Abstract: A heat pump for a vehicle is provided in which the heat pump includes a compressor, an inner heat exchanger, an outer heat exchanger, a first expansion unit, a second expansion unit, an evaporator, an accumulator, a third heat exchanger, a first directional control valve, a second directional control valve, and a dehumidification line, and performs cooling, heating, defrosting, and dehumidifying operations according to the flow of a refrigerant.

Abstract: A strong cooling direct air-cooled condenser radiating unit and an air-cooled island are provided, comprises a cooling wall, an air supply device and a flow guide device located in the cooling wall. The air supply device comprises a unit air supply channel, an air supply ring, and an air collecting cavity. The air supply ring is located at the lower part of the cooling wall and is an annular body with a cavity. An annular slit outlet is formed in the lower part of the air supply ring. The upper part of the air collecting cavity communicates with the air supply ring. A separating plate is provided in the unit air supply channel and divides the unit air supply channel into upper and lower air flues. The upper air flue communicates with the cavity of the air supply ring. The lower air flue communicates with the air collecting cavity.

Abstract: A thermal management system. The thermal management system includes a refrigerant system and a cooling liquid system; the thermal management system further includes a fourth heat exchanger which includes a first flow channel and a second flow channel; the refrigerant system and the cooling liquid system can perform heat exchanging by means of the fourth heat exchanger, thereby facilitating improving the performance of the thermal management system.

Abstract: The heat exchanger has tubes and a header tank that is located at an end of the tubes in a longitudinal direction and communicates with the tubes. The header tank has a core plate that connects to the tubes and a tank body that is fixed to the core plate. The core plate has a tube connection surface, a sealing surface, and an inclined surface that connects the tube connection surface and the sealing surface with each other. A distance between the tube connection surface and an end surface of the tubes in the longitudinal direction is different from a distance between the sealing surface and the end surface in the longitudinal direction by disposing the inclined surface to incline with respect to the longitudinal direction. The tubes connect to the tube connection surface and the inclined surface in a condition of being inserted to the tube connection surface and the inclined surface.

Abstract: A first connection portion is located on one side of a predetermined flow path member in a plane direction. The predetermined flow path member and another flow path member are bonded by brazing at the first connection portion. A second connection portion is located on the other side of the predetermined flow path member. The predetermined flow path member and another flow path member are bonded by brazing at the second connection portion. A brazing material layer extends over the predetermined flow path member, the first connection portion, and the second connection portion. A hilling portion is a portion of the predetermined flow path member. The hilling portion is curved to protrude toward a side on which the brazing material layer is provided. The hilling portion extends along a direction in which the first connection portion or the second connection portion extends.

Abstract: A sports car provided with a conditioning system comprising a conditioning device for treating environmental air, an internal channel for delivering conditioned air generated by said conditioning device throughout a vehicle cockpit, wherein said conditioning device is arranged at the rear of said vehicle cockpit.

Abstract: A cooling device includes: a case equipped with a supply port for a coolant and a discharge port for the coolant and a laminated core disposed in the case, the laminated core comprising a plurality of punched plates, each with the same shape, and each punched plate including: a plurality of linear portions that extend in waveform shapes in a flow direction of the coolant and that are spaced apart in an amplitude direction of the waveforms, and linking portions that are spaced apart in an extension direction of the linear portions and that link the linear portions to one another in the amplitude direction, the punched plates being alternately disposed front-to-back and the linear portions being superposed over one another, and the linking portions of the superposed punched plates being disposed spaced apart in the extension direction.

Abstract: Process and apparatus for the separation of a compressed feed air stream to produce an oxygen product using a distillation column having a lower-pressure column and a higher-pressure column, a higher-pressure heat exchanger and a lower-pressure heat exchanger where the gaseous nitrogen expander receives a nitrogen-enriched fraction from a position intermediate the warmer end and the colder end of the higher-pressure heat exchanger.

Abstract: An environmental control system includes a cross-flow heat exchanger, a first valve, and a second valve. The heat exchanger includes three cores each with their own respective inlet, outlet, and cold air passage. The first inlet is fluidly connected with a hot air source. The second outlet is fluidly connected to the first outlet. The third inlet is fluidly connected to the second inlet and to a hot air destination. The first valve is fluidly connected with the hot air source, the second inlet, and the third inlet. The first valve is positioned in-line between the hot air source and the second and third inlets. The second valve is fluidly connected to the hot air destination, to the first outlet, and to the second outlet. The second valve is positioned in-line between the hot air destination and the first and second outlets.

Abstract: An air conditioner for a vehicle which can reduce ventilation resistance and secure a sufficient cross-sectional area of an air outlet to prevent deterioration in air volume. The air conditioner includes: an air-conditioning case having an air passageway formed therein and a plurality of air outlets formed at an exit thereof, and at least one heat exchanger disposed in the air passageway of the air-conditioning case to exchange heat with air passing through the air passageway, wherein the air outlet includes a center vent for discharging air-conditioned wind toward the center of a vehicle width and a side vent for discharging the air-conditioned wind toward the side of the vehicle width, and one between the center vent and the side vent is arranged in an upper side of the air-conditioning case, and the other is arranged in one side of the air-conditioning case in a back-and-forth direction of the vehicle.

Abstract: An integrated thermal management system includes a cooling circuit having a component thermal conditioning circuit, a battery thermal conditioning circuit, a cabin heating circuit, a cabin cooling circuit and a valve group configured for selectively interconnecting or isolating the component thermal conditioning circuit, the battery thermal conditioning circuit, the cabin heating circuit and the cabin cooling circuit.

Abstract: A cooler includes: a narrow flow path that has a narrow cross-sectional area; a wide flow path that is connected to a downstream side of the narrow flow path, is in thermal contact with a heating body, and has a wide cross-sectional area; and at least one rectifying piece that is provided in an upstream portion of the wide flow path that is an upstream side from a position being in thermal contact with the heating body. A fluid refrigerant flows through the narrow flow path and the wide flow path, and heat generated by the heating body is radiated. The rectifying piece includes: a single first angle portion that protrudes toward the upstream side; and a first surface and a second surface that join at an acute angle to form the first angle portion.

Abstract: A transient cooling system includes a first phase change material (PCM) element and a second PCM element. The first PCM element includes a first PCM, a first surface, and a second surface, the first surface complementary to a surface to be cooled. The second PCM element includes a second PCM and a third surface in thermal contact with the second surface. The first PCM and the second PCM may have different thermal characteristics.

Abstract: This counter-current dual-flow air/air exchanger (1) includes a first network of channels oriented along a longitudinal axis (X-X?) of the exchanger (1), suitable for the circulation of a first airflow (F1) in a first direction, and a second network of channels oriented along the longitudinal axis (X-X?) of the exchanger (1), suitable for the circulation of a second airflow (F2) in the direction opposite the first airflow (F1). The exchanger (1) includes members (10, 12, 14) for reversing the flow direction of the second airflow (F2) in the second network of channels, such that the first and second airflows (F1, F2) circulate co-currently, suitable for protecting the exchanger (1) from ice.

Abstract: A heat exchanger of a type with a collector plate which has a wall in which are formed rim holes which can receive the ends of tubes of a bundle, wherein the wall of the collector plate is designed such that, for the purpose of a soldered or welded connection to the tubes, it forms collars around the rim holes, and wherein the wall has a front side facing toward the tube bundle and a rear side facing toward the collecting tank. Each collar extends in the direction of the collecting tank from a straight base plane on the rear side of the wall.

Abstract: An evaporator includes a leeward upper header portion, a leeward lower header portion, a refrigerant inlet, leeward heat exchange tubes, a windward upper header portion, a windward lower header portion, a refrigerant outlet, windward heat exchange tubes, and a resistance divider. The resistance divider has at least one refrigerant passage hole and at least one communication path and is provided in the leeward upper header portion or the leeward lower header portion at a position corresponding to a first row of the leeward heat exchange tubes. The refrigerant inlet is in communication with the first row via the at least one refrigerant passage hole. The refrigerant inlet is in communication with the second row via the at least one communication path.

Abstract: A heat exchanger having at least one of side plates embodying a polygonal aperture through the planar base thereof, located at a predetermined position, and at least two corresponding shear-apertures located at the interface between the planar base and a first wall and a second wall of the side plate, each adjacent to the base aperture, providing at least one flexing location to accommodate thermal expansion of the heat exchanger during thermal cycling.

Abstract: A heat sink is for a heat source including an electronic component. The heat sink includes a base having a first surface and an opposite second surface. The first surface has a middle portion engaging the heat source. A plurality of elongate fins project from the second surface of the base and extend in directions perpendicular to the second surface. Middle ones of the fins are disposed opposite the middle portion of the first surface and have a greater height than other ones of the fins.

Abstract: A forward-tilting protruding piece leans forward toward an upstream side in a gas flow direction. A rearward-tilting protruding piece is disposed downstream of the forward-tilting protruding piece and leans rearward toward a downstream side in the gas flow direction. The forward-tilting protruding piece is in a shape of a four- or more-sided polygon including a base side in contact with a peripheral surface of the gas passage and a pair of left and right sides. The base side is oriented obliquely with respect to a direction perpendicular to the gas flow direction. The angle of one of the sides which is located on the upstream side in the gas flow direction with respect to the base side is larger than the angle of the other of the sides which is located on the downstream side in the gas flow direction with respect to the base side.

Abstract: A collector for accommodating at least two flat tubes of a heat exchanger, which are disposed so as to be mutually parallel and each of which has a broad side and a narrow side, may include a first element and a second element. The first element may be configured as a metal strip, and the second element may be configured as one of an extruded section or a formed sheet-metal part. At least two punched through openings each configured as a passage for receiving one of the flat tubes may be provided in at least one of the first element and the second element. The at least two punched through openings may further be oriented parallel to a longitudinal axis of the collector by way of the broad side of the flat tubes.