Heat Exchanger Cold Reserving Part Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing heat exchangers with cold reserving parts face challenges in miniaturization, effective cold air absorption, and durability due to protruding components for charging cold reserving material, which also lead to increased energy consumption and reduced manufacturing efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A heat exchanger design with a cold reserving material charging part integrated at the inlet and outlet member formation, eliminating the need for additional protruding parts, using an extrusion type tube for direct heat conduction, and a manufacturing method that coats the exchanger to prevent corrosion, allowing for efficient cold air absorption and improved manufacturing performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a protruding part is added to inject cold reserving material, then the cold reserving material can be charged, but the heat exchanger size increases and miniaturization is hindered
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the cold reserving material charging function with the existing inlet/outlet member by forming the charging part at the location where the inlet/outlet member is already formed. This integration eliminates the need for separate protruding charging structures, thereby achieving miniaturization while maintaining the charging capability.
2Reliability
If the heat exchanger is coated to prevent corrosion, then durability increases, but the coating solution may be introduced into the heat exchanger causing corrosion
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary protective action by coating the heat exchanger before the cold reserving material is charged. The coating process is performed on the assembled structure with the charging part already in place, which helps prevent coating solution from penetrating into the heat exchanger interior, thus protecting against corrosion while ensuring durability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a double pipe structure is used with separate passages for heat exchange medium and heat storage material, then heat exchange function is provided, but manufacturing complexity increases and bonding defects occur
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the heat exchange medium passage and the cold reserving material charging part into a single integrated structure. The tube serves dual purposes: as the heat exchange medium passage and as the container for the cold reserving material charging part, eliminating the need for separate double pipe structures and reducing manufacturing complexity.
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
The design enables miniaturization, rapid and effective cold air absorption, increased heat exchange efficiency, and enhanced durability by preventing corrosion, thus improving manufacturing performance and user comfort.
Implementation Method 1
the heat exchange medium is moved through the tube and the cold reserving material is stored in the tube, such that the heat exchange medium directly contacts the cold reserving material
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AI summary
Provided are a heat exchanger equipped with a cold reserving part and a manufacturing method thereof, and more particularly, a heat exchanger equipped with a cold reserving part, in which since a cold reserving material charging part is formed at a portion at which an inlet and outlet member is formed, an additionally protruding part to inject the cold reserving material is not required, such that the heat exchanger may be miniaturized and may more rapidly and effectively absorb cold air to increase a cold reserving effect, and a manufacturing method of a heat exchanger equipped with a cold reserving part which forms the cold reserving material charging part to charge the cold reserving material after coating the heat exchanger to block a coating solution from introducing into the heat exchanger.