Heat exchanger and household appliance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11435149-B2
Application number	US-201816617652-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 8, 2018
Priority date	Jul 31, 2017
Publication date	Sep 6, 2022
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022

Abstract

A heat exchanger, includes a heat exchange pipe unit and a fin unit, the heat exchange pipe unit includes a refrigerant input pipe, a heat exchange pipe assembly and a refrigerant output pipe; the refrigerant input pipe is connected to one end of the heat exchange pipe assembly; the refrigerant output pipe is connected to the other end of the heat exchange pipe assembly; the fin unit is fixedly arranged outside of the heat exchange pipe assembly; the heat exchange pipe assembly and the fin unit are made of aluminum alloy; and the corrosion potential of the aluminum alloy which forms at least a part of the heat exchange pipe assembly is greater than the corrosion potential of the aluminum alloy which forms the remaining part of the heat exchange pipe assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat exchanger, comprising:
a heat exchange tube unit, comprising a refrigerant input tube, a heat exchange tube assembly and a refrigerant output tube, wherein the refrigerant input tube is connected to one end of the heat exchange tube assembly; the refrigerant output tube is connected to the other end of the heat exchange tube assembly; and
a fin unit, fixedly disposed outside the heat exchange tube assembly,
wherein the heat exchange tube unit and the fin unit each are made from an aluminum alloy; and a corrosion potential of the aluminum alloy forming at least a part of the heat exchange tube assembly is greater than a corrosion potential of the aluminum alloy forming the other parts of the heat exchange tube assembly,
wherein the heat exchange tube assembly comprises a plurality of U-shaped tubes and a plurality of semi-circular tubes; and the plurality of U-shaped tubes are connected via respective semi-circular tubes, and
wherein, where a thickness of a tube wall of the plurality of U-shaped tube is less than a thickness of a tube wall of the plurality of semi-circular tube, a corrosion potential of the aluminum alloy forming the plurality of U-shaped tubes is greater than a corrosion potential of the aluminum alloy forming the plurality of semi-circular tubes.

2. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein a corrosion potential of the aluminum alloy forming the plurality of U-shaped tube is more than 10 mV greater than a corrosion potential of the aluminum alloy forming the plurality of semi-circular tube.

3. The heat exchanger according to claim 2 , wherein the corrosion potential of the plurality of U-shaped tube is −724±6 mV, and the corrosion potential of the plurality of semi-circular tube is −765±39 mV or −733±4 mV or −756±28 mV or −735±5 mV or −813±18 mV.

4. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of a tube wall of the plurality of semi-circular tube is equal to a thickness of a tube wall of the plurality of U-shaped tube.

5. The heat exchanger according to claim 4 , wherein a corrosion potential of the aluminum alloy forming the plurality of semi-circular tube is equal to a corrosion potential of the aluminum alloy forming the plurality of U-shaped tube.

6. The heat exchanger according to claim 5 , wherein the corrosion potential of the aluminum alloy forming the plurality of U-shaped tube, and the corrosion potential of the aluminum alloy forming the plurality of semi-circular tube are greater than the corrosion potential of the aluminum alloy forming the other parts of the heat exchange tube assembly.

7. The heat exchanger according to claim 6 , wherein the corrosion potentials of the plurality of U-shaped tube and the plurality of semi-circular tube are both −724±6 mV, and the corrosion potential of the other parts of the heat exchange tube assembly is −765±39 mV or −733±4 mV or −756±28 mV or −735±5 mV or −813±18 mV.

8. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the fin unit comprises a heat exchange fin; the plurality of U-shaped tube comprises two linear portions and a bending portion; and the bending portion connects the two linear portions.

9. The heat exchanger according to claim 8 , wherein the heat exchange fin is disposed corresponding to the linear portions of the plurality of U-shaped tube.

10. The heat exchanger according to claim 8 , wherein the heat exchange tube assembly penetrates through the fin unit.

11. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchange tube assembly comprises a plurality of flat tubes arranged in parallel.

12. The heat exchanger according to claim 11 , wherein a corrosion potential of an aluminum alloy forming the flat tube is greater than a corrosion potential of the aluminum alloy forming the fin unit.

13. The heat exchanger according to claim 11 , wherein the refrigerant input tube is connected to first ends of the plurality of flat tubes; and the refrigerant output tube is connected to second ends of the plurality of flat tubes.

14. The heat exchanger according to claim 13 , wherein a corrosion potential of an aluminum alloy forming the flat tube is higher than a corrosion potential of the aluminum alloys forming the refrigerant input tube and the refrigerant output tube.

15. The heat exchanger according to claim 13 , wherein a corrosion potential of an aluminum alloy forming the flat tube is more than 10 mV greater than a corrosion potential of aluminum alloys forming the refrigerant input tube and/or the refrigerant output tube.

16. The heat exchanger according to claim 11 , wherein the fin unit comprises a heat exchange fin, and the heat exchange fin is disposed corresponding to the flat tube.

17. The heat exchanger according to claim 16 , wherein the heat exchange tube assembly and the fin unit are arranged in parallel.

18. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger comprises a tube-fin heat exchanger and a parallel flow heat exchanger.

19. A household electrical appliance, comprising the heat exchanger as claimed in claim 1 .

Assignees

• Gd Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hong Zhirong
• Song Ming
• Mo Yiyang
• Zhang Yuzhao
• Wei Fudang

Classifications

• C23F13/14

  Material for sacrificial anodes · CPC title

• F25B39/00

  Evaporators; Condensers · CPC title

• F28F21/084 Primary

  from aluminium or aluminium alloys · CPC title

• C22C21/00

  Alloys based on aluminium · CPC title

• B23P15/26

  heat exchangers {or the like (making heat exchangers by methods covered by other subclasses B21D53/02)} · CPC title