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A fairing assembly 10 installed about a heat exchanger, such as a radiator R, to reduce the drag on the vehicle, comprising: a frame installed about the heat exchanger, the frame having a curved contour; a panel mounted in the frame, the panel and fairing assembly defining an air passage for air flow to the heat exchanger; a cover installed in the frame and movable to control air flow through the passage to the heat exchanger; and, moving means for moving the cover over the frame to expose a portion of the opening and allow air to flow into the heat exchanger, the frame and cover thereby reducing the amount of drag on the vehicle while still allowing air flow into the heat exchanger; wherein the panel comprises a first overlapping part and a second overlapping part; and wherein the first overlapping part is moveable from an extended position to a retracted position when the fairing is impacted.

A retainer includes a bracket configured to engage with a heat transfer unit. The bracket defines a plurality of retention holes. The retainer further includes a movable selector comprising one or more indexable features that selectively align with a first one or more of the plurality of retention holes defined by the bracket when the movable selector is in a first position and with a second one or more of the plurality of retention holes defined by the bracket when the movable selector is in a second position.

Heat exchangers and methods of making heat exchangers are discussed herein. The heat exchangers are unique in that they comprise a plurality of heat exchanger cores mechanically coupled to a structural frame that may be comprised by a distribution header to form an array of heat exchanger cores. In preferred embodiments, each core has one or more mounting interfaces that includes at least one input port and output port and is coupled to the distribution header in a removeable configuration via a face seal. In preferred embodiments, the heat exchanger cores are cantilevered from the structural support or distribution header.

Heatsinks and methods are provided for dissipating thermal energy from a substrate in thermal contact therewith. The heatsinks include a plurality of sequentially coupled links. Each of the links includes a hub portion elongated along a central longitudinal axis thereof, a male connector on a first side of the hub portion and elongated along the central longitudinal axis, a female connector on a second side of the hub portion and elongated along the central longitudinal axis, wherein the female connector of each of the links is configured to couple with the male connector of an adjacent one of the links, a planar contact portion on a third side of the hub portion configured to receive thermal energy via conduction from the substrate, and a fin extending from a fourth side of the hub portion configured to dissipate the thermal energy to a surrounding environment via convection.

A cooling assembly for liquid cooling of a heat-generating component such as a dual in-line memory module (DIMM) in a computer device is disclosed. The cooling assembly includes a bracket holding a micro-pipe assembly. The micro-pipe assembly has a cold manifold, a hot manifold and a series of micro-pipes. The micro-pipes are fluidly coupled between the cold manifold and hot manifold to allow coolant flow between the cold manifold and the hot manifold. The bracket positions the micro-pipe assembly such that micro-pipes are positioned proximate to opposite sides of the heat-generating component. A coolant inlet supplies coolant to the cold manifold and a coolant outlet collecting coolant from the hot manifold.

A heat exchanger includes panel assemblies arranged with airflow gaps defined between adjacent panel assemblies to allow air to flow in an airflow direction. Each panel assembly includes a frame including two header sections and a middle section, a membrane positioned on the frame, and two airflow restrictor members positioned at each header section of the frame. For each header section, a first airflow restrictor member is on a first face of the frame and a second airflow restrictor member is on a second face of the frame. For each pair of adjacent panel assemblies, the middle sections are spaced apart to define the airflow gap, and the first airflow restrictor members of a first panel assembly engage the second airflow restrictor members of a second panel assembly to form two airflow restrictors at opposite ends of the airflow gap relative to a direction other than the airflow direction.

A fluid management module having a support including at least one channel for the flow of a refrigerant fluid. The support bearing at least one component with a fluidic function such as an expansion member or a refrigerant valve. The fluid management module includes at least one main two-fluid heat exchanger arranged to allow heat exchange between the refrigerant fluid and a heat-transfer fluid. The support is assembled with the heat exchanger so as to form at least one sealed connection for the refrigerant fluid flowing between the channel of the support and the main two-fluid heat exchanger.

The invention relates to a shell and tube heat exchanger (100) comprising: a housing (2) through which a first fluid is intended to pass; and a removable tube stack (1) for circulation of a second fluid, the tube stack (1) comprising: a front header (11) comprising a front housing (18), a front base (19), a front orifice for entry of the second fluid, and a front tubular plate (14) secured to the front housing (18); an aft header (12) comprising an aft housing (20), an aft orifice for the exit of the second fluid, and an aft tubular plate (15) secured to the aft housing (20); a tube bundle (13) comprising a stack of tubes for the passage of a second fluid and configured such that the second fluid passes only once through the housing (2) between the front orifice and the rear orifice.

To provide a method for manufacturing an ice maker.SOLUTION: An ice maker includes a dry compartment and a wet compartment located adjacent to the dry compartment and including an evaporator case sized to receive an evaporator. The evaporator case includes: a plurality of interior panels which is joined to each other with snap-fit joints and in which each of the snap-fit joints includes a tab and defines a slot and each of a plurality of seams formed between the interior panels defines a foam-tight seal and a water-tight seal; and a plurality of exterior panels, each of which is joined to a mating interior panel of the plurality of interior panels with slide joints. The evaporator case is integrally insulated with blown foam insulation positioned between each of the plurality of exterior panels and a corresponding interior panel.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5A

The present disclosure relates to a cooling device for heat treatment that performs heat treatment by cooling individually or as a whole a heated metal object. The cooling device for heat treatment includes: a chamber to which a plurality of objects is charged through one open side thereof; an individual cooling unit configured to be provided in the chamber, to individually cover the object, and to spray a cooling medium onto the object; and a driving unit configured to be provided on the chamber and to move the individual cooling unit in an up and down direction. With this configuration, it is possible to obtain a required cooling capacity by cooling individually or as a whole a heated metal object.

A vapor cycle system includes a condenser unit that include a condenser and a plurality of mounting features. The condenser unit includes a condenser, including an inlet configured to receive pressurized gas, and an outlet configured to allow a flow of liquid out of the condenser. The plurality of mounting features are attached to the condenser unit and configured to allow the condenser unit to be mounted in a vehicle in a plurality of orientations with respect to gravity. The outlet is positioned at a lowermost point of the condenser in each of the plurality of orientations. The vapor cycle system is configured to cool a thermal load in a vehicle.

A cooling system of an agricultural work vehicle includes a cooling unit including a radiator and configured to perform cooling operation, and a coupling unit rotatably coupling the cooling unit to an inner side wall of an engine room. The coupling unit comprises a hinge part provided on a first side surface of the cooling unit and rotatably coupled to a first inner side wall of the engine room; and a locking part provided on a second side surface of the cooling unit and separably coupled to a second inner side wall of the engine room, wherein when the locking part is separated from the second inner side wall of the engine room, the cooling unit is rotatable on the hinge part.

The intelligent operation and maintenance system comprises a heat exchanger general production system, an indoor unit production system, an outdoor unit production system, a material storage system, a conveying system and a control system. The control system communicates with the heat exchanger general production system, the indoor unit production system, the outdoor unit production system, the material storage system and the conveying system. The control system is configured to control the conveying system to convey materials and control the indoor heat exchanger fin production unit and the general production unit to produce indoor heat exchangers, and the indoor unit production system produces indoor heat exchangers and indoor unit materials into indoor units. And the outdoor heat exchanger fin production unit, the general production unit and the bending unit are controlled to produce the outdoor heat exchanger, and the outdoor unit production system is used for producing the outdoor heat exchanger and outdoor unit materials into the outdoor unit. The outdoor heat exchanger and the indoor heat exchanger can be produced through a heat exchanger general production system, the space layout and layout cost of the whole production system are effectively reduced, and full-automatic intelligent control is achieved through a control system.

A coupling device (1) comprising: a tube sheet (112) attached to a tube bundle (110); a first groove (218) formed on a surface (220) of the tube sheet (112); a flange (208) provided to accommodate a terminal section (214) of the tube sheet (112) and provided with holes (226) for receiving fastening means (306a, 306b); an anchor ring (202) provided to be placed around the tube sheet (112) and provided with holes (210) for receiving fastening means (306a, 306b) to connect the anchor ring (202) to the flange (208); a retaining element (206) comprising an inner section (311) and an outer section (312), wherein the inner section (311) is provided to be placed in the first groove (218) of the tube sheet (112), wherein the retaining element (206) is divided into a first part (222) and a second part (224); and a second groove (232) formed by the combination of the flange (208) and the anchor ring (202) and provided to accommodate the outer section (312) of the retaining element (206).

An oil temperature control assembly (1) mountable on an operating group of a vehicle fluidically connected to an oil circulation system and a cooling system. The assembly (1) comprises a heat exchanger (500) comprising a plurality of plate-shaped exchanger elements (500') which define reciprocally alternate ducts through which oil and refrigerant fluid respectively flow, and a support and oil control device (2). The support and oil control device (2) comprises a base element (3) substantially plate-shaped having a first surface (31) in contact and engageable by the heat exchanger (500) and a second surface (32) opposite the first, wherein on said base element (3) the inlet (3210) and outlet (3220) ducts of the oil are made. In addition, the support and oil control device (2) comprises a control group (4) comprising a housing body (41) projecting in height from the first surface (31) next to the heat exchanger (500) having a housing cavity (410) fluidically connected to said inlet (3210) and outlet (3220) ducts and an exchanger duct (550) and a valve member (45) housed in said housing cavity (410) comprising an obturator element (450) and a control element (455) which moves the obturator element (450) according to the operating conditions of the oil.

To provide a heat exchanger which can detect a joined state in the same flow passage that cannot be detected in a lamination type heat exchanger.SOLUTION: A heat exchanger is formed by alternately laminating a plurality of first metal plates and a plurality of second metal plates joined by diffusion junction. At the plurality of first metal plates, a first partition wall and a plurality of first protrusions are provided. At the plurality of second metal plates, a second partition wall and a plurality of second protrusions are provided. Any one of the plurality of first protrusions and any one of the plurality of second protrusions overlap alternately in the lamination direction. At any one of the plurality of first protrusions and at any one of the plurality of second protrusions, a first through-hole is formed at the first protrusion, and a second through-hole is formed at the second protrusion. The first through-hole is formed at the first partition wall at a portion where the first protrusion is provided, and the second through-hole is formed at the second partition wall at a portion where the second protrusion is provided. A first passage in which the first through-hole and the second through-hole are connected in the lamination direction is formed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

An assembly includes a valve integrated unit attached to a transmission oil heater. The valve integrated unit includes a valve mechanism and a housing having first to sixth fluid ports for input and output of oil. An interior space of the housing has a valve chamber to receive a thermal valve mechanism having a temperature-responsive actuator. A bypass flow passage is located outside a heat exchanger and is in fluid communication with an oil inlet manifold and an outlet manifold through a first bypass hole and a second bypass hole provided in the heat exchanger.

The object of the invention is, among others, a fluid management module for a vehicle, comprising: a block (2) for the distribution of the fluid in the module (1) for the distribution of the fluid in the module (1), said block comprising at least one valve (4), a unit (3) for the circulation of the fluid in the module (1) for the circulation of the fluid in the module (1), the unit (3) for the circulation of the fluid in the module (1) comprising at least a plate (20), called transferring plate, shaped to form at least one channel (21) for receiving the fluid, and a plate (22), called support plate, wherein the support plate (22) is substantially flat and comprises a first face (22a) being in contact with the transferring plate (20), and a second face (22b) being in contact with the block (2) for the distribution of the fluid in the module (1), the block (2) for the distribution of the fluid in the module (1) and the unit (3) for the circulation of the fluid in the module (1) being fluidly connected together, the valve (4) being configured to distribute the fluid in the channel (21) of the unit (3) for the circulation of the fluid in the module (1), and at least one bypass means (30), characterised in that the bypass means (30) comprise at least one bypass channel (31) is located opposite to the first face (22a).

The present invention relates to a temperature control arrangement (1) for temperature control of a sorbent bed (110) for obtaining carbon dioxide from a gaseous medium, comprising: - a pipe arrangement (20) with a pipe (21), and - a lamella arrangement (30) in the sorbent discharge (110) with an elongated lamella (31), wherein the tube (21) runs along a longitudinal direction (L) of the lamella (31) and contacts the lamella (31) along the longitudinal direction (L). The invention further relates to a sorbent container arrangement (100) with the temperature control arrangement (1) according to the invention and a device (200) for obtaining carbon dioxide from the gaseous medium with the temperature control arrangement (1) according to the invention.

The present invention relates to a system (1) comprising at least one energy converter module (2) for absorbing energy from the environment and / or releasing energy to the environment, and at least one energy storage module (3) by means of which the energy from the environment can be stored as thermal energy. The at least one energy storage module (3) and the at least one energy converter module (2) are configured to be arranged together as a combined unit (4) and / or to be operated independently as a single unit (5). Furthermore, the present invention relates to an energy storage module (3).

A plate-type heat exchanger and methods of construction and use wherein one or more separate, individual heat exchanging plate elements, through which a heat exchange fluid flows, are used which can (a) withstand pressure surge events, (b) allow the exchanger and the plate elements to be easily cleaned and maintained, and (c) allow the plate elements to be individually and separately removed from the exchanger for cleaning or maintenance while the exchanger remains online and while any other plate elements in the heat exchanger continue to operate.

A heat exchanger includes plate assemblies arranged to define airflow gaps between adjacent plate assemblies, allowing air to flow in one airflow direction. Each plate assembly includes a frame having two headers and a center section, a diaphragm disposed on the frame, and two airflow restricting elements disposed at each header of the frame. For each header, a first airflow restricting element is located on a first side of the frame and a second airflow restricting element is located on a second side of the frame.In each pair of adjacent plate assemblies, the central portions are spaced apart to define the airflow gap, and the first airflow restricting elements of a first plate assembly engage the second airflow restricting elements of a second plate assembly to form two airflow restrictors at opposite ends of the airflow gap relative to a direction other than the airflow direction.

The present disclosure relates to a heat exchanger comprising a collection vessel formed in two or more rows, a support plate connected to the collection vessel, and a blocking element connected to an open end of the collection vessel to block the end of the collection vessel, and the at least one section of which overlaps and is in contact with the support plate to form an opening between adjacent rows of the collection vessel and the support plate, which is to be blocked by the blocking element, thereby preventing air from escaping through the opening for heat exchange.

Methods and systems are provided for aligning liquid cooling manifolds of a computing rack, where the alignment allows IHSs (Information Handling Systems, such as rack-mounted servers) to be blindly coupled to these manifolds when inserted into a slot of the rack. A first alignment tray is inserted in slot of the rack until alignment couplings of the tray are coupled to the liquid cooling manifold of the rack. A second alignment tray is inserted in another slot of the rack until alignment couplings of the second tray are coupled to the liquid cooling manifold. The liquid cooling manifold is fastened to the rack while the liquid cooling manifold is coupled to the trays. The trays are removed and an IHS is inserted into a slot of the rack until coupled to the liquid cooling manifold, where couplings of the IHS are aligned with couplings of the liquid cooling manifold.

To appropriately mount a heat exchanger to a mounted place, such as a car body even if a positional relationship of a number of aligned tubes or the like is maintained by bringing a restraint tool into contact with the outside of a side plate when collectively brazing the heat exchanger made of an aluminum material.SOLUTION: A heat exchanger includes: multiple tubes through the interior of which a heat medium flows; a pair of headers extending along a lamination direction of the multiple tubes and each connected to either end of the tubes; and side plates that are provided at both ends in the lamination direction of the multiple tubes while the ends are connected to the headers. The side plates each have a clamping part clamped to a clamped member while being separated from a connection place to the corresponding header by a predetermined distance, the clamping part has a first insertion hole and a second insertion hole for inserting a clamping tool along the longitudinal direction of the side plate, and the second insertion hole has a larger diameter than the first insertion hole.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The invention is about a refrigerant module for a thermal management system, comprising a first refrigerant distribution unit (RU-1), and a second refrigerant distribution unit (RU-2), each of the first and second refrigerant distribution units comprising two opposite plates (2-1, 3-1, 2-2, 3-2), respectively called channel plate (2-1, 2-2) and back plate (3-1, 3-2), shaped to form channels (4-1, 4-2) for distributing refrigerant fluid in said thermal management system, the first refrigerant distribution unit (RU-1) and the second refrigerant distribution unit (RU-2) being fixed together, the first refrigerant distribution unit (RU-1) being disposed inclined relatively to the second refrigerant distribution unit (RU-2).

A hinged cooler includes an enclosure in which a cooling fluid flows, a first heat exchanger disposed inside the enclosure for cooling a first fluid by the cooling fluid, a second heat exchanger disposed inside the enclosure for cooling a second fluid by the cooling fluid, and a hinge located between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger rotates 2024 / 085909 around the hinge, in a first direction, from a first closed position that covers the enclosure to a first open position in which the first heat exchanger moves to an outside of the enclosure. The second heat exchanger rotates around the hinge, in a second direction opposite to the first direction, from a second closed position that covers the enclosure to a second open position in which the second heat exchanger moves to the outside of the enclosure.

A heat exchanger includes a laminated structure of alternately stacked first and second plates forming separate flow paths for two fluids. The stack is enclosed in a bottomed tubular case with an open end sealed by a base plate. The case features sidewall-mounted inlet and outlet ports for a first fluid. Each plate has a protruding outer flange taper-fitted to adjacent plates.