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US 11,920,875 B2Granted
Heat exchange tube, heat exchanger, and manufacturing method for heat exchange tube
AssigneeSanhua (Hangzhou) Micro Channel Heat Exchanger Co., Ltd.
InventorZhongyao Tong
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Abstract
A heat exchange tube, a heat exchanger, and a manufacturing method for the heat exchange tube are provided. The heat exchange tube includes a tube wall and an outer fin, the tube wall is folded into a tube body, the tube body is provided with an inner fin therein, and the inner fin divides an inner chamber of the tube body into a plurality of flow channels. The outer fin is arranged outside the tube body. The outer fin is folded from a same plate with at least one of the tube wall and the inner fin.
Claims5
A heat exchange tube, comprising:
- a tube wall, the tube wall being folded into a tube body, the tube body being provided with an inner fin therein, the inner fin dividing an inner chamber of the tube body into a plurality of flow channels;
- and
- an outer fin arranged outside the tube body,
- wherein the outer fin, the tube wall, and the inner fin are folded from the same plate,
- wherein the outer fin has a wavy structure extending along a circumferential direction of the heat exchange tube, the outer fin comprises a plurality of fin units extending along an axial direction of the heat exchange tube and spaced apart along the circumferential direction of the heat exchange tube, and a connecting portion connected with adjacent fin units, each of the plurality of fin units and the connecting portion are connected in sequence, such that the connecting portion serves as a wave crest or a wave trough, the outer fin is further provided with an air channel, and the air channel runs through each of the plurality of fin units,
- wherein two ends of each of the plurality of fin units in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction and the circumferential direction of the heat exchange tube are connected with the connecting portion, respectively, and the two connecting portions connected to the same fin unit extend away from each other along a direction perpendicular to the same fin unit, and
- wherein the tube wall has a ring structure, the ring structure comprises a first part and a second part spaced apart from each other, the inner fin is arranged between the first part and the second part, and the outer fin stretches from the first part of the ring structure and extends in a wavy configuration at an outer side of the ring structure and directly on the second part of the ring structure.
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A manufacturing method for a heat exchange tube, the heat exchange tube comprising:
- a tube wall, the tube wall being folded into a tube body, the tube body being provided with an inner fin therein, the inner fin dividing an inner chamber of the tube body into a plurality of flow channels;
- and
- an outer fin arranged outside the tube body,
- wherein the outer fin, the tube wall and the inner fin are folded from the same plate, and the same plate comprises a first plate portion, a second plate portion and a third plate portion adjacent in sequence, wherein the second plate portion has a first end connected with the third plate portion and a second end connected with the first plate portion,
- wherein the outer fin has a wavy structure extending along a circumferential direction of the heat exchange tube, the outer fin comprises a plurality of fin units extending along an axial direction of the heat exchange tube and spaced apart along the circumferential direction of the heat exchange tube, and a connecting portion connected with adjacent fin units, each of the plurality of fin units and the connecting portion are connected in sequence, such that the connecting portion serves as a wave crest or a wave trough, the outer fin is further provided with an air channel, and the air channel runs through each of the plurality of fin units,
- two ends of each of the plurality of fin units in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction and the circumferential direction of the heat exchange tube are connected with the connecting portion, respectively, and the two connecting portions connected to the same fin unit extend away from each other along a direction perpendicular to the same fin unit,
- wherein the tube wall has a ring structure, the ring structure comprises a first part and a second part spaced apart from each other, the inner fin is arranged between the first part and the second part, and the outer fin stretches from the first part of the ring structure, and extends in a wavy configuration at an outer side of the ring structure and directly on the second part of the ring structure,
- wherein the manufacturing method comprises:
- processing the first plate portion into the inner fin;
- bending the first end of the second plate portion to the second end of the second plate portion to surround the inner fin to form the ring structure of the tube wall;
- and
- stretching the third plate portion outwards from the first end of the bent second plate portion and extending the third plate portion in a wavy configuration at an outer side of the ring structure and directly on the second part of the ring structure to form the outer fin.
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