Heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11719489-B2
Application number	US-202016782438-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 5, 2020
Priority date	Mar 27, 2019
Publication date	Aug 8, 2023
Grant date	Aug 8, 2023

Abstract

A heat exchanger 100, including: an inner cylinder 10 through which a first fluid can flow, the inner cylinder 10 being configured to house a heat recovery member 30; and an outer cylinder 20 disposed so as to be spaced on a radially outer side of the inner cylinder 10 such that a second fluid can flow between the outer cylinder 20 and the inner cylinder 10. In the heat exchanger 100, at least a part of the outer cylinder 20 and/or the inner cylinder 10 has at least one continuous irregular structure 40.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A heat exchanger, comprising:
an inner cylinder through which a first fluid can flow, the inner cylinder being configured to house a heat recovery member, and the inner cylinder is in contact with the entire axial outer peripheral surface of the heat recovery member;
an outer cylinder disposed so as to be spaced on a radially outer side of the inner cylinder such that a second fluid can flow between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder; and
an intermediate cylinder disposed between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder to partition a flow path for the second fluid;
wherein at least one end side in the axial direction of the inner cylinder has at least one continuous irregular structure;
wherein the intermediate cylinder is held on the inner cylinder by spacers, the spacers being provided at both end portions in an axial direction of the intermediate cylinder; and
wherein the spacer provided at one end in the axial direction of the intermediate cylinder is fixed to both the intermediate cylinder and the inner cylinder, and the spacer provided at the other end in the axial direction of the intermediate cylinder is fixed to the inner cylinder and is configured to be movable to the intermediate cylinder.

2. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one continuous irregular structure is a bellows structure.

3. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger further comprises the heat recovery member, and wherein the heat recovery member is a honeycomb structure having partition walls, the partition walls defining a plurality of cells, each of the cells extending from a first end face to a second end face.

4. The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein each of the spacers has a three-dimensional structure through which the second fluid can pass.

5. A heat exchanger, comprising:
an inner cylinder through which a first fluid can flow, the inner cylinder being configured to house a heat recovery member, and the inner cylinder is in contact with the entire axial outer peripheral surface of the heat recovery member;
an outer cylinder disposed so as to be spaced on a radially outer side of the inner cylinder such that a second fluid can flow between the outer cylinder and the inner cylinder, and
an intermediate cylinder disposed between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder to partition a flow path for the second fluid;
wherein both end portions in the axial direction of the intermediate cylinder are connected to the inner cylinder having an increased diameter,
wherein the intermediate cylinder has at least one through hole through which the second fluid can move; and
wherein one end portion in the axial direction of the intermediate cylinder is fixed to the inner cylinder having the increased diameter, and the other end portion in the axial direction of the intermediate cylinder is provided to be movable to the inner cylinder having the increased diameter.

6. The heat exchanger according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one continuous irregular structure is located axially outward from the first end face and/or the second end face of the honeycomb structure.

Assignees

• Ngk Insulators Ltd

Inventors

• Fumoto Yutaro
• Kawaguchi Tatsuo
• Kimura Daisuke

Classifications

• F28D7/10 Primary

  the conduits being arranged one within the other, e.g. concentrically {(multiple wall tubes for leak detection F28F1/003)} · CPC title

• F28D1/0408

  Multi-circuit heat exchangers, e.g. integrating different heat exchange sections in the same unit or heat exchangers for more than two fluids (F28F9/0234 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F28F2009/029

  with increasing or decreasing cross-section, e.g. having conical shape · CPC title

• F28D21/00 Primary

  Heat-exchange apparatus not covered by any of the groups F28D1/00 - F28D20/00 · CPC title

• F28D2021/008

  for vehicles · CPC title