Heat-exchange apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10697709-B2
Application number	US-201414292427-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 30, 2014
Priority date	Oct 31, 2013
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

A heat-exchange apparatus is provided, including a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a third heat exchanger and a fourth heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger is thermally separated from the second heat exchanger. The third heat exchanger is thermally connected to the first heat exchanger. The fourth heat exchanger is thermally connected to the second heat exchanger, wherein a first air flow passes through the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger to be divided into a first divergent flow and a second divergent flow, the first divergent flow flows on a surface of the first heat exchanger, the second divergent flow flows on a surface of the second heat exchanger, the first divergent flow does not flow on the surface of the second heat exchanger, and the second divergent flow does not flow on the surface of the first heat exchanger.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat-exchange apparatus, comprising:
a first chamber;
a second chamber;
a first fan, generating a first air flow;
a first heat exchanger, disposed in the first chamber, wherein the first heat exchanger is a V-shaped structure having a first straight longitudinal portion and a second straight longitudinal portion, an end of the first straight longitudinal portion directly connects to an end of the second straight longitudinal portion at a connection portion; and
a second heat exchanger, disposed in the second chamber and thermally connected to the first heat exchanger, wherein the first air flow passes through the first heat exchanger to be divided into a first divergent flow and a second divergent flow, and a first flow direction of the first divergent flow differs from a second flow direction of the second divergent flow;
wherein the first heat exchanger is an evaporator, and the second heat exchanger is a condenser,
wherein the V-shaped structure has a V-shaped opening, the V-shaped opening has an open portion and an end portion, a size of the open portion is greater than a size of the end portion, the first air flow generated by the first fan enters the V-shaped opening via the open portion, and the first air flow travels from the open portion toward the end portion,
wherein the first chamber is adjacent to the second chamber, and the first chamber is independent from the second chamber,
wherein the first heat exchanger is in a first height relative to a first bottom of the first chamber, the second heat exchanger is in a second height relative to a second bottom of the second chamber, the first bottom and the second bottom are the same height or coplanar, the first height is lower than the second height, and the first air flow travels from the second height to the first height, and
wherein a vaporized work fluid travels from the first heat exchanger to the second heat exchanger by pressure of the vaporized work fluid, and a liquefied work fluid travels from the second heat exchanger to the first heat exchanger by weight of the liquefied work fluid.

2. The heat-exchange apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a housing, wherein at least the first heat exchanger is received in the housing.

3. The heat-exchange apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first heat exchanger comprises a first outlet and a first inlet, the second heat exchanger comprises a second outlet and a second inlet, a first pipe connects the first outlet to the second inlet, and a second pipe connects the second outlet to the first inlet.

4. The heat-exchange apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a work fluid travels from the first inlet, passes through the connection portion, and enters the first straight longitudinal portion and the second straight longitudinal portion.

5. The heat-exchange apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein in a dust-removal mode, the first fan is inversely rotated to remove dust.

Assignees

• Delta Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Chen Lee-Long
• Li Wu-Chi
• Chen Chia-Wei

Classifications

• F28F19/00

  Preventing the formation of deposits or corrosion, e.g. by using filters {or scrapers} · CPC title

• F28F13/06

  by affecting the pattern of flow of the heat-exchange media {(F28F13/003 takes precedence; static flow control means in header boxes F28F9/026)} · CPC title

• F28D15/0266 Primary

  with separate evaporating and condensing chambers connected by at least one conduit; Loop-type heat pipes; with multiple or common evaporating or condensing chambers (F28D15/043 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F28D2015/0216

  having particular orientation, e.g. slanted, or being orientation-independent · CPC title