de chaleur et plus particulièrement aux évaporateurs parcourus par des fluides réfrigérants à l'état supercritique.These embodiments are particularly suitable for heat exchangers and more particularly evaporators traversed by supercritical refrigerant fluids.
Enfin, le manchon peut être réalisé par emboutissage et la boîte collectrice peut comporter deux ouvertures d'entrée/sortie.Finally, the sleeve can be made by stamping and the manifold can have two inlet / outlet openings.
L'invention concerne également un échangeur de chaleur comprenant un faisceau de tubes et au moins une boîte collectrice telle que décrite précédemment.The invention also relates to a heat exchanger comprising a bundle of tubes and at least one collector box as described above.
Dans un mode de réalisation, cet échangeur est réalisé sous la forme d'un évaporateur pour un circuit de climatisation parcouru par un fluide réfrigérant à haute pression, en particulier un fluide fonctionnant à l'état supercritique.In one embodiment, this exchanger is in the form of an evaporator for an air conditioning circuit traversed by a high-pressure refrigerant, in particular a fluid operating in the supercritical state.
D'autres avantages et caractéristiques de l'invention apparaîtront mieux à la lecture de la description, à titre d'exemples et non de limitation, tirés des dessins sur lesquels :
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figure 1 montre une vue en perspective d'un échangeur de chaleur selon l'invention ; - la
figure 2 montre une vue partielle en perspective éclatée d'une boîte collectrice de l'échangeur de lafigure 1 ; - la
figure 3 montre la boîte collectrice de lafigure 2 une fois montée ; et - la
figure 4 montre une vue en coupe schématique de la boîte collectrice de lafigure 3 .
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figure 1 shows a perspective view of a heat exchanger according to the invention; - the
figure 2 shows a partial perspective exploded view of a collector box of the exchanger of thefigure 1 ; - the
figure 3 shows the collector box of thefigure 2 once mounted; and - the
figure 4 shows a schematic sectional view of the collector box of thefigure 3 .
On se réfère d'abord à la
Le faisceau 12 est composé de deux rangées de tubes 18 (dont une seule est visible sur la
Dans l'exemple, l'échangeur de chaleur 10 est réalisé sous la forme d'un évaporateur propre à être parcouru par un fluide réfrigérant fonctionnant à l'état supercritique, en particulier du CO2, dont la pression peut atteindre des valeurs de l'ordre de 100 à 150 bars. Ce fluide échange de la chaleur avec un flux d'air qui balaie le faisceau de tubes pour produire un flux d'air climatisé, en particulier dans un véhicule automobile.In the example, the
On se réfère maintenant à la
Au-dessus de la plaque collectrice 26, sont placés deux manchons 40 comportant chacun un moyen de retenue (42), le moyen de retenue étant ici un collet 42.Above the collecting
Les manchons et leurs collets 42 sont réalisés par emboutissage ou par usinage. Les manchons 40 sont de forme sensiblement cylindrique et présentent un diamètre externe sensiblement égal à celui des orifices 34 et 36. Leur diamètre interne est sensiblement égal au diamètre externe des tubulures 22 et 24. Le collet 42 a des dimensions et une forme homologues de celles de l'emboutissage 38, c'est-à-dire que l'emboutissage 38 a une profondeur sensiblement égale à l'épaisseur du collet 42. Ainsi, l'emboutissage 38 constitue un logement pour le collet 42 lorsque le manchon 40 est reçu dans un des orifices 34 ou 36. D'autre part, les dimensions respectives du logement 38 et du collet 42 font que la face de la plaque collectrice 26 qui reçoit les manchons apparaît plane.The sleeves and their
Au-dessus des manchons 40, est placée une plaque de distribution 44 comportant deux rangées de fentes 46 communiquant chacune avec un tube 18. Ces fentes 40 contribuent à définir des chambres qui permettent la distribution du fluide et sa circulation dans les tubes du faisceau selon un parcours défini. La plaque de distribution 44 comporte en outre un prolongement 48 et deux orifices 50 et 52 correspondant aux orifices 34 et 36 de la plaque collectrice 26.Above the
Ainsi, les collets 42 sont pris en sandwich entre ladite plaque collectrice 26 et ladite plaque de distribution (44). Le collet 42 est lié par brasage à la fois avec la plaque collectrice (26) et avec la plaque de distribution 44.Thus, the
Au-dessus de la plaque de distribution 44 est placé un couvercle 52 destiné à être maintenu contre la plaque collectrice, ce qui permet d'emprisonner la plaque de distribution 44 notamment grâce au brasage des bords 30 sur des bords latéraux du couvercle 52. Le couvercle 52 est réalisé sous la forme d'une plaque (extrudée ou emboutie) comportant un bord périphérique 54 brasé avec le bord 30. Ce couvercle comporte, en outre, une série de bossages 56, au nombre de six, dans l'exemple représenté, suivant la largeur, délimitant respectivement des chambres 58 communiquant avec les chambres de la plaque de distribution 44.Above the
Ces bossages sont convenablement disposés pour permettre au fluide réfrigérant de pénétrer à l'intérieur de la boîte collectrice 14 via la tubulure 22, de circuler ensuite dans les tubes 18 du faisceau 12 entre la boîte collectrice 14 et la boîte collectrice 16 puis de quitter l'échangeur 10 par la tubulure de sortie 24. La manière dont la circulation du fluide s'effectue dans le faisceau ne sera pas décrite en détail, s'agissant d'une disposition en elle-même connue de l'homme du métier.These bosses are suitably arranged to allow the cooling fluid to penetrate inside the manifold 14 via the
La boîte collectrice 16 est similaire à la boîte collectrice 14 à cela près qu'elle ne comporte pas de prolongements 32 et 48.The manifold 16 is similar to the manifold 14 except that it has no
Dans l'exemple ici décrit, la plaque collectrice 26 comporte un bord de brasage sur le bord périphérique du couvercle et de la plaque intermédiaire. Cependant, tout autre dispositif de liaison de ces éléments est envisageable par l'homme du métier.In the example described here, the
Les composants de boîtes collectrices sont réalisés à partir d'une plaque métallique, de préférence en alliage d'aluminium, avec une épaisseur suffisante pour résister aux pressions importantes du fluide réfrigérant.The collector box components are made from a metal plate, preferably an aluminum alloy, with a thickness sufficient to withstand the high pressures of the refrigerant.
Les bossages 56 permettent de former les chambres 58 de volume restreint limitant l'effet de la pression du fluide sur les composants de la plaque collectrice 16.The
Ces composants sont destinés à être assemblés par brasage une fois un assemblage provisoire réalisé. Il est donc nécessaire de prévoir un placage de brasure.These components are intended to be assembled by brazing once a provisional assembly made. It is therefore necessary to provide a braze plating.
Cet assemblage provisoire est montré plus avant sur la
De même, les bords 30 sont de dimension prévue pour couvrir l'intégralité des bords 54 du couvercle 52.Likewise, the
La
D'une manière générale, l'ensemble de la face de la plaque collectrice 26 qui reçoit les manchons et est recouverte par la plaque de distribution 44 et le couvercle 52 reçoit un placage de brasure 60. On qualifiera cette face de face intérieure. Ce placage permet de lier le bord 30 au bord 54 ainsi qu'au bord de la plaque de distribution 44. En outre, le logement 38 permet d'offrir une plus grande surface de brasage au manchon 40 par le brasage non seulement le long de la périphérie du manchon 40 dans les orifices 32 et 34, mais également sur la surface de contact du collet 42 et de ces derniers.In general, the entire face of the
Les manchons 40 sont ainsi maintenus en place de manière très forte et propre à résister aux pressions du fluide réfrigérant.The
On remarquera que la tubulure 22 est disposée dans le manchon 40 sans brasage et que le manchon 40 d'une manière générale n'est pas recouvert de placage de brasure. En effet, le placage de brasure induit des effets néfastes pour l'assemblage avec les tubulures. Après brasage de l'échangeur 10, les tubulures 22 et 24 peuvent être reliées au manchon 40 par un dispositif mécanique ou encore par brasage.Note that the
Un autre mode de réalisation, où la plaque de distribution est omise, propose que une boite collectrice dans laquelle le collet est pris en sandwich entre une plaque collectrice et un couvercle. Dans cette variante, le collet sera lié par brasage avec la plaque collectrice et ledit couvercle.Another embodiment, where the distribution plate is omitted, proposes a manifold in which the collar is sandwiched between a header plate and a cover. In this variant, the collar will be soldered to the header plate and said cover.
La boîte collectrice de l'invention est susceptible de nombreuses autres variantes de réalisation. Il est notamment envisageable de répartir les manchons et orifices de réception des tubulures d'entrée/sortie sur les deux boîtes collectrices. Elle trouve une application principale aux échangeurs de chaleur parcourus par un fluide réfrigérant sous haute pression, en particulier aux évaporateurs de climatisation parcourus par un fluide à l'état supercritique comme le CO2, tels que ceux destinés aux véhicules automobiles.The manifold of the invention is capable of many other variants. It is in particular possible to distribute the sleeves and receiving ports of the inlet / outlet pipes on the two manifolds. It finds a main application to heat exchangers traversed by a high-pressure refrigerant, in particular to air-conditioning evaporators traversed by a fluid in the supercritical state such as CO 2 , such as those intended for motor vehicles.
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