Turbulence generator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10197343-B2
Application number	US-201715479345-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2017
Priority date	Apr 21, 2016
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

A turbulence generator includes a flat plate member ( 1 ) having a plurality of through holes ( 10 a ), ( 10 b ), and pairs of projecting pieces ( 11, 12 ) and ( 13, 14 ) projecting respectively from upstream-side edges and downstream-side edges of the through holes ( 10 a ), ( 10 b ), wherein the pairs of projecting pieces ( 11, 12 ) and ( 13, 14 ) project alternately to front and back surface sides of the flat plate member ( 1 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A turbulence generator configured to generate turbulence in a fluid flowing inside a heat-transfer tube, comprising,
a flat plate member extending along a flow passage direction of the fluid flowing inside the heat-transfer tube when inserted into the heat-transfer tube, wherein
the flat plate member has a plurality of through holes formed at predetermined intervals in the flow passage direction, and
a pair of projecting pieces comprising an upstream-side projecting piece that extends from an upstream-side edge of each of the through holes and a downstream-side projecting piece that extends from a downstream-side edge of each of the through holes, each of the upstream-side and downstream-side projecting pieces having free forefront portions such that each projecting piece is only directly attached to one the upstream-side edge and the down-stream side edge, wherein
the pair of projecting pieces is disposed in parallel inside each of the through holes, and is inclined so that the pair of projecting pieces thereof approach each other,
the pair of projecting pieces extending respectively from the upstream-side edge and the downstream-side edge, of any one of the through holes among the plurality of through holes, in a same direction relative to a plane formed by the flat plate member, and
the pair of projecting pieces extending respectively from the upstream-side edge and the downstream-side edge of other through hole adjacent to the one through hole projects to other surface side of the flat plate member.

2. The turbulence generator according to claim 1 , wherein
the projecting piece extending from the downstream-side edge of the one through hole and the projecting piece extending from the upstream-side edge of the other through hole adjacent on a downstream side of the one through hole are located on a same line in the flow passage direction.

3. The turbulence generator according to claim 1 , wherein
a projecting height of the pair of projecting pieces projecting to one surface side of the flat plate member is larger than a projecting height of the pair of projecting pieces projecting to the other surface side of the flat plate member, and
an internal space of the heat-transfer tube is partitioned into a wider region on the one surface side and a narrower region on the other side surface by the flat plate member.

4. The turbulence generator according to claim 1 , wherein
the pair of projecting pieces is inclined so that the forefront portions thereof cross each other.

Assignees

• Rinnai Kk

Inventors

• Negi Hidenao
• Nagasaka Toshimitsu
• Nakagoshi Takaaki

Classifications

• F28F13/12 Primary

  by creating turbulence, e.g. by stirring, by increasing the force of circulation (F28F13/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F28F1/40

  the means being only inside the tubular element · CPC title

• F24H9/0015 Primary

  in water channels · CPC title

• F28F2250/102

  with change of flow direction · CPC title