Heat exchanger fin having canted lances
AssigneeYork International Corporation
InventorCharles H. Bemisderfer
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Abstract
A heat exchanger coil assembly is provided. The fins of the assembly include lance style enhancements on a corrugated shape of the fin. Lances are provided on both the upstream and the downstream sides of each corrugation. The upstream lance forms a first angle with respect to a direction of mean airflow and the downstream lance forms a second angle with respect to the direction of mean airflow. The first and second angles are not equal, such that the lances are canted with respect to one another. This generates two different streams of air flow such that a wake of the upstream lance will not impinge on the downstream lance, thereby maximizing heat transfer for both the upstream and the downstream lances.
Claims23
In a finned heat exchanger coil assembly, wherein heat transfer takes place between a first fluid flowing through a plurality of spaced-apart finned heat transfer tubes and a second fluid flowing outside of the tubes, a fin comprising:
- at least two corrugations, each corrugation having a first lance on an upstream side of the corrugation and a second lance on a downstream side of the corrugation, wherein the first lance forms an angle of between 5 and 15 degrees with respect to a direction of mean airflow, and wherein the second lance is parallel to the direction of mean airflow, such that a wake of the first lance will not impinge upon the second lance.
A heat exchanger coil assembly, comprising:
- a plurality of fins arranged substantially in parallel with a direction of mean air flow, such that air can flow between adjacent fins, each fin having a plurality of cylindrical sleeves and a corrugated shape comprising at least two corrugations, each corrugation including a first lance and a second lance downstream of the first lance, wherein the first lance is canted at a first angle with respect to the mean air flow direction and the second lance is canted at a second angle with respect to the mean air flow direction, the first angle being different from the second angle such that when air flow passes over the fin, a wake of the first lance will not impinge upon the second lance;
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- a plurality of heat transfer tubes arranged substantially perpendicular to the plurality of fins, each tube passing through the cylindrical sleeves in the plurality of fins.
In a finned heat exchanger coil assembly, wherein heat transfer takes place between a first fluid flowing through a plurality of spaced-apart finned heat transfer tubes and a second fluid flowing outside of the tubes, a fin comprising:
- a corrugated shape comprising at least two corrugations, each corrugation having a first lance and a second lance downstream of the first lance, wherein the first lance is canted at a first angle with respect to a direction of mean airflow and the second lance is canted at a second angle with respect to the direction of mean airflow, wherein the first angle is different from the second angle such that when air flow passes over the fin, a wake of the first lance will not impinge upon the second lance.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.