US 2025/0052528 A1 · HEAT EXCHANGER AND BYPASS VALVE USED IN HEAT EXCHANGER

Abstract

The present invention relates to a heat exchanger and a bypass valve used in the heat exchanger, which are provided in consideration of cooling/heating performance. An object of the present invention is to provide a heat exchanger, which adopts a variable path in consideration of cooling/heating performance to solve a problem in which cooling performance and heating performance vary depending on the number of paths, and a bypass valve used in the heat exchanger. More specifically, another object of the present invention is to provide a heat exchanger, which is designed to change the number of paths in consideration of cooling/heating performance so as to be optimized for performance in a cooling mode and performance in a heating mode, and a bypass valve used in the heat exchanger.

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Dependent claims

A heat exchanger comprising:

a plurality of tubes disposed in parallel with one another and configured to define a core region in which a refrigerant flows;
a pair of header tanks provided at two opposite ends of the tubes;
and
a plurality of baffles provided in the header tanks,
wherein a plurality of paths is formed in the core region by the plurality of baffles, and a bypass valve, which selectively bypasses at least some of the plurality of paths, communicates with at least any one side of the pair of header tanks.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Heat exchanger and bypass valve used in heat exchanger

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Heat exchanger and bypass valve used in heat exchanger

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Abstract

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