WO2014086543A1 - A grooved tube - Google Patents
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- WO2014086543A1 WO2014086543A1 PCT/EP2013/073110 EP2013073110W WO2014086543A1 WO 2014086543 A1 WO2014086543 A1 WO 2014086543A1 EP 2013073110 W EP2013073110 W EP 2013073110W WO 2014086543 A1 WO2014086543 A1 WO 2014086543A1
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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
- 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
- F28F1/40—Tubular elements and assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with projections, with recesses the means being only inside the tubular element
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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
- F28F13/00—Arrangements for modifying heat-transfer, e.g. increasing, decreasing
- F28F13/18—Arrangements for modifying heat-transfer, e.g. increasing, decreasing by applying coatings, e.g. radiation-absorbing, radiation-reflecting; by surface treatment, e.g. polishing
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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
- F28F13/00—Arrangements for modifying heat-transfer, e.g. increasing, decreasing
- F28F13/18—Arrangements for modifying heat-transfer, e.g. increasing, decreasing by applying coatings, e.g. radiation-absorbing, radiation-reflecting; by surface treatment, e.g. polishing
- F28F13/185—Heat-exchange surfaces provided with microstructures or with porous coatings
- F28F13/187—Heat-exchange surfaces provided with microstructures or with porous coatings especially adapted for evaporator surfaces or condenser surfaces, e.g. with nucleation sites
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- the present invention relates to a grooved tube, in particular, to a seamless grooved tube for heat transfer.
- a seamless tube especially those made of materials of high heat- conductivity such as copper and aluminum, are used in a heat exchanger to circulate heat-carrying fluid to transfer heat.
- the tube is internally grooved to increase the inner surface for larger heat exchange area between the heat-carrying fluid and the surface of the tube and to generate turbulence, which improves heat exchange efficiency.
- the roughened surface of the rib increases the contact area between the heat-carrying fluid and the inner surface of the tube and thus improves the heat exchange efficiency. Moreover, the rough surface provides more spots for bubble formation -"nucleation sites"- in comparison with a smooth surface. Bubble formation speeds up heat exchange and thus also improves the heat exchange efficiency.
- the grooved tube is seamless.
- the roughened part of the at least one rib comprises a plurality of recesses, the plurality of recesses being dimensioned such that the depths of the recesses range from 0.0001 mm to 0.01 mm and the sizes of the openings of the recesses at the plane of the bottom of the rib range from 0.0001 mm to 0.01 mm.
- the depths of the recesses are in the range of 0.001 mm to 0.005 mm and the sizes of the openings of the recesses at the plane of the bottom of the rib are in the range of 0.001 mm to 0.005 mm.
- the roughened part of the at least one rib comprises a plurality of protrusions, the plurality of protrusions being dimensioned such that heights of the protrusions range from 0.0001 mm to 0.01 mm and the sizes of the cross-sections at the bases of the protrusions range from 0.0001 mm to 0.01 mm.
- the heights of the protrusions are in the range of 0.001 mm to 0.005 mm and the sizes of the cross- sections at the bases of the protrusions are in the range of 0.001 mm to 0.005 mm.
- the at least one rib has a top, side surfaces, and a bottom, wherein the top and the side surfaces of the at least one rib are smooth, and at least a portion of the bottom of the at least one rib is roughened.
- the tube is made of copper or copper alloy.
- the high thermal conductivity of copper and copper alloys results in high heat exchange efficiency of the tube according to this embodiment.
- the tube is made of copper.
- the at least one rib is configured as a helix on the inner surface of the tube.
- the helical rib causes turbulence in the fluid and thus also improves heat exchange efficiency.
- the roughened part of the at least one rib is made by drawing the tube through a die, at least a part of the surface of the die being roughened so as to roughen the at least a part of the at least one rib during drawing.
- the roughened part of the at least one rib is made by sintering metal particles onto the part of the at least one rib to be roughened.
- Fig. la shows the longitudinal cross-sectional view of a seamless grooved tube according to one embodiment of the present disclosure
- Fig. lb shows the transverse cross-sectional view of the seamless grooved tube shown in Fig. la;
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a seamless grooved tube according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, illustrating the roughened inner surface of the tube;
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a seamless grooved tube according to another embodiment of the present disclosure, illustrating the roughened inner surface of the tube.
- Fig. la shows the longitudinal cross-sectional view
- Fig lb shows the transverse cross-sectional view of a seamless grooved tube according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the tube is seamless as it is made through drawing a solid billet over a piercing rod to create a hollow shell (in contrast, a welded tube is made by rolling a plate and welding two edges of the plate); the tube, however, may also be a welded one.
- the inner surface of the tube is grooved into a pattern.
- la and lb is internally threaded, i.e., its inner surface is grooved into a helical thread
- the inner surface can be grooved into any suitable pattern, e.g., a plurality of ribs extending along the longitudinal axis of the tube, or a helix on the inner surface of the tube.
- the grooved pattern shown in Fig. la and lb includes at least one rib 1, which comprises a top 2, side surfaces 3, and a bottom 4. The presence of the rib 1 increases the area of the inner surface of the tube, and thus increases the heat exchange area between the heat- carrying fluid and the inner surface of the tube, and consequently gives higher heat exchange efficiency.
- the flow of the heat-carrying fluid is impacted by the rib 1 ; a portion of the fluid has to flow in conformity with the helical path along which the rib 1 extends, i.e., being guided by the rib 1 to flow in a helical manner, which causes turbulence in the fluid and thus also improves heat exchange efficiency.
- the heat exchange efficiency of the seamless grooved tube can be further improved by having at least a part of the surface of the rib 1 roughened.
- the roughened surface of the rib 1 can further increase the contact area between the heat- carrying fluid and the inner surface of the tube and thus further improves the heat exchange efficiency.
- the rough surface provides more spots for bubble formation (bubble formation is a phase transition, which results from a process named "nucleation", which usually happens on an interface such as a rough wall), whereby small bubbles will detach from the surface.
- the roughness can be distributed on the surface of the rib 1 in any suitable pattern.
- the whole surface of the rib 1, including the top 2, the side surfaces 3, and the bottom 4, may be roughened; only the side surfaces 2 of the rib 1 is roughened; or the top 2 and the side surfaces 3 are roughened.
- Figs. 2 and 3 show two embodiments of the present disclosure where at least a portion of the bottom 4 of the rib 1 is roughened, yet the top 2 and the side surfaces 3 of the rib 1 are smooth.
- the roughened surface can take any suitable form.
- Fig. 2 demonstrates one form, where the bottom 4 of the rib 1 comprises a plurality of recesses 5.
- the recesses 5 are irregularly distributed on the bottom 4.
- the recesses 5 can be of any shape; e.g., a recess's opening at the plane of the bottom may be a substantial circle, a square or any other regular or irregular shape, and the opening tapers while extending downward so that the recess is formed into a substantial spherical cap/cone, an inverted pyramid or any other regular or irregular shape.
- the recesses 5 may be dimensioned such that the sizes of the openings (measured as the largest distance between two points of the circumference of the opening that are farthest from each other) of the recesses 5 at the bottom 4 range from 0.0001 mm to 0.01 mm, and the depths of the recesses (measured from the plane of the bottom 4, i.e., the top of a recess 5, to the bottom of a recess 5) range from 0.0001 mm to 0.01 mm.
- the size of the openings of the recesses 5 may be 0.0001 mm, 0.001 mm, 0.005 mm, or any size falling between 0.0001 mm and 0.005 mm.
- the depths of the recesses 5 may be 0.0001 mm, 0.001 mm, 0.005 mm, or any depth falling between 0.0001 mm and 0.005 mm.
- the roughened surface of the seamless grooved tube described above can be made via any suitable process.
- the roughened surface may be made by drawing the tube through a die with at least a part of the surface of the die roughened so as to roughen the at least a part of the at least one rib during drawing.
- Fig. 3 demonstrates another embodiment of a roughened surface.
- the bottom 4 of the rib 1 comprises a plurality of protrusions.
- the protrusions 6 are irregularly distributed on the bottom 4.
- the protrusions 6 can be of any shape; e.g., the cross section of a protrusion 6 taken along a plane parallel to the bottom 4 may be a substantial circle, square, or any other regular or irregular shape, and the cross-section tapers towards the tip of the protrusion so that the recess is formed into a substantial cone, pyramid or any other regular or irregular shape.
- the protrusions 6 may be dimensioned such that the sizes of the cross-section (measured as the largest distance between two points of the circumference of the cross-section that are farthest from each other) of at the respective bases of protrusions range from 0.0001 mm to 0.01 mm, and the heights of the protrusions 6 range from 0.0001 mm to 0.01 mm.
- the sizes of the cross-sections of the bases of the protrusions may be 0.0001 mm, 0.001 mm, 0.005 mm or values between theses sizes.
- the heights of the protrusions may be 0.0001 mm, 0.001 mm, 0.005 mm or values between theses sizes.
- the roughened surface of the seamless grooved tube described above can be made via any suitable process.
- it can be made by sintering metal particles onto the corresponding inner surface.
- a core rod is inserted into the tube, with a gap reserved between the inner wall of the tube and the core rod; metal particles are filled into the part of the gap that corresponds to the roughened surface, and then the tube with the core rod and the metal particles are heated so that the metal particles are sintered on the part of the inner surface to be roughened.
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KR1020157014860A KR20150092151A (en) | 2012-12-07 | 2013-11-06 | A grooved tube |
EP13786488.0A EP2929270A1 (en) | 2012-12-07 | 2013-11-06 | A grooved tube |
JP2015545714A JP2016509661A (en) | 2012-12-07 | 2013-11-06 | Grooved tube |
BR112015013309A BR112015013309A2 (en) | 2012-12-07 | 2013-11-06 | a grooved pipe. |
CA2893625A CA2893625A1 (en) | 2012-12-07 | 2013-11-06 | A grooved tube |
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