Stacked heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10962307-B2
Application number	US-201414770717-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 21, 2014
Priority date	Feb 27, 2013
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

A stacked heat exchanger including a core portion having a plurality of plates stacked on each other to define a flat refrigerant passage and a flat heat medium passage. A first connection member that provides an inlet and an outlet for allowing the refrigerant to flow into the refrigerant passage. A second connection member that provides an inlet and an outlet for allowing the heat medium to flow into the heat medium passage, in which the inlet and the outlet are configured in a state where the heat medium flowing into the heat medium passage flows in an opposite direction to that of the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant passage. The core portion includes an offset fin disposed in at least the refrigerant passage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A stacked heat exchanger, comprising:
a heat exchanging unit that performs a heat exchange between a refrigerant of a refrigeration cycle and a coolant, wherein the heat exchanging unit is configured such that the refrigerant and the coolant flow in opposite directions from each other throughout the heat exchanging unit,
the heat exchanging unit is formed by stacking a plurality of plate members on each other, and joining adjacent plate members of the plurality of plate members to each other,
a plurality of refrigerant flow channels in which the refrigerant flows, and a plurality of heat medium flow channels in which the coolant flows,
the plurality of refrigerant flow channels and the plurality of heat medium flow channels are arranged side by side in a stacking direction of the plurality of plate members,
inner fins that join adjacent plate members to each other and facilitate a heat exchange between the refrigerant and the coolant, are disposed in each of the plurality of refrigerant flow channels and each of the plurality of heat medium flow channels,
each of the inner fins disposed in the plurality of refrigerant flow channels is a refrigerant side offset fin in which a first plurality of cut-and-raised parts which are partially cut and raised are formed in a flowing direction of the refrigerant, and the cut-and-raised parts adjacent to each other in the flowing direction of the refrigerant offset each other,
each of the inner fins disposed in the plurality of heat medium flow channels is a heat medium side offset fin in which a second plurality of cut-and-raised parts which are partially cut and raised are formed in a flowing direction of the coolant, and the cut-and-raised parts adjacent to each other in the flowing direction of the heat medium offset each other,
a refrigerant flow path height which is a length of one of the plurality of refrigerant flow channels in the stacking direction of the plurality of plate members is equal to a refrigerant side fin height Frh which is a length of the refrigerant side offset fin in the stacking direction of the plurality of plate members,
a heat medium flow path height which is a length of one of the plurality of heat medium flow channels in the stacking direction of the plurality of plate members is equal to a heat medium side fin height Fwh which is a length of the heat medium side offset fin in the stacking direction of the plurality of plate members,
the refrigerant side fin height Frh and the heat medium side fin height Fwh are configured to satisfy a relationship of 0.14<Frh/(Frh+Fwh)<0.49,
one of a plurality of refrigerant side offset fins is disposed in each of the plurality of refrigerant flow channels, and
one of a plurality of heat medium side offset fins is disposed in each of the plurality of heat medium flow channels.

2. The stacked heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein
an aspect ratio which is a ratio of a length of the plurality of refrigerant flow channels in a flowing direction of the refrigerant to a length of the plurality of refrigerant flow channels in a direction orthogonal to both of the flowing direction of the refrigerant and the stacking direction of the plurality of plate members is set to be larger than or equal to 1.3, and
a length of the cut-and-raised parts of the first plurality of cut-and-raised parts of the refrigerant side offset fin in the flowing direction of the refrigerant in each of the refrigerant flow channels is set to be smaller than or equal to 1/80 of the length of the plurality of refrigerant flow channels in the flowing direction.

3. The stacked heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein
the heat exchanging unit is disposed in a state where the stacking direction of the plurality of plate members intersects with a gravity direction, and
the heat exchanging unit has a U-turn portion that U-turns the flow of the refrigerant circulating in the plurality of refrigerant flow channels.

4. The stacked heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein:
the heat exchanging unit is disposed in a state where the stacking direction of the plurality of plate members intersects with a gravity direction,
the heat exchanging unit has a U-turn portion that U-turns the flow of the refrigerant circulating in the plurality of refrigerant flow channels,
a flow of the refrigerant and a flow of the coolant are parallel to each other throughout the heat exchanging unit,
the refrigerant in the plurality of refrigerant flow channels is in a gas-liquid two phase state that includes gas-phase refrigerant and liquid-phase refrigerant, and
the U-turn portion in the plurality of refrigerant flow channels causes the refrigerant to repeatedly congregate and diffuse.

5. The stacked heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein
the refrigerant side fin height Frh is smaller than the heat medium side fin height Fwh.

6. The stacked heat exchanger according to claim 4 , wherein
the refrigerant side fin height Frh is smaller than the heat medium side fin height Fwh.

Assignees

• Denso Corp

Inventors

• Takahashi Eizo
• Tamada Isao

Classifications

• F28F3/027 Primary

  with openings, e.g. louvered corrugated fins; Assemblies of corrugated strips · CPC title

• F28F2250/10

  Particular pattern of flow of the heat exchange media · CPC title

• F28F9/0251

  Massive connectors, e.g. blocks; Plate-like connectors · CPC title

• F28D2021/007

  Condensers · CPC title

• F28D9/005

  the plates having openings therein for both heat-exchange media · CPC title