Cylindrical Fan Cooling Tower Heat Exchanger Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing heat exchanger solutions require complex spatial and technical adaptations, leading to space-consuming constructions and high costs due to separate components and complex air flow ducts, making them inefficient and costly for universal use.
Innovation Solution
A compact heat sink assembly integrated with a ventilator or blower, featuring a cylindrical fan cooling tower with fluid channels and air passages, where the cooling tower is mounted on a support ring element, allowing for a unified and cost-effective implementation of the heat exchanger function.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate heat exchanger components are used, then heat exchange function is achieved, but device complexity and installation space increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the fan and heat exchanger into a single integrated assembly unit. The heat exchanger is mounted directly on the fan housing, eliminating the need for separate mounting brackets, air ducts, and connection components. This merging of functions reduces device complexity while maintaining heat exchange capability.
Solution Approach 2:
The integrated assembly serves multiple functions simultaneously: the fan provides air circulation while the mounted heat exchanger performs heat exchange. This multi-functional design allows the same assembly to be used in various applications (cooling, heating, heat recovery) without requiring separate components, thereby reducing adaptation complexity.
2Adaptability or versatility
If separate heat exchanger components with air ducts are used, then heat exchange function is achieved, but installation space and volume increase
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating the heat exchanger directly onto the fan housing, the patent eliminates the need for separate air ducts and mounting structures. The heat exchanger utilizes the fan's existing air flow path, thereby reducing the overall installation space and volume required for the system.
3Adaptability or versatility
If complex air flow ducts and separate components are used, then heat exchange function is achieved, but manufacturing and assembly costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The integrated design reduces the number of parts that need to be manufactured and assembled. By eliminating separate air ducts, mounting brackets, and connection components, the patent simplifies the manufacturing process and reduces assembly costs while maintaining the heat exchange function.
Solution Approach 2:
The universal integrated assembly can be used in various applications without requiring custom manufacturing or complex assembly procedures. The same basic design serves cooling, heating, and heat recovery functions, thereby reducing per-unit manufacturing and assembly costs across different applications.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design provides a universally usable, cost-effective, and compact solution for heat exchange, enabling efficient temperature transfer between air and fluid media, regardless of the direction of air or fluid flow, thus overcoming the limitations of prior art.
Implementation Method 1
the temperature of the air flowing through the fan is deliberately altered by the medium, i.e., it is either cooled or heated
Implementation Method 2
Air is drawn into the fan through the aerodynamically optimized central air inlet and discharged via the radial outlet of the impeller along the air guide vanes of the fan cooling tower. The air flows around the fluid channels of the fan cooling tower, which contain a cooling medium.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a heat exchanger assembly (20) for a fan (10) and to a fan having a heat exchanger assembly (20), which heat exchanger assembly is formed from a substantially cylindrical fan cooling tower (21), which has a heat sink (22) having a plurality of fluid channels (23) for a liquid medium, which are fluidically connected to each other, wherein the fan cooling tower (21) has a plurality of air passages for the flow of the air of the fan (10), through which air passages air-guiding fins (24) extend and which air passages extend in the radial direction.