WO2002066918A1 - Heat exchanger - Google Patents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
- F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
- F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
- F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
- F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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- the present invention relates to heat exchangers for use in motor vehicles or for industrial use, for example, to heat exchangers for use as evaporators, condensers, oil coolers, intercoolers, heater cores, etc.
- heat exchangers are conventionally in wide use as heat exchangers, especially as evaporators for motor vehicle air conditioners, from the viewpoint of lightweightness and workabiliy.
- evaporators for motor vehicle air conditioners are chiefly those of the laminate type (layered type).
- heat exchange fins for air and a tube portion for evaporating the refrigerant are joined together by brazing, so that such evaporators are superior to heat exchangers of the fin tube enlarged type which were previously in use, for example, with respect to performance and productivity.
- These evaporators are exceedingly superior to the fin tube enlarged type especially in performance characteristics since louver fins of high heat transfer efficiency are usable as air fins for this type of evaporators to ensure an increased quantity of heat exchange and low resistance to the flow of air.
- conventional heat exchangers for use as evaporators comprise generally rectangular aluminum plates 62 each having formed in one surface thereof front and rear refrigerant channel forming recessed porions 66 divided by a vertically elongated partition ridge 64, and header forming recessed portions (not shown) respectively continuous with the upper and lower ends of these recessed portions 66 and having a larger depth than these portions 66.
- Each pair of adjacent plates 62 are fitted together in superposed layers with their recessed surfaces opposed to each other to join the opposed partition ridges 64, 64 of the plates 62, 62 to each other and opposed peripheral edges 63, 63 thereof to each other and to thereby form a flat tube portion 61 having front and rear flat refrigerant channels 68 and upper and lower header portions continuous with the respective channels 68.
- a multiplicity of such flat tube portions 61 are arranged in parallel with a fin interposed therebetween for air to provide the heat exchanger.
- Each of the plates 62 is prepared from an aluminum sheet by press forming.
- the conventional heat exchanger for use as an evaporator encounters the following problems in fulfilling the commercial demand for a reduced thickness.
- the plates 62 for forming the flat tube portion 61 are made from an aluminum sheet by drawing with use of a press, so that the partition ridge 64 and the peripheral edge 63 have an increased width. Accordingly, the joints between the two plates 62, 62, i.e., the joint of the opposed partition ridges of the plates 62, 62 and the joint of the opposed peripheral edges 63, 63 which are useless portions not passing the refrigerant have a relatively great area, which consequently reduces the cross sectional area of the refrigerant channel when the evaporator has a given volume, offering increased resistance to the flow of the refrigerant and resulting in impaired performance.
- the fin has a smaller area for heat transfer and is impaired in performance, while a diminished air passage produces increased resistance to the flow of air, failing to afford a proper rate of air flow.
- the joint between the peripheral edges 63, 63 of the two plates 62, 62 is out of direct contact with the fin for the air side to exhibit a low heat transfer efficiency, so that a reduction in the thickness of the heat exchanger including such useless portions increases the relative ratio in area of the useless portions not participating in the passage of the refrigerant.
- the header forming recessed portions of the plate 62 are given a greater depth than the front and rear refrigerant channel forming recessed portions 66, 66 on opposite sides of the partition ridge 64 by being worked by drawing, and are therefore made smaller in wall thickness than the recessed portions 66.
- the flat tube portion 61 having a great proportion is given an allowance for pressure resistance, the header portions are weakest against pressure.
- the flat tube portion 61 and the header portions are made from an integral plate material, and that by press work, so that there are limitations in further reducing the header portions in wall thickness and weight .
- An object of the present invention is to overcome the foregoing technical problems of the prior art and to provide a heat exchanger which is fabricated from plates having ridges and recessed portions formed in one surface thereof as by forging or cutting work instead of using plates formed by press work and in which headers are formed from a member separate from the plate to make a flat tube having a reduced front-to-rear width, a diminished wall thickness (layer of diminished thickness) and an increased heat transfer area, the heat exchanger thus being adapted to achieve a higher heat transfer efficiency and greatly improved heat exchange performance.
- the present invention provides a heat exchanger which is characterized in that the heat exchanger comprises pairs of plates with each plate of the pairs having a peripheral ridge provided on one side of the plate along a periphery thereof and a central ridge provided on said one side of the plate at a center of the width thereof and extending downward from an upper end of the plate to a position where a return channel can be formed, the ridges being formed by forging or cutting, each plate of said pairs having a U-shaped channel recess formed inwardly of the peripheral ridge and comprising a front and a rear channel recess portion formed on opposite sides of the central ridge and a return channel recess portion positioned under the central ridge, the channel recess having one of two fluid inlet-outlet through holes formed at one end thereof and the other through hole formed at the other end thereof, each plate of said pairs having a flat surface on the other side thereof, each of said pairs of plates being fitted together with their U- shaped channel recesses opposed to each other to join the opposed peripheral ridge
- the present invention provides a heat exchanger which is characterized in that the heat exchanger comprises pairs of plates with each plate of the pairs having an edge ridge U-shaped in its entirety and provided on one side of the plate along opposite side edges and a lower edge thereof and a central ridge provided on said one side of the plate at a center of the width thereof and having a bifurcated upper end, the central ridge extending from the upper end downward to a position where a return channel can be formed, the ridges being formed by forging or cutting, each plate of said pairs having a U-shaped channel recess formed inwardly of the U-shaped edge ridge and comprising a front and a rear channel recess portion formed on opposite sides of the central ridge and a return channel recess portion positioned under the central ridge, each plate of said pairs having a flat surface on the other side thereof, each of said pairs of plates being fitted together with their U-shaped channel recesses opposed to each other to join the opposed U-shaped edge ridges to each other end- to-end and
- a plurality of channel dividing U- shaped ridges are formed in the U-shaped channel recess of each plate by forging or cutting, and a pluralty of U- shaped divided fluid passageways are formed in the U- shaped fluid channel in the interior of each flat tube.
- the invention provides several modes of channel dividing ridges .
- a plurality of channel dividing U- shaped ridges are formed in the U-shaped channel recess of each plate by forging or cutting, and each said pair of plates are fitted together with the recesses thereof opposed to each other and with each of opposed pairs of channel dividing U-shaped ridges joined to each other end- to-end to form a plurality of U-shaped divided fluid passageways in the U-shaped fluid channel inside the flat tube.
- a second mode of channel dividing ridges is as follows .
- Each plate of said pairs has formed in the channel recess thereof front and rear channel dividing ridges having a height twice the depth of the channel recess and each comprising a straight portion positioned in the front or rear straight channel recess portion of the channel recess and a quarter circular-arc portion extending from a lower end of the straight portion and positioned in the return portion of the channel recess, the channel dividing ridges being formed by forging or cutting and positioned alternately when each of said pairs of plates are fitted together with their channel recesses opposed to each other, each of said pairs of plates being fitted together with their channel recesses opposed to each other to join top ends of the front and rear channel dividing ridges to a bottom wall flat surface of the plate providing the channel recess and opposed thereto and to thereby form U-shaped divided fluid passageways in the U- shaped fluid channel inside the flat tube.
- a third mode of channel dividing ridges is as follows.
- Each plate of said pairs has formed in the channel recess thereof channel dividing ridges having a height twice the depth of the channel recess and formed by forging or cutting so as to be positioned alternately, when each of said pairs fitted together with the recesses thereof opposed to each other, each of said pairs of plates being fitted together to join top ends of the channel dividing ridges on each plate of the pair to a flat surface of bottom wall of the channel recess of the other plate opposed to said each plate and to thereby form U-shaped divided fluid passageways in the U-shaped fluid channel inside the flat tube.
- a fourth mode of channel dividing ridges is as follows.
- Each plate of said pairs has formed in a rear half of the channel recess thereof channel dividing ridges having a height twice the depth of the channel recess and formed by forging or cutting, the channel recess of each plate having a front half in the form of a flat surface provided by a bottom wall thereof and having no channel dividing ridges, each of said pairs of plates being fitted together with the recesses thereof opposed to each other to join top ends of the channel dividing ridges thereof to the bottom wall flat surface of the channel recess of the plate opposed to the dividing ridges and to thereby form U-shaped divided fluid passageways in the U-shaped fluid channel inside the flat tube.
- one of each pair of plates may be replaced by a flat plate.
- the heat exchanger in this case comprises ridged plates each having a peripheral ridge provided on one side of the plate along a periphery thereof and a central ridge provided on said one side of the plate at a center of the width thereof and extending downward from an upper end of the plate to a position where a return channel can be formed, the ridges being formed by forging or cutting, each of the ridged plates having a U-shaped channel recess formed inwardly of the peripheral ridge and comprising a front and a rear channel recess portion formed on opposite sides of the central ridge and a return channel recess portion positioned under the central ridge, the channel recess having one of two fluid inlet-outlet through holes formed at one end thereof and the other through hole formed at the other end thereof, each of the ridged plates having a flat surface on the other side thereof and being fitted to each of flat plates face-to-face, each of said flat plates having the same contour and the same size as the ridged plate and two fluid inlet-outlet through through
- the heat exchanger in this case comprises ridged plates each having an edge ridge U- shaped in its entirety and provided on one side of the plate along opposite side edges and a lower edge thereof and a central ridge provided on said one side of the plate at a center of the width thereof and having a bifurcated upper end, the central ridge extending from the upper end downward to a position where a return channel can be formed, the ridges being formed by forging or cutting, each of the ridged plates having a U-shaped channel recess formed inwardly of the U-shaped edge ridge and comprising a front and a rear channel recess portion formed on opposite sides of the central ridge and a return channel recess portion positioned under the central ridge, each of the ridged plates having a flat surface on the other side thereof and being fitted to each of flat plates face-to- face, each of said flat plates having the same contour
- a plurality of channel dividing U-shaped ridges are formed in the U-shaped channel recess of each ridged plate by forging or cutting, and each ridged plate and each flat plate are fitted together face-to-face with the channel dividing U-shaped ridges of the ridged plate joined to the flat surface of the corresponding central portion of the flat plate to form a plurality of U-shaped divided fluid passageways in the U-shaped fluid channel inside the flat tube.
- the present invention provides a heat exchanger which is characterized in that the heat exchanger comprises pairs of plates with each plate of the pairs having a peripheral ridge provided on one side of the plate along a periphery thereof and a central ridge provided on said one side of the plate at a center of the width thereof and extending vertically, the ridges being formed by forging or cutting, each plate of said pairs having a front and a rear channel recess portion formed inwardly of the peripheral ridge on opposite sides of the central ridge, each of the front and rear channel recess portions having a through hole formed in each of upper and lower ends thereof, each plate of said pairs having a flat surface on the other side thereof, each of said pairs of plates being fitted together with their channel recess portions opposed to each other to join the opposed peripheral ridges to each other end-to-end and the opposed central ridges to each other end-to-end and to thereby form a flat tube having a front and a rear fluid channel inside thereof so that a plurality of flat tubes are
- the present invention provides a heat exchanger which is characterized in that the heat exchanger comprises pairs of plates with each plate of the pairs having a side edge ridge provided on one side of the plate along each of opposite side edges thereof and a central ridge provided on said one side of the plate at a center of the width thereof and having a bifurcated upper and a bifurcated lower end, the ridges being formed by forging or cutting, each plate of said pairs having a front and a rear channel recess portion formed inwardly of the side edge ridges on opposite sides of the central ridge, each plate of said pairs having a flat surface on the other side thereof, each of said pairs of plates being fitted together with their channel recess portions opposed to each other to join the opposed side edge ridges to each other end-to-end and the opposed central ridges including the bifurcated upper and lower ends to each other end-to- end and to thereby form a flat tube having bifurcated open upper and lower ends and a front and a rear fluid channel inside thereof, an upper
- a plurality of channel dividing ridges are formed in the front and rear channel recesses of each plate by forging or cutting, and a pluralty of divided fluid passageways are formed in the front and rear fluid channels in the interior of each flat tube.
- the invention provides several modes of channel dividing ridges. As a first mode, a plurality of channel dividing ridges are formed in the front and rear channel recess portions of each plate by forging or cutting, and each of said pairs of plates are fitted together with their recess portions opposed to each other to join each of opposed pairs of the channel dividing ridges to each other end-to- end and form divided fluid passageways in the front and rear fluid channels inside thereof.
- a second mode of channel dividing ridges is as follows.
- Each plate has formed in the respective front and rear channel recess portions thereof front and rear channel dividing ridges having a height twice the depth of the recess portion, the front and rear channel dividing ridges being formed by forging or cutting and positioned alternately when each of said pairs of plates are fitted together with their recess portions opposed to each other, each of said pairs of plates being fitted together face- to-face to join top ends of the front and rear channel dividing ridges to a bottom wall flat surface of recess portion of the plate opposed thereto and to thereby form divided fluid passageways in the front and rear fluid channels inside the flat tube.
- a third mode of channel dividing ridges is as follows.
- Each plate of the pairs has formed in each of the front and rear channel recess portions thereof a channel dividing ridge having a height twice the depth of the recess portion, the channel dividing ridge being so formed by forging or cutting that the front and rear channel dividing ridges of each pair of plates as fitted together face-to-face are positioned alternately, each pair of plates being fitted together with their recess portions opposed to each other to join top ends of the front and rear channel dividing ridges of each plate of the pair to a bottom wall flat surface of the recess portion of the other plate of the pair opposed thereto and to thereby form divided fluid passageways in the front and rear fluid channels inside the flat tube.
- a fourth mode of channel dividing ridges is as follows.
- Each plate has formed in one of the front and rear channel recess portions thereof a plurality of channel dividing ridges having a height twice the depth of the recess portion, the channel dividing ridges being formed by forging or cutting, the other channel recess portion having a bottom wall flat surface having no channel dividing ridges, each of said pairs of plates being fitted together with their recess portions opposed to each other to join top ends of the channel dividing ridges to the bottom wall flat surface of the recess portion of the plate opposed thereto and to thereby form divided fluid passageways in the front and rear fluid channels inside the flat tube.
- one of each pair of plates may be replaced by a flat plate.
- the heat exchanger in this case comprises ridged plates each having a peripheral ridge provided on one side of the plate along a periphery thereof and a central ridge provided on said one side of the plate at a center of the width thereof and extending vertically, the ridges being formed by forging or cutting, each the ridged plates having a front and a rear channel recess portion formed inwardly of the peripheral ridge on opposite sides of the central ridge, each of the front and rear channel recess portions having a through hole formed in each of upper and lower ends thereof, each of the ridged plates having a flat surface on the other side thereof and being fitted to each of flat plates face-to- face, each of said flat plates having the same contour and the same size as the ridged plate and fluid inlet-outlet through holes corresponding to said through holes, the peripheral ridge of the ridged plate having a top end thereof joined to a peripheral edge of the flat plate, the central ridge of the ridged plate having a top end thereof joined to a
- the connecting portion of one of the upper and lower header members interposed between the upper ends and lower ends of each pair of adjacent flat tubes may have a passage interconnecting the fluid passing tube portions of the header member.
- one of each pair of plates may be replaced by a flat plate.
- the heat exchanger then comprises ridged paltes each having a side edge ridge provided on one side of the plate along each of opposite side edges thereof and a central ridge provided on said one side of the plate at a center of the width thereof and having a bifurcated upper and a bifurcated lower end, the ridges being formed by forging or cutting, each of the ridged plates having a front and a rear channel recess portion formed inwardly of the side edge ridges on opposite sides of the central ridge, each of the ridged plates having a flat surface on the other side thereof and being fitted to each of flat plates face-to-face, each of said flat plates having the same contour and the same size as the ridged plate, the side edge ridges of the ridged plate having top ends thereof joined to side edges of the flat plate, the central ridge of the ridged plate including the bifurcated upper and lower ends having a top end thereof joined to a flat surface of a corresponding central portion of the flat plate, whereby a
- each of the ridged plates has channel dividing ridges formed in the respective front and rear channel recess portions thereof by forging or cutting, and each ridged plate is fitted to each flat plate face-to-face to join top ends of the channel dividing ridges to a flat surface of a corresponding portion of the flat plate and to thereby form divided fluid passageways in the front and rear fluid channels inside the flat tube.
- the header member interposed between the ends of each pair of adjacent flat tubes has its fluid passing tube portions joined at their opposite end faces to the flat surfaces on the other sides of the opposed plates of the pair of flat tubes.
- tacks for temporarily holding the header member are provided on respective edges defining the inlet-outlet through holes in the end of each plate.
- a plurality of cutouts are formed in the channel dividing ridges on each plate to cause the adjacent divided fluid passageways inside the flat tube to communicate with each other through the cutouts.
- a fin is provided between each pair of adjacent flat tubes included in the flat tubes arranged in parallel, and the fin has opposite sides edges thereof joined to the flat surfaces on the other sides of the plates of the pair of flat tubes.
- the plates are those having recesses and ridges formed on one side thereof by forging or cutting, in place of conventional plates which are formed by press work, and the header members are members separate from the plate for providing headers.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a heat exchanger according to a first embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of a plate of the heat exchanger of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the plate.
- FIG. 4 is an enlarged exploded fragmentary perspective view of the heat exchanger of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross sectional view of a plate tube of the heat exchanger.
- FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view partly broken away and showing the heat exchanger.
- FIG. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view showing a modification of dividing ridges of plate of the heat exchanger of FIG. 1.
- FIG. 8 is an enlarged front view showing a modified plate of the heat exchanger.
- FIG. 9 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view showing another modified plate of the heat exchanger.
- FIG. 10 is an enlarged cross sectional view of a flat tube for the heat exchanger wherein the plate of FIG. 9 is used.
- FIG. 11 is an enlarged exploded fragmentary perspective view of a heat exchanger according to a second embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 12 is an enlarged fragmentary front view of the plate of the heat exchanger of FIG. 11, with headers also shown.
- FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a heat exchanger according to a third embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 14 is an enlarged front view of the plate of the heat exchanger plate shown FIG. 13.
- FIG. 15 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the heat exchanger plate.
- FIG. 16 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of an upper end portion of the heat exchanger.
- FIG. 17 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of a lower end portion of the heat exchanger.
- FIG. 18 is an enlarged front view of a plate for use in the heat exchanger of FIG. 1 to show a second modification of diving ridges.
- FIG. 19 is an enlarged cross sectional view of a flat tube for the heat exchanger wherein the plate of FIG. 18 is used.
- FIG. 20 is an enlarged front view of a plate for use in the heat exchanger of FIG. 1 to show a third modification of diving ridges, the plate being one of a pair of plates in combination.
- FIG. 21 is an enlarged front view of the other plate of the pair.
- FIG. 22 is an enlarged front view of a plate for use in the heat exchanger of FIG. 1 to show a fourth modification of diving ridges.
- FIG. 23 is an enlarged cross sectional view of a flat tube for the heat exchanger wherein the plate of FIG. 22 is used.
- FIG. 24 is an enlarged cross sectional view of a flat tube of heat exchanger of the invention, wherein one of a pair of plates in combination is replaced by a flat plate as a modification.
- FIG. 25 is an enlarged cross sectional view of a flat tube of an example of conventional heat exchanger.
- FIG. 2 The terms “front,” “rear,” “left,” “right,” “upper” and “lower” as used herein are based on FIG. 2; “front” refers to the left-hand side of FIG. 2, “rear” to the right-hand side thereof, “left” to the front side of the plane of the drawing, “right” to the rear side of the plane thereof, “upper” to the upper side of the drawing, and “lower” to the lower side thereof.
- the drawings show heat exchangers of the invention for use as evaporators for motor vehicle air conditioners.
- FIGS. 1 to 6 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
- a heat exchanger 1 for use as an evaporator is made from aluminum (including aluminum alloys).
- a generally rectangular plate 2 made of an aluminum plate has a peripheral ridge 3 provided on one side of the plate 2 along a periphery thereof and a central ridge 4 provided on the same side of the plate 2 at the center of the width thereof and extending downward from the upper end of the plate to a position where a refrigerant return channel can be formed.
- Formed in the plate 2 internally of the peripheral ridge 3 is a U-shaped refrigerant channel recess 6 comprising front and rear straight refrigerant channel recess portions 6a, 6b positioned on opposite sides of the central ridge 4 and a refrigerant return channel recess portion 6c positioned under the central ridge.
- the plate 2 is provided in the widthwise midportion of its upper end with a notch 14 which is U-shaped when seen from the front.
- the central ridge 4 is joined at its upper end to the peripheral ridge 3 at the lower end of this notch 14.
- the channel recess 6 has one of refrigerant inlet- outlet through holes 10, 10 formed at one end thereof and the other through hole 10 formed at the other end thereof.
- the plate 2 has a plurality of channel diving U-shaped ridges 5 formed inside the channel recess 6 and extending over the approximate entire length thereof. The presence of the notch 14 in the widthwise midportion of upper end of the plate 2 positions the though holes 10, 10 as spaced apart from each other by the width of the notch 14.
- the corners of return channel recess portion 6c of the channel recess 6 have short circular-arc ridges 9 for achieving an improved heat exchange efficiency at the corner portions .
- Each plate 2 is formed, for example, by forging or cutting. Plates 2 are provided in pairs, and each pair of plates 2 are fitted together with their U-shaped channel recesses 6, 6 opposed to each other to join the opposed peripheral ridges 3, 3 of the plates 2, 2 to each other end-to-end, the opposed central ridges 4, 4 thereof to each other end-to-end and each of the opposed pairs of channel dividing rides 5, 5 to each other end-to-end and to thereby form a flat tube 12 having a U-shaped refrigerant channel 8 inside thereof, with a plurality of U-shaped divided refrigerant passageways 7 formed in the refrigerant channel 8 inside the flat tube 12.
- each plate 2 which has a brazing sheet affixed to one surface thereof, preferably each of the inner and outer surfaces thereof. Such components can then be joined together easily.
- the evaporator 1 of the present invention has headers 23, 23 which interconnect flat tubes 12, 12 providing a refrigerant circuit and which are formed in the following manner.
- a plurality of flat tubes 12 are arranged in parallel, with a spectacle-shaped header member 20 interposed between the upper ends of each pair of adjacent flat tubes 12, 12 to provide front and rear headers 23, 23 in communication with the upper ends of the pair of adjacent flat tubes 12.
- the header member 20 comprises a pair of front and rear refrigerant passing tube portions 21, 21 in communications with the respective inlet-outlet through holes 10, 10 of the plates 2 and a connecting portion 22 between the tube portions. Opposite end faces of front and rear tube portions 21, 21 of the header member 20 are joined to flat surfaces provided by the other sides of respective opposed plates 2, 2 of the pair of flat tubes 12.
- a corrugated louver fin 24 for effecting heat exchange with air is provided between the adjacent flat tubes 12, 12.
- the fin 24 is joined at left and right sides thereof to the flat surfaces of the plates 2, 2.
- the corrugated louver fin 24 has louvers formed simultaneously with bending for improved heat transfer.
- the bottom of the U-shaped notch 14 formed in the widthwise midportion of the upper end of each plate 2 needs to be positioned below the connecting portion 22 of the spectacle-shaped header member 20 so as to drain condensation water collecting in the notch.
- Tacks 13, 13 for temporarily holding the header member 20 are provided at the midportions of the lower edges defining the respective inlet-outlet through holes 10, 10 in the upper end of the plate 2. The header member 20 can be prevented from shifting by these tacks 13, 13 during brazing.
- a pair of side plates 25, 25 are arranged respectively at left and right ends of the evaporator 1.
- the left side plate 25 of the pair is provided with an inlet-outlet pipe connecting block 27 joined to the upper end thereof.
- the side plate 25 has a pair of front and rear through holes 26, 26 formed in the upper end thereof and communicating respectively with a pair of front and rear through holes 28, 28 formed in the block 27.
- the holes 26, 26 of the side plate 25 communicate respectively with the tube portions 21, 21 of the header member 20.
- the side plate 25 need not be provided in the case where the block 27 is attached directly to the plate 2 at the left or right outer end of the evaporator 1.
- the block 17 may alternatively be provided at an intermediate portion of the height of the side plate 25.
- the block 27 may further be provided at the midportion of length of the evaporator 1, or may comprise an inlet pipe connecting block and an outlet pipe connecting block which are provided respectively at the left and right ends of the evaporator so as to position an inlet and an outlet individually at the left and right ends.
- the evaporator components described are assembled and thereafter joined together by brazing to fabricate the essential portion of the evaporator 1.
- the assembly is brazed in a vacuum, or in a furnace with use of a fluorine-containing flux.
- header member 20 and the side plates 25 in view of pressure resistance. It is especially desirable to use an aluminum alloy containing magnesium added thereto.
- the fluorine-containing flux it is desirable to use an aluminum alloy material having a magnesium content preferably of up to 0.4% since this results in improvements in bondability and strength.
- the surfaces of the plate 2 and the corrugated fin 24 are approximately flat so that the fin 24 can be joined to the flat tube 12 nearly 100% to achieve highly efficient heat exchange between the interior of the circuit of flat tubes 12 and the corrugated fins 24.
- the header member 20 providing the headers 23, 23 has a generally spectacle-shaped section with two refrigerant channels, one of which has the function of collecting or distributing an incoming portion of refrigerant, with the other serving to collect or distribute an outgoing portion of refrigerant.
- the refrigerant is introduced into the flat tubes 12 in the form of a mixture of a liquid and a gas.
- the liquid refrigerant has a higher density than the gas and is more readily subjected to an inertial force.
- the liquid refrigerant has higher properties to advance straight than the gas. For this reason, the liquid refrigerant tends to collect in a greater amount at a header end remote from the inlet header.
- An uneven flow of the liquid refrigerant upsets the balance of latent heat of vaporization in various portions, contributing greatly to impairment of performance. This can be precluded effectively by causing the flat tube 12 to project into the header 23 to serve as a baffle and diminish the properties of the liquid refrigerant to advance straight.
- the present invention is adapted to readily provide a baffle structure, for example, by making the height bl of the through hole 10 at the inlet side of the flat tube 12 smaller than the inside diameter b2 of the refrigerant passing tube portion 21 of the header member 20.
- the effect of a baffle is available alternatively by reducing the cross sectional area of the front and rear tube portions 21 of the header member 20 at one location or at a plurality of locations and thereby producing flows of varying cross sectional areas.
- the percentage of projection of the flat tube 12 into the header 23 in the evaporator 1 of the invention is defined as: (b2 - bl)/b2 wherein bl is the height of the through hole 10 at the inlet side of the flat tube 12, and b2 is the inside diameter of the tube portion 21 of the header member 20, the percentage of projection is in the range of 10 to 60% to be suitable. If the percentage of projection is less than 10%, no effect of baffle plate is available, readily permitting occurrence of an uneven flow, whereas if the percentage of projection is over 60%, the header 23 offers increased resistance to the flow to entail impaired performance undesirably.
- the U-shaped divided refrigerant passageways 7 formed in the refrigerant channel 8 in the interior of each flat tube 12 be made generally hexagonal in cross section by tapering the peripheral ridges 3, 3 on the pair of the plates 2, 2 of the tube 12 toward inward, tapering the central ridges 4, 4 thereon inward and tapering the channel dividing ridges 5, 5 inward.
- the reason is that it is advantageous to spread the liquid refrigerant into a thin layer over the inner surface of the refrigerant channel 8 of the flat tube 12 for heat transfer.
- the passageway 7a between the peripheral ridge 3 and the channel dividing U-shaped ridge 5 has a hexagonal cross section with a large width
- the passageways 7b between the ridges 5, 5 have a hexagonal cross section with a small width.
- the liquid refrigerant is liable to collect in wall corners of the flat tube 12 if the circuit width is diminished to give an increased surface area to the refrigerant because the liquid refrigerant which flows at a lower rate than the gas is forced toward the passageway ends.
- the liquid refrigerant required for evaporation With the liquid refrigerant required for evaporation forced toward end portions, the liquid refrigerant will not adhere to the inner walls of the peripheral ridges 3, 3, central ridges 4, 4 and channel dividing ridges 5, 5 in the flat tube 12 and will not be subjected to effective heat exchange, so that the heat exchanger fails to exhibit the desired performance.
- the liquid refrigerant collects in the recessed parts of intermediate portions of the passageways 7 with the greatest ease, adhering to the tapered surfaces of the peripheral ridges 3, 3, those of the central ridges 4, 4 and those of the dividing ridges 5, 5 on the pair of plates 2, 2 for effective heat transfer and enabling these ridges to act effectively as interior fins to exhibit improved heat transfer performance.
- the heat transfer portions in the interior of the refrigerant passageways 7 are increased in the area of effective parts to cool air to assure comfort.
- the evaporator 1 of the invention may be so shaped as shown in either one of FIGS.
- the plate 2 is, for example, 10 to 40 mm in width and 0.25 to 1.0 mm in thickness.
- the peripheral ridge 3 on the plate 2 is, for example, 0.25 to 1.0 mm in thickness and 0.5 to 2.0 mm in width.
- the central ridge 4 on the plate 2 is, for example, 0.25 to 1.0 mm in thickness and 0.5 to 2.0 mm in width.
- the channel dividing U-shaped ridge 5 on the plate 2 is, for example, 0.25 to 1.0 mm in thickness and 0.25 to 1.0 mm in width.
- the refrigerant introduced into the front header 23 through one of the through holes 28, i.e., the inlet hole 28, in the pipe connecting block 27 flows into divided refrigerant passageways 7 from one end of the U-shaped refrigerant channel 8 of each flat tube12, flows through the U-shaped passageways 7 to the other end of the channel 8, further passes through the rear header 23 and the other through hole 28, i.e., the outlet hole 28, in the block 27 and flows out of the evaporator.
- the evaporator 1 is fabricated from plates which have recesses and ridges formed on one side thereof as by forging or cutting and which are used in place of conventional plates formed by press work.
- the front and rear headers are formed by header members which are separate from the plates.
- a plurality of cutouts 15 be formed in the channel dividing U-shaped ridges 5 on each plate 2 at a predetermined spacing, for example as shwon in FIG. 8, the cutouts 15 in the adjacent ridges 5 being in a staggered arrangement, so as to cause the divided adjacent refrigerant passageways 7, 7 in the interior of the tube 12 to communicate with each other through the cutouts 15.
- the flat tube 12 may have turbulence promoting members (projections) 16 in a staggered arranged for producing turbulent flows of refrigerant for improved heat transfer, for example, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10.
- FIGS. 11 and 12 show a second embodiment of the invention. This embodiment differs from the first in that a pair of front and rear header members 41, 42 each in the form of a pipe having a rectangular cross section are used.
- an evaporator 1 is fabricated from generally rectangular plates 2 which are aluminum plates.
- Each of these plates 2 has an edge ridge 33 provided on one side of the plate along opposite side edges and a lower edge thereof and U-shaped in its entirety, and a central ridge 34 provided on the same side of the plate 2 at the center of the width thereof and having a bifurcated upper end 34a, the central ridge 34 extending from the upper end 34a downward to a position where a refrigerant return channel can be formed.
- the plate 2 has a U-shaped refrigerant channel recess 36 formed internally of the U-shaped edge ridge 33 and comprising front and rear straight refrigerant channel recess portion 36a, 36a formed on opposite sides of the central ridge 34 and a refrigerant return channel recess portion 36c positioned under the central ridge.
- the plate 2 has a plurality of channel diving U-shaped ridges 35 formed inside the channel recess 36 and extending over the approximate entire length thereof.
- the corners of return channel recess portion 36c of the channel recess 36 has short circular-arc ridges 39 for achieving an improved heat exchange efficiency at the corner portions .
- the plate 2 is provided in the widthwise midportion of its upper end with a notch 37 which is U-shaped when seen from the front.
- the central ridge 34 has the bifurcated upper end 34a.
- Each plate 2 is formed, for example, by forging or cutting.
- Plates 2 are provided in pairs, and each pair of plates 2 are fitted together with their U-shaped channel recesses 36, 36 opposed to each other to join the opposed U-shaped edge ridges 33, 33 of the plates 2, 2 to each other end-to-end, the opposed central ridges 34, 34 including the bifurcated upper ends 34a to each other end- to-end and each of the opposed pairs of channel dividing rides 5, 5 each other end-to-end and to thereby form a flat tube 32 having upper ends 32a, 32a which are bifurcated and opened, with a plurality of U-shaped divided refrigerant passageways formed inside the flat tube 32.
- a pair of front and rear header members 41, 42 are each in the form of a pipe rectangular in cross section and having a lower wall 43, front wall 45, rear wall 46 and upper wall 47.
- the header members 41, 42 have slits 44, 44 formed in the respective lower walls 43, 43 thereof and arranged at a predetermined spacing.
- Flat tubes 32 are arranged in parallel laterally, with a front and a rear header provided in communication with the bifurcated open upper ends 32a, 32a of the flat tubes 32, by inserting the bifurcated open upper ends 32a, 32a thereof into the respective slits 44, 44 of the juxtaposed header members 41, 42 and thereby joining the flat tubes to the header members.
- the rear wall 46 and the front wall 45 of the respective juxtaposed front and rear header members 41, 42 are fitted as joined together into U-shaped notches 37, 37 in the upper ends of the opposed plates 2, 2 of each flat tube 32.
- a corrugated fin 24 is provided between the adjacent flat tubes 32, 32.
- the fin 24 is joined at left and right sides thereof to the flat surfaces provided by the other sides of the plates 2, 2.
- the evaporator 1 of the second embodiment is fabricated in the same manner as the first in that the assembly of components is brazed in a vacuum, or in a furnace with use of a fluorine-containing flux, so that throughout the drawings concerned, like parts are designated by like reference numerals.
- the pair of front and rear header members 41, 42 each in the form of rectangular pipe may be replaced by a single aluminum extrudate having two refrigerant channels generally rectangular in cross section and partitioned by a central wall for use in the evaporator 1 according to the second embodiment described.
- the extrudate has slits 44, 44 formed in the respective portions of a lower wall thereof which define the refrigerant channels and arranged at a predetermined spacing.
- a front and a rear header are provided in communication with the bifurcated open upper ends 32a, 32a of the juxtaposed flat tubes 32 by inserting the bifurcated open upper ends 32a, 32a the tubes into the respective slits 44, 44 and thereby joining the tubes to the lower wall.
- FIGS. 13 to 17 show a third embodiment of the present invention, which differs from the first in that headers 57 and headers 58 are provided respectively at the top and bottom of an evaporator 1.
- a generally rectangular plate 2 made of an aluminum plate has a peripheral ridge 3 provided on one side of the plate 2 along a periphery thereof and a central ridge 4 provided on the same side of the plate 2 at the center of the width thereof and extending vertically.
- Formed in the plate 2 internally of the peripheral ridge 3 are front and rear refrigerant channel recess portions 6a, 6b positioned on opposite sides of the central ridge 4 and through holes 10, 10 formed in the upper and lower ends of the recess portions 6a, 6b.
- the plate 2 has straight channel diving ridges 5 formed inside the channel recess portions 6a, 6b and extending over the approximate entire length of the portions 6a, 6b.
- the plate 2 is formed, for example, by forging or cutting.
- Such plates 2 are provided in pairs, and each pair of plates 2 are fitted together with their recess portions 6a, 6b opposed to each other to join the opposed peripheral ridges 3, 3 of the plates 2, 2 to each other end-to-end, the opposed central ridges 4, 4 thereof to each other end-to-end and each of the opposed pairs of channel dividing rides 5, 5 to each other end-to-end and to thereby form a flat tube 12 having a U-shaped refrigerant channel 8 inside thereof, with parallel divided refrigerant passageways 7 formed in the inside the flat tube 12 (see FIG. 7 of the first embodiment).
- a required number of flat tubes 12 are arranged side by side.
- Spectacle-shaped upper and lower header members 51, 52 each comprising a pair of front and rear refrigerant passing tube portions 53, 53 or 54, 54 and a connecting portion 55 or 56 therebetween, are interposed respectively between the upper ends of each pair of adjacent flat tubes and between the lower ends thereof, the tube portions 53 or 54 being in communication with the corresponding through holes 10 of the opposed plates 2.
- the pair of front and rear through holes 10a, 10a in the upper end of the plate 2 are each in the form of a circle which is elongated horizontally.
- the front and rear tube portions 53, 53 of the upper header member 51 provided between the upper ends of the flat tubes 12, 12 have a circular cross section which is similarly elongated horizontally.
- the pair of front and rear through holes 10b, 10b in the lower end of the plate 2 are each in the form of a circle which is elongated as inclined forwardly downward or rearwardly downward.
- the front and rear tube portions 54, 54 of the lower header member 52 provided between the lower ends of the flat tubes 12, 12 have a circular cross section which is similarly elongated as inclined forwardly downward or rearwardly downward.
- opposite end faces of the tube portions 53, 53 and 54, 54 of the upper and lower header members 51, 52 are joined to flat surfaces on the other sides of the plates of the flat tubes 12, 12 which surfaces are opposed to the end faces, whereby upper and lower headers 57, 58 are formed in communication respectively with the upper ends and lower ends of the flat tubes 12, 12.
- a corrugated louver fin 24 for effecting heat exchange with air is interposed between each pair of adjacent flat tubes 12, 12.
- the fin 24 is joined at opposite side edges thereof to the other sides, i.e., the flat surfaces of the plates 2, 2 of the flat tubes 12, 12.
- the lower header member 52 has passages 59, 59 formed at opposite sides of the intermediate connecting portion 56 for interconnecting the front and rear tube portions 54, 54 of the header member 52.
- the refrigerant is introduced from an inlet through hole 18 in an inlet-outlet pipe connecting block 27 into the front tube portion 53 of each upper header member 51 providing the front upper header 57, from which the refrigerant flows into the front upper end of refrigerant channel 8 of each flat tube12, further flows down the straight divided refrigerant passageways 7 to reach the front lower end of the channel 8, from which the refrigerant temporarily flows into the front tube portion 54 of the lower header member 52 providing the front lower header 58, then passes through the interconnecting passages 59, 59 in the lower header member 52 and flows into the rear tube portion 54 providing the rear lower header 58.
- the refrigerant flows into the rear lower end of the refrigerant channel 8 of the flat tube 12, further ascends the straight divided refrigerant passageways 7 to reach the rear upper end of the channel 8, passes through the rear tube portion 53 of the upper header member 51 providing the rear upper header 57 and flows out of an outlet through hole 28 in the block 27.
- the front and rear tube portions 54, 54 of the lower header member 52 between the lower ends of the flat tubes 12, 12 have a circular cross section which is elongated as inclined forwardly downward or rearwardly downward so as to cause the water produced upon condensation on the outer surface of the evaporator 1 during due to be drained smoothly.
- the evaporator 1 of the third embodiment may also be modified like the modification of FIG. 8, by forming a plurality of cutouts 15 in the channel dividing ridges 5 on each plate so that the adjacent divided refrigerant passageways 7, 7 inside the flat tube 12 communicate with each other through the cutouts 15.
- the upper header member 51 may have passages 59, 59 formed at opposite sides of the intermediate connecting portion 55 for interconnecting the front and rear tube portions 53, 53 of the header member 51, in converse relation with the illustrated case so as to cause the refrigerant to flow in the opposite direction to the illustrated case.
- the evaporator 1 of the third embodiment otherwise has the same construction as the first embodiment described, so that like parts are designated by like reference numerals throughout the drawings concerned.
- FIGS. 18 and 19 show a second modification of channel dividing ridges 5 on the plate 2 for use in the evaporator according to the first embodiment of the invention, i.e., channel dividing ridges 5a, 5b formed in the refrigerant channel recess 6 of each plate 2, which differ from the channel dividing U-shaped ridges 5 shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 5 showing the first embodiment in configuration and arrangement.
- Another difference is that the ridges 5a, 5b on each plate 2 have top ends joined to the flat bottom wall of the plate 2 opposed thereto and providing the refrigerant channel recess 6 thereof.
- each plate 2 of the evaporator 1 has on one side thereof a peripheral ridge 3 along the periphery thereof and a central ridge 4 at the center of the width of the plate and extending downward from the upper end of the plate to a position where a return channel can be formed.
- each pair of plates 2a, 2b have formed in a refrigerant channel recess 6 thereof a multiplicity of front and rear channel dividing ridges 5a, 5b having a height twice the depth of the channel recess 6.
- These ridges 5a, 5b are so provided as to form independent parallel U-shaped divided refrigerant passageways 7 in a U-shaped refrigerant channel 8 of a flat tube 12 when the pair of plates 2a, 2b are fitted together.
- these ridges 5a, 5b each comprise a straight portion 5al or 5bl positioned in the front or rear straight channel recess portion 6a or 6b of the refrigerant channel recess 6 and a quarter circular- arc portion 5a2 or 5b2 extending from the straight portion and positioned in the return portion 6c of the recess 6.
- the ridges 5a, 5b correspond to exactly half of a U-shape in configuration.
- the opposed central ridges 4, 4 are butted against and joined to each other, with the peripheral ridges 3, 3 similarly joined to each other, and the straight portions 5al, 5bl and the quarter circular-arcs 5a2, 5b2 of the channel dividing ridges 5a, 5b on each of the plates 2a, 2b are joined at their top ends to the bottom wall flat surface of the other plate 2a or 2b opposed thereto and providing the channel recess 6, whereby a flat tube 12 is formed with a U-shaped refrigerant channel 8 formed therein.
- the front channel dividing ridges 5a on the plate 2a of the pair 2a, 2b are joined in a U-form to the rear ridges 5b on the other plate 2b, providing divided parallel U-shaped refrigerant passageways 7.
- the divided passageways 7 in the return portion are in the form of semicircular arcs.
- the return channel recess portion 6c of the U-shaped channel recess 6 is provided at the corners on front and rear sides with short circular-arc ridges 9a, 9b to ensure improved heat exchange performance of this portion.
- These circular-arc ridges 9a, 9b are so arranged as to be positioned alternately at a predetermined spacing when the pair of plates 2a, 2b are fitted together with the recesses 6, 6 thereof opposed to each other.
- the above modification is the same as the first embodiment otherwise; for example, each plate 2 is made by forging or cutting. Throughout the drawings concerned, therefore, like parts are designated by like reference numerals.
- the front and rear channel dividing ridges 5a, 5b on the pair of plates 2a, 2b comprise straight portions 5al, 5bl and quarter circular-arc portions 5a2, 5b2 and are shaped to correspond to exactly half of a U-shape.
- These ridges 5a, 5b are so arranged that when the pair of plates 2a, 2b are fitted together with the recesses 6, 6 opposed to each other, the ridges 5a, 5b are positioned alternately at a predetermined spacing.
- FIGS. 20 and 21 show a third modification of channel dividing ridge 5 on the plate 2 for use in the evaporator 1 according to the first embodiment of the invention.
- the modification differs from the first embodiment in that two kinds of plates 2a, 2b have channel dividing U-shaped ridges 5a, 5b which are different in arrangement in refrigerant channel recesses 6, 6, and that the ridges 5a, 5b on the plates 2a, 2b have their top ends joined to the bottom wall flat surface of the recesses 6 of the plates 2b, 2a opposed thereto.
- the channel dividing U-shaped ridges 5a, 5b having a height twice the depth of recesses 6, 6 are provided in the U-shaped recesses 6, 6 of the pair of plates 2a, 2b so as to be alternately positioned at a predetermined spacing when these plates 2a, 2b are fitted together face-to-face.
- short circular-arc ridges 9a, 9b are provided for these portions to exhibit improved heat exchange performance.
- These front and rear short circular-arc ridges 9a, 9b are alternately positioned at a predetermined spacing when the pair of plates 2a, 2b are fitted together face-to-face.
- each plate 2 is made by forging or cutting.
- like parts are designated by like reference numerals.
- the channel dividing U-shaped ridges 5a, 5b on the two plates 2a, 2b are so arranged that when these plates 2a, 2b are fitted together face-to-face, the ridges 5a, 5b are positioned alternately at a predetermined spacing. Accordingly, the number of dividing ridges 5a, 5b to be made as by forging or cutting can be smaller, while the ridges 5a, 5b on the plates 2a, 2b can be spaced apart by an increased interval, hence the advantage that the plates 2a, 2b are easy to produce.
- FIGS. 22 and 23 show a fourth modification of channel dividing ridge 5 on the plate 2 for use in the evaporator 1 according to the first embodiment of the invention.
- the modification differs from the first embodiment in that a multiplicity of channel dividing ridges 5 are provided only in the rear half of the refrigerant channel recess 6 of each plate 2, with no ridges 5 whatever provided in the front half of the recess 6 and with the front half made flat-surfaced, in that the ridges 5 are shaped to have exactly half of a U-shape, and in that the ridges 5 on each plate 2 have their top ends joined to the bottom wall flat surface of the recess 6 of the other plate 6 opposed thereto.
- each plate 2 of the evaporator 1 has a peripheral ridge 3 provided on one side of the plate along a periphery thereof and a central ridge 4 provided on the same side of the plate at the center of the width thereof and extending downward from an upper end of the plate to a position where a return channel can be formed.
- a multiplicity of channel dividing ridges 5b having a height twice the depth of the recess 6 are provided in the rear half of the refrigerant channel recess 6 of each plate 2, with no ridges 5 whatever provided in the front half of the recess 6 and with the front half made flat-surfaced.
- the channel dividing ridges 5b provided in the rear half of the refrigerant channel recess 6 of each plate 2 each comprise a straight portion 5bl formed in a rear straight channel recess portion 6b and a quarter circular-arc portion 5b2 extending from the straight portion and provided in a return portion 6c of the recess 6, the ridges 5b being shaped to have exactly half of a U-shape.
- the front ridges 5a on one plate 2a of the two 2a, 2b are made continuous with the rear ridges 5b on the other plate 2b, whereby parallel U-shaped divided refrigerant passageways 7 are formed in the U-shaped refrigerant channel 8 of the flat tube 12.
- the passageways 7 have semicircular-arc return portions.
- Short circular-arc ridges 9 are provided on the rear corner portion of the return channel recess portion 6c of the recess 6 for this portion to exhibit improved heat exchange performance.
- each plate 2 is made by forging or cutting.
- like parts are designated by like reference numerals.
- the channel dividing ridges 5 on each plate 2 each comprise a straight portion 5bl and a quarter circular-arc portion 5b2 extending therefrom and are shaped to have exactly half of a U-shape, while the front half of the recess 6 of each plate 2 has a flat surface provided with no channel dividing ridges 5. Accordingly, the ridges 5 to be formed on the plate 2 as by forging or cutting can be half, hence the advantage that the plates 2a, 2b are easy to make.
- FIG. 24 shows a pair of plates for use in the evaporator 1 of the first embodiment of the invention, with one of the plates replaced by a flat plate.
- the ridged plate 2 of the first embodiment i.e., the plate 2b comprises, as will be apparent from FIG. 2, a peripheral ridge 3 provided on one side of the plate along a periphery thereof and a central ridge 4 provided on the same side of the plate at the center of the width thereof and extending downward from the upper end of the plate to a position where a refrigerant return channel can be formed.
- a U- shaped refrigerant channel recess 6 comprising front and rear straight refrigerant channel recess portions 6a, 6b positioned on opposite sides of the central ridge 4 and a refrigerant return channel recess portion 6c positioned under the central ridge.
- the plate has a plurality of channel diving U-shaped ridges 5 formed inside the channel recess 6 and extending over the approximate entire length thereof.
- the plate 2b is provided in the widthwise midportion of its upper end with a notch 14 which is U- shaped when seen from the front.
- the central ridge 4 is joined at its upper end to the peripheral ridge 3 at the lower end of this notch 14.
- the channel recess 6 of the plate 2b has one of refrigerant inlet-outlet through holes 10, 10 formed at one end thereof and the other through hole 10 formed at the other end thereof.
- the flat plate 2a on the other hand, has no U-shaped recess nor any channel dividing U-shaped ridge but has a flat surface and the same contour as the ridge plate 2b.
- the plate 2a is provided at the widthwise midportion of its upper end with a notch which is U-shaped when seen from the front.
- the flat plate 2a further has refrigerant inlet-outlet through holes formed in its upper end at front and rear sides thereof (not shown ) .
- Such flat plates 2a and ridged plates 2b are provided in pairs, with each pair of plates fitted together face- to-face.
- the peripheral ridge 3 on the ridged plate 2b has its top end joined to the flat surface of the peripheral edge portion of the flat plate 2a, with the top end of the central ridge 4 joined to the flat surface of the central portion of the flat plate 2a, and with the top ends of the ridges 5 joined to the corresponding flat surface portions of the flat plate 2a, whereby a flat tube 12 is formed which has a U-shaped refrigerant channel 8, with a plurality of divided refrigerant passageways 7 formed in the channel 8.
- the evaporator 1 comprising flat plates 2a described is the same as the first embodiment otherwise; for example, the ridged plate 2b is made as by forging or cutting. Throughout the drawings concerned, therefore, like parts are designated by like reference numerals.
- the evaporator 1 comprises ridged plates 2b having a peripheral ridge 3, central ridge 4 and channel dividing ridges 5, and flat plates 2a having the same contour as the plate 2b. This serves to halve the number of ridged plates 2b used which are prepared as by forging or cutting, consequently entailing the advantage of making the evaporator 1 easy to fabricate.
- the evaporator 1 can be modified as will be described below which is the second embodiment of the invention shown in FIGS. 11 and 12 and wherein a pair of front and rear header members 41, 42 used are each in the form of a pipe of rectangular cross section.
- the first of modifications has a multiplicity of channel diving ridges 5a, 5b formed in the channel recess 6 of each plate 2, comprising straight portions 5al, 5bl and quarter circular-arc portions 5a2, 5b2 extending therefrom, and having exactly half of a U-shape and a height twice the depth of the recess 6.
- a flat tube 12 is formed wherein the ridges 5a, 5b form independent parallel U-shaped divided refrigerant passageways 7 in a U-shaped refrigerant channel 8.
- the ridges 5a, 5b of each plate 2 have their top ends joined to the bottom wall flat surface of the recess 6 of the other plate 2 opposed to the ridges .
- the plates 2a, 2b have channel dividing U-shaped ridges 5a, 5b which are different in arrangement in refrigerant channel recesses 6, 6, and have a height twice the depth of the recesses 6, 6.
- the ridges 5a, 5b on each of the plates 2a, 2b have their top ends joined to the bottom wall flat surface of the recesses 6 the other of these plates 2b, 2a opposed thereto.
- a third modification is plates 2 which have a multiplicity of channel dividing ridges 5 formed only in the rear half of the refrigerant channel recess 6.
- the front half of the recess 6 has no ridges whatever and is flat-surfaced.
- the ridges 5 on each plate 2 have their top ends joined to the bottom wall flat surface of the recess 6 of the other plate 2 opposed thereto .
- usable in a fourth modification in combination with a ridged plate 2b which is the plate 2 of the second embodiment of FIG. 12 is a flat plate 2a having the same contour as the plate 2b.
- the peripheral ridge 3 on the ridged plate 2b has its top end joined to the flat surface of the peripheral edge portion of the flat plate 2a, with the top end of the central ridge 4 joined to the flat surface of the central portion of the flat plate 2a and with the top ends of the channel dividing ridges 5 joined to the corresponding flat surface portions of the flat plate 2a, whereby a flat tube 12 is provided wherein a plurality of U-shaped divided refrigerant passageways 7 are formed in a refrigerant channel 8.
- the evaporator 1 of the third embodiment of the invention wherein the upper and lower headers 57, 58 are provided may comprise the pair of front and rear header members 41, 42 each in the form of a rectangular pipe and shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, in place of the spectacle-shaped upper and lower header members 51, 52 shown in FIGS. 16 and 17.
- Each of plates 2 in pairs has straight side edge ridges 33, 33 provided on one side of the plate along opposite side edges thereof and a central ridge 34 provided on the same side of the plate at the center of the width thereof and having bifurcated upper and lower ends 34a, 34a, the ridges being formed by forging or cutting, each plate 2 having front and rear straight channel recess portions 36a, 36a formed inwardly of the side edge ridges on opposite sides of the central ridge 34, each plate 2 having a flat surface on the other side thereof, each of the pairs of plates being fitted together with their front and rear channel recess portions 36a, 36b opposed to each other to join the opposed straight side edge ridges 33, 33 to each other end-to-end and the opposed central ridges 34, 34 including the bifurcated upper and lower ends 34a, 34a to
- evaporator 1 of the third embodiment of the invention wherein the upper and lower headers 57, 58 are provided by the spectacle- shaped upper and lower header members 51, 52 and the evaporator 1 of the fourth embodiment of the invention wherein the upper and lower headers are provided by pairs of front and rear header members 41, 42 in the form of rectangular pipes.
- plates 2, 2a, 2b each having formed in respective front and rear refrigerant channel recess portions 6a, 6b thereof many front and rear channel dividing ridges 5a, 5b having a height twice the depth of the recess portions 6a, 6b.
- These ridges 5a, 5b are so provided as to form parallel divided independent refrigerant passageways 7 in a refrigerant channel 8 in a flat tube 12 when each of pairs of plates 2a, 2b are fitted together face-to-face.
- the channel dividing ridges 5a, 5b of each of the plates 2a, 2b have their top ends joined to the bottom wall flat surface of recess portions 6a, 6b of the other plate 2a or 2b opposed thereto .
- two kinds of plates 2a, 2b are usable for a second modification.
- These plates 2a, 2b are different in the arrangement of straight channel dividing ridges 5a, 5b which are provided in refrigerant channel recesses 6, 6 and which have a height twice the depth of the recesses 6, 6.
- the straight channel dividing ridges 5a, 5b on each of the plates 2a, 2b have their top ends joined to the bottom wall flat surface of recess portion of the other plate 2a or 2b opposed thereto.
- plates 2 which have a multiplicity of channel dividing straight ridges 5 formed only in the rear half of the refrigerant channel recess 6.
- the front half of the recess 6 has no ridges whatever and is flat-surfaced.
- the straight ridges 5 on one plate 2 have their top ends joined to the bottom wall flat surface of the recess 6 of the other plate 2 opposed thereto.
- a flat plate 2a having the same contour as the plate 2b.
- the side edge ridges 3, 33 on the ridged plate 2b have their top ends joined to the flat surface of the side edge portions of the flat plate 2a, with the top end of the central ridge 4, 34 joined to the flat surface of the central portion of the flat plate 2a and with the top ends of the channel dividing straight ridges 5 joined to the corresponding flat surface portions of the flat plate 2a, whereby a flat tube 12, 32 is provided which has front and rear straight refrigerant channel 8, 38 formed in the tube and a plurality of divided refrigerant passageways 7 formed in the refrigerant channel 8, 38.
- heat exchanger 1 of the present invention has been described with reference to embodiments for use as evaporators for motor vehicle air conditioners, the present invention can be applied also to heat changers for use in motor vehicles or in industries, such as evaporators, condensers, oil coolers, intercoolers, heater cores, etc.
- the heat exchanger 1 of the invention is to be used, for example, as a heater heat exchanger for heating systems, efficient heat exchange is available since the entire width of the channel for the fluid is equal to the contact width of the radiator fin 24. Furthermore, the internal fluid can be passed in a counterflow relation with air. This results in an increased temperature efficiency to achieve higher heat exchanger effectiveness and realize a compacted device.
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