EP3096102A1 - Flachröhre für einen wärmetauscher - Google Patents

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EP3096102A1
EP3096102A1 EP16168980.7A EP16168980A EP3096102A1 EP 3096102 A1 EP3096102 A1 EP 3096102A1 EP 16168980 A EP16168980 A EP 16168980A EP 3096102 A1 EP3096102 A1 EP 3096102A1
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Thierry Berger
Fadil AYAD
Roger Fourile
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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
    • F28D1/03—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 plate-like or laminated conduits
    • F28D1/0391—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 plate-like or laminated conduits a single plate being bent to form one or more conduits
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F1/00—Tubular elements; Assemblies of tubular elements
    • F28F1/02—Tubular elements of cross-section which is non-circular
    • F28F1/022—Tubular elements of cross-section which is non-circular with multiple channels

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  • the present invention relates to an automobile heat exchanger and more specifically to the manufacturing of its flat tubes by folding.
  • An automobile heat system comprises several exchangers arranged in the vehicle so as to enable exchanges between separate fluids, some heating, others cooling.
  • a condenser comprises a plurality of flat tubes arranged in parallel between two tanks.
  • Flat tubes typically have an oblong cross-section with two long and flat sides and two short and rounded sides.
  • the inner space of each tube is subdivided by the inner walls into a plurality of channels.
  • cooling fins are arranged in contact with the tubes.
  • these exchangers should combine several properties.
  • the short, rounded sides should be sufficiently strong to not be overly damaged by projectiles, such as rocks.
  • the long, flat sides can be thinner to contribute sufficient rigidity while lightening the tube and facilitating fluid and air exchanges.
  • the inner walls extending between the long sides can be even thinner to aid in the transfer of heat towards the long sides while channeling the flow and without increasing the total mass of the exchanger.
  • these tubes should be shaped and manufactured with a minimum of components. Making flat tubes by folding a single metal sheet multiple times is for example presented in US5186251 , EP1941954 ; however, these tubes are forced to compromise with the ideal situation so as to facilitate production and reduce costs. The tubes resulting from these compromises do not correspond to a "happy medium,” but simply to the best that can be done.
  • the present invention aims to remedy the disadvantages mentioned previously by proposing a flat tube adapted to be arranged in a heat exchanger comprising two parallel and separate tanks connected by a plurality of said flat tubes that are parallel to each other and that extend along a longitudinal axis, each of these tubes comprising inner partitions separating the inside of the tube into a plurality of channels and cooling fins also being arranged between the tubes.
  • the exchanger is provided so that a heat transfer fluid circulating in the tube channels exchanges heat with an air flow F passing between the flat tubes and through the fins.
  • the flat tube has an elongated section comprising two long and parallel sides extending along a transverse axis and two short and flat or rounded sides, joining the ends of the long sides so as to define an inner space in which the internal partitions extend from one long side to the other.
  • the flat tube is advantageously made by shaping without cutting a single sheet of metal so that the flat tube has short sides with a thicker thickness than the thickness of the long sides, so that, in use, the flat tube resists the impact of possible projectiles while having sufficient mechanical strength.
  • the inner partitions have a thickness that is equal to or less than the thickness of the long sides, so that the flow of heat transfer fluid and the heat transfer of said fluid towards the long sides is optimized.
  • the inner partitions are made in a single thickness of the sheet and the short sides are made by stacking at least three thicknesses of the sheet.
  • one of the short sides is made by stacking four thicknesses of the sheet or both of the short sides are made by stacking four thicknesses of the sheet.
  • the long sides are made by stacking two thicknesses of the sheet.
  • the inner partitions divide the inner space of the tube into at least ten channels, or even twenty.
  • the invention also relates to a heat exchanger comprising two parallel and separate tanks connected by a plurality of flat tubes that are parallel to each other, the tubes being made according to the previous paragraphs.
  • the invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a flat tube adapted to be arranged in a heat exchanger comprising two parallel and separate tanks connected by a plurality of flat tubes parallel to each other, each of the flat tubes comprising inner partitions separating the inside of the tube into a plurality of channels, cooling fins being arranged between the tubes, the exchanger being provided so that a heat transfer fluid F circulating in the tube channels exchanges heat with an air flow F passing between the flat tubes through the fins, the method comprising the following steps:
  • step c) comprises at least one step during which the metal sheet winding reverses direction.
  • a condenser 10 according to Figure 1 comprises two vertical tanks 12 extending along a normal axis N, represented vertically according to the arbitrary and non-limiting orientation of the figure, a plurality of flat tubes 14 extending between the tanks 12 along a longitudinal axis L and cooling fins 16 inserted in the inter-tube spaces made by corrugating thin bands of aluminum, the corrugated bands being arranged so that the tops of the fins 16 are in contact against a tube.
  • the assembly is soldered so as to form a sealed internal space within which a heat transfer fluid F1 can flow in the tanks and in the tubes, between an inlet and an outlet arranged in one of the tanks.
  • the soldered assembly remains open between the tubes thus enabling an air flow F2 to traverse the exchanger 10 along a transverse axis T, the air flow passing between the fins 16; the normal N, longitudinal L and transverse T non-oriented axes form an orthogonal reference mark for the assembly of the present description.
  • Figure 2 represents the cross-section of a flat tube 14 made according to a first embodiment.
  • the section is along a transverse plane TN orthogonal to the longitudinal axis L.
  • the flat tube 14 presented was developed for condenser 10 but it may alternatively also be made for an evaporator.
  • Tube 14 has an oblong section defined by two long and straight sides 20, 22, extending parallel to one another along the transverse axis T and two short sides that are rounded in half circles 24, 26, joining the ends of the long sides 20, 22, and thus defining an inner space of the tube, a space between the four sides 20, 22, 24, 26, and divided into a plurality of channels by partitions 28 forming undulations and extending between the inner faces of long sides 20, 22.
  • the tube can have a rectangular cross-section, the short sides then extending in a straight line along the normal axis N. It also can have tapered short sides, or the tube may even not be symmetrical, the two short sides being different from one another. Tubes whose inner partitions are straight sections extending perpendicularly between the long sides are also known.
  • automobile applications typically have an exchanger with dimensions on the order of 50 cm of longitudinal length L, 40 cm of normal height N and 2 cm of transverse thickness T.
  • the exchanger may comprise between twenty and fifty tubes, each having a normal thickness on the order of 1.5 mm, corresponding to the distance along the normal axis N between the two long sides 20, 22 and a transverse width of 20 mm corresponding to the distance along the transverse axis T between the two short sides 24, 26, the inner space of the tubes may comprise about twenty channels.
  • tube 14 is made by successively folding a single metal sheet 30.
  • a sheet of aluminum with a thickness E of 0.11 mm may be preferred, the latter specification only being given for the purposes of illustration, obviously a tube made in another metal, steel or copper for example, and in another sheet thickness may present a similar cross-section and follow the disclosures of the present invention.
  • the cross-section of tube 14 clearly shows that the long sides 20, 22 have a double sheet thickness E, the small rounded sides 24, 26 have a quadruple sheet thickness E and partitions 28 only have a single thickness E.
  • This combination corresponds to an ideal arrangement offering reinforcement of the short sides 24, 26, subject to the impact of projectiles, thinning of the long sides 20, 22, promoting the transfer of heat towards fins 16 while maintaining a sufficient mechanical rigidity of the tubes and an excellent directional prevention of corrosion propagation, very thin inner partitions 28 maximizing the inner flow space and thus promoting this flow of heat transfer fluid F1 and the transfer of heat towards the long sides 20, 22.
  • Sheet 30 is rectangular with a length L1 along the longitudinal axis L, width L2 along the transverse axis T and thickness E along the normal axis N.
  • the first step 110 corresponds to folding the sheet 30 in the longitudinal direction L by making several parallel and narrowly-spaced undulations, confined in a corrugated zone 32 arranged in the central part of width L2 of sheet 30 and from both sides of which two flat lateral parts 34, 36 extend.
  • the undulations thus formed will constitute the future inner partitions 28.
  • making the corrugated zone in the center of sheet 30, the lateral parts 34, 36 then being of equal dimensions, is preferred but not essential.
  • the framework of the description follows this preference and alternatives could be indicated.
  • Figure 5 illustrates the first step 110 and thus presents the corrugated zone 32 centered between the lateral parts 34, 36, remaining flat, that we distinguish as the first lateral part 34 drawn to the left in Figure 5 and the second lateral part 36 drawn to the right in Figure 5 .
  • the first lateral part 34 thus extends along the transverse axis T from a first proximal end 38 situated nearest the corrugated zone 32 to a first distal end 40 corresponding to the edge of the sheet and, symmetrically, the second lateral part 36 extends in the opposite direction along the transverse axis T from a second proximal end 42 situated nearest the corrugated zone 32 to a second distal end 44.
  • the entire manufacturing method generally consists of winding the lateral parts around the corrugated zone, the first proximal end 38 situated at the bottom of the last corrugation at the left, in the direction of the figure, while the second proximal end 42 extends from the top of the last corrugation at the right.
  • Figure 6 a figure centered on the corrugated zone 32, illustrates the second folding step 120 of method 100, a step that consists of folding the lateral parts 34, 36 in the clockwise direction, or in the negative direction of rotation in relation to the longitudinal axis L, around the proximal ends 38, 42.
  • a semi-circular part 50, 52 is then formed at each of the proximal ends 38, 42, which depicts, in a sheet 30 thickness E, the future short sides 24, 26.
  • said circular parts 50, 52 each form an angular sector of about one half-turn at the ends of which the lateral parts 34, 36 extend tangentially.
  • Figure 7 illustrates the third folding step 130 of method 100, a step that consists of folding the lateral parts 34, 36 in the anti-clockwise direction or in the positive direction of rotation in relation to the longitudinal axis L, this folding being done around the ends of said circular parts 50, 52, such that the cross-section of plate 30 forms a tight half-turn bent at 180° at the bottom of each circular part 50, 52. After this 180° fold, the plate is wound against itself around the circular parts 50, 52, thus forming a second thickness 2E for the short sides 24, 26.
  • Figure 8 in an enlarged view similar to Figure 5 , illustrates the fourth folding step 140 of method 100, a step that consists of bringing the flat parts 34, 36 back to the transverse axis T in the extension of corrugated zone 32, by rotating in the negative direction said lateral parts 34, 36 around the proximal parts 38, 42.
  • Figure 9 illustrates the fifth folding step 150 of method 100, a step that consists of shaping the lateral parts 34, 36 to make a semi-circular boss in a symmetrical manner in their respective middles, the first boss 54 extending to the top of the figure and the second boss 56 extending to the bottom of the figure, as well as curving the distal ends 40, 44 of the two lateral parts 34, 36 by making a half-circle at each of the ends.
  • the first distal end 40 is found at the end of a first half-circle 46 turning towards the bottom of Figure 9 and the second distal end 44 is at the end of a second half-circle 48 turning towards the top of Figure 9 .
  • the semi-circular bosses 54, 56 enable additional engagement with the semi-circular parts 50, 52 and the half-circles 46, 48, forming hooks that will be used in any process end.
  • tube 14 would have a rectangular cross-section
  • the distal ends 40, 44 would then be shaped appropriately, for example by a single right-angle fold, or even terminated by a small 90° flap forming a hook.
  • Figure 10 illustrates the sixth folding step 160 of method 100, a step that consist of winding, by turning in the positive direction, the previously-shaped lateral parts 34, 36 around the corrugated zone 32.
  • the lateral parts 34, 36 are folded on both sides of the corrugated zone 32 forming a first thickness 1E of long sides 20, 22.
  • the semi-circular bosses 54, 56 additionally engage around the semi-circular parts 52, 50, thus forming a third thickness 3E to said semi-circular parts 50, 52.
  • the distal parts of the lateral parts 34, 36 not yet wound extend along the normal axis N towards the top of the figure for one and towards the bottom of the figure for the other.
  • Figure 11 illustrates the seventh and last folding step 170 of method 100, a step that consists of terminating the previously-started winding, still by turning in the positive direction, the distal parts of lateral parts 34, 36, thus forming a second thickness 2E at the long sides 20, 22 and after this seventh step 170, hooks 46, 48, formed during the fifth step 150 - Figure 9 - at the distal ends 40, 44, additionally engage and adjust around the first and second circular parts 50, 52, thus forming a fourth thickness 4E of the short sides 24, 26.
  • the corrugated zone 32 can be laterally offset relative to sheet 30, the folding method then consisting of winding the longer lateral part around the corrugated zone.
  • a tube that would only have a single sheet thickness on the long sides and three thicknesses on the short sides may be easily made by following the steps previously described and represented by Figures 4 to 10 and by interrupting the process at the end of the sixth step 160.
  • a tube 14 is made to have short sides 24, 26 with three thicknesses E and long sides 20, 22 with two thicknesses E.
  • a tube 14 is made to have short sides 24, 26 with three thicknesses E and long sides 20, 22 with two thicknesses E.

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