Microchannel heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12372308-B2
Application number	US-202117330355-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2021
Priority date	Nov 26, 2018
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

A microchannel heat exchanger comprising: at least one high temperature heat exchanging plate and at least one low temperature heat exchanging plate stacked in an alternating sequence, wherein an inlet of high temperature fluid and an outlet of high temperature fluid are disposed in order to pass the high temperature fluid through each said high temperature heat exchanging plate, and an inlet of low temperature fluid and an outlet of low temperature fluid are disposed in order to pass the low temperature fluid through each said low temperature heat exchanging plate, wherein the high temperature heat exchanging plate comprising the high temperature microchannel and the low temperature heat exchanging plate comprising the low temperature microchannel, wherein said channels have a length extending in the flow direction of fluids, and the side wall of each said channel has a symmetric wavy pattern with the center line of each said channel as a symmetric axis, wherein the high temperature heat exchanging plate and the low temperature heat exchanging plate are arranged in the pattern in which the high temperature microchannel and the low temperature microchannel are aligned.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A microchannel heat exchanger comprising:
at least one high temperature heat exchanging plate ( 11 ) and at least one low temperature heat exchanging plate ( 12 ) stacked in an alternating sequence, wherein an inlet of high temperature fluid ( 13 ) and an outlet of high temperature fluid ( 14 ) are disposed in order to pass a high temperature fluid through each said high temperature heat exchanging plate ( 11 ), and an inlet of low temperature fluid ( 15 ) and an outlet of low temperature fluid ( 16 ) are disposed in order to pass a low temperature fluid through each said low temperature heat exchanging plate ( 12 ), wherein the high temperature heat exchanging plate ( 11 ) comprising a high temperature microchannel ( 17 ) and the low temperature heat exchanging plate ( 12 ) comprising a low temperature microchannel ( 18 ), wherein said channels have a length extending in a flow direction of fluids, and a side wall of each said channel has a symmetric wavy pattern with a center line of each said channel as a symmetric axis, wherein the high temperature heat exchanging plate ( 11 ) and the low temperature heat exchanging plate ( 12 ) are arranged in a pattern in which the high temperature microchannel ( 17 ) and the low temperature microchannel ( 18 ) are aligned in a vertical direction.

2. The microchannel heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger further comprising a flat plate ( 19 ).

3. The microchannel heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the high temperature microchannel ( 17 ) and the low temperature microchannel ( 18 ) have an average width (y) in a range of 100 to 5,000 pm, a width between the channels (z) in a range of 100 to 5,000 μm, and a curve length (x) and a curve radius (r) according to the following equation:
X≤ 2 r
wherein x is in a range of 100 to 100,000 pm.

4. The microchannel heat exchanger according to claim 1 or 3 , wherein the high temperature microchannel ( 17 ) and the low temperature microchannel ( 18 ) have the average width (y) in the range of 1,000 to 3,000 μm, the width between the channels (z) in the range of 1,000 to 3,000 μm, the curve length (x) in the range of 1,000 to 5,000 μm, and the curve radius (r) in the range of 1,000 to 5,000 pm.

5. The microchannel heat exchanger according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the high temperature heat exchanging plate ( 11 ), the low temperature heat exchanging plate ( 12 ), and a flat plate ( 19 ) have a thickness in a range of 10 to 10,000|im.

6. The microchannel heat exchanger according to claim 5 , wherein the high temperature heat exchanging plate ( 11 ), the low temperature heat exchanging plate ( 12 ), and the flat plate ( 19 ) have the thickness in the range of 100 to 2,000|im.

7. The microchannel heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the inlet of high temperature fluid ( 13 ) and the inlet of low temperature fluid ( 15 ) are disposed on opposite sides of the heat exchanger in order to cause fluids having different temperatures to flow in the counter-current direction.

8. The microchannel heat exchanger according to claim 1 or 7 , wherein said fluids having different temperatures have a temperature difference of at least 1° C.

9. The microchannel heat exchanger according to claim 8 , wherein said fluids having different temperatures have the temperature difference of at least 10° C.

Assignees

• Ptt Global Chemical Public Co Ltd
• Ptt Public Company Ltd

Inventors

• Tarapoom Nattapong
• Sompech Kawisra
• Sirimungkalakul Nichaporn

Classifications

• F28F2260/02

  having microchannels · CPC title

• F28F3/048

  in the form of ribs integral with the element or local variations in thickness of the element, e.g. grooves, microchannels · CPC title

• F28D9/0037 Primary

  the conduits for the other heat-exchange medium also being formed by paired plates touching each other (F28D9/0043 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F28F3/046 Primary

  the deformations being linear, e.g. corrugations · CPC title

• F28F3/025

  the means being corrugated, plate-like elements · CPC title