With First Fluid Holder Or Collector Open To Second Fluid Patents (Class 165/110)
-
Patent number: 12238900Abstract: Multiple systems for providing liquid and air cooling for IT components is disclosed. The modular system for cooling Information Technology (IT) includes a first module with at least one dry cooler that supplies liquid cooling to at least one liquid heat exchange device, and a second module with at least one liquid heat exchange device that provides liquid cooling to a facility with one or more IT units. The modular system may also provide cooling liquid to an air to liquid heat exchange device of the facility.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Tyler Baxter Duncan, Anthony Middleton
-
Patent number: 12228345Abstract: A heat exchanger includes three flow paths, a first flow path, a second flow path, and a third flow path, which turn spirally in the space formed between an inner cylinder and an outer cylinder are provided. These flow paths are defined by an inner heat transfer body and an outer heat transfer body, and heat exchange is performed through the heat transfer bodies. The heat transfer bodies turn spirally, have a screw shape in an axial cross-sectional view, and are assembled into a screw shape. The flow path area of the first flow path is varied by changing the shapes of a male thread and a female thread, and the second flow path and the third flow path are formed in a spiral shape, allowing for exchange of heat through the heat transfer bodies.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: M. TECHNIQUE CO., LTD.Inventor: Masakazu Enomura
-
Patent number: 12188692Abstract: Thermal management systems can include a thermoelectric component, a heat transfer unit, and a controller. The heat transfer unit has a chamber and microfeatures in the chamber that are positioned to receive a working fluid. The controller is configured to operate the thermoelectric component and the heat transfer unit such that the heat transfer unit cools one side of the thermoelectric component to a first temperature and the thermoelectric component changes the temperature of a target material on its other side to a second temperature which is within +/?60° C. of the first temperature within a range of 0.5 seconds to 20 seconds.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2023Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: BLUEXTHERMAL, INC.Inventors: Reza Monazami, Sahar Jahani, Nicholas Keith Anselmo
-
Patent number: 12117249Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger arrangement having at least one multipass heat exchanger, which comprises a first distributor (1), a second distributor (2) and at least one tubular diverter distributor (4) having a predefined tube cross-section (AU), and a tube arrangement (25) having a plurality of tubes (5) which are at least substantially parallel to one another and have a predefined tube cross-section (AR), through which a fluid—particularly, water—can flow and which are arranged in the tube arrangement (25) in columns with a predefined number of columns (n), wherein the first distributor (1) and the second distributor (2) are arranged at one end (A) of the heat exchanger arrangement and the diverter distributor (4) is arranged at the opposing end (B), and the tubes (5) extend from the one end (A) to the opposing end (B) and are connected to the diverter distributor (4) and the first or the second distributor (1, 2), and at least one vent opening (10) is arranged at a highest point (T), or at leType: GrantFiled: March 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Guntner GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Alfred Erhard, Hansjorg Brentrop
-
Patent number: 12111111Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger assembly with at least one multi-pass heat exchanger, comprising a first distributor (1) with a first connection part (1a) for connecting to a fluid line (9), a second distributor (2) with a second connection part (2a) for connecting to a fluid line (9), and at least one first deflection distributor (4), as well as a plurality of tube lines (5) through which a fluid, in particular water, can flow, wherein the first distributor (1) and the second distributor (2) are arranged at one end (A) of the heat exchanger assembly, the deflection distributor (4) is arranged at the opposite end (B) and the tube lines (5) extend from the one end (A) to the opposite end (B), and wherein the first connection part (1a) is arranged at a lowest point (T) or at least near to the lowest point (T) of the first distributor (1) and the second connection piece (2a) is arranged at a lowest point (T) or at least near to the lowest point (T) of the second distributor (2).Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: Gunter GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Alfred Erhard, Hansjorg Brentrop
-
Patent number: 12061001Abstract: The disclosed technology includes devices and methods for optimizing refrigerant flow in a heat exchanger. The disclosed technology can include a heat exchanger unit that has a first heat exchanger coil that experiences a first airflow of air passing over the first heat exchanger coil and a second heat exchanger coil that experiences a second airflow of air passing over the second heat exchanger coil. The first airflow can be less than the second air flow. The disclosed technology can include distributor tubes in fluid communication with the heat exchanger coils to direct a flow of refrigerant from an expansion valve to the heat exchanger coils. The first distributor tube can reduce a flow rate of refrigerant to the first heat exchanger coil such that a greater amount of refrigerant is directed to the second heat exchanger coil and refrigerant exits each heat exchanger coil as a superheated vapor.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Ammar K. Sakarwala
-
Patent number: 12038234Abstract: Disclosed is a microchannel heat exchanger comprising a primary core including a first header and a second header and a secondary core including a first auxiliary header and a second auxiliary header, further comprising a first header interconnect extending between the first header and the first auxiliary header and having a first interconnect fluid passage extending therethrough; and a second header interconnect extending between the second auxiliary header and the second header and having a second interconnect fluid passage extending therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2023Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Robert A. Leffler, Arindom Joardar, Jon P. Kennedy, Kevin Mercer, Thomas Bryant
-
Patent number: 12000661Abstract: The flow reactor includes three flow passages including a first flow passage, a second flow passage, and a third flow passage which spirally circulate within a space formed between an inner tube and an outer tube. The flow passages are compartmented by an inner heat transfer body and an outer heat transfer body. The heat transfer bodies spirally circulate, have a screw-like cross-sectional shape in an axial cross-sectional view, and are assembled in a screw-like configuration. By changing the shapes of a male-thread portion and a female-thread portion, the flow passage area of the first flow passage is changed, the second flow passage and the third flow passage are spirally formed, and heat exchange and reaction take place through the heat transfer bodies.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: M. TECHNIQUE CO., LTD.Inventor: Masakazu Enomura
-
Patent number: 11971223Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITYInventors: Ting Ma, Dongjun Xu, Zhendong Han, Qiuwang Wang
-
Patent number: 11964550Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Inventor: Nimer Ibrahim Shiheiber
-
Patent number: 11946700Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Rowe Holding GmbHInventor: Michael Zehe
-
Patent number: 11895808Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 27, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventor: Ali Heydari
-
Patent number: 11867472Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATIONInventors: Donald Army, Eric J. Welch, Patrick McCord
-
Patent number: 11859850Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Heat-Pipe Technology, Inc.Inventors: Marcus D'Arcy, Onieluan Tamunobere
-
Patent number: 11698234Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: 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: 11668532Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Charlie Christensen Phillips, Joshua Jenkins, Kevin Mercer, James Amick
-
Patent number: 11662146Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 3, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: SPG DRY COOLING USA LLCInventors: Michel Vouche, Christophe Deleplanque, Fabien Fauconnier
-
Patent number: 11659688Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventor: Tianyi Gao
-
Patent number: 11638957Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Masaya Hatanaka, Masashi Kitamura, Hiroyuki Nakaharai, Koichi Tanimoto, Nobuhide Hara, Takuo Oda, Yoichi Uefuji, Shunsaku Eguchi
-
Patent number: 11635260Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: 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: 11530883Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: ALFA LAVAL CORPORATE ABInventors: Fredrik Strömer, Kristian Walter
-
Patent number: 11512903Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Ryohei Sugimura, Shinichiro Takise
-
Patent number: 11499762Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 25, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Satoshi Inoue, Tomoki Hirokawa, Shun Yoshioka, Yoshiyuki Matsumoto, Shouta Agou
-
Patent number: 11473452Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Dany Batscha, Anton Fiterman
-
Patent number: 11219841Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignee: MAN ZAI INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Cheng-Chien Wan, Cheng-Jui Wan, Chun-Hsien Su, Hui-Fen Huang
-
Patent number: 11209212Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 21, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Inventors: Adam Kimmel, David Hartke, Gregory Mross, Daniela Welchner, Michael Steffen
-
Patent number: 11162718Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 17, 2019Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Inventors: Andreas Draenkow, Timo Feldkeller, Thomas Merten
-
Patent number: 11125507Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: TAIWAN MICROLOOPS CORP.Inventors: Chun-Hung Lin, Chun-Teng Chiu, Yi-Chung Chen, Chih-Wei Wang
-
Patent number: 11117440Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Inventors: Uwe Foerster, Martin Sievers
-
Patent number: 11112180Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 30, 2019Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: SPG Dry Cooling USA LLCInventors: Michel Vouche, Christophe Deleplanque, Fabien Fauconnier
-
Patent number: 11022382Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 9, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Kevin M. Cao, Randal H. Edmunds
-
Patent number: 11002489Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Kouju Yamada, Masanori Jindou, Ken Satou, Hiroaki Matsuda, Yoshio Oritani, Tomohiko Sakamaki, Tomoya Yamaguchi
-
Patent number: 10989483Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Aavid Thermalloy, LLCInventors: Morten Søegaard Espersen, Maria Luisa Angrisani, Marco La Foresta, Sukhvinder S. Kang
-
Patent number: 10976085Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yoji Onaka, Takashi Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Okano, Eito Saito, Hirofumi Koge, Osamu Morimoto, Hiroki Murakami, Hiroaki Nakamune
-
Patent number: 10976106Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: SPG Dry Cooling BelgiumInventor: Michel Vouche
-
Patent number: 10976084Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Hans Hammer, Predrag Hrnjak, Andrew Musser, Stefan Elbel, Hui Zhao
-
Patent number: 10907902Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: HITACHI-JOHNSON CONTROLS AIR CONDITIONING, INC.Inventors: Mikihito Tokudi, Koji Naito, Kazumoto Urata, Kenji Matsumura, Kazuhiko Tani, Masayoshi Murofushi, Takumi Kamiaka
-
Patent number: 10906388Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Inventor: Nimer Ibrahim Shiheiber
-
Patent number: 10895410Abstract: 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 guidedType: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: AUDI AGInventors: Hans Hammer, Predrag Hrnjak, Andrew Musser, Stefan Elbel, Matej Visek
-
Patent number: 10864509Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 16, 2020Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Inventor: Qunzhu Li
-
Patent number: 10811147Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 29, 2014Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: KOREA ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: 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: 10696128Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Jun Abei, Toshiya Nagasawa, Eiichi Torigoe, Naohisa Ishizaka, Norihide Kawachi, Yuusuke Kitou, Ken Nishimura, Masakazu Nagaya
-
Patent number: 10684051Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 23, 2015Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Masaki Toyoshima
-
Patent number: 10670309Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventor: Xiao He
-
Patent number: 10663230Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: Haldor Topsoe A/SInventor: Per Juul Dahl
-
Patent number: 10625564Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: HANON SYSTEMSInventors: Jun Young Song, Hong-Young Lim, Kwang Hun Oh
-
Patent number: 10584925Abstract: 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 diType: GrantFiled: September 22, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: Zehnder Group International AGInventors: Zhangeng Guo, Hongwei Ran
-
Patent number: 10563890Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignees: DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Rajeev Sharma
-
Patent number: 10557670Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 29, 2015Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Pleat ASInventors: Stein Oddvar Sægrov, Otto Godeset
-
Patent number: 10551126Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: SPG Dry Cooling USA LLCInventors: Michel Vouche, Christophe Deleplanque, Fabien Fauconnier