113results about "Spacing means" patented technology

A heat exchange apparatus, a heat exchange device, a thermal management system, a control method for a thermal management system, and a vehicle are provided, to implement a heat exchange or heat preservation requirement of a to-be-heat-exchanged element, and improve performance and use safety of the to-be-heat-exchanged element. The heat exchange apparatus includes a housing and a spacer plate disposed in the housing. The spacer plate separates the housing into a first cavity and a second cavity. An outer wall on a side that is of the first cavity and that is away from the second cavity is configured to be in thermally conductive contact with a to-be-heat-exchanged element. The first cavity is provided with a first inlet and a first outlet. The second cavity is provided with a second inlet and a second outlet.

A spacer device for incorporation into a bent-tube heat exchanger that includes a spine and a plurality of fingers that protrude from one side of the spine. The number of fingers in the spacer device is less than the number of tubes that are folded in a region to form the bent-tube heat exchanger. The plurality of fingers are configured to exert a force against the tubes and to provide and maintain a separation between the tubes in the folded region. A heat exchanger that includes the spacer device may also include a coating on the tubes in the folded region in order to reduce corrosion and increase the life-time of the heat exchanger. The method of forming the heat exchanger includes placing the spacer device between the tubes, such that the fingers lay on the tubes in the region to be folded and assist in the folding process.

A vehicle. The vehicle comprises a battery pack; the battery pack comprises a battery pack case; the battery pack case comprises a heat exchange plate; and the heat exchange plate comprises a runner plate, a sealing plate, and a supporting member. The two sides of the runner plate in the thickness direction are respectively a first side and a second side, and the runner plate is provided with a protruding portion on the first side. The sealing plate is arranged on the first side of the runner plate, and the orthographic projection of the sealing plate on the runner plate covers at least part of the protruding portion. The supporting member is arranged between the runner plate and the sealing plate for supporting.

A coil wound heat exchanger utilizing a deformable support system and method for making a tube bundle for the same includes a mandrel, a first tube layer formed by winding one or more tubes around the mandrel, and a plurality of supports and spacers circumferentially-arranged in an alternating pattern on an outer surface of the first tube layer. A second tube layer is formed by winding one or more tubes around the mandrel, whereby the second tube layer contacts an opposite side of the supports. A deforming force is applied to the second tube layer in a direction normal to the outer surface of each support, which causes the one or more tubes forming the second tube layer to deform the outer support surface of each support.

The invention relates to a device for thermal regulation of at least one electronic component, including at least two circulation conduits of a heat transfer fluid, arranged along a stacking axis, and at least one heat transfer fluid manifold in fluidic communication with the circulation conduits. The heat transfer fluid manifold includes at least two fluidic connection portions, respectively assembled at one end of a corresponding circulation conduit and having, respectively, at least one collar bordering an orifice, and at least one hollow connector interposed between two fluidic connection portions along the stacking axis, and having two opposite end sections, slidably mounted inside the collars of two facing fluidic connection portions.

A heat exchanger includes partition members, alternately stacked spacing members, and seals. The spacing members include first and second spacing members forming the first and second passages. The first and second spacing members each have a frame portion along a periphery of the partition members. The frame portion of the first and second spacing members have first and second communication sections having first and second communication openings allowing the first and second passages to communicate with outside of the frame portion, and first and second partition walls separating the first and second passages from the outside of the frame portion. The frame portions of the first and second spacing members further have first and second notches provided in portions of the first and second partition walls, and open on an outer side surface of the first and second partition walls. The seals cover surfaces of the first and second notches.

A heat exchanger includes a first plate, a second plate and a sheet positioned between the first plate and the second plate. A sheet first face sheet abuts a first plate inner surface. A sheet perimeter portion abuts a second plate perimeter portion. A second plate inward portion is spaced from a first plate inward portion. The sheet perimeter portion is connected to the first plate perimeter portion and to the second plate perimeter portion such that a coolant flow path is formed between the first plate and the second plate. The sheet inward portion includes at least one protrusion having a first end coupled to the sheet and a second free end partially detached from the sheet. The at least one protrusion extends from the first plate to the second plate such that the first end abuts the first plate and the second free end abuts the second plate.

The present application relates to a spiral heat exchanger and a heat exchange device. The spiral heat exchanger comprises: a core shaft with an axis extending in the left-right direction; a first liquid-passing coiled tape with a spiral liquid flow channel therein wound around the axis of the core shaft at least two circles to form a spiral shape; and seal strips sealed between the sides of two heat conduction thin tapes and the spiral liquid flow channel formed between the seal strips and between the two heat conduction thin tapes, wherein adjacent circles of the first liquid-passing coiled tape is isolated by a certain distance maintained by a duct support to prevent the adjacent circles from sticking to each other to create a blockage in the spiral airflow channel.

An air conditioner includes a heat exchanger including a first sheet that separates a first heat-exchange channel and a second heat-exchange channel, and a container configured to store water to be supplied to the first heat-exchange channel. The first sheet has a first surface defining the first heat-exchange channel. The first surface includes a reference surface, a first protrusion, and a second protrusion adjacent to the first protrusion The first protrusion and the second protrusion protrude relative to the reference surface in a thickness direction of the first sheet. The reference surface has a groove portion and a non-groove portion. The groove portion is defined between the first protrusion and the second protrusion. The groove portion is contiguous with the non-groove portion.

A heat exchange apparatus, a heat exchange device, a thermal management system, a control method for a thermal management system, and a vehicle are provided, to implement a heat exchange or heat preservation requirement of a to-be-heat-exchanged element, and improve performance and use safety of the to-be-heat-exchanged element. The heat exchange apparatus includes a housing and a spacer plate disposed in the housing. The spacer plate separates the housing into a first cavity and a second cavity. An outer wall on a side that is of the first cavity and that is away from the second cavity is configured to be in thermally conductive contact with a to-be-heat-exchanged element. The first cavity is provided with a first inlet and a first outlet. The second cavity is provided with a second inlet and a second outlet. A first sealing element configured to open or close the second inlet is disposed at the second inlet. A second sealing element configured to open or close the second outlet is disposed at the second outlet.

A heat exchange apparatus, a heat exchange device, a thermal management system, a control method for a thermal management system, and a vehicle are provided, to implement a heat exchange or heat preservation requirement of a to-be-heat-exchanged element, and improve performance and use safety of the to-be-heat-exchanged element. The heat exchange apparatus includes a housing and a spacer plate disposed in the housing. The spacer plate separates the housing into a first cavity and a second cavity. An outer wall on a side that is of the first cavity and that is away from the second cavity is configured to be in thermally conductive contact with a to-be-heat-exchanged element. The first cavity is provided with a first inlet and a first outlet. The second cavity is provided with a second inlet and a second outlet. A first sealing element configured to open or close the second inlet is disposed at the second inlet. A second sealing element configured to open or close the second outlet is disposed at the second outlet.

The subject of the invention is a Device for storage of energy, in particular cooling energy, and the method of cooling the device for storage of energy, in particular cooling energy, as well as their specific use The invention is applicable to cyclic freeze-up, i.e. the generation and build-up of the ice (7') and its use for refrigeration purposes, when there is an increased demand for cooling power in systems, such as air conditioning or freezing. The application may also include refrigeration or freezing devices that do not operate permanently, but the time and / or duration of their use requires an additional supply of cold that cannot be obtained during standard operation of such equipment. The exemplary device for storage of energy, in particular cooling energy, is equipped with the tank (1), preferably the circulating pump (2) and the heat exchanger (3) of which at least one cold accumulator (4) located in the tank (1) is a component. It is powered in terms of refrigeration by the cooling liquid refrigerant (5) which is a carrier of the cold, where the refrigerant is an aqueous glycol solution or brine or alcohol or a solution thereof. In the tank (1), at least two cold accumulators (4) are located, each bounded by the mantle (6) in the form of a spatial solid made of a thermal conductor, which spatial solid is filled with the water (7) and an air or vacuum buffer supplementary to 100% of this filling, wherein the mantles (6) preferably inseparably and at a distance connected to the tank (1) and / or to each other, and the distance between the mantles (6) of the adjacent cold accumulators (4) preferably ranges from 2mm to 150mm, wherein the tank (1) is filled with the liquid refrigerant (5) as a cold carrier, which refrigerant (5) constitutes the environment of all the mantles (6) of the cold accumulators (4) contained in the tank (1), and wherein the liquid refrigerant (5) constitutes the freezing thermal circuit of the cold accumulators (4) bounded by their mantles (6). The mantle (6) surrounding the cold accumulator (4) is the first mantle (6') of said cold accumulator (4), while inside the first mantle (6'), at a distance therefrom, but preferably using at least one thermal bridge connection (34), there is at least one second mantle (6") of the same cold accumulator (4), wherein the outer environment of the second mantle (6") is the cold accumulator (4) and the internal environment of the kind of filling of the second mantle (6") is the refrigerant (5) supplied and discharged by the second mantle (6") from outside the cold accumulator (4), wherein the second mantle (6") has a tubular input (33') and has a tubular output (33") connecting the second mantle (6") to the freezing thermal circuit.

Spacers (68), comprising: a base (76) with an inlet side and an outlet side, wherein the inlet side is perpendicular to the outlet side; at least one rib (72, 72a, 72a', 72b, 72b') extending laterally from the base (76), wherein the at least one rib (72, 72a, 72a', 72b, 72b') is configured to direct a flow of coolant through a battery set (24) such that the flow received from an inlet air chamber (56) adjacent to the inlet side flows to an outlet air chamber (60) adjacent to the outlet side, wherein the inlet air chamber (56) spans the inlet side from the outlet side to an opposite side which is opposite the outlet side; and blocks (82) extending from the base (76), wherein the blocks (82) are designed to swirl the flow of the coolant, and wherein the blocks (82) define slots (86) to allow a certain flow of the coolant through the blocks (82).

Methods and devices heat or cool viscous materials, such as meat emulsions useful for producing food and other products. The devices have a heat exchanger including a first plate, a second plate attached to the first plate, and a first spacer and a second spacer arranged between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate, the second plate, the first spacer, and the second spacer define at least one temperature controlled passage for a product to pass through the heat exchanger.

Fins (30) of a heat exchanger each have a tube receiving opening (33) into which a heat transfer tube is inserted. Each of the fins (30) is provided with a collar (32) rising from an edge of the tube receiving opening (33). Open end-side protruding tabs (40a) and closed end-side protruding tab (40b) of the collar (32) make contact with an adjacent one of the fins (30) to maintain the interval between fin bodies (31). The collar (32) has longer side joint portions (50) smaller in height than the open end-side protruding tabs (40a). The longer side joint portions (50) are joined to the heat transfer tube. The open end-side protruding tabs (40a) are smaller in length than the longer side joint portions (50).

A three-dimensional heat transfer device includes a first heat conducting shell, a second heat conducting shell, at least one heat conducting bump, at least one first capillary structure, at least one second capillary structure, and at least one first heat pipe. The second heat conducting shell has at least one first through hole, and the second heat conducting shell is arranged on the first heat conducting shell so that the first heat conducting shell and the second heat conducting shell jointly form a liquid-tight chamber. The at least one heat conducting bump protrudes from the first heat conducting shell. The at least one first capillary structure is stacked on the first heat conducting shell. The at least one second capillary structure is stacked on the at least one heat conducting bump and is thermally coupled to the at least one first capillary structure. The at least one first heat pipe is inserted into the at least one first through hole and abuts against the at least one second capillary structure.

The invention relates to a heat exchanger plate (A; B) comprising a central panel (A0; B0) with at least four sides (A1, A2, A3, A4; B1, B2, B3, B4), said central panel preferably being quadrilateral or quadrilateral with truncated corners, said plate having: - a first side (A1; B1) of the central panel which is inclined in relation to the central panel (A0; B0) and which forms a first junction panel (JA; JB), - the opposite side (A3; B3) from the first side (A1; B1) which is flat.

A heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger core (14, 14'), a pressure housing (12, 12'), and a flex beam (16, 16'). The pressure housing (12, 12') at least partially defines a core chamber. The flex beam (16, 16') extends between and connects the heat exchanger core (14, 14') and the pressure housing (12, 12') such that the heat exchanger core (14, 14') is suspended away from the pressure housing (12, 12') within the core chamber by the flex beam (16, 16'). The flex beam (16, 16') includes a core end connected to the heat exchanger core (14, 14') and a housing end spaced along the flex beam (16, 16') from the core end and connected to the pressure housing (12, 12').

A heat exchanger (1) comprising: - a body (3) provided with a number of compartments (4) including two end compartments (7), each compartment (4) defining an internal volume through which a fluid can flow and each compartment (4) comprising at least one opening (5) through which a fluid passes to enter or leave said internal volume; - a separation wall (6) arranged between two adjacent compartments (4) separating the internal volumes from one another; - a closure wall (9) arranged in each of the two end compartments (7) intended to close an internal end volume of said end compartment (7); wherein the heat exchanger (1) comprises a number of spacers (12) arranged inside the compartments (4) and along the openings (5), said spacers (12) being capable of maintaining a distance (d) between two adjacent separation walls (6) and / or said spacers (12) being capable of maintaining a distance (d) between the closure wall (9) and the separation wall (6) adjacent to said closure wall (9).

The invention relates to a dishwasher (1) comprising at least one heat pump (14) which comprises, as functional units, at least one compressor (16), a condenser (18), an expansion element (19), and an evaporator (20) which are connected to one another via pipe sections (21) for forwarding a working medium (17) which changes state during operation. The dishwasher is designed in such a way that the functional unit of the evaporator (20) comprises a plurality of heat exchanger elements (26) which are arranged side by side, in particular upright, and between which air (28) can be passed in order to transfer heat to the working medium (17), wherein the distance (d1, d2) between adjacent heat exchanger elements (26) varies along the path of the air (28) through the evaporator (20).

The utility model discloses an efficient vapor chamber which comprises a plate body, supporting columns, a heat transfer working medium and capillary flow guide columns. The plate body is provided with a containing cavity, the containing cavity is provided with two oppositely-arranged heat conduction cavity walls, and capillary layers are arranged on the cavity walls of the containing cavity; the supporting column is arranged on the plate body and located in the containing cavity, the supporting column is located between the two heat conduction cavity walls, and the two ends of the supporting column are connected with the two heat conduction cavity walls in a one-to-one correspondence mode; the heat transfer working medium is arranged in the accommodating cavity; the capillary flow guide column is arranged on the plate body and located in the containing cavity, the capillary flow guide column is located between the two heat conduction cavity walls, the two ends of the capillary flow guide column are connected with the capillary layers on the two heat conduction cavity walls in a one-to-one correspondence mode, and the length size of the cross section of the capillary flow guide column is larger than the width size of the cross section of the capillary flow guide column. And the length direction of the cross section of at least part of the capillary flow guide columns is the flowing direction of the gaseous heat transfer working medium.

A heat exchanger (1) comprising: - a body (3) provided with a number of compartments (4) including two end compartments (7), each compartment (4) defining an internal volume through which a fluid can flow and each compartment (4) comprising at least one opening (5) through which a fluid passes to enter or leave said internal volume; - a separation wall (6) arranged between two adjacent compartments (4) separating the internal volumes from one another; - a closure wall (9) arranged in each of the two end compartments (7) intended to close an internal end volume of said end compartment (7); wherein the heat exchanger (1) comprises a number of spacers (12) arranged inside the compartments (4) and along the openings (5), said spacers (12) being capable of maintaining a distance (d) between two adjacent separation walls (6) and / or said spacers (12) being capable of maintaining a distance (d) between the closure wall (9) and the separation wall (6) adjacent to said closure wall (9).

A plate for a heat exchanger, which comprises a plurality of unit cells, each one of the unit cells comprising a first face and a second face which is opposite the first face, the first face and the second face having a plurality of spacers which are arranged so as to produce mutually perpendicular directions of flow between the first face and the second face.The spacers differ between the first face and the second face in terms of number and / or shape and / or size.

The present invention relates to a gasket unit which is suitable for being sandwiched between the peripheral areas of two adjacent heat transfer plates of a plate heat exchanger, wherein the gasket unit is formed by a base having a gasket on the surface.

The present invention relates to a heat exchanger (1'), comprising: - a gas-tight casing (2), - at least one tube (4) made from a good thermally conducting material and inside which a fluid to be heated can circulate, this tube (4) being helically wound so as to form a helical winding (40) having a longitudinal axis (X-X') which is arranged inside said casing (2), - means for conveying and / or for producing hot gases inside said casing (2), such as a burner (3), so as to define a combustion chamber (26) therein, this helical winding (40) being arranged so as to form a gap (45) between two adjacent turns, said at least one tube (4) having a front face (41) and a rear face (42) which are opposing, a bottom side (43) oriented towards the longitudinal axis (X-X') and a top side (44) oriented towards the casing (2), said front face (41) and said rear face (42) of the tube (4) being planar or substantially planar and being located on either side of the gap (45). This heat exchanger is noteworthy in that said at least one tube (4) has, on the front face (41) thereof and / or the rear face (42) thereof, a shoulder (46) which extends from the bottom side (43) of the tube towards the top side (44) thereof, over part of the height (H1) of the straight section of this tube (4) and also over the whole, or virtually the whole, length of this tube (4).

A heat exchanger is disclosed. The heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger core including a stacked plurality of plates, a top plate, and a bottom plate. The plurality of plates includes two end portion plates, and a plurality of intermediate plates stacked between the end portion plates. Each of the plurality of intermediate plates has a flow-through portion penetrating through the intermediate plates through which a fluid flows. Each of the through holes of each of the plurality of intermediate plates demarcates a flowthrough path which penetrates through the intermediate plate in the stacking direction and is isolated from the flow path between plates. A boss portion having a substantially elliptical shape edge portion is formed at each plate.