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Abstract
The invention provides enthalpy exchanger elements which allow the creation of enthalpy exchangers whereby the efficiency of sensible energy exchange and latent energy exchange can be varied and controlled and especially improved. Also, a method for the production of enthalpy exchanger elements is provided including : a) perforating a flat plate element (1) according to a predetermined perforation pattern (2, 2, ...) within the plate outer dimensions, or providing a plate element (1) with an inherent pore structure; b) applying to at least one side (1a) of the plate element (1) a thin polymer film (3) with water vapor transmission characteristics (water vapor transfer ratio, WVTR); c) forming the plate element (1) into a desired shape exhibiting a corrugation pattern (4, 4, ...), whereby the polymer film (3) is formed into the same corrugation pattern shape as that of the plate element (1).
Description
The invention provides enthalpy exchanger éléments which allow the création of enthalpy exchangers whereby the efficiency of sensible energy exchange and latent energy exchange can be varied and controlled and especially improved. Also, a method for the production of enthalpy exchanger éléments is provided including : a) perforating a fiat plate element (1) according to a predetermined perforation pattern (2, 2, ...) within the plate outer dimensions, or providing a plate element (1) with an inhérent pore structure; b) applying to at least one side (1a) of the plate element (1) a thin polymer film (3) with water vapor transmission characteristics (water vapor transfer ratio, WVTR); c) forming the plate element (1) into a desired shape exhibiting a corrugation pattern (4, 4, ...), whereby the polymer film (3) is formed into the same corrugation pattern shape as that of the plate element (1).
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Enthalpy exchanger element and method for the production
The présent invention refers to enthalpy exchanger éléments. Furthermore, the invention discloses a method for the production of enthalpy exchanger éléments.
Finally, the invention refers to an enthalpy exchanger including inventive enthalpy exchanger éléments.
It is state of the art to use different kinds of heat exchangers for different purposes. Usually, heat exchangers are used to recover heat energy from one fluid or medium into another one. This kind of heat energy is called sensible energy. The 10 heat energy or sensible energy of one fluid, normally air, is recovered into another one which is running adjacent, e.g. parallel, counter or cross flow, to the first where the fluid is at lower température. By inversing fluid flows, the exchange between the two will generate a cooler fluid. Heat exchangers used for sensible energy recovery are usually made of métal or plastic plates. There are different types as 1 5 there can be cross flow, parallel flow or counter flow configurations. The plates are defining flow channels between themselves so that the fluids can flow between the plates. Such devices are e.g. used in residential and commercial ventilation (HRV).
Another type of energy exchangers refers to the so called latent energy which is the moisture. To exchange the latent energy it is known to use desiccant coated 20 métal or plastic substrates or membranes made from desiccant impregnated cellulose or polymer. Between plates made from cellulose or polymer, air passages are defined or created to allow the fluids to pass along the surface of the plates, thereby transferring moisture from one fluid to the other one. As the membranes usually hâve no structural strength, it is known to combine the membranes with 25 frames or grids which thereby define spacings between the membranes.
In case of a combination of the above, the energy exchangers are called Enthalpy exchanger. Those Enthalpy exchangers allow for the exchange of sensible and latent energy, resulting in Total Energy recovery.
Membrane materials as currently available are delivered by the roll. The membrane material is the most critical part of an Enthalpy exchanger. The membrane must be fixed and sealed to a kind of grid or frame and arranged in a way to allow for a fluid to flow between each membrane layer. So, it is obvious that Enthalpy exchangers of the known art are a compromise. They will usually lose in sensible energy exchange to gain in latent energy exchange as a resuit of the sélective scope and characteristics of currently used membranes.
Such an enthalpy exchanger built from respective éléments is e.g. WO 02/072242 A1. On grids respective membranes made of fibers are positioned. The grids are stapled or stacked thereby altering the direction of the plates in order to create different air flow directions. .
In view of the mentioned state of the art it is an objectof the invention to provide enthalpy exchanger éléments and enthalpy exchangers as well as a method for the production of enthalpyexchanger éléments which allow for the création of Enthalpy exchangers whereby the efficiency of sensible energy exchange and latent energy exchange can be varied and controlled and especially improved.
With the invention, the solution of the above mentioned object is presented by a method for the production of enthalpy exchanger éléments comprising the steps of:
a) perforating a fiat plate element according to a predetermined perforation, pattern within the plate outer dimensions, or providing a plate element with an inhérent pore structure;
b) applying to at least one side of the plate element a thin polymer film with water vapor transmission characteristics (water vapor transfer ratio, WVTR); .
c) forming the plate element into a desired shape exhibiting a corrugation pattern, whereby the polymer film is formed into the same corrugation pattern shape as that of the plate element.
Preferably, in the method according to the invention, the plate element is a plastic plate.
The plate may be perforated using at least one of needles, pins, die and punch, laser, or the like.
Alternatively, instead of perforating a plastic plate element in step a) with some of these perforating tools, aplate elementwith an inhérent pore structure may be provided. Such a plate element may comprise a porous polymer plate or a woven or non-woven fabric made from polymer fibers, inorganic fibers or métal fibers. Preferably, the plate element is a composite comprising a woven or non-woven fabric made from polymer fibers, inorganic fibers or meta! fibers on the one hànd and a porous polymeric material as a matrix on the other hand. It is to be understood that the plate element with the inhérent pore structure is not necessarily selectively permeable for small molécules.
Preferably, the border areas of the plate element are not perforated, preferably in a range of 5 to 20 mm, more preferably in a range of 10 to 20 mm, from the outer dimensions of the plate element.
Preferably, in the method according to the invention, step b) of applying to at least one side of the plate element a thin polymer film with water vapor transmission characteristics (water vapor transfer ratio, WVTR) and step c) of forming the plate element into a desired shape exhibiting a corrugation pattern, whereby the polymer film is formed into the same corrugation pattern shape as that of the plate element, are performed simultaneously. This allows standard thermoforming, preferably vacuum forming, to be used for shaping the two-layer structure comprising the plastic support and the thin polymer film.
The polymer film may be bonded, preferably heat bondedand/or glued, to the plate element during the forming step of the plate element.
The polymer film may be made of a sulfonated copolymer, preferably a block copolymer.
Advantageously, in the method according to the invention, the spatial frequency of any corrugations running in parallel within the corrugation pattern and/or the perforation density (i.e. number of perforations per unit area) is varied, preferably in border areas, to improve frost résistance.
With the invention, the solution of the above mentioned object is presented by an Enthalpy exchanger element, preferably produced according to the method as defined in the previous paragraphs, including a plate element with a shape exhibiting predetermined perforation and corrugation patterns, wherein at least one side of the plate element is covered by a thin polymer film with water vapor transmission characteristics (water vapor transfer ratio, WVTR).
In the enthalpy exchanger element according to the invention, the thin polymer film may be bonded, preferably heat bondedand/or glued, to the plate element.
Preferably, the perforated area of the plate element includes corrugated or embossed surface areâs.
Preferably, the width of corrugations in the border areas of the plate element is larger than the width of corrugations in the middle area of the plate element and/or the perforation density (i.e. number of perforations per unit area) in a border area ofthe plate element is larger than in the middle area ofthe plate element..
Preferably, the plate element has a border which allows gastight connection to another similar plate element.This border preferably has border areas where the plate element is not perforated, preferably in a range of 5 to 20 mm, more preferably in a range of 10 to 20 mm, from the outer dimensions of the plate element.
Preferably, the corrugations are oriented to guide a fluid flow.
The perforations may be openings of diverse shapes and with a surface area équivalent to hole diameters ranging from 30 pm to 1.2 mm, preferably providing a total open area of no less than 50% ofthe available plate exchange surface.
With the invention, the solution of the above mentioned object is presented by an Enthalpy exchanger with at least three plates like enthalpy exchanger éléments fixed to each other in parallel orientation to form two fluid paths allowing fluids to flow there through, characterized in that the plate like heat exchanger éléments are éléments as defined in the previous paragraphs.
Preferably, the enthalpy exchanger éléments are fixed to each other by means of welding such as laser welding or ultrasonic welding, or by means of gluing.
According to the invention, a new hybrid exchanger element is provided which on one hand has enough structural strength and density to create airflow channels for any type of cross flow and/or counter flow energy exchanger, thereby allowing for the use of a structurally strong material which is good for sensible energy exchange, on the other hand by size and number of perforations or openings or holes it is possible to define an area which is covered by a thin polymer film with latent energy exchange characteristics. It will be appreciated by a person skilled in the art that the efficiency of sensible energy exchange on one hand and latent energy exchange on the other hand can be defined, controlled and adapted to the respective needs of the environment (dry air, humidity, outside température and the like).
According to the invention, the plate element can be made of any plastic material. The element can be provided with corrugations. Corrugations can be designed to optimize the efficiency to pressure drop ratio. The corrugations can be chosen to allow for creating flow channels between similar plates when those are stacked together. By the définition of the corrugation, one advantage will be the enhancement ofthe surface which is available for energy transfer. This can be built up as large as possible and can even reach an increase of 100% and more. Furthermore, the corrugations can be designed in a way to allow for the easy arrangement of counter flow or cross flow configurations, e.g. by choosing oriented corrugations and alternating the position ofthe plate.
The border of the plate defines an area where similar plates can be fixed together in an appropriate way. This can be welding, e.g. laser welding, ultra sound welding and/or folding, hot crimping and the like. This stabilizes the rigidity of the package as well as allows to build up the desired flow channels. The border area can be flattened, tongue/groove system, profiled or rimmed to allow for a tight sealable connection between plates.
The perforations can advantageously be performed prior to the plate forming step, which allows for a fast and convenient perforation step. That waÿ plates can bé perforated more easily and furthermore perforated in any desired area.
The thinpolymer film can be made of a polymer according to the state of the art, e.g. like the product “Aquivion”, a trademark of Solvay or “Nexar”, a trademark of Kraton.
The material can be e.g. a ionomer in form of a copolymer produced from tetrafluoroethylene, C2F4, and Ethanesulfonyl fluoride, 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoro-2[(trifluoroethenyl)-oxy], C2F3-O-(CF2)2-SO2F, sulfonated block copolymer.
The thin polymer film may be a multilayer film comprising a sequence of polymer layers of different polymer types. Preferably, the polymer type of each polymer layer is selected from the group consisting of polyether ester, polyether amide and. polyether urethane. Preferably the total thickness of the thin polymer multilayer film is between 5 pm and 200 pm, more preferably betweenIO pm and 150 pm. Preferably, the thickness of each individual polymer layer within the thin polymer multilayer film is between 2 pm and 20 pm, more preferably between 5 pm and 20 pm.
However, the polymers can be adapted to the desired characteristic and features.
It will be appreciated by a person skilled in the art that the amount or efficiency of latent energy recovery dépends on the surface provided by the holes or perforations, their shapes and their locations. So it is possible to adapt the heat exchanger plates to the environmental and functional conditions.
By using the highly heat conductive materials as the structural éléments for the Enthalpy membrane, high sensible efficiency is ensured. By defining the perforations and choosing the polymer for water vapor transfer, high latent recovery is ensured. Preferably, a total “open area” for water vapor transfer of no less than 50% ofthe available plate exchange surface is provided.
The polymer can be combined with additives to manifold and magnify its attributes. It can be, for instance, efficiently anti-bacterial and can meet fire résistance requirements (UL). Its viscosity can be adjusted to achieve the optimal tunable exchange features ofthe plate allowing as high a moisture exchange as possible.
The polymer film may be applied to one side of the plate element prior to the forming step of said plate element, thereby completely covering the plate element as well as the holes or perforations. Therefore the perforations are not limited in size and can be chosen in any desired dimension.
Subsequently to applying the polymer film to the plate element, the plate element is formed to exhibit the aforementioned features, e.g. corrugations, side walls, fiat border areas and the like. The polymer film is formed into the same shape as the plate element and can be permanently bonded or glued to said plate element. The bonding or gluing may be performed with or without heating.
According to an alternate embodiment of the inventions, the perforations are not permanently covered and sealed by a polymer film, but rather filled with a polymer solution, which can be the same material as the polymer film, and subsequently cured. The polymer may be supplied in a dispersed or dissolved state. The dispersion or solution comprising the polymer can be brought to the plate by thereby filling or covering the holes or perforations with the polymer dispersion or solution by way of spraying, dipping, serigraphy or any other lamination method. In order to maintain the same perforation characteristics, one side of the fiat plate element may be completely covered by a liner (placeholder-film), which does not bond to the plate element during the forming step and can easily be removed after the forming step. Subsequently to removing the liner (placeholder-film) the perforation holes can be filled with the polymer solution, as described above.
It will be appreciated by a person skilled in the art that the sensible energy transfer and the latent energy transfer capabilities of the heat exchanger are tunable and adjustable. The plates are adaptable to environmental conditions by the variable mosaic geometry of the perforations. E.g. an exchanger can be designed to operate at a température under the freezing point (-10°C) without ice build-up only by choosing the right position of the perforations and polymeric treatment of the constitutive plates.
However, under harsh conditions, especially plate exchangers tend to build ice in the narrow border channels, thus decreasing the exchange efficiency of the plate exchanger. This is due to a reduced flow velocity of fluids in said border channels.
In order to overcome this issue, the width of corrugations in the border area of the plate element is larger compared to the width of the corrugations in the middle area of the plate element. Thus, the width of the resulting flow channels in the border area is increased and as a resuit the flow velocity of the fluid is increased, thus 5 preventing or at least delaying ice from building up.
The rigidity of the structural éléments could make the plate and thereby the polymer film capable of handling a pressure differential up to 1kPa within the exchanger. This advantage opens the door to larger exchanger constructions for commercial applications.
The invention provides a simple method for the production of total energy exchanger plates allowing sensible as well as latent energy exchange. The design and the adaptability of the plates allows for the construction and design of plate exchangers which are optimized with regard to the technical requirements and/or the environmental conditions.
Stamped, corrugated or embossed aluminum, stainless steel, resin based plates and/or vacuum formed plastic plates can be made using proven automation technologies including the assembly, e.g. by vacuum grip, and seal, e.g. by laser welding, ultra Sound welding, folding, crimping, to obtain packages of superposed rigid plates. The plates are washable, fire retardant, antibacterial, sealed e.g.
leakage proof. They hâve ail valuable advantages that are necessary to create highly efficient total energy exchangers.
The plate perforation, too, can be performed by pre-programmed continuous laser processes, by mechanical Systems like needle-roller and the like, or chemical etching processes. .
Further features, advantages and aspects of the invention become obvious from the following description of the drawings. The drawings show:
Fig. 1 a flow chart illustrating a sequence of steps of the production method according to the invention; and
Fig. 2 asequence of states of the productionof an enthalpy exchanger element in cross sectional view during theproduction method according to the invention.
In Fig. 1, a sequence of steps of the production method according to the invention are shown. Each step shown in Fig. 1 corresponds to a resulting state schematically shown in Fig. 2. It should be noted that the illustrated géométrie parameters such a thicknesses, hole diameters, curvatures etc. in Fig. 2 are for exemplary purposes, only. Therefore, they do not necessarily represent the proper. or preferred ratios of such parameters.
Inproviding step S1, a fiat yet unformed plastic plate element 1 with defined outer dimensions is provided. In perforatingstep S2, a portion of the flatplastic plate element 1 is transferred to a perforation device(not shown) where the fiat plastic plate element 1 is perforated by a needle-roller or a punching die (not shown) depending on the desired size of the holes. In the présent case, the entire plate element 1 is perforated with a symmetric hole pattern, except for the border areas (not shown) to allow welding of the plate éléments 1 in order to form the plate exchanger (not shown). The perforation pattern is made up of a plurality of holes 2 extending across the entire plate thickness from a first surface 1a to a second surface 1b of the plate element 1.
Subsequently to the perforating step, in covering step S3, one side, i.e. surface 1a, of the now perforated plate element 1 is completely covered by a thin polymer film
3. The polymer film is made of a proprietary sulfonated block copolymer or any type of such sulfonated block copolymers.
Subsequently to the covering step, in forming step S4, the now perforated and covered fiat plate element 1 is transferred to a forming device, which is embodied by a vacuum forming device, where the fiat plate element 1 and the thin polymer
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film 3 are formed into a desired shape. In this forming step S4, the border areas, fluid inlets and outlets and corrugations 4 are formed into the plate element 1. The corrugation pattern is made up of a plurality of corrugations 4 extending across the plate area.
In the présent embodiment of the invention, the border areas are being formed in non-perforated areas, while the corrugations are being formed in perforated areas of the plate element 1.
Thereby, during the forming step S4 which is a co-forming step of the fiat plate element 1 and the thin polymer film 3, the thin polymer film 3 is formed into the exact same shape as the plate element 1 and is permanently bonded thereto, due to the heat, which is applied by the vacuum forming device.
Thesethin-polymer-film-covered and co-formed plates 1 constitute the enthalpy exchanger plates according to the invention. They will be stacked to build an enthalpy exchanger (also referred to as a total energy exchanger) c.ore e.g. for ventilation Systems to exchange heat from outgoing to inçoming air (or vice versa for free cooling in summer) as well as humidity from outgoing to inçoming air in winter (or vice versa for moisture réduction in summer or ail year round in hot and humid climatic zones).
The cross sectional shape of the corrugations 4 may be rectangular, square or triangular. It may also be trapézoïdal such half hexagonal.
The drawing and the description do in no way restrict the invention and are meant for illustrating the invention by an example, only.
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1. Method for. the production of enthalpy exchanger éléments comprising the steps of:
a) perforating a fiat plate element (1) according to a predetermined perforation pattern (2, 2, ...) within the plate outer dimensions, or providing a plate element (1) with an inhérent pore structure;
b) applying to at least one side (1a) of the plate element (1) a thin polymer film (3) with water vapor transmission characteristics (water vapor transfer ratio, WVTR);
c) forming the plate element (1) into a desired shape exhibitinga corrugation pattern (4, 4, ...), whereby the polymer film (3) is formed into the same corrugation pattern shape asthat ofthe plate element (1).
2. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that the plate element is a plastic plate.
3. Method according to claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the plate is perforated using at least one of needles, pins, die and punch, laser, or the ; like.
4. Method according to any ofthe preceding claims, characterized in that steps b) and c) are performed simultaneously.
5. Method according to claim 4, characterized in that the polymer film is bonded, preferably heat bondedand/or glued, to the plate element during the forming step ofthe plate element.
6. Method according to any ofthe preceding claims, characterized in that the polymer film is made of a sulfonated copolymer, preferably a block copolymer.
7. Method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the spatial frequency of any corrugations running in parallel within the corrugation pattern and/or the perforation density (i.e. number of perforations per unit area) is varied, preferably in border areas,to improve frost résistance.
8. Enthalpy exchanger element, preferably produced using the method as defined in any of claims 1 to 7, including a plate element (1) with a shape exhibiting a predetermined perforation pattern (2, 2, ...) and a predetermined corrugation pattern (4, 4, ...), wherein at least one side (1a) of the plate element (1) is covered by a thin polymer film (3) with water vapor transmission characteristics (water vapor transfer ratio, WVTR).
9. Enthalpy exchanger element according to claim 8, characterized in that thé thin polymer film is bonded, preferably heat bondedand/or glued, to the plate element.
10. Enthalpy exchanger element according to any of the preceding claims 8 or
9, characterized in that the perforated area of the plate element includes corrugated or embossed surface areas.
11. Enthalpy exchanger element according to any ofthe preceding claims 9 to
10, characterized in that the width of corrugations (4) in the border areas of the plate element (1) is larger than the width of corrugations (4) in the middle : area of the plate element (1) and/or the perforation density (i.e. number of perforations per unit area) in a border area of the plate element is larger than in the middle area of the plate element.
12. Enthalpy exchanger element according to any of the preceding claims 8 to
11, characterized in that the corrugations are oriented to guide a fluid flow.
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ABSTRACT
The invention provides enthalpy exchanger éléments which allow the création of Enthalpy exchangers whereby the efficiency of sensible energy exchange and latent energy exchange can be varied and controlled and especially improved. Also, a method for the production of enthalpy exchanger éléments is provided including :
a) perforating a fiat plate element (1) according to a predetermined perforation pattern (2, 2, ...) within the plate outer dimensions, or providing a plate element ( 1 ) with an inhérent pore structure;
b) applying to at least one side (la) of the plate element (.1) a thin polymer film (3) with water vapor transmission characteristics (water vapor transfer ratio, WVTR);
c) forming the plate element (1) into a desired shape exhibiting a corrugation pattern (4, 4, ...), whereby the polymer film (3) is formed into the same corrugation pattern shape as that of the plate element (1)·
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