Heat exchange fin, heat exchanger, and heat pump system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12474128-B2
Application number	US-202318344195-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2023
Priority date	Jul 1, 2022
Publication date	Nov 18, 2025
Grant date	Nov 18, 2025

Abstract

The invention relates to a heat exchange fin, with a tube hole formed thereon for a heat exchange tube to be inserted into. A corrugated structure is arranged near the tube hole. The corrugated structure comprises a wave section arranged along a flow direction of fluid medium. The distance between two adjacent wave crests or wave troughs of the wave section is one wavelength. The total length of the wave section is 1-1.5 times the wavelength. A bridge plate is arranged at the wave crests and wave troughs of the wave section, respectively. The bridge plate deflects relative to the wave crests and wave troughs by a preset distance. The invention also proposes a heat exchanger configured with the heat exchange fins, and a heat pump system configured with the heat exchanger.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A heat exchange fin, with a tube hole formed thereon for a heat exchange tube to be inserted into, and with a corrugated structure arranged near the tube hole, wherein the corrugated structure comprises a wave section arranged along a flow direction of fluid medium, where a distance between two adjacent wave crests or wave troughs of the wave section is one wavelength, and a total length of the wave section is 1-1.5 times the wavelength, and wherein a bridge plate is further arranged at the wave crests and wave troughs of the wave section, respectively, where the bridge plate deflects relative to the wave crests and wave troughs by a preset distance, and wherein the wave section is the total length of corrugation in the corrugated structure.

2 . The heat exchange fin according to claim 1 , wherein the wave section forms a corrugation having a sinusoidal, cosine, trapezoidal, or triangular cross-section along a longitudinal cross-sectional direction of the flow direction of fluid medium.

3 . The heat exchange fin according to claim 2 , wherein the corrugated structure is located above or below the tube hole in a vertical direction, and is symmetrically arranged relative to a vertical plane where a centerline of the tube hole is located.

4 . The heat exchange fin according to claim 1 , wherein adjacent bridge plates deflect in opposite directions in the vertical direction.

5 . The heat exchange fin according to claim 1 , wherein the bridge plate deflects relative to the wave crest and wave trough by a preset distance in the range of 0.6-1.0 mm; and/or a width of the bridge plate is in a range of 2.6-3.0 mm.

6 . The heat exchange fin according to claim 1 , wherein the bridge plate is formed by stamping.

7 . The heat exchange fin according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchange fin is made of aluminum alloy.

8 . A heat exchanger, comprising:
a plurality of heat exchange tubes for refrigerant flow, wherein the heat exchange tubes are separated from each other; and a plurality of the heat exchange fins according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchange fins are vertically inserted into by the heat exchange tubes and are spaced at a preset distance from each other.

9 . The heat exchanger according to claim 8 , wherein the bridge plate deflects relative to the wave crest and wave trough by a preset distance that is half the distance between adjacent heat exchange fins.

10 . The heat exchanger according to claim 8 , wherein the heat exchanger is a condenser or an evaporator.

11 . A heat pump system, wherein the heat pump system comprises the heat exchanger according to claim 8 .

12 . A heat exchange fin, with a tube hole formed thereon for a heat exchange tube to be inserted into, and with a corrugated structure arranged near the tube hole, wherein the corrugated structure comprises a wave section arranged along a flow direction of fluid medium, where the wave section is the total length of corrugation in the corrugated structure, where a distance between two adjacent wave crests or wave troughs of the wave section is one wavelength, and a total length of the wave section is 1-1.5 times the wavelength.

13 . The heat exchange fin according to claim 12 , wherein a bridge plate is further arranged at the wave crests and wave troughs of the wave section, respectively.

Assignees

• Carrier Corp

Inventors

• Ding Chao
• Xiang Liang
• Ge Yang
• Shao Weijie

Classifications

• F28F1/24

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

• F28F2215/10

  Secondary fins, e.g. projections or recesses on main fins · CPC title

• F28F1/126

  consisting of zig-zag shaped fins (F28F1/105 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F28D1/0477

  the conduits being bent in a serpentine or zig-zag · CPC title

• F28D2021/0068

  for refrigerant cycles · CPC title