JP2013142322A - Intra-pipe cooler - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an intra-pipe cooler as a reformed body of an assembly of heat conduction tubes and liquid chamber of a conventional intra-pipe cooler, in which the pump lifted liquid flows into the region where the heat conduction tubes in a cooler casing are arranged, thereby efficiently cooling a high-temperature engine cooling liquid from an engine.SOLUTION: An assembly 20 of heat exchanger tubes and liquid chamber formed by connecting an inlet side liquid chamber 21 with an outlet side liquid chamber 22 through a plurality of heat conduction tubes 23 is installed in the casing in such an arrangement that the pump lifted liquid 4 flows in the region surrounded by the heat exchanger tubes from the inlet side liquid chamber 21 to the outlet side liquid chamber 22, and a high-temperature cooling liquid from the engine is introduced to the inlet side liquid chamber, and heat exchange takes place between the high-temperature cooling liquid and the pump lifted liquid 4 while the high-temperature cooling liquid flows to the outlet side liquid chamber through the heat conduction tubes 23. In this intra-pipe cooler, the inlet side liquid chamber 21 has a side plate where the heat conduction tubes 23 are connected, and the inner end (arcuate face 21a) of that surface of the side plate which faces the outlet side liquid chamber 22 across the flow of the pump lifted liquid 4 is shaped as such a curved surface that the pump lifted liquid 4 easily flows into the region where the heat conduction tubes 23 are arranged.

Description

  The present invention relates to an in-pipe cooler that cools a high-temperature engine coolant (such as engine coolant) that has cooled an engine in a pump driven by an engine, with pump fluid (such as pump water) flowing through a pump discharge pipe.

  In an engine-driven pump, a device that cools the high-temperature engine coolant by exchanging heat between the high-temperature engine coolant that has cooled the engine and the pumped liquid flowing through the pump discharge pipe is called an in-pipe cooler. 1 and 2 are diagrams for explaining a pipe cooler, and FIG. 1 shows a schematic configuration of a pump facility that uses a pipe cooler that uses pumped liquid for cooling high-temperature engine coolant from the engine 7. FIG. 2 and FIG. 2 are views showing the external configuration of the in-pipe cooler. The pump 2 is a pump driven by the engine 7, and the rotational force from the engine 7 is transmitted to the rotary shaft of the pump 2 through the speed reducer 8, and the pump 2 is driven to suck the liquid (water etc.) 1. . Reference numeral 5 denotes an in-pipe cooler, which cools the engine 7 and the high-temperature engine coolant 6 flows into the in-pipe cooler 5 from the coolant inlet 11 and passes through a plurality of heat transfer tubes 23 as will be described in detail later. As a result, heat is exchanged with the pumped liquid 4 flowing through the region where the heat transfer tube 23 is disposed, cooled and returned to the engine 7 for circulation.

  The pipe cooler 5 has a pump pipe (discharge pipe) 3 connected to the discharge port of the pump 2 as a main pipe, and the pump liquid 4 from the pump discharge port is fed into the pipe cooler 5 as a coolant. The in-pipe cooler casing 10 is provided with a coolant inlet 11 through which the high-temperature engine coolant 6 from the engine 7 flows in and a coolant outlet 12 through which the cooled engine coolant is discharged. The cooling liquid outlet 12 of one inlet side liquid chamber 21 of the pair of small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-1 and the inlet side liquid chamber of the other small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-2. A connecting pipe 13 for connecting the coolant inlet 11 of 21 is provided.

  FIG. 3 is a view showing a heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly 20 formed by assembling a heat transfer tube and a liquid chamber through which the engine coolant 6 in the pipe cooler / casing 10 passes. FIG. 4 shows a heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly 20. FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly 20 includes a pair of small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly sections 20-1 and 20-2. Each of the small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-1 and the small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-2 includes an arc-shaped inlet-side liquid chamber 21 and an arc-shaped outlet-side liquid chamber 22, and includes an inlet-side liquid. One end of the chamber 21 communicates with the coolant inlet 11 of the pipe cooler casing 10, and the other end is connected to the coolant outlet 12 of the pipe cooler casing 10.

  Further, the inlet side liquid chamber 21 and the outlet side liquid chamber 22 of the small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-1 are communicated with each other by a plurality of heat transfer tubes 23. Similarly, the small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-2 The inlet side liquid chamber 21 and the outlet side liquid chamber 22 are also connected by a plurality of heat transfer tubes 23. In the small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-1 and the small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-2, the pumped liquid 4 flows in the region surrounded by the plurality of heat transfer tubes 23 in the pipe cooler / casing 10. It is arranged to face. The heat transfer pipe 23 through which the high-temperature engine coolant flows is arranged in a region outside the outer diameter of the pump pipe 3 that is the main pipe so as not to hinder the flow of the pumped liquid 4. The coolant inlet 11 of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 of the small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-2 facing the coolant outlet 12 of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 of the one small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-1 is as follows. , And the both inlet side liquid chambers 21 communicate with each other through the connecting pipe 13.

  The inlet side liquid chamber 21 of the small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly section 20-1 is divided into a plurality of small liquid chambers 25 by a partition member 24 as shown in FIG. Then, one end of the two or four heat transfer tubes 23 communicates. Although not shown, the outlet side liquid chamber 22 is similarly divided into a plurality of small liquid chambers 25 by a partition member 24, and one end of each small liquid chamber 25 communicates with the small liquid chamber 25 of the inlet side liquid chamber 21. The other end of the heat transfer tube 23 communicates. The high-temperature engine coolant 6 flowing from the coolant inlet 11 into the small fluid chamber 25 at one end of the inlet side fluid chamber 21 of the small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly section 20-1 passes through the heat transfer tube 23 and exits from the outlet side fluid chamber 21. The other end of the heat transfer tube 23 in the chamber 22 flows into the small liquid chamber 25 and the other end of the heat transfer tube 23 passes through the heat transfer tube 23 with the other end communicating with the small liquid chamber 25. The high temperature engine coolant 6 repeats reversal in each of the small liquid chambers 25 of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 and the outlet side liquid chamber 22 so as to flow into the small liquid chamber 25 of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 that is in communication, While flowing through the heat transfer tube 23, heat exchange is performed with the pumped liquid 4 flowing through the flow path 14 surrounded by the plurality of heat transfer tubes 23, and the engine coolant 6 is cooled.

  The engine coolant 6 cooled by the small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly 20-1 passes through the connecting pipe 13 from the coolant outlet 12 communicating with the small liquid chamber 25 at the other end of the inlet side liquid chamber 21. It flows into the small liquid chamber 25 at one end of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 of the small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-2 disposed to face the small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-1, and is the same as described above. In addition, through the heat transfer pipes 23 communicating with the inlet side liquid chamber 21 and the outlet side liquid chamber 22, the reversal is repeated in each small liquid chamber 25, and while passing through the heat transfer pipes 23, Heat exchange is performed between the two and the engine 7 is cooled. In FIG. 5, a circle marked with “·” at the center indicates that the engine coolant 6 is directed from the back of the paper toward the front of the paper (that is, the engine coolant 6 is transferred from the outlet side liquid chamber 22 to the inlet side liquid chamber 21. In the case where the heat transfer tube 23 flows in the direction of “”, the mark “×” in the center indicates that the engine coolant 6 is directed from the front to the back of the page (that is, the engine coolant 6 is at the inlet side liquid chamber 21. The heat transfer tubes 23 in the case of flowing from (to the outlet side liquid chamber 22) are respectively shown.

Japanese Utility Model Publication 2-45669 No. 3-30586

  In the pipe cooler 5 having the above-described configuration, as a method for increasing the amount of cooling heat, the heat transfer area has been increased by increasing the number of the heat transfer pipes 23 of the conventional pipe cooler 5. The inside of the pipe cooler 5 is a flow path 14 for pumping liquid 4 flowing in the pump pipe 3, and the flow path 14 in which the pumping liquid 4 from the pump 2 flows is improved to increase the amount of cooling heat (cooling). The method of increasing efficiency was not considered much. The inventors of the present application, when examining the flow of the pumped liquid 4 in the flow path 14 of the pipe cooler 5 of the conventional configuration by flow analysis, flows into the area where the heat transfer pipe 23 in the pipe cooler casing 10 is disposed. The inflow amount of the pumped liquid 4 was unexpectedly small, and it was found that there was a structural problem that the high-temperature engine coolant 6 from the engine 7 could not be efficiently cooled.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, remodeling the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly of the in-tube cooler, and pumping liquid flows into the region where the heat transfer tube in the in-tube cooler / casing is disposed, An object of the present invention is to provide an in-pipe cooler capable of efficiently cooling a high-temperature engine coolant from an engine.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is formed by connecting an inlet side liquid chamber and an outlet side liquid chamber with a plurality of heat transfer tubes in a casing through which pumped liquid discharged from a pump driven by an engine passes. The heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly is arranged so that the pumped liquid flows in a region surrounded by the heat transfer tube from the inlet side liquid chamber side to the outlet side liquid chamber side, and the high temperature coolant from the engine In the pipe that exchanges heat between the high temperature cooling liquid and the pumping liquid while the high temperature cooling liquid flows between the outlet side liquid chamber and the outlet side liquid chamber through the heat transfer pipe. In the cooler, the pumped liquid is disposed at the inner end of the side of the side plate connected to the heat transfer pipe of the inlet side liquid chamber that faces the outlet liquid chamber that intersects the flow of the pumped liquid. It is characterized by a curved surface that easily flows into the region.

  Moreover, the present invention is characterized in that, in the pipe cooler, the inner end curved surface of the side plate is an arc surface.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the above-described cooler, the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly includes a pair of small heat transfer tubes in which an arc-shaped inlet-side liquid chamber and an arc-shaped outlet-side liquid chamber are connected by a plurality of heat transfer tubes. It is composed of a liquid chamber assembly, and the pair of small heat transfer tubes and the liquid chamber assembly are arranged opposite to each other in the casing so that the heat transfer tubes are located in a region where the flow of pumping liquid is not hindered. It is characterized by that.

  According to the present invention, the pumped liquid flows into the heat transfer tube arrangement region at the inner end of the side of the side plate connected to the heat transfer tube of the inlet side liquid chamber that faces the flow of the pumped liquid that intersects the outlet side liquid chamber. The curved surface, such as an easy-to-use arc surface, suppresses separation of the pumped liquid flow at this part and increases the flow rate of the pumped liquid flowing in the heat transfer tube arrangement area, thereby improving the cooling performance of the heat transfer tube. The cooling efficiency of engine coolant is improved.

It is a figure which shows the schematic structural example of the pump installation provided with the pump of an engine drive which uses the pipe | tube cooler which uses a pumping liquid for cooling of an engine coolant. It is a figure which shows the external appearance three-dimensional structural example of a pipe | tube cooler. It is a figure which shows the schematic structural example of the heat exchanger tube and liquid chamber assembly of a pipe | tube cooler. It is a figure which shows the schematic structural example of the assembly of a heat exchanger tube and a liquid chamber assembly, and pump piping. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of the inlet side liquid chamber of a heat exchanger tube and a liquid chamber assembly. It is a figure which shows the example of schematic structure of the heat exchanger tube and liquid chamber assembly of the pipe | tube cooler which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the inflow part of the pumping liquid of the inlet side liquid chamber of the heat exchanger tube and liquid chamber assembly of the pipe | tube cooler which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the inflow part of the pumping liquid of the inlet side liquid chamber of the heat exchanger tube and liquid chamber assembly of the conventional pipe cooler. It is a figure which shows the flow analysis horizontal cross-section speed vector of the conventional cooler in a pipe, and the cooler in a pipe which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow-velocity vector of the vertical cross section of the pumping liquid flow of the conventional cooler in a pipe | tube. It is a figure which shows the flow-velocity vector of the vertical cross section of the pump lifting liquid flow of the pipe | tube cooler which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the analysis result of the heat and flow of the conventional cooler in a pipe | tube, and the cooler in a pipe | tube which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the schematic structural example of the vortex prevention means of the cooler in a pipe | tube which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the schematic structural example of the vortex prevention means of the cooler in a pipe | tube which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the schematic structural example of the vortex prevention means of the cooler in a pipe | tube which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow-velocity vector of the vertical cross section of the pumping liquid flow of the conventional cooler in a pipe | tube. It is a figure which shows the flow-velocity vector of the vertical cross section of the pump lifting liquid flow of the pipe | tube cooler which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow-velocity vector of the vertical cross section of the pump lifting liquid flow of the pipe | tube cooler which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the flow-velocity vector of the vertical cross section of the pump lifting liquid flow of the pipe | tube cooler which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the heat transfer pipe arrangement | positioning structural example in the inlet side liquid chamber of the conventional cooler in a pipe | tube. It is a figure which shows the heat transfer pipe arrangement | positioning structural example in the inlet side liquid chamber of the pipe | tube cooler which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the heat transfer pipe arrangement | positioning structural example in the inlet side liquid chamber of the pipe | tube cooler which concerns on this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail. The external three-dimensional configuration of the pipe cooler according to the present invention, the configuration of the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly of the pipe cooler, the schematic configuration of the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly and the pump pipe assembly, and the small transfer of the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly Since the arrangement configuration examples of the liquid chamber and the heat transfer tube of the heat tube / liquid chamber assembly are substantially the same as those in FIGS. 2, 3, 4, and 5, detailed descriptions thereof will be omitted.

  The in-tube cooler according to the present invention is different from the conventional in-tube cooler shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 in that the heat transfer tube of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 of the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly 20 is shown in FIGS. An end surface on the inner diameter side of the surface of the side plate to which the pump pump liquid 4 is downstream (the surface facing the outlet-side liquid chamber 22) of the side plate to which the pump pump liquid 4 is connected intersects with the flow of the pumped liquid 4. This is the point.

  In the in-pipe cooler shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the pump liquid 4 flowing from the pump pipe 3 into the in-pipe cooler casing 10 of the in-pipe cooler 5 is supplied to the inlet side liquid chamber 21 (small heat transfer pipe / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-1. Arc-shaped inlet-side liquid chamber 21 and the arc-shaped inlet-side liquid chamber 21 of the small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-2) and the outlet-side liquid chamber 22 (small heat-transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion). 20-1 of the arc-shaped outlet side liquid chamber 22 and the arc-shaped outlet side liquid chamber 22 of the small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-2), the inlet side liquid chamber 21 and the outlet side liquid chamber. 22 flows from the inlet side liquid chamber 21 side to the outlet side liquid chamber 22 side through a space surrounded by a plurality of heat transfer tubes 23 connecting the two. Since the pump pipe 3 connected to the discharge port of the pump 2 is a curved pipe (bent pipe bent in FIG. 1 by approximately 90 °), the pump liquid 4 flowing in the pump pipe 3 is drifted. Yes. When the pumped liquid 4 accompanied by this drift flows into the in-tube cooler 5, a considerable flow rate of the pumped liquid 4 passes through the gap between the heat transfer pipe 23 and the heat transfer pipe 23 due to the unbalanced flow, and is transferred to the cooler casing 10 in the pipe. It was thought to flow into the region where the heat pipe 23 is arranged.

  However, as shown in FIG. 8, the surface of the side plate facing the outlet side liquid chamber 22 (not shown) of the side plate to which the heat transfer pipe 23 of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 of the conventional heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly 20 is connected. It turned out from the flow analysis result shown later that the pumped liquid 4 having a small flow rate unexpectedly flows into the arrangement region of the heat transfer tube 23 when the corner intersecting with the flow of the pumped liquid 4 is kept at a right angle. . The main cause is that when the pumped liquid 4 flowing into the in-pipe cooler casing 10 passes through the inlet-side liquid chamber 21, the side plate to which the heat transfer pipe 23 of the inlet-side liquid chamber 21 is connected is connected to the outlet-side liquid chamber 22. Separation occurs in the flow of the pumped liquid 4 at the inner end of the surface, and this separation does not spread the flow of the pumped liquid 4 in the arrangement region of the heat transfer tubes 23, and most of the flow is surrounded by the plurality of heat transfer tubes 23. The inside of the region is passed from the inlet side liquid chamber 21 to the outlet side liquid chamber 22 as indicated by an arrow 4b.

  Therefore, in the pipe cooler according to the present invention, the outlet side liquid intersecting with the flow of the pumping liquid 4 on the side plate to which the heat transfer pipe 23 of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 of the heat transfer pipe / liquid chamber assembly 20 is connected as described above. As shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, the inner end of the surface facing the chamber 22 (the surface on the downstream side of pumping liquid) is an arc surface 21a having a radius R. Thereby, as shown by the arrow 4a of FIG. 7, the flow of the pumping liquid 4 spreads to the arrangement | positioning area | region of the heat exchanger tube 23, and it can raise the cooling calorie | heat amount of a pipe | tube cooler. 7 (a) and 8 (a) are cross-sectional views of the portion where the heat transfer tube 23 of the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly 20 is connected to the inlet side liquid chamber 21, respectively. 8 (b) is a perspective view of a portion where the heat transfer tube 23 is connected to the inlet side liquid chamber 21.

  FIG. 9 is a horizontal cross-sectional velocity vector diagram showing a flow analysis result of the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly of the in-pipe cooler. FIG. 9 (a) shows that the corner crossing the flow of the pumped liquid 4 on the surface of the side plate facing the outlet side liquid chamber 22 of the side plate to which the heat transfer tube 23 of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 is connected remains a corner (right angle). 9 (hereinafter referred to as “the corner of the inlet side liquid chamber is left as a corner”), FIG. 9B shows the state of the outlet side liquid chamber 22 of the side plate to which the heat transfer tube 23 of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 is connected. The case where the inner side surface end portion that intersects the flow of the pumped liquid 4 on the opposite surface is processed into a circular arc surface 21a having a radius R (hereinafter referred to as “processing the inlet side liquid chamber corner portion into a circular arc”) is shown. When the corner of the inlet side liquid chamber is left as a corner, as shown in FIG. 9A, peeling occurs at the corner end of the inlet side liquid chamber 21, and the heat transfer tube 23 is installed in the region. The pumped liquid 4 serving as cooling water is not allowed to flow. On the other hand, when the corner portion of the inlet side liquid chamber is processed into a circular arc, as shown in FIG. 9 (b), the pump liquid 4 is gently transferred from the corner portion of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 as shown in FIG. Is flowing into the area where is installed.

  FIG. 10 is a flow velocity vector diagram of a vertical cross section in the flow direction of the pumped liquid 4 of the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly of the pipe cooler, and FIG. FIG. 10B shows the case where the corner of the inlet side liquid chamber is processed into an arc. When the corner of the inlet side liquid chamber is left as a corner, as shown in FIG. 10 (a), the flow velocity vector separated from the main flow F1 of the pumped liquid 4 in the central portion in the region where the heat transfer tube 23 is installed is can not see. On the other hand, when the inlet side liquid chamber corner is machined into a circular arc, as shown in FIG. 10 (b), it is separated from the main flow F1 of the pumped liquid 4 at the center in the region where the heat transfer tube 23 is installed. There is a flow velocity vector F 2, and the pumped liquid 4 serving as cooling water for the high-temperature engine coolant flows into the arrangement region of the heat transfer tubes 23.

  The cooling performance of the heat transfer tube 23 improves as the flow rate of the pumped liquid 4 flowing into the region where the heat transfer tube 23 is disposed increases. The arc radius R of the corner intersecting the flow of the pumped liquid 4 on the surface facing the outlet side liquid chamber 22 of the side plate connected to the heat transfer tube 23 of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 shown in FIG. Even if it is quite small, there is an effect of increasing the flow rate of the pumped liquid 4 flowing into the region where the heat transfer tube 23 is disposed. However, the larger the arc radius R is, the greater the effect of suppressing the separation is. It is approximately proportional to the size of the arc radius R. On the other hand, the size of the radius is limited due to the structural limitations of the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly of the in-tube cooler. Therefore, when the diameter of the pump pipe 3 serving as the main pipe of the in-pipe cooler 5 is 700 mm, the arc radius R is 5 mm or more, and the arc radius R is preferably increased within a structural range.

  As described with reference to FIG. 5, two heat transfer tubes 23 are used as a pair, hot engine coolant 6 from the engine 7 is introduced into the inlet side liquid chamber 21, and the opposite outlet side liquid is passed through the pair of heat transfer tubes 23. The high-temperature engine coolant 6 is cooled by repeating the U-turn in the outlet-side liquid chamber 22 after returning to the outlet-side liquid chamber 22 and returning to the outlet-side liquid chamber 22. With this pair as one pass, from the 10th pass to the 16th pass, when the inlet side liquid chamber is left in a corner (substantially perpendicular), the corner of the inlet side liquid chamber is processed into an arc with an arc radius R = 25 mm. FIG. 11 shows the analysis results of heat and flow in this case. Here, the diameter of the pump pipe 3 is 700 mm.

  From FIG. 11, the corner of the inlet-side liquid chamber is processed into an arc, that is, the corner intersecting the flow of the pumped liquid 4 on the side plate surface of the inlet-side liquid chamber 21 facing the outlet-side liquid chamber 22 has a radius R = 25 mm. It was confirmed that the temperature difference between the outlet and the inlet of the hot engine coolant 6 from the engine 7 was improved by 12% to 16%. For 12 passes, the analysis was also performed when the inner end of the inlet-side liquid chamber 21 was formed into an arc having a radius of 9.5 mm. The resulting temperature difference is 12.6 ° C. and the cooling performance ratio (circular arc processing temperature difference) / (temperature difference with corners) is (12.6) / (11.5) = 1.10. Therefore, it was confirmed that the larger the arc radius R, the greater the effect.

  As described above, when the inlet side liquid chamber corner is machined into a circular arc, the flow rate of the pumped liquid 4 spreading to the region where the heat transfer tube 23 is arranged increases in proportion to the radius. This increase in flow rate increases the flow velocity, causing vortices in the region where the heat transfer tubes 23 are arranged. Although this vortex does not necessarily cause vibration and noise, it may cause vibration and noise. There is also a risk of erosion of the heat transfer tube due to cavitation due to the generation of vortices. Therefore, it is necessary to install means for suppressing vortices generated in the arrangement region of the heat transfer tubes 23.

  FIG. 12 is a view showing a configuration example of vortex preventing means for suppressing vortices generated in the arrangement region of the heat transfer tube 23. FIG. 12 (a) shows a heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly 20 (small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly). FIG. 12B is a perspective view of the lower end portion of the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly 20 as viewed from the upstream side. This vortex prevention means provides two vortex prevention plates 31a and 31b with a predetermined distance D between the inner side and the outer side of the lower end portion of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 of the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly 20 on the pipe cooler casing 10. Are arranged in parallel. The reason why two vortex prevention plates are used is that if only one of the vortex prevention plates 31b is used, vortices are generated on the back side, so that two vortex prevention plates are used to prevent the vortex generated on the back side. The length of the vortex prevention plates 31a and 31b is the same as the entire length of the heat transfer tube 23, that is, the downstream end of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 (the downstream end of the flow of the pumped liquid 4) to the upstream end of the outlet side liquid chamber 22. It is the same length as the interval. Even if a plate is installed so as to cover the two vortex prevention plates 31a and 31b, the effect of suppressing the vortex remains unchanged.

As shown in FIG. 12, the outer vortex prevention plate 31 b is installed between the widths A at both ends of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 and the outlet side liquid chamber 22, thereby obtaining the effect of vortex prevention. If the height dimension H of the vortex preventing plates 31a and 31b is too low, the effect of preventing the vortex is lost, and if it is too high, the secondary flow is inhibited. The distance D between the inner vortex prevention plate 31a and the outer vortex prevention plate 31b is set to a width that does not cause vortices on the back side of the outer vortex prevention plate 31b. Here, the diameter of the pump pipe 3 serving as the main pipe of the in-pipe cooler 5 is set to 700 mm, and the vortex prevention plate interval D and the height H, D / H of the vortex prevention plate are preferably as follows.
20.0mm ≦ D
0.5 ≦ D / H ≦ 1.5

  FIGS. 13 and 14 are diagrams showing another example of the structure of the vortex preventing means for suppressing the vortex generated in the arrangement region of the heat transfer tube 23. FIG. 13 (a) shows the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly 20 (small heat transfer tube). A perspective view showing the lower end of the liquid chamber assembly 20-1), FIG. 13B is a view of the lower end of the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly 20 from the upstream side, and FIG. 14 is a heat transfer tube / liquid. A chamber assembly 20 is shown. This vortex prevention means is bridge-shaped across the lower end portion of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 and the lower end portion of the outlet side liquid chamber 22 of the heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly 20 (small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 20-1). The vortex prevention plate 33 is provided. Thus, even when the bridge-shaped vortex preventing plate 33 is provided across the lower end of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 and the lower end of the outlet side liquid chamber 22, vortices generated in the arrangement region of the heat transfer tubes 23 can be suppressed. .

In the vortex preventing means having the configuration shown in FIG. 14, the width of the bridge-shaped vortex preventing plate 33 is L, and the lower end portion of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 (the lower end portion of the outlet side liquid chamber 22) as shown in FIG. ) Is set to L0, the vortex generated in the arrangement region of the heat transfer tube 23 can be effectively suppressed by setting L / L0 as follows.
0.3 ≦ L / L0 ≦ 1.0

  In FIG. 14, both ends of the bridge-shaped vortex preventing plate 33 are attached to the inner ends of the opposing surfaces of the inlet-side liquid chamber 21 and the outlet-side liquid chamber 22 and downward from the end of the arc at the corner. Although not shown in the drawings, it may be attached over the end portions of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 and the outlet side liquid chamber 22.

  FIGS. 15 to 18 are diagrams showing velocity vectors showing the analysis results of the vertical cross section in the flow direction of the pumped liquid 4 of the in-pipe cooler 5, and FIG. 16 shows the case where the vortex prevention means is not provided, FIG. 16 shows the case where the inlet side liquid chamber corner is processed into an arc and the case where no vortex prevention means is provided, and FIG. 17 shows the case where the inlet side liquid chamber corner is processed into an arc. FIG. 18 shows a case where the inlet side liquid chamber corner is processed into an arc and a bridge-shaped vortex prevention plate 33 is used as the vortex prevention means. Each case is shown.

  When the corner of the liquid chamber on the inlet side remains a corner and no vortex prevention means is provided, as shown in FIG. 15, separation is performed from the main flow F <b> 1 of the pumped liquid 4 at the center in the region where the heat transfer tube 23 is installed. The flow velocity vector is not observed, the amount of pumped liquid 4 is small in the region where the heat transfer tube 23 is installed, and no vortex is generated in the region where the heat transfer tube 23 is installed.

  When the inlet side liquid chamber corner is processed into a circular arc and no vortex prevention means is provided, as shown in FIG. 16, it is separated from the main flow F1 of the pumped liquid 4 at the center in the region where the heat transfer tube 23 is installed. The pumped liquid 4 flows into the region where the heat transfer tube 23 is installed, and the flow velocity vector F3 where the vortex is generated is seen.

  When the inlet side liquid chamber corner is machined into a circular arc and two vortex prevention plates 31a and 31b are provided in parallel as vortex prevention means, as shown in FIG. 17, in the region where the heat transfer tube 23 is installed. A flow velocity vector F2 separated from the main flow F1 of the pumped liquid 4 at the center is seen, and the pumped liquid 4 flows in, but the two vortex prevention plates 31a and 31b are moved in the flow direction of the pumped liquid 4. Therefore, the generation of vortices is not seen.

  When the inlet side liquid chamber corner is machined into a circular arc and a bridge-shaped vortex prevention plate 33 is provided as a vortex prevention means, as shown in FIG. 18, the central portion of the pump is located in the region where the heat transfer tube 23 is installed. A flow velocity vector F2 separated from the main flow F1 of the pumped liquid 4 is seen, and the pump pumped liquid 4 flows in, but a bridge-shaped vortex prevention plate 33 is provided in parallel to the flow direction of the pumped pumped liquid 4. Therefore, the generation of vortex is not seen.

  Since the inner diameters of the inlet-side liquid chamber 21 and the outlet-side liquid chamber 22 of the in-pipe cooler 5 are determined from the outer diameter of the pump pipe 3 that is the main pipe, as shown in FIGS. 19 and 20, the arrangement region θarea of the heat transfer pipe 23 is arranged. The magnitudes of [theta] top and [theta] bottom that determine the value are not arbitrary and are limited. In the conventional inlet-side liquid chamber 21 and outlet-side liquid chamber 22 of the in-pipe cooler 5, when the corners of the bottom portion are not chamfered, as shown in FIG. The corners on the outer diameter of the chamber 21 and the outlet side liquid chamber 22 stop at a position where they do not contact the inner surface of the pipe cooler casing 10. Θarea is determined by this position.

  Therefore, as shown in FIG. 20, the bottom corners of the inlet-side liquid chamber 21 and the outlet-side liquid chamber 22 are chamfered to provide chamfered portions 21b and 22b (not shown), so that θbottom can be reduced. Therefore, θarea can be increased accordingly. Δθarea in FIG. 20 indicates an increased circumferential region in the inlet-side liquid chamber 21 and the outlet-side liquid chamber 22 in FIG. The larger the chamfered portion 21b, the larger the θarea.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram illustrating an example in which Δθarea is further increased. Here, by moving the heat transfer tube 23 on the outer diameter side at the bottom end of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 and the outlet side liquid chamber 22 by ΔR in the center direction of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 (center direction of the pump pipe 3), The surface of the chamfer 21b can be brought closer to the heat transfer tube 23 on the outer diameter side at the bottom end by ΔZ (ΔZ = 1 to 2 mm), the size of the chamfer 21b can be increased, and θarea can be further increased. it can. If θarea increases, the space between the adjacent heat transfer tubes 23 shown in FIG. 21 can be widened. If the number of passes of the heat transfer tubes 23 increases as described above, the heat transfer tubes 23 and the heat transfer tubes 23 become too close. It is possible to make it possible to manufacture that the corner on the outer diameter of the inlet side liquid chamber 21 shown in FIG.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims and the specification and drawings. Is possible. Note that any shape or structure not directly described in the specification and drawings is within the technical scope of the present invention as long as the effects of the present invention are achieved.

  According to the present invention, the pumped liquid flows into the heat transfer tube arrangement region at the inner end of the side of the side plate connected to the heat transfer tube of the inlet side liquid chamber that faces the flow of the pumped liquid that intersects the outlet side liquid chamber. The curved surface, such as an easy-to-use arc surface, suppresses separation of the pumped liquid flow at this part and increases the flow rate of the pumped liquid flowing in the heat transfer tube arrangement area, thereby improving the cooling performance of the heat transfer tube. It can be used as an in-pipe cooler that improves the cooling efficiency of engine cooling water.

1 Liquid 2 Pump 3 Pump piping (discharge piping)
4 Pumping liquid 5 Pipe cooler 6 Engine coolant 7 Engine 8 Reducer 10 Pipe cooler / casing 11 Coolant inlet 12 Coolant outlet 13 Connecting pipe 20 Heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly 20-1 Small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly Portion 20-2 Small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion 21 Inlet side liquid chamber 22 Outlet side liquid chamber 23 Heat transfer tube 24 Partition member 25 Small liquid chamber 31a Eddy prevention plate 31b Eddy prevention plate 33 Eddy prevention plate

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A heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly formed by connecting an inlet-side liquid chamber and an outlet-side liquid chamber with a plurality of heat transfer tubes in a casing through which pumped liquid discharged from a pump driven by an engine passes. Is disposed so that the region surrounded by the heat transfer tube flows from the inlet side liquid chamber side to the outlet side liquid chamber side, the high-temperature coolant from the engine is introduced into the inlet side liquid chamber, and the outlet side In an in-pipe cooler that performs heat exchange between the high-temperature cooling liquid and the pumping liquid while the high-temperature cooling liquid flows through the heat transfer pipe between the liquid chambers,
Pump pumped liquid flows into the heat transfer tube arrangement region at the inner end of the surface of the side plate connected to the heat transfer tube of the inlet side that faces the outlet liquid chamber intersecting the flow of the pumped liquid. In-pipe cooler characterized by a curved surface that is easy to handle. In the pipe | tube cooler of Claim 1,
An in-pipe cooler characterized in that an inner end curved surface of the side plate is an arc surface. In the pipe | tube cooler of Claim 1 or 2,
The heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly includes a pair of small heat transfer tubes / liquid chamber assemblies formed by connecting an arc-shaped inlet-side liquid chamber and an arc-shaped outlet-side liquid chamber with a plurality of heat transfer tubes. The small heat transfer tube / liquid chamber assembly portion is disposed opposite to the casing so that the heat transfer tube is located in a region where the flow of pumped liquid is not hindered.

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