Plate-type heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12320597-B2
Application number	US-202117908089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2021
Priority date	Mar 5, 2020
Publication date	Jun 3, 2025
Grant date	Jun 3, 2025

Abstract

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a plate-type heat exchanger in which the formation of burrs and chips during fin processing may be eliminated by eliminating fin processing work for stacking and bonding fins and plates. In order to achieve the above purpose, a plate-type heat exchanger according to the present invention is characterized by comprising: plates which include an inlet formed on one side in the longitudinal direction, an outlet formed on the other side in the longitudinal direction, and a flow surface formed between the inlet and the outlet; and a fin part which is inserted into a plate part formed by bonding a pair of the plates and rests on the flow surface. The plates include a fin part movement preventing means to ensure that one end of the fin part in the longitudinal direction is spaced a certain distance from the inlet and the other end of the fin part in the longitudinal direction is spaced a certain distance from the outlet such that the fin part rests only on the flow surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A plate-type heat exchanger comprising:
plates each including an inlet positioned in one side thereof in a longitudinal direction, an outlet positioned in the other side thereof in the longitudinal direction, and a flow surface positioned between the inlet and the outlet; and
a fin part inserted into a plate part formed by coupling a pair of plates to each other, and rested on the flow surface,
wherein the plate includes a fin part movement-preventing means for the fin part to be rested only on the flow surface by allowing one end of the fin part in the longitudinal direction to be spaced apart from the inlet, and the other end of the fin part in the longitudinal direction to be spaced apart from the outlet,
wherein the fin part movement-preventing means includes a step part positioned around the flow surface, the inlet or the outlet, and defining a position on which the fin part is rested, and
wherein the step part surrounds a corner of the fin part that is positioned close to the inlet, any one or more corners of one or the other side of the fin part in the longitudinal direction, and does not surround a corner of the fin part that is closest to the inlet or a corner of the fin part that is closest to the outlet and surround a corner of the fin part that is not closest to the inlet or a corner of the fin part that is not closest to the outlet.

2. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 1 , wherein the step part further includes a round positioned to correspond to a corner edge of the fin part.

3. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 1 , wherein the fin part movement-preventing means includes a stopper protruding toward a surface where the fluid flows from a portion of the flow surface, positioned at a point between the inlet and the flow surface or between the flow surface and the outlet.

4. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 3 , wherein the stoppers are respectively positioned on the pair of plates, and in contact with each other inside the plate part.

5. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 3 , wherein the stoppers are a plurality of pillars, and the plurality of pillars are radially arranged with respect to the inlet and the outlet, respectively.

6. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 3 , further comprising a protrusion protruding toward the surface where the fluid flows from a certain region of the flow surface, positioned at a point between the plurality of stoppers when the plurality of the stopper are provided.

7. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 1 , wherein the fin part does not include an opening corresponding to that of the inlet or outlet.

8. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 7 , wherein the fin part includes a through gap positioned between the fins forming wave waveforms different from each other.

9. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 1 , wherein the fin part includes a plate fin in an offset-strip shape.

10. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 1 , wherein the plate part includes first and second plates, at least one ring part is positioned on a circumference of the first plate, and at least one groove part is positioned in a circumference of the second plate and to which the ring part is coupled.

11. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 2 , further comprising:
a first manifold which is positioned at the plate part and through which any one of a first fluid and a second fluid is introduced and discharged, and
a second manifold which is positioned at the plate part and through which a fluid not flowing through the first manifold among the first fluid or the second fluid is introduced and discharged,
wherein the first manifold and the second manifold are physically separated from each other by the step part.

12. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 11 , wherein the first manifold includes an inlet part including the pair of inlets and through which any one of the first fluid or the second fluid is introduced,
a flow space part including the pair of flow surfaces and through which the fluid introduced through the inlet part flows, and
an outlet part including the pair of outlets and through which the fluid passing through the flow space part is discharged.

13. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 12 , wherein the second manifold includes
a first movement part in which the fluid not flowing through the first manifold flows and
a second movement part in which the fluid passing through the first movement part flows.

14. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 13 , wherein the first manifold and the second manifold are positioned in such a manner that a straight line connecting the inlet part and the outlet part to each other and a straight line connecting the first movement part and the second movement part to each other intersect each other in an “X” shape.

15. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 11 , wherein the step part is formed by the first manifold having a certain depth and protruding outward from the plate part.

16. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 11 , wherein the plate part further includes a through outlet part passing through a certain area between the step part and the second manifold.

17. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 11 , wherein the first manifold and the second manifold respectively positioned at different plate parts are cross-stacked on each other when the plurality of plate parts are stacked on each other.

18. The plate-type heat exchanger of claim 12 , wherein the flow space part further includes a vortex generation part including a plurality of protrusions protruding inward in a state where the plate parts are coupled to each other.

Assignees

• Hanon Systems

Inventors

• Rhee Sangyong
• Shin Hyunkeun
• Lee Sang Ok

Classifications

• F28F3/08

  Elements constructed for building-up into stacks, e.g. capable of being taken apart for cleaning · CPC title

• F28D9/0031

  the conduits for one heat-exchange medium being formed by paired plates touching each other (F28D9/0012, F28D9/0025, F28D9/0081, F28D9/04 take precedence) · CPC title

• F28D2021/008

  for vehicles · CPC title

• F28F2280/04

  Means for preventing wrong assembling of parts · CPC title

• F28F3/086

  having one or more openings therein forming tubular heat-exchange passages · CPC title