US20040177948A1 - Heat exchanger and fabrication method thereof - Google Patents

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US20040177948A1
US20040177948A1 US10/712,676 US71267603A US2004177948A1 US 20040177948 A1 US20040177948 A1 US 20040177948A1 US 71267603 A US71267603 A US 71267603A US 2004177948 A1 US2004177948 A1 US 2004177948A1
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Nam Cho
Jang Lee
Sung Jhee
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23Q—DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
    • B23Q11/00—Accessories fitted to machine tools for keeping tools or parts of the machine in good working condition or for cooling work; Safety devices specially combined with or arranged in, or specially adapted for use in connection with, machine tools
    • B23Q11/08—Protective coverings for parts of machine tools; Splash guards
    • B23Q11/0825—Relatively slidable coverings, e.g. telescopic
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D53/00—Making other particular articles
    • B21D53/02—Making other particular articles heat exchangers or parts thereof, e.g. radiators, condensers fins, headers
    • B21D53/08—Making other particular articles heat exchangers or parts thereof, e.g. radiators, condensers fins, headers of both metal tubes and sheet metal
    • B21D53/085—Making other particular articles heat exchangers or parts thereof, e.g. radiators, condensers fins, headers of both metal tubes and sheet metal with fins places on zig-zag tubes or parallel tubes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B1/00—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools
    • B08B1/10—Cleaning by methods involving the use of tools characterised by the type of cleaning tool
    • B08B1/16—Rigid blades, e.g. scrapers; Flexible blades, e.g. wipers
    • B08B1/165—Scrapers
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
    • F28D1/02—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid
    • F28D1/04—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits
    • F28D1/047—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being bent, e.g. in a serpentine or zig-zag
    • F28D1/0477—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being bent, e.g. in a serpentine or zig-zag the conduits being bent in a serpentine or zig-zag
    • 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
    • F28F1/10—Tubular elements and assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with projections, with recesses
    • F28F1/12—Tubular elements and assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with projections, with recesses the means being only outside the tubular element
    • F28F1/14—Tubular elements and assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with projections, with recesses the means being only outside the tubular element and extending longitudinally
    • F28F1/16—Tubular elements and assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with projections, with recesses the means being only outside the tubular element and extending longitudinally the means being integral with the element, e.g. formed by extrusion
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F9/00—Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
    • F28F9/001—Casings in the form of plate-like arrangements; Frames enclosing a heat exchange core

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  • the present invention relates to a heat exchanger and its fabrication method, and more particularly, to a heat exchanger and its fabrication method capable of reducing a fabrication process and improving a heat exchange performance by integrally forming a refrigerant pipe and a cooling fin.
  • a heat exchanger is a device for heat-exchanging by making two different fluids contact each other directly or indirectly, and commonly used for a heater, a cooler, an evaporator, a condenser and the like.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fin and tube type heat exchanger mainly used for the evaporator of a refrigerator in accordance with a conventional art.
  • the conventional heat exchanger includes a refrigerant pipe 102 performing a heat exchanging operation while a refrigerant passes therethrough, a plurality of cooling fins 104 mounted at the refrigerant pipe 102 at regular intervals and extending a contact area of air passing between the refrigerant pipes 102 in order to enhance a heat transfer performance, and a support holder 106 mounted at both sides of the refrigerant pipe 102 and supporting the refrigerant pipe 102 .
  • the refrigerant pipe 102 is formed such that a cooper pipe is repeatedly bent, and as shown in FIG. 2, the cooling fin 104 is formed in a flat type with a through hole 108 so as to be inserted in an outer circumference of the refrigerant pipe 102 , and made of an aluminum material.
  • a method for fabricating the conventional heat exchanger is that the refrigerant pipe 102 is extruded, the cooling fins 104 are blanked and inserted to the refrigerant pipe 102 , and then an tube-expanding process is performed to expand a diameter of the refrigerant pipe 102 , whereby the cooling pins 104 are fixed at the outer circumference of the refrigerant pipe 102 .
  • the conventional heat exchanger has the following problems.
  • the refrigerant pipe 102 and the cooling fin 104 are made of copper and aluminum, potential difference corrosion is generated due to a potential difference between the two materials, which causes shortening of the life span of the heat exchanger.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide a heat exchanger and its fabrication method capable of shortening a fabrication process and reducing a fabrication cost by integrally forming a refrigerant pipe and cooling fins.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a heat exchanger and its fabrication method capable of enhancing a heat transfer performance and lengthening the life span of a heat exchanger by integrally forming a refrigerator pipe and cooling pins in the same material.
  • a heat exchanger including: refrigerator pipes arranged at regular intervals; and cooling pins arranged between the refrigerator pipes and integrally formed with the refrigerator pipes; and a support holder disposed at both sides of the refrigerator pipes and supporting the refrigerator pipes.
  • the refrigerant pipe and the cooling fin are made of an aluminum material.
  • refrigerant pipes two refrigerant pipes are arranged at a certain interval and repeatedly bent, respectively.
  • the cooling fins are formed in a direction of a right angle to a longitudinal direction of the refrigerant pipe between the refrigerants and has a certain tilt angle.
  • a method for fabricating a heat exchanger including: a first step of integrally forming refrigerant pipes and a flat type cooling fin forming part between the refrigerant pipes; a second step of forming a plurality of cooling fins at the cooling fin forming part; a third step of bending the cooling fin-formed refrigerant pipe several times at certain intervals; and a fourth step of assembling a support holder at both sides of the refrigerant pipe.
  • two refrigerant pipes and the flat type cooling fin forming part between the two refrigerant pipes are integrally formed by using a molding unit.
  • the plural cooling fins are formed with a certain tile angle by passing the cooling fin forming part between louvering gears.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a heat exchanger in accordance with a conventional art
  • FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view of the heat exchanger in accordance with the conventional art
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a heat exchanger in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion ‘A’ of FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a partial front view of the heat exchanger in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view of the heat exchanger in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIGS. 7 through 10 are sequential perspective views showing a fabrication process of the heat exchanger in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIGS. 11, 12A and 12 B are graphs comparatively showing performances of the conventional heat exchanger and the heat exchanger in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a heat exchanger
  • FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion ‘A’ of FIG. 3
  • FIG. 5 is a partial front view of the heat exchanger
  • FIG. 6 is a partial sectional view of the heat exchanger in accordance with the present invention.
  • the heat exchanger of the present invention is featured in that refrigerant pipes 10 through which a refrigerant passes are arranged at a certain interval and cooling fins 12 are integrally formed between the refrigerant pipes 10 to enhance a heat transfer performance by enlarging a contact area to air which passes between the refrigerant pipes 10 .
  • a support holder 14 is disposed at both sides of the refrigerant pipes 10 in order to support the heat exchanger.
  • the refrigerant pipes 10 are arranged at certain intervals in such a tube type that the refrigerant can pass through, and the cooling fins 12 are integrally formed in the same material as that of the refrigerant pipe 10 between the refrigerant pipes 10 .
  • the refrigerant pipe plural ones may be arranged, and preferably, two refrigerant pipes 10 are constructed as a pair and the cooling fins 12 are formed therebetween.
  • the refrigerant pipe 10 are bent several times at certain intervals according to a size of a space where the refrigerant pipes are installed, and as the air for performing a cooling operation passes between the refrigerant pipes 10 and the cooling fins 12 , heat is exchanged.
  • the cooling fins 12 are arranged at certain intervals in a direction of a right angle to an axis between the refrigerant pipes 10 , and in order to smoothly discharge condensate water and for a smooth contact with air, the cooling fins 12 are formed at a certain tilt angle.
  • the support holder 14 includes a plurality of slots 16 into which portions of the refrigerant pipes 10 are inserted. Cooling fins existing at both end portions of the refrigerant pipes 10 are removed so that the end portions of the refrigerant pipes 10 can be inserted into the slots of the support holder 14 .
  • a cooling fin forming part 20 for integrally forming the refrigerant pipe 10 and the cooling fin 14 is formed. That is, the flat type cooling fin forming part 20 having two refrigerant pipes 10 and a certain thickness is formed by using a molding unit 30 .
  • the cooling fins 14 are formed at the cooling fin forming part 20 . That is, when the cooling fin forming part 20 passes between engaged louvering gears 40 , the cooling fin forming part 20 is punched at certain intervals by the louvering gears 40 , to thereby form plural cooling fins 12 .
  • the tilt angle of the cooling fin 12 differs depending on a tooth angle of the louvering gear 40 .
  • a desired tile angle of the cooling fin 12 can be obtained by controlling the tooth angle of the louvering gear 40 .
  • the support holder 14 is assembled at both sides of the bent refrigerant pipes 10 , thereby completing fabrication of the heat exchange. At this time, cooling fins existing at both end portions 50 of the refrigerant pipes 10 are removed so that the both end portions can be inserted into the slots 16 formed at the support holder 14 .
  • FIG. 11 is a graph comparatively showing performances of the conventional heat exchanger and the heat exchanger in accordance with the present invention.
  • a graph (C) indicating a heat transfer coefficient value of the present invention is greater than a graph (D) indicating a heat transfer coefficient value of the conventional art, so that the heat exchanger of the present invention has an excellent heat transfer performance compared to that of the conventional art.
  • FIG. 12A and 12B are graph comparatively showing internal temperatures of a refrigerator when a door of the refrigerator is opened and closed in both cases where the heat exchanger of the present invention is installed in the refrigerator and the heat exchanger of the conventional art is installed in the refrigerator.
  • the heat exchanger and its fabrication method of the present invention have the following advantages.
  • the fabrication process of the heat exchanger can be reduced, and its fabrication cost can be also reduced.

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