JP2005195191A - Heat exchanger element - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a rectangular plane heat exchanger element with its peripheral edge closed, having header portions at the sides of a pair of opposed wavy metal plates, from which internal fluid is uniformly distributed into portions of the wavy metal plates while increasing a heat transfer area without increasing the number of components. <P>SOLUTION: At the ends of the waves of the wavy metal plates in the moving direction, accesses 9 are formed in the header portions 3. Each header portion is formed into a right triangle in a plan view so that the header portion has a wider cross section as approaching the access. Other portions than the header portions are all wavy heat transfer portions in a wavy form. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a structure in which a flat channel in which a heat exchange medium flows is formed inside a pair of opposed metal plates, and the flat channel is bent in a waveform.

  Various heat exchangers for regenerators in which a large number of metal plates are stacked and a heated fluid and a fluid to be heated are alternately passed between the metal plates are known. Further, a drone cup type heat exchanger in which the surface of the metal plate is bent into a corrugated shape to improve the heat transfer area is also known. The element of the drone cup type heat exchanger is provided with header portions at both ends of a plate-shaped metal plate and a corrugated heat transfer portion therebetween. Then, the first heat exchange medium is circulated in the element, and the second heat exchange medium is circulated on the outer surface side to exchange heat between them.

The element of the conventional drone cup type heat exchanger cannot take the wave height (amplitude) at the corrugated heat transfer section. This is because flat header portions exist on both sides of the corrugated heat transfer section, which may cause a crack at the boundary between the corrugated heat transfer section and the header section.
That is, when the height of the wave is increased, the metal plate is greatly drawn with respect to the header portion, and a crack is likely to occur at the boundary. Therefore, the element having the conventional corrugated heat transfer section has to have a relatively low wave height. As a result, the heat transfer area of the corrugated heat transfer section became relatively small, and the improvement in heat exchange performance could not be expected much.

In addition, when the inlet / outlet of the internal fluid is located at the edge of the header portion, it is difficult to flow the internal fluid uniformly from there to each part of the corrugated heat transfer section.
Therefore, the present invention provides a simple heat with a structure that allows the internal fluid to flow uniformly to each part of the corrugated heat transfer part while making the wave height sufficiently high, without causing a crack at the boundary with the header part. It is an object to provide an element for an exchanger.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the peripheral edges of a pair of opposing flat metal plates are closed to form a flat channel through which the heat exchange medium flows, and the side of the flat channel A heat exchanger element having a header portion (3) and a corrugated heat transfer portion (4) bent into a number of parallel waveforms adjacent to the header portion (3).
Each wave of the corrugated heat transfer section (4) continues in the direction of the ridgeline of the wave and extends to the entire width of the header section (3),
The header part (3) has a superposed part (5) corresponding to the plate thickness of three metal plates, each of the extending waves being crushed and flattened.
An inlet / outlet (9) for the heat exchange medium is provided at an end position in the parallel direction of the wave of the header part (3),
The superposition part (5) is an element for a heat exchanger characterized in that each wave is crushed longer as it is closer to the entrance / exit (9), and the cross section of the header part (3) is formed wider. .

In the above configuration,
The ridge line of each wave in the header part (3) is formed into a linear straight wave (14), and the ridge line of each wave in the wave heat transfer section (4) is formed into a meandering curved wave (13), The pitch and amplitude of the straight wave (14) are formed equal to those of the curved wave (13),
The header (3) is a heat exchanger element disposed on both sides of the element.

Furthermore, in the above configuration,
The ridgeline of each wave of the straight wave (14) may be an acute angle with the opening surface of the entrance / exit (9) in plan view, or the ridgeline and the opening surface may be parallel to each other. (Claim 3).

In the above configuration,
The ridge line of each wave of only the overlapping portion (5) in the header portion (3) is formed into a linear straight wave (14), and the other header portion (3) portion and the corrugated heat transfer portion The ridgeline of each wave of (4) can be formed into a meandering curved wave (13), and the pitch and amplitude of the straight wave (14) can be made equal to those of the curved wave (13).

In the element for a heat exchanger of the present invention, each wave of the corrugated heat transfer section 4 continues in the direction of the ridge line and extends to the entire width of the header section 3. The overlapping portion 5 corresponding to the thickness of the metal plate is formed there. For this reason, even if the wave height of the corrugated heat transfer section 4 is increased, the boundary with the header section 3 is not stretched due to corrugation and no cracks are generated. Therefore, it is possible to provide a compact element having a high wave height in the corrugated heat transfer section 4 and a large heat transfer area.
Further, the crushing overlapped portion 5 of the header portion 3 has a longer crushing length of each wave as it is closer to the entrance and exit, and the cross-sectional area of the header portion is formed wider. An internal fluid can be made to circulate uniformly to each part of the waveform heat transfer part 4 to promote heat exchange. Conversely, when each cross section is uniform, the fluid flowing through each part of the corrugated heat transfer section 4 flows non-uniformly, but in the present invention, the cross section of the header part is changed to change the flow rate of each part. Can be uniform. Moreover, it can be realized without increasing the number of parts.

In the above configuration, each wave of the corrugated heat transfer section (4) is a curved wave (13) whose ridgeline is bent in a meandering manner, and each wave of the header section (3) is a straight wave (14 )age,
When the header part 3 is formed on both sides of the element,
Since the ridgeline of each wave of the header part (3) is a straight line, the wave can be easily crushed and can be an easily manufactured element. Moreover, since the header part 3 is located in both sides, the flow of the heat exchange medium in an element can be simplified and the element for heat exchangers with sufficient performance can be provided.

  In the above configuration, in the case where the ridge line of the direct wave 14 is formed at an acute angle with respect to the entrance / exit 9, the internal fluid is forced to be guided by the direct wave 14 in a portion where the internal fluid is not crushed, and the corrugated heat transfer section 4 is caused to guide it. It can guide smoothly. Further, in the case where the direct wave 14 is arranged in parallel with the entrance / exit 9, the wave amplitude (height) of the corrugated heat transfer section 4 can be further increased and the heat transfer area can be increased.

  In the above configuration, the ridgeline of each wave of only the overlapping portion (5) portion in the header portion (3) is formed into a linear straight wave (14), and the other header portion (3) portion and In the case where the ridgeline of each wave of the waveform heat transfer section (4) is formed into a meandering curved wave (13) and the pitch and amplitude of the direct wave (14) are equal to those of the curved wave (13), the waveform By increasing the area of the heat transfer section 4, the heat transfer area of the element can be increased and the heat exchange performance can be improved.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a plan view of an element for a heat exchanger according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of part II in FIG. 1 and a part thereof is exploded, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along arrow IV-IV in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along arrow V-V in FIG. 1, and FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along arrow VI-VI in FIG. FIG. 7 shows the manufacturing process of this element. (A) is a plan view of the first process, (B) is a schematic perspective view of the first process, and (C) is a perspective view of the second process. Schematic drawing, (D) is a schematic view taken along arrow D-D in (C).

This heat exchanger element is optimal as an exhaust heat recovery regenerator, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be used as an element of various heat exchangers.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, this heat exchanger is composed of a pair of metal plates 1 and 2 whose peripheral edges are closed except for a pair of entrances and exits 9, and a pair of right-angled triangular header portions 3 are formed on both sides thereof. It is positioned 180 degrees rotationally symmetric and has a corrugated heat transfer section 4 between them. In FIG. 1, the corrugated heat transfer section 4 has a plane parallelogram shape, and both sides thereof are inclined.

  A flat flow path is formed between the pair of metal plates 1 and 2. In this example, a single metal plate is folded into a postal envelope shape, a pair of metal plates 1 and 2 are made to face each other, a joint 17 is formed at the seam, and the whole is flattened. The flange portion 8 is joined via a channel member 11, a pair of flat holes are formed at diagonal positions, and an entrance / exit 9 is provided there. And the waveform heat-transfer part 4 is formed between the header parts 3 located in both sides. The corrugated heat transfer section 4 has a square portion and a pair of right triangles disposed on both sides thereof. The ridgeline of each wave of the plane rectangular portion is formed into a curved wave 13 in which the ridgeline is bent in a serpentine shape. The waveforms of the pair of opposing metal plates 1 and 2 are 180 degrees out of phase with each other, and the ridge lines intersect each other.

Further, each wave of the corrugated heat transfer section 4 is directed in the direction of the ridgeline, and they continuously extend over the widths of the plane right triangle portions on both sides and the full width of the header section 3 of the plane right triangle. In addition, in the header part 3 and the waveform heat-transfer part 4 of a plane right-angled triangle, the ridgeline of each wave forms the direct wave 14 from which it becomes linear form.
Next, in the range of the plane right triangle constituting the header part 3 located on both sides of the element, the straight wave 14 is flattened with each waveform falling down in an S-shaped cross section toward one side of the traveling direction of the wave. The overlapping portions 5 corresponding to three metal plate thicknesses are intermittently formed there.

Such corrugated heat transfer section 4 and header section 3 can be formed by the procedure shown in FIGS.
That is, first, as shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the metal plate is bent into a waveform over its entire width. On both sides of the metal plate, as described above, the ridgeline 12 of the wave is a straight wave 14 formed in a straight line, and the ridgeline 12 is a curved wave 13 that bends in the plane direction between them. Each height, ie, amplitude, is the same, and their pitch is also the same. The curved wave 13 and the direct wave 14 are continuous. Such a curved wave 13 and a straight wave 14 can be integrally formed by a press machine, but may be formed one by one by a progressive press. In that case, a wave with a larger amplitude can be formed. The cross-sectional shape of each wave of the waveform heat transfer section 4 and the header section 3 may be a rectangular wave or a sine curve wave.
In addition, (A) of FIG. 7 is a principal part top view of a metal plate, (B) is the perspective view.

Thus, in the range of the plane right-angled triangle on both sides of the metal plate bent at the full width, the wave is pushed down and crushed to form the overlapped portion 5 as shown in (C). At the same time, the edge of the overlapping portion 5 is lowered and the flange portion 8 is formed at the tip edge.
In this example, as shown in FIG. 8A, in the straight wave 14, the first rising surface 6 on one side of each wave is inclined by the angle θ, and the second rising surface 7 on the other side is formed vertically in advance. Next, crushing is performed from both the upper and lower sides of the direct wave 14 so that the amplitude of the direct wave 14 disappears in the above range, and the overlapped portion 5 is formed on the center line S as shown in FIG. Since only the first rising surface 6 is inclined by the angle θ, the crushing overlapping portion 5 can be easily formed as shown in FIG.

At that time, the a part and the b part of the wave in FIG. 8A are stretched, and the c part is sandwiched between the b part and the d part, thereby forming a flat superposed part 5 having an S-shaped cross section. . Further, the d part and the e part are stretched. The plane of the overlapping portion 5 formed by them is located at an intermediate position of the wave height of the curved wave 13 of the corrugated heat transfer portion 4, and the boundary between the overlapping portion 5 and the straight wave 14 or the curved wave 13 is inclined. It becomes.
Further, a flange portion 8 is formed on the side end of the overlapping portion 5 via an inclined surface 18. A pair of upper and lower metal plates 1 and 2 form a header portion 3 between the overlapping overlapping portions 5.

Next, as shown in FIG. 2, the pair of upper and lower flange portions 8 are overlapped, and the groove member 11 is fitted therein. The groove width of the groove member 11 matches the total thickness of the pair of upper and lower flange portions 8 as shown in FIG. The flange 8 is integrally welded together with the groove member 11 by seam welding from above and below the groove member 11 to complete the element.
In FIG. 1, the upper and lower ends (both edges in the plane direction) of the element are folded back as shown in FIG. The folded edge 16 has no corrugation. The bag-shaped end edges are overlapped as shown in FIG. 1 at the center of the plane, and the overlapped portion is bonded to form a bonded portion 17. Note that the curved wave of the opposing metal plate is in contact with the inner surface of the joint 17.

A pair of flat holes is formed in the folded portion of each header portion 3 of such an element, and a pair of entrances 9 are provided there. Then, the fluid to be heated flows into the header portion 3 from the one inlet / outlet 9, flows through the corrugated heat transfer portion 4 in the direction of the ridgeline of the wave, and is guided to the header portion 3 on the other side. Led.
At this time, each header part 3 is formed in a plane triangle, and the flow path cross-sectional area becomes larger as it approaches the entrance / exit 9. As a result of the experiment, it was found that by forming the header portion 3 in this way, the internal fluid uniformly flows to each portion of the corrugated heat transfer portion 4. This is considered to be due to the influence of the kinetic energy of the fluid flowing in from the inlet / outlet 9 and the flow rate decreasing away from the inlet / outlet 9 due to the diversion / merging in each part.

In the plane right triangle portion of the corrugated heat transfer section 4, the fluid to be heated that is the internal fluid proceeds linearly, and in the plane square portion, it flows along the corrugated ridgeline. Since the corrugated ridge lines intersect each other with a pair of opposing metal plates, the fluid to be heated meanders in the corrugated heat transfer section 4 in a plane and moves while being stirred at the intersecting portions of the waves. A high-temperature exhaust gas or the like circulates in the ridge line direction of each wave on the outer surface side of the element, and heat exchange is performed between it and the fluid to be heated.
A number of such elements are stacked, and the high-temperature exhaust gas or the like flows between the elements. The fluid to be heated is guided to the inlet / outlet 9 of each element via a manifold (not shown).

  Next, FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a second embodiment of the element of the present invention. This is different from the element of FIG. 1 in that the position of the pair of entrances 9 and the corrugated heat transfer section 4 associated therewith are as follows. This is an arrangement of planar right triangles on both sides. In this example, the header section 3 and the corrugated heat transfer section of a plane right triangle adjacent to the header section 3 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the center line of the plane. And a pair of entrance / exit 9 opens to one edge | side. The internal fluid circulates as shown by the arrows in FIG. 9, and the heat exchange action / effect is the same as in FIG.

  Next, FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a third embodiment of the element of the present invention, which is different from the element of FIG. 1 in that the ridgeline of the direct wave 14 is inclined. The pair of opposing metal plates are formed so that the inclination directions are opposite, and the ridge lines of the opposing metal plates intersect each other. The internal fluid is agitated by the intersection. 11 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line XI-XI in FIG.

  Next, FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a fourth embodiment of the element of the present invention. This is different from the element of FIG. 1 in that the wave ridge line meanders in the entire range of the corrugated heat transfer section 4. The ridgeline of the wave before being crushed is a straight wave 14 only in the portion of the header portion 3 having a plane right triangle shape. By forming in this way, the heat exchange performance can be further improved. 13 is a cross-sectional view taken along arrow XIII-XIII in FIG.

The top view of the element for heat exchangers of this invention. II section expansion perspective explanatory drawing in FIG. III-III arrow sectional drawing of FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along arrows IV-IV in FIG. 1. VV arrow sectional drawing of FIG. FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along the line VI-VI in FIG. 1. The manufacturing method of the header part 3 of the element of this invention is shown, Comprising: (A) is a top view which shows the 1st process, (B) is the perspective schematic diagram which shows the 1st process, (C) is the The perspective schematic diagram of a 2nd process, (D) is the DD arrow schematic diagram of (C).

It is sectional drawing which shows the shaping | molding procedure of the header part 3, Comprising: (A) is the 1st process, (B) is explanatory drawing which shows the 2nd process. The top view which shows 2nd Embodiment of the element for heat exchangers of this invention. The top view which shows 3rd Embodiment of the element for heat exchangers of this invention. XI-XI arrow sectional drawing of FIG. The top view which shows 4th Embodiment of the element for heat exchangers of this invention. XIII-XIII arrow sectional drawing of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Metal plate 2 Metal plate 3 Header part 4 Corrugated heat-transfer part 5 Superposition | polymerization part 6 1st rising surface 7 2nd rising surface 8 Flange part 9 Entrance / exit

11 Channel material
12 Ridge line
13 Curve
14 Direct wave
16 Folded edge
17 Joint
18 inclined surface
19 inclined surface

Claims (4)

The peripheral edges of a pair of opposing metal plates having a rectangular plane are closed to form a flat channel through which the heat exchange medium flows, and a header (3) is provided on the side of the flat channel. A heat exchanger element having a corrugated heat transfer section (4) bent into a number of parallel corrugations adjacent to the header section (3),
Each wave of the corrugated heat transfer section (4) continues in the direction of the ridgeline of the wave and extends to the entire width of the header section (3),
The header portion (3) has a superposed portion (5) corresponding to a plate thickness of three metal plates, each wave extending there being crushed and flattened,
An inlet / outlet (9) for the heat exchange medium is provided at an end position in the parallel direction of the wave of the header part (3),
The superposition part (5) is a heat exchanger element, characterized in that each wave is crushed longer as it is closer to the entrance (9) and the cross section of the header part (3) is wide. In claim 1,
The ridge line of each wave in the header section (3) is formed into a straight straight wave (14), and the ridge line of each wave in the wave heat transfer section (4) is formed into a meandering curved wave (13). , The pitch and amplitude of the straight wave (14) are formed equal to those of the curved wave (13),
A heat exchanger element in which the header (3) is arranged on both sides of the element. In claim 2,
The ridgeline of each wave of the straight wave (14) is for a heat exchanger in which the angle formed with the opening surface of the entrance / exit (9) is an acute angle in plan view, or the ridgeline and the opening surface are formed in parallel. element. In claim 1,
The ridgeline of each wave of only the overlapping part (5) in the header part (3) is formed into a linear straight wave (14), and other parts of the header part (3) and corrugated heat transfer A heat exchanger element in which the ridgeline of each wave of the section (4) is formed into a meandering curved wave (13), and the pitch and amplitude of the straight wave (14) are equal to those of the curved wave (13).

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