Tri-Piece Thermal Energy Body Heat Exchanger Having Multi-Layer Pipeline and Transferring Heat to Exterior Through Outer Periphery of Pipeline

The present invention provides a tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline, which is configured by multiple layers of pipelines sleeved with each other, the fluid in the outer layer pipeline covers the inner layer pipeline for exchanging heat with the fluid in the inner layer pipeline, and the fluid in the outer layer pipeline is further used for transferring heat to the solid or fluid state thermal energy body which is in contact with the outer periphery of the outer layer pipeline, thereby forming a three-layer annular tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger.

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Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Field of the Invention

The present invention provides a tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline, which is configured by multiple layers of pipelines sleeved with each other, the fluid in the outer layer pipeline covers the inner layer pipeline for exchanging heat with the fluid in the inner layer pipeline, and the fluid in the outer layer pipeline is further used for transferring heat to the solid or fluid state thermal energy body which is in contact with the outer periphery of the outer layer pipeline, thereby forming a three-layer annular tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger.

(b) Description of the Prior Art

In a conventional heat exchanger which utilizes the outer layer of a pipeline for transferring heat to the exterior, the temperature equalization is often performed through the fluid passing the pipeline and the fluid passing the outer layer of the pipeline, or with the solid member or fluid which is in contact with the outer layer of pipeline, therefore only a two-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger can be formed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The configuration of the present invention is that an inner layer pipeline having a relatively smaller outer diameter is adopted as a first flow guiding pipe member (101), the first flow guiding pipe member (101) is made of a heat conductive member, and the pipe hole of the first flow guiding pipe member (101) is formed as a first flow guiding pipeline (102), two ends of the first flow guiding pipeline (102) are respectively leaded to a first flow gathering chamber (103) and a first fluid inlet/outlet port (104), thereby allowing a first thermal energy body (105) formed in a fluid state to flow in or flow out; and an outer layer pipeline having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the first flow guiding pipeline (102) is adopted as a second flow guiding pipe member (201) thereby forming a structure having two layers of pipelines, the second flow guiding pipe member (201) is made of a heat conductive member, and the diameter difference defined between the larger inner diameter of the second flow guiding pipe member (201) and the outer diameter of the first flow guiding pipe member (101) forms a second flow guiding pipeline (202) having an annular cross section, two ends of the second flow guiding pipeline (202) are respectively leaded to a second flow gathering chamber (203) and a second fluid inlet/outlet port (204), thereby allowing a second thermal energy body (205) formed in a fluid state to flow in and flow out, wherein the outer periphery of the outer layer pipeline of the second flow guiding pipeline (202) is in contact with a third thermal energy body (305) formed in a gaseous or liquid state or a solid thermal energy body, thereby forming a three-layer annular tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger, so the heat exchanging and transferring can be performed between the second thermal energy body (205) and the first thermal energy body (105) and between the second thermal energy body (205) and the third thermal energy body (305).

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a frontal cross section view showing the main structure according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a lateral view showing the main structure disclosed in FIG. 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a frontal cross sectional view illustrating the third thermal energy body disclosed in the embodiment shown FIG. 1 being formed in a fluid state and a fluid pump being installed.

FIG. 4 is a lateral view showing the main structure disclosed in FIG. 3 according to one embodiment of the present invention.

 DESCRIPTION OF MAIN COMPONENT SYMBOLS

  • 101: first flow guiding pipe member
  • 102: first flow guiding pipeline
  • 103: first flow gathering chamber
  • 104: first fluid inlet/outlet port
  • 105: first thermal energy body
  • 201: second flow guiding pipe member
  • 202: second flow guiding pipeline
  • 203: second flow gathering chamber
  • 204: second fluid inlet/outlet port
  • 205: second thermal energy body
  • 305: third thermal energy body
  • 400: fluid pump

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

In a conventional heat exchanger which utilizes the outer layer of a pipeline for transferring heat to the exterior, the temperature equalization is often performed through the fluid passing the pipeline and the fluid passing the outer layer of the pipeline, or with the solid member or fluid which is in contact with the outer layer of pipeline, therefore only a two-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger can be formed.

The present invention provides a tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline, which is configured by multiple layers of pipelines sleeved with each other, the fluid in the outer layer pipeline covers the inner layer pipeline for exchanging heat with the fluid in the inner layer pipeline, and the fluid in the outer layer pipeline is further used for transferring heat to the solid or fluid state thermal energy body which is in contact with the outer periphery of the outer layer pipeline, thereby forming a three-layer annular tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger.

The configuration of the present invention is that an inner layer pipeline having a relatively smaller outer diameter is adopted as a first flow guiding pipe member (101), the first flow guiding pipe member (101) is made of a heat conductive member, and the pipe hole of the first flow guiding pipe member (101) is formed as a first flow guiding pipeline (102), two ends of the first flow guiding pipeline (102) are respectively leaded to a first flow gathering chamber (103) and a first fluid inlet/outlet port (104), thereby allowing a first thermal energy body (105) formed in a fluid state to flow in or flow out; and an outer layer pipeline having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the first flow guiding pipeline (102) is adopted as a second flow guiding pipe member (201) thereby forming a structure having two layers of pipelines, the second flow guiding pipe member (201) is made of a heat conductive member, and the diameter difference defined between the larger inner diameter of the second flow guiding pipe member (201) and the outer diameter of the first flow guiding pipe member (101) forms a second flow guiding pipeline (202) having an annular cross section, two ends of the second flow guiding pipeline (202) are respectively leaded to a second flow gathering chamber (203) and a second fluid inlet/outlet port (204), thereby allowing a second thermal energy body (205) formed in a fluid state to flow in and flow out, wherein the outer periphery of the outer layer pipeline of the second flow guiding pipeline (202) is in contact with a third thermal energy body (305) formed in a gaseous or liquid state or a solid thermal energy body, thereby forming a three-layer annular tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger, so the heat exchanging and transferring can be performed between the second thermal energy body (205) and the first thermal energy body (105) and between the second thermal energy body (205) and the third thermal energy body (305).

The main configuration is illustrated as followings:

FIG. 1 is a frontal cross section view showing the main structure according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a lateral view showing the main structure disclosed in FIG. 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention;

According to the tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the main configuration is that an inner layer pipeline having a relatively smaller outer diameter is adopted as a first flow guiding pipe member (101), the first flow guiding pipe member (101) is made of a heat conductive member, and the pipe hole of the first flow guiding pipe member (101) is formed as a first flow guiding pipeline (102), two ends of the first flow guiding pipeline (102) are respectively leaded to a first flow gathering chamber (103) and a first fluid inlet/outlet port (104), thereby allowing a first thermal energy body (105) formed in a fluid state to flow in or flow out; and an outer layer pipeline having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the first flow guiding pipeline (102) is adopted as a second flow guiding pipe member (201) thereby forming a structure having two layers of pipelines, the second flow guiding pipe member (201) is made of a heat conductive member, and the diameter difference defined between the larger inner diameter of the second flow guiding pipe member (201) and the outer diameter of the first flow guiding pipe member (101) forms a second flow guiding pipeline (202) having an annular cross section, two ends of the second flow guiding pipeline (202) are respectively leaded to a second flow gathering chamber (203) and a second fluid inlet/outlet port (204), thereby allowing a second thermal energy body (205) formed in a fluid state to flow in and flow out, wherein the outer periphery of the outer layer pipeline of the second flow guiding pipeline (202) is in contact with a third thermal energy body (305) formed in a gaseous or liquid state or a solid thermal energy body, thereby forming a three-layer annular tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger, so the heat exchanging and transferring can be performed between the second thermal energy body (205) and the first thermal energy body (105) and between the second thermal energy body (205) and the third thermal energy body (305);

    • the mentioned first flow guiding pipe member (101) and the second flow guiding pipe member (201) can be formed in one or more than one routes;
    • the mentioned first flow guiding pipe member (101) and the second flow guiding pipe member (201) can be configured by pipe members formed in circular or rectangular or oval or other geometric shapes;
    • the mentioned first flow guiding pipe member (101) and the second flow guiding pipe member (201) can be configured by pipe members having the same or different shapes;
    • the mentioned first thermal energy body (105) and the second thermal energy body (205) can be formed by the same or different fluids;
    • the mentioned fluid can be formed by the gaseous or liquid fluid or the fluid capable of converting into a gaseous state from a liquid state or converting into a liquid state from a gaseous state;
    • the mentioned third thermal energy body (305) can be formed by fluid or solid member;
    • the flow direction of the first thermal energy body (105) flowing in the first flow guiding pipe member (101) and the flow direction of the second thermal energy body (205) flowing in the second flow guiding pipe member (201) can be the same or different.

According to tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline, when the third thermal energy body (305) is formed by fluid, a fluid pump (400) can be additionally installed for pumping the third thermal energy body (305) thereby enhancing the heat exchange effect;

FIG. 3 is a frontal cross sectional view illustrating the third thermal energy body disclosed in the embodiment shown FIG. 1 being formed in a fluid state and a fluid pump being installed;

FIG. 4 is a lateral view showing the main structure disclosed in FIG. 3 according to one embodiment of the present invention;

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the fluid pump (400) is additionally installed for pumping the third thermal energy body (305) thereby enhancing the heat exchange effect.

According to the tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline of the present invention, the sleeved multi-layer pipe members includes being configured by two or more layers of heat conductive members, and the flow guiding pipe members having the corresponding quantity are therefore formed, so the same or different fluids can be adopted to flow in each pipe member, and the flow direction in which the fluid flowing in different flow guiding pipelines arranged in adjacent layers can be the same or different.

Claims

1. A tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline, which is configured by that an inner layer pipeline having a relatively smaller outer diameter is adopted as a first flow guiding pipe member (101), the first flow guiding pipe member (101) is made of a heat conductive member, and the pipe hole of the first flow guiding pipe member (101) is formed as a first flow guiding pipeline (102), two ends of the first flow guiding pipeline (102) are respectively leaded to a first flow gathering chamber (103) and a first fluid inlet/outlet port (104), thereby allowing a first thermal energy body (105) formed in a fluid state to flow in or flow out; and an outer layer pipeline having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the first flow guiding pipeline (102) is adopted as a second flow guiding pipe member (201) thereby forming a structure having two layers of pipelines, the second flow guiding pipe member (201) is made of a heat conductive member, and the diameter difference defined between the larger inner diameter of the second flow guiding pipe member (201) and the outer diameter of the first flow guiding pipe member (101) forms a second flow guiding pipeline (202) having an annular cross section, two ends of the second flow guiding pipeline (202) are respectively leaded to a second flow gathering chamber (203) and a second fluid inlet/outlet port (204), thereby allowing a second thermal energy body (205) formed in a fluid state to flow in and flow out, wherein the outer periphery of the outer layer pipeline of the second flow guiding pipeline (202) is in contact with a third thermal energy body (305) formed in a gaseous or liquid state or a solid thermal energy body, thereby forming a three-layer annular tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger, so the heat exchanging and transferring can be performed between the second thermal energy body (205) and the first thermal energy body (105) and between the second thermal energy body (205) and the third thermal energy body (305).

2. A tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mentioned first flow guiding pipe member (101) and the second flow guiding pipe member (201) can be formed in one or more than one routes.

3. A tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline as claimed in claim 2, wherein the mentioned first flow guiding pipe member (101) and the second flow guiding pipe member (201) can be configured by pipe members formed in circular or rectangular or oval or other geometric shapes.

4. A tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline as claimed in claim 2, wherein the mentioned first flow guiding pipe member (101) and the second flow guiding pipe member (201) can be configured by pipe members having the same or different shapes.

5. A tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mentioned first thermal energy body (105) and the second thermal energy body (205) can be formed by the same or different fluids.

6. A tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mentioned fluid can be formed by the gaseous or liquid fluid or the fluid capable of converting into a gaseous state from a liquid state or converting into a liquid state from a gaseous state.

7. A tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mentioned third thermal energy body (305) can be formed by fluid or solid member.

8. A tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline as claimed in claim 1, wherein when the third thermal energy body (305) is formed by fluid, a fluid pump (400) can be additionally installed for pumping the third thermal energy body (305) thereby enhancing the heat exchange effect.

9. A tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flow direction of the first thermal energy body (105) flowing in the first flow guiding pipe member (101) and the flow direction of the second thermal energy body (205) flowing in the second flow guiding pipe member (201) can be the same or different.

10. A tri-piece thermal energy body heat exchanger having multi-layer pipeline and transferring heat to exterior through outer periphery of pipeline as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sleeved multi-layer pipe members includes being configured by two or more layers of heat conductive members, and the flow guiding pipe members having the corresponding quantity are therefore formed, so the same or different fluids can be adopted to flow in each pipe member, and the flow direction in which the fluid flowing in different flow guiding pipelines arranged in adjacent layers can be the same or different.

Patent History
Publication number: 20140083666
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 27, 2012
Publication Date: Mar 27, 2014
Inventor: Tai-Her YANG (Dzan-Hwa)
Application Number: 13/628,116
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Tubular Structure (165/177)
International Classification: F28F 1/00 (20060101);