With Coated, Roughened Or Polished Surface Patents (Class 165/133)
  • Patent number: 7640969
    Abstract: According to the invention, in order to prevent a film from forming which obstructs the transfer of heat in heat exchanger pipes, the heat exchanger pipe comprises an external side which is adjacent to the external surface and which is impinged upon by a steam medium, and an inner side which is adjacent to an inner surface and which is impinged upon by a coolant, such that the outer surface is provided with a first layer which reduces the adhesion of the steam on the outer surface and/or the inner surface is provided with a second layer which reduces the adhesion of a coolant to the inner surface and which is embodied as a biocidal layer. The invention relates to a heat exchanger and to the use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Friedhelm Schmitz
  • Publication number: 20090314478
    Abstract: In a manufacturing method of a heat equalizing member for a fixing device of the invention, first, an elongated cylindrical pipe is prepared which is made of a metallic material and which has one end sealed while the other end opened. Next, a heat-resistant releasing layer is formed on the outer face of the pipe in close contact therewith. Then, operating fluid is injected into the pipe from an outside through the other end of the pipe, while the other end is sealed by welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yamada, Etsuaki Urano, Osamu Morita
  • Publication number: 20090314477
    Abstract: A heat exchanger having a plurality of heat exchanging aluminum fins with hydrophilic condensing surfaces which are stacked and clamped between two cold plates. The cold plates are aligned radially along a plane extending through the axis of a cylindrical duct and hold the stacked and clamped portions of the heat exchanging fins along the axis of the cylindrical duct. The fins extend outwardly from the clamped portions along approximately radial planes. The spacing between fins is symmetric about the cold plates, and are somewhat more closely spaced as the angle they make with the cold plates approaches 90°. Passageways extend through the fins between vertex spaces which provide capillary storage and communicate with passageways formed in the stacked and clamped portions of the fins, which communicate with water drains connected to a pump externally to the duct. Water with no entrained air is drawn from the capillary spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: ORBITAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher M. Thomas, Yonghui Ma, Andrew North, Mark M. Weislogel
  • Publication number: 20090294109
    Abstract: In an MVR evaporator, a heat exchanger core comprises several condensing units. Each unit comprises front and back corrugated sheets, arranged trough-to-trough. The units are arranged side-by-side, in peak-to-trough configuration, creating sinuous passageways between the units. Steam is fed into the units through port-pipes, and the units are physically supported via the port-pipes from steam manifolds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventor: Talivaldis FORSTMANIS
  • Publication number: 20090288809
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electrical discharge surface treatment-purpose electrode that stabilizes properties and a film-forming rate of a coating made by surface treatment that uses the electrode showing a narrow distribution in physical properties such as a composition and resistance. A method of manufacturing an electrical discharge surface treatment-purpose electrode according to the present invention is identified as a method of manufacturing an electrical discharge surface treatment-purpose electrode formed of a green compact made of a metal powder subjected to compression molding, characterized in that the method includes the step of forming a nitride coating by nitriding a surface of the metal powder, and the step of forming a green compact by subjecting the metal powder having its surface nitrided to compression molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuhiro SHIGYO, Yoshikazu Nakano
  • Publication number: 20090260784
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a tubular portion configured to carry a first heat exchange medium and a finned portion coupled to the tubular portion. The tubular portion includes a tube and a coating disposed on the tube. The finned portion includes a fin strip disposed in a groove formed in the coating to secure the fin to the tube portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventor: Allan Stikeleather
  • Publication number: 20090250198
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hot water corrugated heat transfer tube that exchanges heat between its interior and exterior. A plurality of projections, each whose height (H1) is in the range of 0.5 mm-1.5 mm, is provided in at least one part of the inner surface of a portion positioned in a section of a corrugated heat transfer tube, where the Reynolds number (Re) of the fluid flowing in the interior of the tube is less than 7,000. The height H1 of the projections is in the range of 0.05-0.15 times the inner diameter D or the height H1 of the projections is in the range of 1-3 times the depth (Hm) of the corrugated grooves. As a result, with a simple structure, the heat transfer performance in the low Reynolds number zone is improved, and the pressure loss inside the tube is small.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Applicants: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY, DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Zhixing Li, Jian Meng, Mitsuharu Numata, Kazushige Kasai
  • Publication number: 20090242177
    Abstract: A coating composition according to the present invention includes silica microparticles and fluorine resin particles. The coating film formed on a surface of an article includes a silica film composed of the silica microparticles, in which the fluorine resin particles are dotted so as to partially expose from a surface of the silica film, an exposed area of the silica film is larger than an exposed area of the fluorine resin particles, and amount of natrium contained in the coating composition is made equal to or less than 0.5% in a ratio by weight to contained amount of the silica microparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Reiji Morioka, Toshiaki Yoshikawa, Yasuhiro Yoshida, Yoshinori Yamamoto, Teruhiko Kumada
  • Publication number: 20090236083
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger for small components through which a fluid may flow, made from several individual pieces, exclusively produced by forming and joined to each other, to an inlet channel, a planar heat exchange element and an outlet channel. The heat exchange element comprises an upper and lower side which may be connected to at least one heat source, characterized in that the inlet channel is made from a metal connector tube which continuously enlarges towards the heat exchange element on the inlet side up to the total cross-sectional flow area of the inlet side and face of the heat exchange element and the outlet channel continuously tapers away from the heat exchanger on the outlet side from the total cross-sectional flow area of the output side end face of the heat exchanger element to a metal connector tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Karine Brand, Florian Schopper, Oliver Woelflik
  • Patent number: 7593229
    Abstract: A heat exchange structure includes elongated air ducts. Each air duct has a first opening and a second opening at two ends of the air duct to allow air to enter and exit the air duct, respectively. The heat exchange structure includes an exterior heat exchange surface and interior heat exchange surfaces, in which the exterior heat exchange surface is configured to receive thermal energy from heat generators that are mounted on the exterior heat exchange surface, and the exterior heat exchange surface dissipates a portion of the thermal energy received from the heat generators and transfers another portion of the thermal energy to the interior heat exchange surfaces. The interior heat exchange surfaces are in the elongated air ducts and configured to exchange thermal energy with air flowing in the air ducts, enhancing air flow in the air ducts by buoyancy of heated air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science & Technology Research Institute Co. Ltd
    Inventor: Geoffrey Wen-Tai Shuy
  • Patent number: 7575046
    Abstract: A method and system for stabilizing flow includes introducing a flow into a channel with a minimum cross-sectional dimension of less than three millimeters and triggering a release of one or more bubbles in the flow at one or more locations in the channel. The one or more locations are spaced in from an inlet and an outlet to the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventor: Satish G. Kandlikar
  • Publication number: 20090200002
    Abstract: A production method of a heat exchanger member to be brazed includes spraying particulate powder of metal less noble in corrosion potential than Al, an alloy of the metal, or a composition of the metal, at 150° C. or less at high speed onto a surface of a substrate of aluminum or its alloy to thereby make the particulate powder adhere to the surface. The metal is diffused in the surface layer portion of the substrate by the brazing heating to form a sacrificial corrosive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Ichiro Iwai
  • Publication number: 20090166013
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention a condenser comprises an aluminum tube. The aluminum tube comprises a first interior surface in thermal communication with a first fluid and a second exterior surface in thermal communication with a second fluid. In an alternate embodiment a refrigerator comprises a condenser. The condenser further comprises an aluminum tube. The aluminum tube has a first interior surface in thermal communication with a first fluid and a second exterior surface in thermal communication with a second fluid. Wherein the first surface further comprises internal fins and the second surface further comprises external fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventor: Richard DeVos
  • Publication number: 20090166014
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a heat exchanger may be formed using a corrosion-resistant aluminum material to enable usage of water as a working fluid for the exchanger. In one embodiment, the exchanger may have an aluminum substrate with multiple treated layers formed thereon. A first treated layer corresponds to a hydrated aluminum oxide layer, and a second treated layer corresponds to a mono-layer organic molecule layer. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Je-Young Chang, Choong-Un Kim, Himanshu Pokharna, Rajiv K. Mongia
  • Publication number: 20090166012
    Abstract: Process for the manufacture of a heat exchanger, including a surface treatment, and heat exchanger thus obtained Process for the manufacture of a heat exchanger, in particular an evaporator, comprising the preparation (A), assembly (B) and brazing (C) of components of the heat exchanger (1), the brazing (C) being carried out under given temperature conditions. Prior to the assembling (C) and to the brazing (B), a surface treatment operation (A101, A114) is carried out, consisting in applying a coating (102) to a chosen component (6), said coating comprising a support, at least one active agent suitable for giving the heat exchanger (1) chosen properties during its operation, and at least one thermal protection agent suitable for enabling the coating (102) to withstand the brazing temperature conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Christian Casenave, Frederic Meslin
  • Publication number: 20090166015
    Abstract: A heat sink with fragrance is disclosed. The heat sink comprises a heat-dissipating unit and fragrant coating materials, wherein the fragrant coating materials are applied on at least a portion of the heat-dissipating unit; the fragrant coating materials comprise fragrant materials capable of releasing fragrance; and a heat generation element contacts the heat-dissipating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventors: Tzu-Wei Lin, Chen-Ming Sun
  • Publication number: 20090159751
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention feature heat exchange surfaces having a layer or coating having a lower surface tension than water, to repel water and prevent the formation of condensate on said surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: WATERS INVESTMENTS LIMITED
    Inventors: Douglas P. Wittmer, Joseph Kareh, Theodore D. Ciolkosz, Joseph A. Jarrell
  • Publication number: 20090145585
    Abstract: A heat exchanger comprises a porous matrix of pellets of a material selected to exhibit very high thermal conductivity and having nonplanar surfaces thereby to promote porosity. The pellets are bonded together and to the interior of housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventor: Jason William Cosman
  • Publication number: 20090139690
    Abstract: A heat sink includes a base body of an electrically insulating material and one or several metallic molded parts having a mounting portion and a heat-transfer portion, wherein the heat-transfer portion is mechanically connected to the base body. The heat sink can be inserted on a printed circuit board having several heat sources that can be at different electrical potentials, wherein the mounting portions of the molded parts are soldered to respective heat sources or close to the respective heat sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2008
    Publication date: June 4, 2009
    Applicant: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur, Foerderung der angewandten, Forschung e. V.
    Inventors: Martin MAERZ, Dimitar Tchobanov, Bernd Eckhardt, Stefan Zeltner, Sven Egelkraut, Simon Amesoeder
  • Patent number: 7537050
    Abstract: For the purpose of increasing the area of an adsorbent to be in contact with the air, a heat exchanger (47, 49) includes: a fin set (59) including a plurality of fins (57) arranged parallel to each other with an interval therebetween; a framework (61) arranged to surround end faces of the fin set (59) in the arrangement direction of the fins and end faces of the fin set (59) in the lengthwise direction of the fins; a serpentine heat transfer tube (63) having straight parts (63a) penetrating the fin set (59) in the arrangement direction of the fins and U-shaped parts (63b) protruding out of the framework (61); and a connector tube (65) for connecting the heat transfer tube with a refrigeration pipe. An adsorbent capable of adsorbing moisture from the air and desorbing the moisture into the air is supported on the surfaces of the fin set (59), the framework (61), the heat transfer tube (63) and the connector tube (65), respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuji Ikegami, Hirohiko Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20090107658
    Abstract: A brazing method is provided for brazing a metallic material for brazing to another metallic material. The metallic material for brazing includes a base material portion made of copper or a copper alloy containing chrome by a predetermined amount, and a metallic film portion made of a material having a melting point lower than a heating temperature in brazing, and provided on the surface of the base material portion. The brazing method includes a step of assembling the metallic material for brazing and the another metallic material to form an assembly, a step of heating and brazing the assembly, in which the metallic film portion is melted to diffuse chrome into a surface of the metallic material for brazing, and a step of forming a chrome oxide film by using the chrome diffused into the surface of the metallic material for brazing in atmosphere after the brazing step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, Luvata Sweden AB
    Inventors: Shin Takewaka, Sumio Susa, Tooru Ikeda, Shoei Teshima, Anders Falkeno, Ulrik Palmqvist, Leif Tapper
  • Publication number: 20090101319
    Abstract: A process involving heat exchange that employs heat exchangers where the process material flows over a heat transfer surface in which a process material passes through the process conduit of a heat exchanger wherein the desired velocity profile of the process material passing through the process conduit is achieved by varying the cross sectional area of the process conduit in 3 or more locations along the path length of the process conduit which allows better regulation of heating or cooling within the system which, for some processes, will result in improved temperature control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2006
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: ASHE MORRIS LTD
    Inventor: Robert Ashe
  • Publication number: 20090090491
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for production of a zeolite layer on a substrate containing metal, comprising the following method steps: production of an aqueous suspension, comprising several components, one component comprises at least one cross-linking element from the third, fourth or fifth main group of the periodic table, the substrate containing metal comprises at least one of the cross-linking elements, introduction of the substrate containing metal to the aqueous suspension, heating the aqueous suspension and the substrate containing the metal present therein for the in-situ crystallisation of a zeolite layer on the substrate containing metal, whereby the cross-linking elements in the substrate containing metal are extracted and included in the zeolite layer, a cross-linking element present in the suspension for formation of the zeolite layer is present at a concentration so low that a crystallisation in the suspension is largely or completely avoided and said element is principally provided by th
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2005
    Publication date: April 9, 2009
    Inventors: Wilhelm Schwieger, Ralph Hermann, Selvam Thangaraj, Marthala Reddy, Franziska Scheffler, Ferdinand Schmidt, Walter Mittelbach, Hans-Martin Hennig, Bauer Jurgen
  • Patent number: 7503381
    Abstract: There is disclosed a rust prevention and hydrophilization treatment method for a flux-brazed aluminum-made heat exchanger which comprises subjecting the same to a rust prevention treatment by the use of a zirconium base compound and/or a titanium base compound, and thereafter subjecting the same to a hydrophilization treatment by means of a hydrophilization treatment agent composition containing the under-mentioned components: (1) 40 to 90% by mass of polyvinyl alcohol having a degree of saponification of at least 90%; (2) 3 to 40% by mass of polyoxyalkylene-modified polyvinyl alcohol in which 0.01 to 20% of pendant groups are polyoxyalkylene ether groups; (3) 1 to 30% by mass of an inorganic cross-linking agent which reacts with hydroxyl groups of the polyvinyl alcohol and modified polyvinyl alcohol; and (4) 1 to 20% by mass of a guanidine compound and/or a salt thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignees: Nippon Paint Co., Ltd., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Toshio Inbe, Norizumi Matsui, Kengo Kobayashi, Osamu Kasebe
  • Publication number: 20090067133
    Abstract: A protective device (10) for protecting thermal interface material (30) spread on a central surface (512) of a bottom of a base (51) of a heat sink (50). The device includes a case (12) and a tab (18) extending from an edge of the case. The heat sink (50) has air channels (552) extending vertically therethrough and around the base. The case comprises an annular frame (120) and a cap (15) protruding downwardly from inside edges of the frame. The cap covers the thermal interface material. The frame is attached to the heat sink around the thermal interface material. The frame blocks portions of the air channels adjacent to the base, thereby to prevent dust or foreign particles from contaminating the thermal interface material through the air channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicants: FU ZHUN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHEN ZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: DONG-YUN LI, JING ZHANG, JIAN YANG
  • Publication number: 20090056917
    Abstract: A heat pipe comprising a chamber; a wick in the chamber, and a heat sink, which is adjacent to a first portion of the wick. A heat source adjacent to a second portion of the wick, wherein the wick is configured such that a gas condenses at the first portion of the wick and a liquid evaporates at the second portion of the wick. The fluid moves from the first portion of the wick to the second portion of the wick, and wherein the wick comprises nanostructures having a differentially-spaced apart gradient along the length of the wick so as to promote capillary fluid flow therealong.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Arun Majumdar, Rohit Karnik, Woochul Kim
  • Patent number: 7493941
    Abstract: The present invention reduces the expense of treating the surfaces of a plate material. This surface treatment method treats the surfaces of a plate material that is rolled with rolling oil and employed as a cooling fin of a heat exchanger, and includes a preparation step and a coating application step. In the preparation step, the plate material is prepared. In the coating application step, a coating is applied to the surface of the plate material without carrying out a degreasing treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiraku Kawasaki, Shinichirou Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7490658
    Abstract: An internally grooved heat transfer tube for a cross fin tube type heat exchanger of a refrigerating air-conditioning water supply apparatus using a high-pressure refrigerant, wherein an intra-tubular heat transfer rate is improved while maintaining a sufficient strength for pressure resistance. A heat transfer tube formed of copper or copper alloy has internal fins between internal grooves. In the tube, t/D is not smaller than 0.041 and not greater than 0.146, d2/A is not smaller than 0.75 and not greater than 1.5, where D [mm] is an outside diameter of the tube, t [mm] is a groove bottom thickness, d [mm] is a depth of each groove, and A [mm2] is a cross sectional area of each groove. N/Di is not smaller than 8 and not greater than 24 where N is a number of grooves, and Di is a maximum inside diameter corresponding to an inside diameter of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoe Sasaki, Takashi Kondo, Shiro Kakiyama
  • Publication number: 20090038786
    Abstract: The invention relates to a conducting device, in particular a corrugated fin, for a heat exchanger, having at least one surface. In order to improve the efficiency of heat exchangers, in particular of evaporators, the surface of the conducting device has an increased roughness, in particular microscopic roughness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Matthias Pfitzer, Ingo Trautwein
  • Publication number: 20090025911
    Abstract: A heat dissipation device with coarse surface capable of intensifying heat transfer includes a main body and a heat transfer intensifying unit. The main body provides a surface and the heat transfer intensifying unit is disposed on the surface. The heat transfer intensifying unit further includes at least a raised part and a plurality of fish-scale-like parts. The raised parts are disposed slightly upright from said surface and spacing apart a distance from each other. The fish-scale-like parts each are disposed on the surface of the main body next to the raised parts orderly, provide a recess toward the surface of the main body with an inclining angle from the surface of the main body, have a vertical edge and a sharp end and the sharp end is formed at an intersection of the vertical edge of the respective fish-scale-like part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: SHIH-WEI CHANG
  • Publication number: 20090025912
    Abstract: A heat dissipation apparatus with coarse surface capable of intensifying heat transfer includes a main body and a heat transfer intensifying unit. The main body provides four plate members to define a flow passage. The heat transfer intensifying unit is provided on the surface of one of the plate members or the surfaces of two of the plate members and further includes at least a raised part and a plurality of fish-scale-like parts. The raised parts are disposed slightly upright from said surface and spacing apart a distance from each other. The fish-scale-like parts each are disposed on the surface of the main body next to the raised parts orderly, provide a recess toward the surface of the main body with an inclining angle from the surface of the main body, have a vertical edge and a sharp end and the sharp end is formed at an intersection of the vertical edge of the respective fish-scale-like part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2007
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventor: SHIH-WEI CHANG
  • Publication number: 20090008068
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of manufacturing an aluminum heat exchanger tube. In forming a thermally sprayed layer 21 on a surface of an aluminum flat tube by thermally spraying Al—Si alloy thermal-spraying particles, quenching the thermally sprayed thermal-spraying particles in a molten state to make them adhere to the tube core 2a. The surface of the thermally sprayed layer 21 is smoothed with, e.g., reduction rolls to form a brazing layer 20. With this method, brazing defects due to fin detachment, erosion to the tube of the brazing material, etc., can be prevented, resulting in good brazing performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: January 8, 2009
    Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Tomoaki Yamanoi, Takenori Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20080308262
    Abstract: The invention relates to a humidity- and/or heat-exchange device, for example a plate heat exchanger a sorption rotor, an adsorption dehumidifying rotor or the similar, provided with humidity- and/or heat exchange surfaces which make it possible to introduce humidity and/or heat into a fluid flow and/or to remove them therefrom and/or to exchange said humidity and/or heat between fluid flows. The inventive device is also provided with a coating, which makes it possible to cover said humidity and heat exchange surfaces and consists of a zeolithe material and a bonding agent. In order to improve the performance of the humidity- and/or heat-exchange device, the zeolithe material is embodied in the form of a synthetic nano-zeolithe consisting of particles whose size is <1000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2006
    Publication date: December 18, 2008
    Applicants: KLINGENBURG GMBH, NANOSCAPE AG
    Inventors: Jürgen Sauer, Thomas Westerdorf, Hans Klingenburg
  • Publication number: 20080302517
    Abstract: A heat exchange member comprising a liquid layer and a solid layer capable of conducting a heat exchange reaction with the liquid layer upon their solid-liquid contact at an interface between the solid layer and the solid layer, wherein the solid layer further comprises on a surface thereof which is contacted with the liquid layer a surface coating layer capable of reducing a difference of the vibration between a thermal vibration of the solid and a thermal vibration of the liquid, and the surface coating layer comprises a plurality of fibrous structures arranged on a surface of the solid layer, and a heat exchange apparatus using the heat exchange member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, The University Of Tokyo
    Inventors: Touru Kawaguchi, Eiichi Torigoe, Yasumasa Hagiwara, Yoichiro Matsumoto, Gota Kikugawa, Taisuke Sugii
  • Patent number: 7446412
    Abstract: Some aspects include a heat sink base, an upper metal cladded to an upper surface of the heat sink base, the upper metal defining at least one groove, and a heat sink fin disposed in the groove and secured to the upper metal. Some aspects may also include a lower metal cladded to a lower surface of the heat sink base, and a pedestal secured to the lower cladding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Paul J Gwin
  • Publication number: 20080257533
    Abstract: An aluminum heat exchanger having increased resistance to galvanic corrosion. The exterior of one end of the aluminum tube or connector is coated with a metal or metal alloy. This end is brazed onto a copper or copper alloy inlet or outlet tube. The metal or metal alloy coating inhibits the formation of galvanic corrosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: LUVATA FRANKLIN, INC.
    Inventor: Edward G. Rottmann
  • Patent number: 7440280
    Abstract: A heat exchange structure includes a plurality of elongated air ducts. The heat exchange structure has an exterior heat exchange surface and interior heat exchange surfaces, the interior surfaces being in the elongated air ducts. The heat exchange structure includes a plurality of heat generators that are distributed on the exterior heat exchange surface along an elongated direction of the air ducts, in which air flowing in the air duct is heated successively by heat from the heat generators, and air flow in the air duct is enhanced by buoyancy of heated air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Hong Kong Applied Science & Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Geoffrey Wen-Tai Shuy
  • Patent number: 7438121
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an aluminum heat exchanger includes the steps of: obtaining a heat exchanger tube 2 by forming a Zn thermally sprayed layer on a surface of an aluminum flat tube core so as to adjust Zn adhesion amount to 1 to 10 g/m2; obtaining a heat exchanger core by alternatively arranging the heat exchanger tube 2 and an aluminum fin 3 and brazing the heat exchanger tube and the fin with end portions of the heat exchanger tube connected to aluminum headers in fluid communication; and forming a chemical conversion treatment coat (corrosion resistance coat) on a surface of the heat exchanger core by subjecting the surface of the heat exchanger core to chemical conversion treatment using at least one chemical conversion treatment agent selected from the group consisting of phosphoric acid chromate, chromic acid chromate, phosphoric acid zirconium series, phosphoric acid titanium series, fluoridation zirconium series, and fluoridation titanium series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Minami, Daishi Tanaka, Shintaro Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20080245512
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular an exhaust gas heat exchanger, having at least one surface which is impinged on by a medium, in particular exhaust gas, is made from metal, in particular aluminum or stainless steel, and is provided with a coating. In order to improve the properties of the coating, according to the invention, the coating comprises a coating material based on nanotechnology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: BEHR GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Klaus Fischle, Dieter Gross, Oliver Mamber, Matthias Pfitzer
  • Patent number: 7422706
    Abstract: A process for the preparation of hydrogen and carbon monoxide containing gas from a gaseous hydrocarbon feedstock by performing the following steps: (a) partial oxidation of part of the feedstock thereby obtaining a first gaseous mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; and, (b) catalytic steam reforming of part of the gaseous feedstock in a Convective Steam Reformer having a tubular reactor provided with one or more tubes containing a reforming catalyst, wherein the exterior of the tubes of the tubular reactor is used to cool the hot gas as obtained in step (a) and wherein the exterior of the tubes is a metal alloy surface having between 0 wt % and 20 wt % iron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Shell Oil Company
    Inventors: Franciscus Gerardus Van Dongen, Winnifred De Graaf, Thian Hoey Tio, Anthonij Wolfert
  • Publication number: 20080173432
    Abstract: A heat exchange structure includes elongated air ducts. Each air duct has a first opening and a second opening at two ends of the air duct to allow air to enter and exit the air duct, respectively. The heat exchange structure includes an exterior heat exchange surface and interior heat exchange surfaces, in which the exterior heat exchange surface is configured to receive thermal energy from heat generators that are mounted on the exterior heat exchange surface, and the exterior heat exchange surface dissipates a portion of the thermal energy received from the heat generators and transfers another portion of the thermal energy to the interior heat exchange surfaces. The interior heat exchange surfaces are in the elongated air ducts and configured to exchange thermal energy with air flowing in the air ducts, enhancing air flow in the air ducts by buoyancy of heated air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Geoffrey Wen-Tai Shuy
  • Publication number: 20080176289
    Abstract: At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an apparatus that includes a microfluidic channel and at least one energy absorbing element, where the energy absorbing element is configured to absorb at least a portion of an incident electromagnetic radiation. The absorption of the radiation by the energy absorbing element varies the temperature of a sample in the microfluidic channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: CANON U.S. LIFE SCIENCES, INC.
    Inventors: Shulin Zeng, Kenton C. Hasson, Gregory A. Dale, John Keady
  • Patent number: 7395852
    Abstract: A thermal concentrator composition with optimized design and reduced thermal resistance as a means of enhancing heat transfer and energy conversion. The composition comprises a low thermal resistance coating and methods of achieving quantum regions of energy transfer and non-linear design features resulting from cost effective manufacturing methods applicable to the material composition. The thermal concentrator composition is selected principally from the group of surface coatings, preferably comprised of diamond coatings, which are critical to obtaining maximum thermal transfer through classical and such quantum means including tunneling, waves, and phonon conversions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Inventor: Michael H Gurin
  • Publication number: 20080156457
    Abstract: The base of a heat sink may be selectively plated with a solder wetting material and soldered to an integral heat spreader also selectively plated with gold. In another embodiment, the solder may be applied in the form of an insert made up of an electrical heating wire sandwiched between indium foil which acts as solder when heated by the intervening wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Matthew J. Schaenzer, Thomas J. Fitzgerald, Tim A. Renfro, Manjit Dhindsa, Vaibhav P. Trivedi
  • Patent number: 7387155
    Abstract: A colored heat dissipating device comprises at least one heat conductive tube; a plurality of fins combined with the heat dissipating device; each fin being formed with a colored protection film by anodizing processing. Furthermore, a colored heat dissipating device comprises at least one seat; a plurality of fins combined with the seat; each fin being formed with a colored protection film by anodizing processing. Moreover the protection films of all the fins have the same color, the fins are combined with the heat conductive tube by punching. Or the protection films of fins are divided into several sets, the sets have different colors, the fins are combined with the heat conductive tube by punching. Thus the heat dissipating devices is anti-oxidized, erode-proof and dirt-proof. Thereby the indication on the protection film can be used to indicate the specifications of electronic devices suitable to be used therewith.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Inventor: Shyh Ming Chen
  • Publication number: 20080128121
    Abstract: Taught herein is a heat retainer for a heat exchanger the retainer having a coating layer. At least one surface of the heat retainer is coated with a highly-radiative material forming a coating layer whose emissivity is greater than that of a substrate material of which the core of the heat retainer is made. The heat retainer is in the shape of a honeycomb, a fin, a ball, an ellipse or a plate, and one or a plurality of inner holes are disposed therein. The substrate of which the heat retainer is made is a refractory material, a ceramic material or a steel material. The heat retainer has comparatively good heat absorption and emission performance; heat storage capacity is increased, diathermancy is improved, and energy is saved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventor: Huimin Zhou
  • Publication number: 20080121384
    Abstract: A liquid cooled heat dissipator includes water channels, rows of heat dissipating fins respectively received in a corresponding one of the water channels and each heat dissipating fin having a ridge and a trough, a first water tank mounting seat having first openings defined to respectively communicate with the water channels, a second water tank mounting seat opposite to the first water tank mounting seat and having multiple second openings respectively communicating with the water channels, a first water tank in the first water tank mounting seat and a second water tank mounted in the second water tank mounting seat for turning water flow in the water channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventor: Po-Yung Tseng
  • Publication number: 20080093058
    Abstract: A cooler includes a vessel enclosed with a body shell comprising a thermally conductive side; a liquid coolant at least partially filling the vessel; and an extended heat conducting structure having a boiling enhancement surface coupled to the thermally conductive side at a surface within the vessel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventor: Jesse Jaejin Kim
  • Patent number: 7357175
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heating element comprising a base body (4) made of metal, preferably aluminum or stainless steel, the surface (10) of which is highly polished and corrosion resistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Inventor: Silvia Bader
  • Patent number: 7353863
    Abstract: A method of surface treating an aluminum alloy base body of an heat exchanger which method enables an etching procedure to be carried out uniformly and quickly and a corrosion-resistant chemical conversion coating to be formed, is effected by pretreating the Al heat exchanger base body with an aqueous pre-treating liquid having a pH of 9.0 or less, etching the pretreated base body with an aqueous alkaline solution having a pH of 9.0 or more, and then subjecting the etched base body to a chemical conversion treatment or a hydrophilicity-enhancing treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kengo Kobayashi, Osamu Kasebe, Hiroyoshi Sugawara, Kazuhisa Uchiyama, Kenji Karube, Kazunari Hamamura, Kensuke Shimoda