With First Fluid Holder Or Collector Open To Second Fluid Patents (Class 165/110)
  • Patent number: 11971223
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of printed circuit heat exchangers, and in particular, to a modular square-circular composite channel printed circuit heat exchanger. The modular square-circular composite channel printed circuit heat exchanger comprises a shell, wherein the shell is divided into an inlet diverter section, a first parallel heat exchange section, a core heat exchange section, a second parallel heat exchange section, and an outlet combiner section from left to right, a plurality of square fin channels and circular micro-channels are uniformly arranged in the shell along a length direction of the shell. According to the present invention, a ratio of an average thermal resistance of a hot side to an average thermal resistance of a cold side is close to 1, which ensures the heat exchange efficiency while taking into the account structure safety and prevents the local over-temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ting Ma, Dongjun Xu, Zhendong Han, Qiuwang Wang
  • Patent number: 11964550
    Abstract: An improved radiator mounting and cooling system for use in automobiles allows multiple components to be incorporated into the same unit, limiting the need for accessories to be mounted to inner fenders or firewall. A circulating vortex of air is pulled through a front grill and vortex tubes disposed through sides of the radiator system to improve cooling efficiency. An outer shroud protects interior components and creates a sealed core cavity allowing air to only enter through vortex tubes and front grill and exit through a rear grill. A self-circulating cooling system provides additional cooling of coolant. A fan system pulls around 5000 CFM of air through the core cavity. An optional secondary coolant pumping system allows coolant to be pumped when needed. A control system controls activation of the fan system and secondary coolant pumping system based on signals from sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Inventor: Nimer Ibrahim Shiheiber
  • Patent number: 11946700
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat storage system (2) comprising a storage space (20), a heat storage medium in the storage space (20), and an extraction device (26) for extracting heat from the heat storage medium, the extraction device (26) comprising a first solid body arrangement (28) contacting the heat storage medium. The extraction device (26) further comprises a second solid body arrangement (30), wherein a solid body contact between the first solid body arrangement (28) and the second solid body arrangement (30) can be modified by increasing or decreasing a heat flow from the first solid body arrangement (28) to the second solid body arrangement (30). The present invention further relates to a method for storing and extracting heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Rowe Holding GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Zehe
  • Patent number: 11895808
    Abstract: A cooling system for a datacenter is disclosed. The datacenter cooling system includes a refrigerant cooling loop to extract heat from a secondary cooling loop that is located within the datacenter or to provide supplemental cooling to one or more components of the datacenter that are coupled to the secondary cooling loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NVIDIA Corporation
    Inventor: Ali Heydari
  • Patent number: 11867472
    Abstract: A heat exchanger header includes a first inlet, a first passageway that fluidically connects the first inlet to a first outlet, a second inlet, and a second passageway. The second passageway fluidically connects the second inlet to a second outlet. The first inlet, the first passageway, and the first outlet are fluidically isolated from the second inlet, the second passageway, and the second outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donald Army, Eric J. Welch, Patrick McCord
  • Patent number: 11859850
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for exchanging heat between first and second duct portions of a ventilation system includes first and second heat pipe portions in the first and second duct portions, respectively. Each heat pipe portion can be a heat pipe subassembly including one or more vertical heat pipes fluidly coupled to top and bottom headers, which are respectively connected to the top and bottom headers of the other subassembly to form a refrigerant loop. One or more flow restrictors can block air flow through a respective section of the first or second duct portion. The blocked section can be operatively aligned with a segment of the respective heat pipe portion along which there is a low probability of refrigerant phase change. Each flow restrictor can be an adjustable damper. The damper(s) can be selectively opened and closed as the ventilation system switches between heating and cooling modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Heat-Pipe Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Marcus D'Arcy, Onieluan Tamunobere
  • Patent number: 11698234
    Abstract: An air conditioner including a distributor configured to distribute a fluid to a heat exchanger. The distributor comprises a main pipe; a partition defining a plurality of distribution paths in the main pipe; a first branched pipe inserted into the main pipe as much as first length, linked to a first distribution path of the plurality of distribution paths, connected to a first portion of the heat exchanger; and a second branched pipe inserted into the main pipe as much as second length different from the first length, linked to the first distribution path, connected to a second portion of the heat exchanger. A flow velocity of air exchanging heat at the first portion of the heat exchanger is faster than a flow velocity of air exchanging heat at the second portion of the heat exchanger. The first length is shorter than the second length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co.. Ltd.
    Inventors: Sangmu Lee, Hyun Young Kim, Masaki Saito, Masatoshi Takahashi, Takeshi Takahara, Kangtae Seo, Kazushige Tajima, Ryo Inoha, Tsutomu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11668532
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provided and includes coils, a header disposed at an end of the coils to distribute fluid into the coils, an evaporator tube fluidly communicative with an end of the header and a tube sheet disposed against a side of one of the coils which is nearest to the end of the header to catch condensate dripping off the evaporator tube and to drain the condensate away from the coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charlie Christensen Phillips, Joshua Jenkins, Kevin Mercer, James Amick
  • Patent number: 11662146
    Abstract: Modular air cooled condenser apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example mechanical draft modular air cooled condenser includes a first condenser bundle panel, a second condenser bundle panel, a third condenser bundle panel, and a fourth condenser bundle panel. The example condenser also includes a fan positioned to create a draft to flow over the first, second, third, and fourth condenser bundle panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SPG DRY COOLING USA LLC
    Inventors: Michel Vouche, Christophe Deleplanque, Fabien Fauconnier
  • Patent number: 11659688
    Abstract: An information technology (IT) equipment cooling system includes a coolant unit to be coupled to an electronic rack, the coolant unit to supply a two phase liquid coolant to one or more IT equipment cooling sets mounted within on an electronic rack. Each of the one or more IT equipment cooling sets includes an IT unit having one or more pieces of IT equipment configured to provide IT services and is at least partially submerged within the two phase liquid coolant, where, while the IT equipment provides the IT services, the IT equipment generates heat that is transferred to the two phase liquid coolant thereby causing at least some of the two phase liquid coolant to turn into vapor phase. The IT equipment cooling set includes an IT condensing unit having a condenser positioned above the IT unit and the condenser is to condense the vapor back into liquid state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventor: Tianyi Gao
  • Patent number: 11638957
    Abstract: An additive manufactured object according to at least one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first base portion made of a metal, and a plurality of wall portions each having a thickness thinner than the first base portion and provided upright on the first base portion so as to be aligned in a wall thickness direction. A first end portion of each of the wall portions is connected to the first base portion via a first connection portion having a width greater than the thickness of each of the wall portions in the wall thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masaya Hatanaka, Masashi Kitamura, Hiroyuki Nakaharai, Koichi Tanimoto, Nobuhide Hara, Takuo Oda, Yoichi Uefuji, Shunsaku Eguchi
  • Patent number: 11635260
    Abstract: A heat exchanger according to one embodiment includes: a heat exchange core; a shell provided to surround the heat exchange core; and a first partition wall that is provided in a space surrounded by an outer surface of the heat exchange core and an inner surface of the shell, and partitions the space into a first header space communicating with the heat exchange core and a second header space communicating with the heat exchange core. The first header space and the second header space are adjacent to each other, separated by the first partition wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Yoshida, Takeshi Kaneko, Koichi Tanimoto, Hiroyuki Nakaharai, Yoichi Uefuji, Nobuhide Hara, Kenji Kirihara, Masahiko Nagai, Koichiro Iida, Yuta Takahashi, Shunsaku Eguchi
  • Patent number: 11530883
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a header connected to or formed as a part of a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has a heat exchanger body with a plurality of discrete channels for a first fluid and a plurality of discrete channels for a second fluid. The header has a first end having a round configuration and a second end being provided with a plurality of discrete channels. The header is provided with a plurality of dividers dividing one or more internal channels of the circular pipe into the plurality of discrete channels at the second end. At least some of the dividers extend from the second end to the first end and define a plurality of channel mouths at the first end. The disclosure also relates to a heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE AB
    Inventors: Fredrik Strömer, Kristian Walter
  • Patent number: 11512903
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes plural tubes, a first tank, and a second tank. Refrigerant flows in order of a first internal passage of the first tank, a first tube, the second tank, a second tube, and a second internal passage of the first tank. A channel forming portion is provided inside the second tank to form a refrigerant channel having a cross-sectional area smaller than that of an internal passage of the second tank in a cross-section orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the second tank. The refrigerant channel is arranged so that a projection area of the refrigerant channel overlaps the tube when viewed in the longitudinal direction of the second tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryohei Sugimura, Shinichiro Takise
  • Patent number: 11499762
    Abstract: A heat exchanger exchanges heat between refrigerant flowing inside and air flowing outside. The heat exchanger includes: an upstream-side flat tube; downstream-side flat tubes on a downstream side of the upstream-side flat tube in a direction of air flow; and a space formation member that defines a distribution space in which the refrigerant coming out of the upstream-side flat tube is distributed to the downstream-side flat tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Inoue, Tomoki Hirokawa, Shun Yoshioka, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Shouta Agou
  • Patent number: 11473452
    Abstract: A power plant through which motive fluid flows including a vapor turbine into which motive fluid vapor is introduced and expanded so that power is produced, and a horizontal air-cooled condenser (ACC) for receiving and condensing the expanded motive fluid discharged from said vapor turbine. The condenser includes a plurality of mutually parallel and spaced condenser tubes across which air for condensing the motive fluid flows that are disposed at an angle of inclination with respect to a horizontal plane of at least 5 degrees, such that accumulated liquid condensate is evacuated by gravitational forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Dany Batscha, Anton Fiterman
  • Patent number: 11219841
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat exchange device featuring gas-liquid separation, comprising an evaporator unit and a condenser unit. The condenser unit comprises a central main guide tube, a plurality of condensation tubes connected to the two lateral sides of the central main guide tube, and a heat dissipation fin assembly provided on a periphery of each condensation tube. The central main guide tube comprises a gaseous-phase confluence chamber and a liquid-phase confluence chamber. The gaseous-phase confluence chamber is provided in an upper portion of the central main guide tube and communicates with the gas outlet through a gaseous-phase connection tube, and the liquid-phase confluence chamber is provided in a lower portion of the central main guide tube and communicates with the evaporation chamber through a liquid-phase connection tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: MAN ZAI INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Chien Wan, Cheng-Jui Wan, Chun-Hsien Su, Hui-Fen Huang
  • Patent number: 11209212
    Abstract: A liquid to refrigerant heat exchanger includes a coolant volume that is at least partially defined by a plastic housing and by a metal closure plate. The plastic housing is sealingly joined to the closure plate along an outer periphery of the closure plate. The metal closure plate can be part of a brazed assembly that defines a continuous refrigerant flow path through the heat exchanger between a refrigerant inlet port and a refrigerant outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Inventors: Adam Kimmel, David Hartke, Gregory Mross, Daniela Welchner, Michael Steffen
  • Patent number: 11162718
    Abstract: A stacked plate heat exchanger for a motor vehicle may include a plurality of elongated plates stacked on one another between which a plurality of cavities are disposed alternately for two media. The plurality of cavities may be respectively delimited by a respective plate of the plurality of plates zonally by a plate surface and a surrounding wall. The respective plate may include two flow openings, two passage openings, and two domes respectively arranged around one of the two passage openings. At least of one of the plurality of plates may further include an elongated separation shaping arranged on the plate surface, projecting into the respective cavity, and extending from the first short side between the two flow openings in a direction of the second short side. The separation shaping may adjoin the first short side at an angle ? of 45° to 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventors: Andreas Draenkow, Timo Feldkeller, Thomas Merten
  • Patent number: 11125507
    Abstract: A heat dissipating apparatus using phase change heat transfer includes a box, a heat conductive block, a working fluid, and a heat transfer device. The box has a first shell plate and a second plate between both of which a chamber is defined. An opening is formed through the first shell plate. The heat conductive block is disposed corresponding to the opening; a portion of the heat conductive block is formed inside the chamber and the other portion of the heat conductive block is exposed out of the first shell plate. The working fluid is disposed in the chamber and in contact with the heat conductive block. The heat transfer device has an evaporator section installed inside the chamber to absorb the heat generated by the working fluid after phase change. Thus, the heat dissipating efficiency of the whole apparatus can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: TAIWAN MICROLOOPS CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Lin, Chun-Teng Chiu, Yi-Chung Chen, Chih-Wei Wang
  • Patent number: 11117440
    Abstract: A heat pump heater for an air conditioning system of a motor vehicle may include a first tube row and a second tube row each including a plurality of flat tubes arranged spaced apart from one another. The first and second tube row may be arranged in parallel to form a tube block. At least some flat tubes of the first tube row may lead into an inlet pipe and at least some flat tubes of the second tube row may lead into an outlet pipe. A refrigerant may be flowable from the inlet pipe via the first tube row and to the outlet pipe via the second tube row. The inlet pipe and the outlet pipe may be fluidically connected to one another via at least one bypass duct such that a liquid phase of the refrigerant is flowable out of the inlet pipe into the outlet pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Inventors: Uwe Foerster, Martin Sievers
  • Patent number: 11112180
    Abstract: Modular air cooled condenser apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example mechanical draft modular air cooled condenser includes a succession of a first condenser bundle panel, a second condenser bundle panel, a third condenser bundle panel, and a fourth condenser bundle panel. The example condenser also includes a first, second, third, and fourth condensate headers connected to respective ones of the first, second, third, and fourth condenser bundle panels. The example condenser also includes a fan positioned to create a draft to flow over the first, second, third, and fourth condenser bundle panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: SPG Dry Cooling USA LLC
    Inventors: Michel Vouche, Christophe Deleplanque, Fabien Fauconnier
  • Patent number: 11022382
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a heat exchanger for a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system that includes a first slab having a first plurality of tubes extending between a first manifold and a second manifold and a second slab having a second plurality of tubes and a third plurality of tubes. The second plurality of tubes extends between a third manifold and a fourth manifold and the third plurality of tubes extends between the fourth manifold and a fifth manifold, such that the heat exchanger defines a refrigerant path sequentially through the first plurality of tubes, the second plurality of tubes, and the third plurality of tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Kevin M. Cao, Randal H. Edmunds
  • Patent number: 11002489
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: heat transfer tubes that are made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and are disposed in multiple tiers in a first direction that intersects a second direction along which a heating medium flows; and a coupling header that couples the heat transfer tubes together. The coupling header includes: a first member that includes a first core made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and a first sacrificial anode layer; a second member that includes no sacrificial anode layer; and a third member that includes a second core made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy and a second sacrificial anode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouju Yamada, Masanori Jindou, Ken Satou, Hiroaki Matsuda, Yoshio Oritani, Tomohiko Sakamaki, Tomoya Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 10989483
    Abstract: A thermosiphon device includes one or more flat multiport tube structures having at least one section that defines a plurality of flow channels and at least one web that extends from the section in a plane of the flat multiport tube structures. The flow channels may function as condensing channels, e.g., in a counterflow device, or as evaporation channels. A multiport tube structure may include two sections that each define a plurality of flow channels and the two sections may be joined by a web that extends between the sections in the plane of the multiport tube structure. The sections may function as condensing channels, as evaporation channels, or one section may function as a set of evaporation channel and the other section may function as a set of condensing channels. Multiport tube sections may alternately function as a vapor supply path or liquid return path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Aavid Thermalloy, LLC
    Inventors: Morten Søegaard Espersen, Maria Luisa Angrisani, Marco La Foresta, Sukhvinder S. Kang
  • Patent number: 10976084
    Abstract: An evaporator in a refrigerant circuit, having a bottom-side inlet chamber which is connected in flow terms to an evaporator outlet side via evaporator tubes, a separator being integrated into the evaporator inlet chamber, in which separator a refrigerant which is expanded in an expansion member is divided as a two-phase liquid/vapour mixture into a vapour phase and into a liquid phase which is separate therefrom, the vapour phase being conducted via a bypass line to the evaporator outlet side, and the liquid phase being conducted counter to the direction of gravity into the evaporator tubes, to be precise at least one evaporator tube being a flat tube with a plurality of micro-channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans Hammer, Predrag Hrnjak, Andrew Musser, Stefan Elbel, Hui Zhao
  • Patent number: 10976106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an air-cooled condenser (1) for condensing steam. The air-cooled condenser comprises one or more roof-shaped heat exchanger assemblies (51,52,53,54,55,56). A plenum space (60) is located between a top boundary delineated by the one or more roof-shaped heat exchanger assemblies (13,14) and a bottom boundary delineated by a deck cover (17). A ducted fan (5) is provided for generating an air-flow. The air-cooled condenser according to the invention comprises an air-flow diffuser (8) having an air inlet side connected to an upper side of the cylindrical duct (7) of the ducted fan and an air outlet side coupled with the deck cover such that, when in operation, an air-flow generated by the fan is flowing through the air-flow diffuser before entering the plenum space via a deck opening (18) in the deck cover. The cross sectional area and the height of the air-flow diffuser are optimized to reduce the electrical power consumption of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: SPG Dry Cooling Belgium
    Inventor: Michel Vouche
  • Patent number: 10976085
    Abstract: In an air-conditioning apparatus in which air sucked into a casing of an outdoor unit by a fan is discharged from an upper portion of the casing, each of liquid header portions is configured to be connected with each of heat transfer tubes of a plurality of divided regions formed by dividing the outdoor heat exchangers in an up and down direction. Further, a shunt is configured to supply two-phase refrigerant, in which quality is adjusted by a gas-liquid separator, to each of the liquid header portions. To each of the liquid header portions, the shunt supplies the two-phase refrigerant of the amount corresponding to the air quantity of the divided region connected to each of the liquid header portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Onaka, Takashi Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Okano, Eito Saito, Hirofumi Koge, Osamu Morimoto, Hiroki Murakami, Hiroaki Nakamune
  • Patent number: 10907902
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a gas-side port connected to piping for a gaseous refrigerant; a liquid-side port connected to piping for a liquid refrigerant; a refrigerant path that links the gas-side port to the liquid-side port; at least four heat exchange part regions that perform heat exchange between air and the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant path; and a branching and merging part that branches and merges the refrigerant path to connect the heat exchange part regions in series between the gas-side port and the liquid-side port through the refrigerant path. The heat exchange part regions are connected to each other through the branching and merging part so as to allow the number of refrigerant paths provided in the heat exchange part region near the gas-side port to be greater than the number of refrigerant paths provided in the heat exchange part region near the liquid-side port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.
    Inventors: Mikihito Tokudi, Koji Naito, Kazumoto Urata, Kenji Matsumura, Kazuhiko Tani, Masayoshi Murofushi, Takumi Kamiaka
  • Patent number: 10906388
    Abstract: An improved radiator mounting and cooling system for use in automobiles allows multiple components to be incorporated into the same unit, limiting the need for accessories to be mounted to inner fenders or firewall. A circulating vortex of air is pulled through a front grill and vortex tubes disposed through sides of the radiator system to improve cooling efficiency. An outer shroud protects interior components and creates a sealed core cavity allowing air to only enter through vortex tubes and front grill and exit through a rear grill. A self-circulating cooling system provides additional cooling of coolant. A fan system pulls around 5000 CFM of air through the core cavity. An optional secondary coolant pumping system allows coolant to be pumped when needed. A control system controls activation of the fan system and secondary coolant pumping system based on signals from sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Inventor: Nimer Ibrahim Shiheiber
  • Patent number: 10895410
    Abstract: An evaporator in a refrigerant circuit, having a bottom-side inlet chamber which is connected in flow terms to an evaporator outlet side via evaporator tubes, a separator being integrated into the evaporator inlet chamber, in which separator a refrigerant which is expanded in an expansion member is divided as a two-phase liquid/vapour mixture into a vapour phase and into a liquid phase which is separate therefrom, the vapour phase being conducted via a bypass line to the evaporator outlet side, and the liquid phase being conducted counter to the direction of gravity into the evaporator tubes, to be precise at least one evaporator tube being a flat tube with a plurality of micro-channels, through which the refrigerant is guided, wherein, as a first flat tube, the evaporator flat tube is a constituent part of a first evaporator tube set which guides the refrigerant from the bottom-side inlet chamber counter to the direction of gravity into an upper-side deflecting chamber, and wherein the refrigerant is guided
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Hans Hammer, Predrag Hrnjak, Andrew Musser, Stefan Elbel, Matej Visek
  • Patent number: 10864509
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of cooling a regenerated catalyst and a device thereof, which employs low-line-speed operation, wherein a range of the superficial gas velocity is 0.005-0.7 m/s, wherein at least one fluidization wind distributor is provided, wherein the main fluidization wind enters the dense bed layer of the catalyst cooler from the distributor, and the heat removal load of the catalyst cooler and/or the temperature of the cold catalyst is controlled by adjusting the fluidization wind quantity. The method and a device thereof of the present invention has an extensive application range, and can be extensively used for various fluid catalytic cracking processes, including heavy oil catalytic cracking, wax oil catalytic cracking, light hydrocarbon catalytic conversion and the like, or used for other gas-solid fluidization reaction charring processes, including residual oil pretreating, methanol to olefin, methanol to aromatics, fluid coking, flexicoking and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Qunzhu Li
  • Patent number: 10811147
    Abstract: The present invention provides a passive residual heat removal system and an atomic power plant comprising the same, the passive heat removal system comprising: a plate-type heat exchanger for causing heat exchange between a primary system fluid or a secondary system fluid which, in order to remove sensible heat from an atomic reactor cooling material system and residual heat from a reactor core, has received the sensible heat and the residual heat, and a cooling fluid which has been introduced from outside of a containment unit; and circulation piping for connecting the atomic reactor cooling material system to the plate-type heat exchanger, thereby forming a circulation channel of the primary system fluid, or connecting a steam generator, which is arranged at the boundary between the primary and secondary systems, to the plate-type heat exchanger, thereby forming a circulation channel of the secondary system fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young In Kim, Keung Koo Kim, Jae Joo Ha, Ju Hyeon Yoon, Young Min Bae, Soo Jai Shin, Hun Sik Han, Kyung Jun Kang, Tae Wan Kim
  • Patent number: 10696128
    Abstract: A cold storage heat exchanger includes: a plurality of refrigerant tubes disposed at intervals, each of the refrigerant tubes including a refrigerant passage that allows a refrigerant to flow therethrough; a cold storage material adjacent to the refrigerant tubes; and a heat transfer suppressor that suppresses heat transfer from the refrigerant tubes to the cold storage material in an overheated area of the refrigerant formed in the refrigerant passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Abei, Toshiya Nagasawa, Eiichi Torigoe, Naohisa Ishizaka, Norihide Kawachi, Yuusuke Kitou, Ken Nishimura, Masakazu Nagaya
  • Patent number: 10684051
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit that includes a condenser, multiple temperature sensors that are disposed in line in a direction in which refrigerant flows in the condenser and detect refrigerant temperature of the condenser, a memory unit that stores positional information of the multiple temperature sensors, and a refrigerant amount calculation unit that calculates a refrigerant amount of the condenser based on the positional information of the multiple temperature sensors, detected temperatures of the multiple temperature sensors and a saturated liquid temperature of the refrigerant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Masaki Toyoshima
  • Patent number: 10670309
    Abstract: A thermo-magnetic cooling system and an electronic apparatus including the thermo-magnetic cooling system are described. The thermo-magnetic cooling system includes a heat source and a liquid cooling device. Heat emitted from the heat source is transferred to the liquid cooling device and fluid circulates in the liquid cooling device to dissipate heat. The fluid is a magnetic fluid that can be magnetized and demagnetized. A part of the liquid cooling device is provided with an external magnetic field so as to magnetize the magnetic fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiao He
  • Patent number: 10663230
    Abstract: A heat exchanger has a pass baffle which is formed as an enclosure with two openings, one opening for connection to a shell-side fluid opening and one opening for passing heat exchanger tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/S
    Inventor: Per Juul Dahl
  • Patent number: 10625564
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an outdoor heat exchanger, and more particularly, to a down flow type outdoor heat exchanger having channels of at least three paths in a heat pump system for vehicles, in which a flux distribution means protruded in a height direction is further formed in a lower tank in which the channel is changed from an upward direction to a downward direction or from a downward direction to an upward direction to block some area of a lower portion thereof so as to prevent a refrigerant from being non-uniformly distributed while a flux is concentrated toward a rear side of the channel due to a fluid inertia in an area in which the flow path is changed, thereby delaying frosting upon heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Jun Young Song, Hong-Young Lim, Kwang Hun Oh
  • Patent number: 10584925
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat exchanger, comprising a plurality of first heat exchange plates (1) and second heat exchange plates (2) that are connected sequentially and at an interval; the first heat exchange plates (1) and the second heat exchange plates (2) each comprise a heat exchange sheet (3) and a heat exchange frame (4) disposed on side ends of the heat exchange sheet (3); the side ends of the heat exchange sheet (3) are formed with a snap projection (9) in a direction away from the heat exchange frame (4); the heat exchange frame (4) is formed with a snap groove (10); the first heat exchange plates (1) and the second heat exchange plates (2) are in interference connection through the engagement between the snap projection (9) and the snap groove (10); an air channel (5, 6) is formed between a first heat exchange plate (1) and an adjacent second heat exchange plate (2), the air inlet of the first heat exchange plate (1) and the air inlet of the second heat exchange plate (2) have different di
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Zehnder Group International AG
    Inventors: Zhangeng Guo, Hongwei Ran
  • Patent number: 10563890
    Abstract: A modulator for a sub-cool condenser assembly including a condenser. The modulator includes a plurality of extruded tubes positioned to convey liquid refrigerant towards an outlet of the modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Rajeev Sharma
  • Patent number: 10557670
    Abstract: A sheet material is used for a heat exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid, and inducing a phase change in the fluids. Additionally, the sheet material is folded to form a plurality of slits to constitute flow paths of the fluids. Further, the slits for the first fluid, through at least one seal, are closed. Furthermore, the slits for the second fluid, through at least one seal, are fully or partly open for fluid outflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Pleat AS
    Inventors: Stein Oddvar Sægrov, Otto Godeset
  • Patent number: 10551126
    Abstract: Modular air cooled condenser apparatus and related methods are disclosed. An example mechanical draft modular air cooled condenser disclosed herein includes an example condenser module that includes a plenum and a first condenser bundle having a first set of tubes having first ends and second ends and a first condensate header connected to the second ends of the tubes. The example condenser module also includes a second condenser bundle having a second set of tubes having third ends and fourth ends and a second condensate header connected to the fourth ends of the second set of tubes. In addition, the condenser module includes a third condenser bundle having a third set of tubes having fifth ends and sixth ends and a third condensate header connected to the sixth ends of the third set of tubes. The condenser module also includes a fourth condenser bundle having a fourth set of tubes having seventh ends and eighth ends and a fourth condensate header connected to the eighth ends of the fourth set of tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SPG Dry Cooling USA LLC
    Inventors: Michel Vouche, Christophe Deleplanque, Fabien Fauconnier
  • Patent number: 10520256
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of principal heat exchange sections and auxiliary heat exchange sections. Each of the auxiliary heat exchange sections is in series connection to a corresponding one of the principal heat exchange sections. Tube number ratios of the principal heat exchange sections are obtained by dividing the number of the flat tubes constituting each of the principal heat exchange sections to by the number of the flat tubes constituting a corresponding one of the auxiliary heat exchange sections. Of the principal heat exchange sections, the first principal heat exchange section, which is the lowermost one, has the smallest tube number ratio. Consequently, discharge of liquid refrigerant from a lower portion of the first principal heat exchange section is accelerated during defrosting, thereby shortening the time required for defrosting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masanori Jindou, Yoshio Oritani, Takuya Kazusa, Yoshimasa Kikuchi, Shun Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 10473401
    Abstract: Problem to be Solved To provide a heat exchanger that can increase the performance by setting an optimal number of tube groups in a configuration where each of the tube groups is provided with headers. Solution The number of arrays of tube groups of a core section 2 is set to three rows. The number N of heating medium flow holes 21 per tube is set for each width dimension Tw of tubes 20, and the tubes 20 are formed such that the width dimension Tw of the tubes and a flow channel cross-sectional area S satisfy a relationship of S1?S?S2. Therefore, the number of arrays of the tube groups in the core section 2 can be set to an optimal number of arrays for improving the endothermic capacity and reducing the weight, and sufficient refrigerant flow rate and pressure resistance can be secured. As a result, even when there is a restriction on the size of the entire heat exchanger, a light high-performance heat exchanger can be configured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SANDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Kaneko, Hirotaka Kado, Yusuke Iino, Tsukasa Ito
  • Patent number: 10465955
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a plurality of flat tubes, a header part, and a guide part. An interior of the header part is partitioned into first and second spaces. One end of each of the tubes is connected to the first space. The guide part has a guide space positioned below the first space. The guide space communicates with the first space via an ascending opening. The first and second spaces communicate with each other via upper and lower communication ports provided within upper and lower sides of the header part, respectively. When the heat exchanger is viewed from above after installation, the tubes and the ascending opening have an area of overlap, and the ascending opening and a space where the lower communication port is extended do not overlap or have an area of overlap that is up to 50% of the ascending opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Inoue, Masanori Jindou
  • Patent number: 10451366
    Abstract: Provided is a heat-exchanging and mixing device and a solution transport and cooling unit which are capable of efficiently performing heat transfer with respect to a heat-exchange target, while stirring and mixing the heat-exchange target, to obtain an advantageous effect of being able to significantly hinder accumulation of a solid content in the solution transport and cooling unit. The heat-exchanging and mixing device comprises a heat exchanger tube and a spiral mixing member having a width approximately equal to an inner diameter of the heat exchanger tube and disposed inside the heat exchanger tube. The spiral mixing member is comprised of a strip-shaped member having an inter-slit region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Inventor: Hideyuki Haruyama
  • Patent number: 10436483
    Abstract: A micro-channel heat exchanger includes a first header, a second header, multiple sets of flat pipes, and a distributor disposed outside of the first header. The distributor is provided with at least one main outlet and at least one secondary outlet. The first header is provided with at least one main fluid port connected to the main outlet of the distributor through a main connecting pipe. The first header or the second header is provided with a secondary fluid port. The secondary outlet of the distributor is connected to the secondary fluid port through a secondary connecting pipe, and a height of the position where the distributor is located is greater than a height of the first header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventor: Shaoming Yu
  • Patent number: 10415892
    Abstract: A heat exchange tube for an HVAC system can include at least one reduced diameter section with an integral flattened ridge. The flow of combustion gases through the heat exchanger tubes may be partially constricted inside the reduced diameter sections. When installed in an HVAC system the integral flattened ridges may be angled to intercept the flow of air outside the heat exchanger tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Hari Krishna Kanagala, Ken Frederick, Darrell Binz
  • Patent number: 10415903
    Abstract: A fluid cooled cold plate includes a main coolant passage with a first cross-sectional area taken laterally in a direction perpendicular to the flow direction and a finned coolant passage having a second cross-sectional area taken laterally in a direction perpendicular to the flow direction, with the second area smaller than the first area. Fluidly connecting the main coolant passage with the finned coolant passage is a branch oriented such that a fluid is turned 90° or more when passing into the branch from the main coolant passage. Also included is a coolant bypass passage in fluid communication with the main coolant passage and located fluidically parallel to the finned coolant passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Hamilton Severson, Mark W. Metzler
  • Patent number: 10378392
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for operating a thermodynamic cycle, in particular an ORC process, comprising: a feed pump for conveying liquid working medium to an evaporator by increasing the pressure; the evaporator for evaporating and optionally additionally superheating the working medium by supplying heat; an expansion machine for producing mechanical energy by expanding the evaporated working medium; and at least two condensers connected in parallel between the expansion machine and the feed pump for condensing and optionally subcooling the expanded working medium. The invention further relates to a corresponding method for operating a thermodynamic cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: ORCAN ENERGY AG
    Inventors: Richard Aumann, Daniela Walter, Roy Langer, Jens-Patrick Springer, Nicolas Restrepo