Abstract: A supporting force inspection device for inspecting a supporting force of a vibration suppression member interposed between bend portions of a plurality of heat transfer tubes of a steam generator includes: an acceleration sensor for detecting a vibration state of the bend portion; a sensor holding part disposed inside the heat transfer tube and configured to hold the acceleration sensor; and a vibration force generation part configured to generate a vibration force for vibrating the heat transfer tube along a plane in which a curvature circle of the bend portion exists. The vibration force generation part is configured to cooperate with the sensor holding part and vibrate the heat transfer tube along the plane in which the curvature circle exists.

Abstract: A tube-in-tube heat exchanger utilizes a selectively permeable tube having a selective permeable layer to allow the refrigerant to transfer into an ionic liquid to generate heating or cooling. The ionic liquid then provides heating or cooling to a heat transfer fluid through a non-permeable layer or tube. The system may be configured as a shell and tube design, with the third fluid free to flow on the outside of the shell, or as a shell and tube-in-tube, with a central tube containing a first liquid, a second tube containing a second liquid, and an outer shell containing the third liquid. The selectively permeable tube may include an anion or cation selectively permeable layer and this layer may be supported by a support layer or tube.

Abstract: A heat transfer device such as a heat sink includes one or more fins for dissipating heat received from a heat source, such as an integrated circuit or other electronic component. A thermosiphon component including a tube that defines a closed, continuous loop and contains a working fluid is attached to a face of a corresponding fin and is arranged to operate as a two-phase thermosiphon to transfer heat across areas of the fin. The heat transfer may equalize temperatures across the fin, enhancing efficiency.

Abstract: A geothermal heat exchange apparatus is disclosed that includes a central conduit, a plurality of pipes, at least one fitting and a joint. The geothermal heat exchange apparatus is preassembled for insertion into a bore hole and for connection to a supply primary pipe and a return primary pipe that are in fluid communication with a heat pump. The geothermal heat exchange apparatus includes the plurality of pipes in a helical arrangement around the central conduit for geothermal heat exchange. The at least one fitting is fixedly connected to a first end portion of the central conduit in the bore hole.

Abstract: A thermal energy storage apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a base and fluid flow plates which cooperate with the base to define a cavity; a phase change material contained within the cavity; an external seed crystal reservoir trigger assembly at least partially positioned within the phase change material; and end plates which cooperate with the fluid flow plates to define fluid flow channels. The apparatus may include a housing that holds a heat exchanger and phase change material. Inlet and outlet ports allow for the ingress and egress of a heat exchange fluid into the fluid flow channels or heat exchanger.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a cooler/heater, an evaporator and a condensate separator, provided with inlet lines and outlet lines through which flows develop in countercurrent to each other for obtaining through the cooler/heater an incoming flow of hot and humid air and an outgoing flow of cooled cold air. The cooler/heater, the evaporator and the condensate separator are independent units from each other joined by a connection for defining a single-block body on whose outer surface inlet lines and outlet lines are provided. A first conduit places in communication the outlet line with the second inlet line; a second conduit places in communication the first outlet line with the first inlet line; and a third conduit places in communication the first outlet line with the first inlet line. The conduits project from the outer surface that delimits the single-block body.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a heat exchanger (2) having a jacket (10) through which a first medium (A) can flow and which has at least one first inlet (11) and at least one first outlet (12), at least one tube (30) through which a second medium (B) can flow, the tube (30) being guided through the jacket (10) and having at least one second inlet (31) and at least one second outlet (32), wherein a deflection segment (50) or a plurality of deflection segments (50) are arranged in a row in a longitudinal axis (X) in the jacket (10), wherein the deflection segment (50) is formed from at least two partial sections (51, 52), which are arranged so as to overlap and cross, in areas, transverse to the longitudinal axis (X).

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a case into which heating gas is supplied, a heat transfer pipe accommodated in the case, and first and second header sections, each of which has a chamber formed using a protruding part provided in the sidewall section, and to which the heat transfer pipe is connected such that a fluid to be heated enters and exit the chamber. The sidewall section has a configuration in which an inner plate and an outer plate overlap each other, the protruding part of the first header section is provided on the inner plate and protrudes toward an inside of the case, and the protruding part of the second header section is provided on the outer plate and protrudes toward an outside of the case.

Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly includes: a frame; a heat exchanger panel mounted to the frame and configured to exchange heat with air flowing therethrough, the heat exchanger panel being disposed at an inclined orientation; a fan assembly disposed vertically above the heat exchanger panel; and a sound dampening device disposed within an interior space of the heat exchanger assembly such that air is pulled into the interior space through the heat exchanger panel and then flows through the sound dampening device before being discharged from the heat exchanger assembly via the fan assembly. The sound dampening device includes baffle members having sound absorbing material and spaced apart from one another for allowing air flow therebetween. Each baffle member extends at an angle relative to a plane extending through the upper and lower ends of the heat exchanger panel so as to direct air flow upwardly toward the fan assembly.

Abstract: Various aspects as described herein are directed to a radiative cooling device and method for cooling an object. As consistent with one or more embodiments, a radiative cooling device includes a solar spectrum reflecting structure configured and arranged to suppress light modes, and a thermally-emissive structure configured and arranged to facilitate thermally-generated electromagnetic emissions from the object and in mid-infrared (IR) wavelengths.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes: a hollow pillar shaped honeycomb structure; a first cylindrical member fitted to a surface of an outer peripheral wall of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure; a second cylindrical member fitted to a surface of an inner peripheral wall of the pillar shaped honeycomb structure; a cylindrical guide member having a portion, the portion being disposed on a radially inner side of the second cylindrical member with a distance so as to form the flow path for the first fluid; an upstream cylindrical member connecting an upstream end of the first cylindrical member to an upstream side of the guide member; and a downstream cylindrical member connected to a downstream end of the first cylindrical member. The guide member includes an inclined portion that inclines to its downstream side.

Abstract: A heat exchanger having a chamber assembly defining a hollow space within, the chamber assembly having an input and a discharge means of a heat exchange medium. Disposed within the chamber assembly is a medium directing assembly. The medium directing assembly defined by a plurality of panel members arranged in a longitudinally extended manner positioned at an acute angle relative to the chamber assembly longitudinal axial characteristics, having an angled lateral edges whereby a first and a second longitudinal ends are provided with wider lateral width, while the medial section of the medium directing assembly is substantially narrower. The medium directed assembly providing a plurality of serially interconnected chambers within the chamber assembly to maximize chamber assembly and heat exchange medium interface, a structured flow path arrangement for the heat exchange medium, as well as means to energize the flow of the heat exchange medium for the desired results.

Abstract: A heat exchanger, a heat exchanger unit, and a refrigeration cycle apparatus are provided where deterioration in drainage and ventilation properties is prevented, an air passage is not easily clogged when frost forms, and both defrosting properties and heat exchange performance are achieved. A flat tube and a plurality of fins that are each a plate having a plate surface extending in a longitudinal direction and in a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction are provided. The plate surface intersects a pipe axis of the flat tube. The plurality of fins each have an insertion portion in which the flat tube is inserted, a first spacer formed at a rim of the insertion portion and maintaining the interval, and a second spacer formed at a portion of the plate other than the rim of the insertion portion and maintaining the interval.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first flow channel and a second flow channel that are alternately stacked in a stacking direction, each of the first flow channel and the second flow channel including: upstream parts disposed parallel to one another in a direction perpendicular to the stacking direction and to a direction in which the flow channels extend; downstream parts disposed parallel to one another in a direction perpendicular to the stacking direction and to a direction in which the flow channels extend; and branching/merging parts configured to branch the flow channels immediately upstream of the branching/merging parts into two divergent channels and merge the divergent channels adjacent to one another to form next flow channels, between the upstream parts and the downstream parts, wherein the branching/merging parts are provided in a plurality of stages between the upstream parts and the downstream parts.

Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a first fluid manifold extending along a first fluid axis from a first fluid inlet to a first fluid outlet. The first fluid manifold comprises a inlet header, a outlet header, and a multi-helical core section. The inlet header is disposed to fork the first fluid inlet into a plurality of first fluid branches distributed laterally across a plane normal to the first fluid axis. The outlet header is disposed to combine the plurality of first fluid branches into the first fluid outlet. The multi-helical core section fluidly connects the inlet header to the outlet header via a plurality of laterally distributed helical tubes, each helical tube corresponding to one of the plurality of first fluid branches and oriented parallel to all others of the plurality of helical tubes at each axial location along the first fluid axis.

Abstract: A heat exchanger (4) comprises a heat exchanger core (20) comprising first fluid channels (22) and second fluid flow channels (24) for exchange of heat between the first and second fluids. First and second manifold portions (42, 44) are provided to guide the first and second fluids between the first and second fluid flow channels (22, 249 and first and second fluid interface portions (48, 49) which comprise fewer channels than the heat exchanger core (20). The first manifold portion (42) includes at least one tunnel portion (46) extending through the second manifold portion (44) at an angle to the direction of second fluid flow. Hence at least part of the first fluid is directed through the inside of the tunnel portion while the second fluid passes around the outside of the tunnel portion. This enables more compact heat exchanger design.

Abstract: The present application discloses a microchannel flat tube and a microchannel heat exchanger. The microchannel flat tube includes a flat tube body and a row of channels. The row of channels is arranged in the flat tube body along a width direction. The row of channels extends through the flat tube body along a length direction. A cross-section of each channel includes a first width in the width direction and a first height in a thickness direction. The row of channels at least includes a first channel, a second channel and a third channel along the width direction. The first widths of the first channel, the second channel and the third channel are decreased at a fixed ratio, thereby facilitating the control of the thickness of the microchannel flat tube and improving the heat exchange efficiency of the third channel.

Abstract: A plate type heat exchanger includes a plate package in which a plurality of heat exchange plates is stacked to form a flow path, through which fluid flows, an end plate coupled to an outside of the plate package, and a socket connected to the plate package by passing through the end plate. The end plate includes a base which is in contact with the outside of the plate package, a socket hole which is formed through the base and into which the socket is inserted, and a ridge that protrudes outward from an edge of the socket hole of the base.

Abstract: A heat exchanger module with a longitudinal axis including a stack of plates defining at least two fluid circuits, at least a portion of the plates each including fluid circulation channels each delimited, at least in part, by a groove. A communication is produced between the channels within a same plate and between all the plates of a same circuit, in a feed or pre-collector zone, with a succession of channel groupings, two-by-two, in the form of bifurcations.

Abstract: A heat exchanger component comprises a core portion with alternating first and second heat exchanging channels. A first ducting portion comprises first ducting channels for transfer a first fluid between a first fluid inlet/outlet and the first heat exchanging channels of the core portion, and second ducting channels for transfer of second fluid between a second fluid inlet/outlet and the second heat exchanging channels of the core portion. The first ducting channels direct the first fluid around the turn of at least 45 degrees and the second ducting channels direct the second fluid around a turn of at least 90 degrees. The first and second ducting channels are interleaved.