Fin and heat exchanger having same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018356166-A1
Application number	US-201615761689-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 21, 2016
Priority date	Sep 21, 2015
Publication date	Dec 13, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A fin and a heat exchanger having the fin, wherein the fin includes a sheet body. The sheet body includes a plurality of cooling sheet units arranged along a longitudinal direction of the sheet body. Each cooling sheet unit includes a windward zone, a main heat exchange zone and a leeward zone arranged along a transverse direction of the sheet body. The windward zones of adjacent cooling sheet units are connected to each other. A flat tube groove extends between the leeward zone and the main heat exchange zone of one of the adjacent cooling sheet units and the leeward zone and the main heat exchange zone of the other of the adjacent cooling sheet units. Each cooling sheet unit is provided with a plurality of protrusions spaced apart from each other.

First claim

1 . A fin, comprising a sheet body, the sheet body comprising a plurality of cooling sheet units arranged along a longitudinal direction of the sheet body, each cooling sheet unit comprising a windward zone, a leeward zone and a main heat exchange zone arranged along a transverse direction of the sheet body, the main heat exchange zone being located between the windward zone and the leeward zone, the windward zones of adjacent cooling sheet units being connected to each other, a flat tube groove being formed between the adjacent cooling sheet units, the flat tube groove extending between the leeward zone and the main heat exchange zone of one of the adjacent cooling sheet units and the leeward zone and the main heat exchange zone of the other of the adjacent cooling sheet units, each cooling sheet unit being provided with a plurality of protrusions protruding from a surface of the cooling sheet unit and spaced apart from each other.

2 . The fin as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is provided with a flow-guiding curved surface or a flow-guiding inclined surface.

3 . The fin as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the protrusion is formed to be in a hemispherical shape, a cylindrical shape or a conic shape, or to be a column or a cone having a polygonal cross section.

4 . The fin as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of protrusions is separated into a plurality of groups, each group of the protrusions is arranged to be in a straight line, a triangle or a polygon.

5 . The fin as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the protrusions are only provided in the main heat exchange zone and the leeward zone.

6 . The fin as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the sheet body has a corrugated part located in the windward zone, and a wave crest and a wave trough of the corrugated part extend along the longitudinal direction of the sheet body separately.

7 . The fin as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the corrugated part in the windward zone is separated from the main heat exchange zone by a planar zone.

8 . The fin as set forth in claim 7 , wherein a ratio of an area of the planar zone to an area of the windward zone is 20%.

9 . The fin as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the main heat exchange zone is further provided with a shutter, and the shutter is adjacent to the leeward zone.

10 . The fin as set forth in claim 9 , wherein the protrusions are only provided in the main heat exchange zone and the leeward zone, and the shutter is located between the protrusions in the main heat exchange zone and the protrusions in the leeward zone.

11 . The fin as set forth in claim 9 , wherein the shutter comprises a first shutter and a second shutter spaced apart along the transverse direction of the sheet body, the second shutter is more adjacent to the leeward zone relative to the first shutter, the first shutter is provided with a plurality of first air-guiding sheets extending obliquely from the main heat exchange zone to the leeward zone, and the second shutter is provided with a plurality of second air-guiding sheets extending obliquely from the main heat exchange zone to the windward zone.

12 . The fin as set forth in claim 11 , wherein a spacing of adjacent first air-guiding sheets is larger than a spacing of adjacent second air-guiding sheets.

13 . The fin as set forth in claims 1 , wherein a projection of the protrusion on a plane where the sheet body exists is a circle, and in the main heat exchange zone, a smallest spacing of an edge of the flat tube groove from an outer periphery of the circle is not smaller than a radius of the circle.

14 . The fin as set forth in claim 13 , wherein a diameter of the circle is 20%-30% of a height of the cooling sheet unit in the longitudinal direction.

15 . The fin as set forth in claim 1 , wherein an area of a projection of the protrusion in the leeward zone on the plane where the sheet body exists is not larger than an area of a projection of the protrusion in the main heat exchange zone on the plane where the sheet body exists.

16 . The fin as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the edge of the flat tube groove is provided with a flanging.

17 . The fin as set forth in claim 16 , wherein a bending direction of the flanging is consistent with a protruding direction of the protrusions.

18 . The fin as set forth in claim 1 , wherein a width of a part of the flat tube groove located between adjacent leeward zones in the longitudinal direction increases gradually along a direction from the windward zone to the leeward zone.

19 . A heat exchanger, comprising:
a first header pipe and a second header pipe; a plurality of fins, wherein the fins are spaced apart and disposed between the first header pipe and the second header pipe; and a flat tube, two ends of the flat tube are connected with the first header pipe and the second header pipe correspondingly and the flat tube is fitted in the flat tube groove correspondingly, wherein the fin comprises a sheet body, the sheet body comprising a plurality of cooling sheet units arranged along a longitudinal direction of the sheet body, each cooling sheet unit comprising a windward zone, a leeward zone and a main heat exchange zone arranged along a transverse direction of the sheet body, the main heat exchange zone being located between the windward zone and the leeward zone, the windward zones of adjacent cooling sheet units being connected to each other, a flat tube groove being formed between the adjacent cooling sheet units, the flat tube groove extending between the leeward zone and the main heat exchange zone of one of the adjacent cooling sheet units and the leeward zone and the main heat exchange zone of the other of the adjacent cooling sheet units, each cooling sheet unit being provided with a plurality of protrusions protruding from a surface of the cooling sheet unit and spaced apart from each other.

Assignees

• Sanhua Hangzhou Micro Channel Heat Exchanger Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wang Leilei
• He Yan
• Liang Xin

Classifications

• F28F1/30

  the means being attachable to the element (F28F1/32 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F28F1/32

  the means having portions engaging further tubular elements · CPC title

• F28F2215/08

  with openings, e.g. louvers · CPC title

• F28F1/325 Primary

  Fins with openings · CPC title

• F28F2215/12

  with U-shaped slots for laterally inserting conduits · CPC title