Metal heat exchanger tube
AssigneeWieland-Werke AG
InventorsAchim Gotterbarm, Manfred Knab, Ronald Lutz
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AssigneeWieland-Werke AG
InventorsAchim Gotterbarm, Manfred Knab, Ronald Lutz
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A metal heat exchanger tube having integral fins formed on the tube outside and having a fin foot, fin flanks and a fin tip. The fin foot protrudes radially from the tube wall, and a channel is formed between the fins. Spaced-apart additional structures are arranged in a channel base and divide the channel between the fins into segments. The additional structures reduce the throughflow area in the channel and limit fluid flow during operation. First additional structures are radial projections emerging from the channel base and are delimited radially by an end surface located between the channel base and the fin tip. Material protrusions in the form of second additional structures lie at the location of the projections. The material protrusions are arranged between the end surface and the fin tip and lie laterally on the fin flank, and extend further axially and radially than circumferentially.
A metal heat exchanger tube, comprising:
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