Heat exchanger

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12460871-B2
Application number	US-202318162966-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2023
Priority date	Feb 4, 2022
Publication date	Nov 4, 2025
Grant date	Nov 4, 2025

Abstract

A heat exchanger includes a pipe main body forming a flow path to which a first fluid is supplied, a pair of partition plates defining an enclosed space, a plurality of heat transfer tubes, a supply portion configured to supply a second fluid into the enclosed space, a discharge portion configured to discharge the second fluid in the enclosed space, and a flow path forming portion forming a plurality of small flow path portions between the heat transfer tubes adjacent to each other. The second fluid flows between the plurality of heat transfer tubes in the enclosed space in a direction opposite to the flow direction of the first fluid. The plurality of small flow path portions are disposed at positions different from each other in an extension direction when viewed from a position where the discharge portion is disposed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A heat exchanger comprising:
a pipe main body forming a flow path to which a first fluid is supplied; a pair of partition plates that are spaced apart in an extension direction of the pipe main body, that block part of the flow path in the extension direction, and that define an enclosed space in part of the flow path; a plurality of heat transfer tubes that each have a tubular shape with both ends open, that extend in the extension direction to penetrate the pair of partition plates, and that are disposed side by side and spaced from each other; a supply portion configured to supply a second fluid from outside of the pipe main body into the enclosed space; a discharge portion that is spaced apart from the supply portion in the extension direction and that is configured to discharge the second fluid in the enclosed space to the outside of the pipe main body; and a flow path forming portion that forms a plurality of small flow path portions between any two immediately adjacent heat transfer tubes out of the plurality of heat transfer tubes, wherein
the second fluid flows between the plurality of heat transfer tubes in the enclosed space in a direction opposite to a flow direction of the first fluid, and
the plurality of small flow path portions are disposed at positions different from each other when viewed from the position where the discharge portion is disposed in the extension direction.

2 . The heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein in the flow path forming portion, a flow path cross-sectional area of each of the plurality of small flow path portions is larger at a position closer to the discharge portion than at a position closer to the supply portion in the extension direction.

3 . The heat exchanger according to claim 2 , wherein at least some of the plurality of small flow path portions merge with each other in the middle of the flow path forming portion in the extension direction.

4 . The heat exchanger according to claim 2 , wherein in the plurality of small flow path portions, the flow path cross-sectional area increases from the supply portion toward the discharge portion in the extension direction.

5 . A heat exchanger comprising:
a pipe main body forming a flow path to which a first fluid is supplied; a pair of partition plates that are spaced apart in an extension direction of the pipe main body, that block part of the flow path in the extension direction, and that define an enclosed space in part of the flow path; a plurality of heat transfer tubes that each have a tubular shape with both ends open, that extend in the extension direction to penetrate the pair of partition plates, and that are disposed side by side and spaced from each other; a supply portion configured to supply a second fluid from outside of the pipe main body into the enclosed space; a discharge portion that is spaced apart from the supply portion in the extension direction and that is configured to discharge the second fluid in the enclosed space to the outside of the pipe main body; and a flow path forming portion that forms a plurality of small flow path portions between any two immediately adjacent heat transfer tubes out of the plurality of heat transfer tubes, wherein
the second fluid flows between the plurality of heat transfer tubes in the enclosed space in a direction opposite to a flow direction of the first fluid,
the plurality of small flow path portions are disposed at positions different from each other when viewed from the position where the discharge portion is disposed in the extension direction, and
wherein the flow path forming portion includes:
a plurality of first protrusion portions that protrude from an outer surface of one of the any two immediately adjacent heat transfer tubes toward the other of the any two immediately adjacent heat transfer tubes to extend in the extension direction and that are spaced from each other in a circumferential direction of the plurality of heat transfer tubes,
a plurality of second protrusion portions that protrude from an outer surface of the other of the any two immediately adjacent heat transfer tubes toward the one of the any two immediately adjacent heat transfer tubes to extend in the extension direction and are disposed at intervals in the circumferential direction, and
wherein each of the plurality of first protrusion portions and each of the plurality of second protrusion portions are disposed so as to be shifted relative to each other in the circumferential direction when viewed from the extension direction.

6 . The heat exchanger according to claim 5 , wherein part of a tip of each of the first protrusion portions of the plurality of first protrusion portions and part of a tip of each of the second protrusion portions of the plurality of second protrusion portions which are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction are connected to each other when viewed from the extension direction.

7 . The heat exchanger according to claim 5 , wherein each of the first protrusion portions of the plurality of first protrusion portions and each of the second protrusion portions of the plurality of second protrusion portions which are adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction are spaced apart from each other in the circumferential direction when viewed from the extension direction.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Heavy Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Hara Nobuhide
• Tanimoto Koichi
• Suzuta Tadahiko
• Nakaharai Hiroyuki

Classifications

• F28F9/02

  Header boxes; End plates · CPC title

• F28F9/22

  Arrangements for directing heat-exchange media into successive compartments, e.g. arrangements of guide plates · CPC title

• F28F13/08

  by varying the cross-section of the flow channels · CPC title

• F28F1/12

  the means being only outside the tubular element · CPC title

• F28F1/04

  polygonal, e.g. rectangular {(F28F1/022 takes precedence)} · CPC title