Internally finned tube having enhanced nucleation centers, heat exchangers, and methods of manufacture

a technology of internal fins and nucleation centers, applied in the field of heat exchangers, can solve the problems of reducing the pressure capacity of the tubing, difficult to achieve in practice, and little or no performance improvement of the condenser

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-12-03
NORDYNE
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It is also known that partially closed cavities and crevices are even more effective than grooves, but, in the past, have been difficult to achieve in practice.
These grooves typically produce some increased heat-transfer performance in eva...

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[0029]This invention provides, among other things, enhanced tubing for conducting heat between a first fluid within the tubing and a second fluid exterior to the tubing, various air conditioning units that may have an evaporator, condenser, or both, manufactured in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, various HVAC systems and buildings having such systems, certain tools or bullets for expanding internally finned tubing in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, various heat exchangers for effectively transferring heat energy between a first fluid and a second fluid, for example, and various enhanced evaporators for use in an air conditioning unit, for instance, for residential use, as well as certain air conditioning units and HVAC systems having such heat exchangers or evaporators, as further examples.

[0030]Various embodiments provide, for example, as an object or benefit, that they partially or fully address or satisfy one or more of the needs, potential areas f...

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Abstract

Tubing having internal fins projecting inward from the tube wall, each fin having an external surface that includes multiple acute interior angles or crevices that may form nucleation boiling sites, heat exchangers comprising such tubing, and methods of making same. Acute angles, crevices, or elongated slits may be formed in the sides, center, or both, of the fins or between the fins and the tube wall, and convex rounded surfaces may be provided therebetween. Fins may be parallel to the tube centerline or helically wound. Tubing may be expanded with a bullet which may form an interference fit with external fins, may modify the fins to create more effective nucleate boiling cavities, or both.

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CLAIM OF PRIORITY[0001]This patent application claims priority to, and incorporates by reference, U.S. provisional patent application 61 / 058,401 titled Internally Finned Tube Having Enhanced Nucleation Center, Heat Exchangers, and Air Conditioning Units, which was filed on Jun. 3, 2008.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This Invention relates to heat exchangers, including heat exchangers used in air conditioning units, and to methods and equipment for making heat exchangers.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Heat exchangers have been used for some time to transfer heat from a warmer fluid to a cooler fluid, including in air conditioning units for cooling or heating (or both), spaces that people occupy, such as within buildings, vehicles, or the like. FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a heat exchanger 10 that may serve as an evaporator or a condenser in an air conditioning unit, for example, to transfer heat between a refrigerant and air, for instance.[0004]Refrigerant, which may be liquid, ga...

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IPC IPC(8): F28F1/42B21D53/06
CPCB21C23/10B21D53/08F28F1/32F28F1/40Y10T29/49384F28F2215/00F28F2215/10Y10T29/49378Y10T29/4935F28F2275/125
Inventor REIFEL, ALLAN J.HOEFFKEN, RUSSELL W.
Owner NORDYNE
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