Heat exchange apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12228316-B2
Application number	US-202117916365-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 1, 2021
Priority date	Apr 2, 2020
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

A heat exchange apparatus includes a heat exchanger, a refrigerant adjustment component, and a first connecting member. The heat exchanger includes a first pipe, a second pipe, a plurality of heat exchange tubes connecting the first pipe and the second pipe, and an edge plate located on an outer side of the plurality of heat exchange tubes in a length direction of the first pipe. At least part of the refrigerant adjustment component is located on an outer side of the edge plate in the length direction of the first pipe. An included angle between an axis in a length direction of at least part of an outer wall of the refrigerant adjustment component and an axis in the length direction of the first pipe is greater than 0° and less than or equal to 90°.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A heat exchange apparatus, comprising:
a heat exchanger comprising a first pipe, a second pipe, and a plurality of heat exchange tubes, the first pipe and the second pipe being arranged spaced apart from each other, the plurality of heat exchange tubes being arranged spaced apart along a length direction of the first pipe,
wherein one end of the plurality of heat exchange tubes is inserted into the first pipe to be communicated with the first pipe, and another end of the plurality of heat exchange tubes is inserted into the second pipe to be communicated with the second pipe,
wherein the plurality of heat exchange tubes comprises a channel, the channel communicating the first pipe and the second pipe,
wherein each of the plurality of heat exchange tubes comprise a first straight section, a second straight section, and a connecting section, an angle between a length direction of the first straight section and a length direction of the second straight section is greater than or equal to 0° and less than 180°,
wherein the heat exchanger further comprises edge plates, each of the edge plates being disposed on an outer side of the plurality of heat exchange tubes in the length direction of the first pipe;
a refrigerant adjustment component,
wherein at least part of the refrigerant adjustment component is disposed on an outer side of the edge plates in the length direction of the first pipe,
wherein the refrigerant adjustment component comprises a cavity configured to accommodate refrigerant and an outer wall enclosing the cavity,
wherein the outer wall of the refrigerant adjustment component has an opening for refrigerant flow, and
wherein an angle between an axis in a length direction of at least part of the outer wall of the refrigerant adjustment component and an axis in the length direction of the first pipe is greater than 0° and less than or equal to 90°;
a first connecting member,
wherein the first connecting member communicates the opening of the refrigerant adjustment component and the first pipe, and in a direction of gravity, the opening of the refrigerant adjustment component is disposed higher than a communication position between the first connecting member and the first pipe; and
a mounting member, the mounting member being disposed on the outer side of the edge plates in the length direction of the first pipe, and the refrigerant adjustment component is fixedly connected to the mounting member,
wherein the mounting member comprises a first side surface and a second side surface arranged spaced apart in the length direction of the first pipe, and the refrigerant adjustment component is connected to at least one of the first side surface and the second side surface of the mounting member.

2. The heat exchange apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein each of the edge plates comprises a first side surface and a second side surface arranged opposite to each other in the length direction of the first pipe, and the refrigerant adjustment component is connected to at least one of the first side surface and the second side surface of each the edge plates.

3. The heat exchange apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the refrigerant adjustment component comprises a plurality of adjustment members, at least one adjustment member of the plurality of adjustment members is connected to the first side surface of the mounting member, and at least another adjustment member of the plurality of adjustment members is connected to the second side surface of the mounting member.

4. The heat exchange apparatus according to claim 3 ,
wherein each of the plurality of adjustment members is an adjustment pipe, and a hydraulic diameter of the adjustment pipe is greater than 0.5 times of a hydraulic diameter of the first pipe and less than 2 times of the hydraulic diameter of the first pipe.

5. The heat exchange apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the refrigerant adjustment component comprises a plurality of adjustment members, every two of at least two adjustment members are communicated with each other,
wherein the plurality of adjustment members comprise a first adjustment member,
wherein the first adjustment member comprises a cavity configured to accommodate refrigerant and an outer wall enclosing the cavity, the outer wall of the first adjustment member having an opening,
wherein the opening of the first adjustment member is communicated with the first pipe through the first connecting member, and in the direction of gravity, the opening of the first adjustment member is positioned higher than the communication position between the first connecting member and the first pipe.

6. The heat exchange apparatus according to claim 5 ,
wherein the first adjustment member is communicated with another of the plurality of adjustment members, and every two of other adjustment members of the plurality of adjustment members are communicated with each other.

7. The heat exchange apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the refrigerant adjustment component comprises a plurality of adjustment members,
wherein each of the plurality of adjustment members comprises a cavity configured to accommodate refrigerant and an outer wall enclosing the cavity, the outer wall of each of the plurality of adjustment members having an opening for refrigerant flow,
wherein the openings of the plurality of adjustment members are communicated with the first pipe through the first connecting member, and in the direction of gravity, the opening of each of the plurality of adjustment members is higher than the communication position between the first connecting member and the first pipe.

8. The heat exchange apparatus according to claim 7 ,
wherein the first connecting member comprises a plurality of first connecting members, each of the plurality of adjustment members corresponds to each of the plurality of first connecting members, and each of the plurality of adjustment members is communicated with the first pipe through a corresponding each of the plurality of first connecting members.

9. The heat exchange apparatus according to claim 7 ,
wherein the first connecting member has one first connecting member, and the plurality of adjustment members are integrally formed and are communicated with the first pipe through the one first connecting member.

10. The heat exchange apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein a volume of the refrigerant adjustment component is greater than 0.25 times of a volume of the first pipe and less than 5 times of the volume of the first pipe.

11. The heat exchange apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein one end of the first straight section in a length direction of the first straight section is inserted into the first pipe to be communicated with the first pipe, another end of the first straight section in the length direction of the first straight section is communicated with one end of the connecting section, one end of the second straight section in a length direction of the second straight section is inserted into the second pipe to be communicated with the second pipe, another end of the second straight section in the length direction of the second straight section is communicated with another end of the connecting section,
and
wherein the edge plates comprise a first edge plate and a second edge plate,
wherein the first edge plate is disposed on an outer side of the first straight sections of the plurality of heat exchange tubes in the length direction of the first pipe, the second edge plate is disposed on an outer side of the second straight sections of the plurality of heat exchange tubes in the length direction of the first pipe, and t

Assignees

• Sanhua Hangzhou Micro Channel Heat Exchanger Co Ltd

Inventors

• Dong Zhiming
• Qin Peng
• Jiang Jianlong
• Shows Michael
• Thomas James

Classifications

• F28F9/26

  Arrangements for connecting different sections of heat-exchange elements, e.g. of radiators (connecting different sections in water heaters F24H9/14 {, connecting headers with inlet or outlet fittings F28F9/0246}) · CPC title

• F28F1/34

  and extending obliquely (F28F1/38 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F25B2500/09

  Improving heat transfers · CPC title

• F24F13/30

  Arrangement or mounting of heat-exchangers · CPC title

• F25B2339/0242

  having tubular elements · CPC title