Diverse Materials Patents (Class 165/180)
  • Publication number: 20100326642
    Abstract: Diamond has superior strength and heat transfer capability. The efficiency of heat exchangers, steam generators, condensers, radiators and feedwater heaters is increased by using diamond tubes (10). Heat exchangers are made containing diamond tubes (10) diamond tube sheets (15) and diamond baffles (40). Steam generators are made containing containing diamond tubes (10) and diamond tube sheets (15). Radiators are made containing diamond tubes (10) and diamond fins (55). Condensers are made containing containing diamond tubes (10) diamond tube sheets (15) and diamond fins (55). Feedwater heaters are made containing diamond tubes (10) diamond tube sheets (15) and diamond baffles (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Inventor: Dino Scorziello
  • Publication number: 20100294472
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the use of a duplex stainless steel as heat exchanger material in a phosphoric acid production system using the wet method. The steel has the following composition in percent by weight: C max 0.03 Si max 0.5 Mn max 3 Cr 26-29 Ni 4.9-10 Mo 3-5 N 0.35-0.5 B max 0.0030 Co max 3.5 W max 3 Cu max 2 Ru max 0.3 balance Fe and normal occurring impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: SANDVIK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AB
    Inventors: Sabina Ronneteg, Knut Tersmeden, Anna-Lena Nyström
  • Publication number: 20100224351
    Abstract: A heat exchanger is provide, in which a fin member and a tube member are joined each other, wherein the fin member includes a solder wetting film layer containing copper, in at least a part of a surface of a fin substrate made of aluminum or an alloy mainly composed of aluminum, where the fin member and the tube member are joined each other, and the tube member includes a solder film layer made of solder containing tin, in at least a part of a surface of a tube substrate made of copper or an alloy mainly composed of copper, where the tube member and the fin member are joined each other, wherein the fin member and the tube member are joined each other, through a diffusion bonding of a copper component of the solder wetting film layer and a tin component of the solder film layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
    Inventors: Takaaki SASAOKA, Muneo Kodaira
  • Patent number: 7781071
    Abstract: The present invention provides extruded tubes for heat exchangers having improved corrosion resistance when used alone and when part of a brazed heat exchanger assembly with compatible finstock. The tubes are formed from a first aluminum alloy containing 0.4 to 1.1% by weight manganese, up to 0.01% by weight copper, up to 0.05% by weight zinc, up to 0.2% by weight iron, up to 0.2% by weight silicon, up to 0.01% by weight nickel, up to 0.05% by weight titanium and the balance aluminum and incidental impurities. The fins are formed from a second aluminum alloy containing 0.9 to 1.5% by weight manganese or an alloy of the AA3003 type, this second aluminum alloy further containing at least 0.5% by weight zinc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Alcan International Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas Charles Parson, Alan Gray, Pierre Henri Marois, Thiagarajan Ramanan
  • Publication number: 20100200205
    Abstract: An extruded product, particularly a drawn tube made from an alloy of the 6XXX series with the following composition, in weight %: Mg: 0.4-0.7, Si: 0.4-0.7, Fe: 0.1-0.3, Zn: 0.16-0.3, Ti: 0.12-0.3, Mn<0.10, Cu<0.05, Cr<0.05, Ni<0.05. others<0.05 each and <0.15 in total, remainder being aluminum, with the ratio Si/Mg between 0.9 and 1.3. The tubes are advantageously used for cabin air-conditioning systems in motor vehicles using CO2 as refrigerant gas. In such systems, the product offers an advantageous combination of good mechanical properties at operating temperatures and high resistance to perforating corrosion necessary for extended operating life without leaks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: ALCAN RHENALU
    Inventors: Bruce Morere, Annabelle Bigot, Jerome Pignatel
  • Publication number: 20100163217
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a temperature of a device. The apparatus includes a body (500) having a plurality of chambers (630) spaced substantially symmetrically about an axis of the body (500), wherein each of the plurality of chambers (630) comprises an upper diaphragm (635) and a lower diaphragm (640). The apparatus also includes a heat transfer element (515) attached to the body (500) via the plurality of chambers (630) such that the plurality of chambers (630) is in fluid communication with the heat transfer element (515).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: ADVANTEST CORPORATION
    Inventor: Larry Stuckey
  • Publication number: 20100155040
    Abstract: There is described a heat sink having at least one tube through which cooling medium flows and which is surrounded by a heat-conducting material, wherein the tube wall of the at least one tube is corrugated in the direction of flow. The corrugated embodiment has the advantage that the transition from laminar to turbulent flow relative to a straight-walled tube is effected at a lower flow velocity and the heat transfer area is greater at the same tube length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Ingolf Hoffmann, Hans Knauer, Wilhelm Reischer
  • Patent number: 7733654
    Abstract: A heat dissipation module is used to cool a microprocessor. The heat dissipation module includes a base, a diversion pipeline, a plurality of heat conductive pieces and a fan. The base is assembled on the microprocessor. The diversion pipeline is connected to the base, provides a diversion direction, and has a heat insulated pipe-wall which partitions the diversion pipeline into an inside and an outside portions and reduces the heat conduction in the diversion direction of the diversion pipeline. The heat conductive pieces are fixed on the diversion pipeline, and have a heat dissipation direction from the inside portion to the outside portion of the diversion pipeline which crosses the diversion direction. Each two neighboring heat conductive pieces are separated with the heat insulated pipe-wall. The fan is assembled on the outside of the diversion pipeline and provides a cool air for the heat conductive pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Coretronic Corporation
    Inventors: Cheng Wang, Shang-Hsuang Wu
  • Publication number: 20100096103
    Abstract: There is provided a heat exchanger and a water heater having the heat exchanger including a uniform thickness of tin plating layer on the inner surface of a water feeding pipe. The heat exchanger H includes copper pipes 8 and 10 disposed in a casing 1 as a water feeding pipe 4 and a turbulent flow generator 13 disposed in the copper pipes 8 and 10. The turbulent flow generator 13 has a copper plating layer 14 on the surface portion thereof. The tin plating layers 17 and 18 are disposed on the inner surface of the copper pipes 8 and 10 and the surface of the turbulent flow generator 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: RINNAI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Toda, Akira Kumagai, Hiromitsu Sasada
  • Publication number: 20100089558
    Abstract: A total heat exchanging element 10 includes a partitioning component 1, 1 to which a water-soluble moisture-absorbing agent has, been added that is a component partitioning between a first laminar air-flow path 4 and a second laminar air-flow path 5 that are layered; a spacing component 2, 2 that forms the first laminar air-flow path 4 and the second laminar air-flow path 5 and maintains a space between the partitioning components 1, 1; and an adhesive agent 3 that adheres the partitioning component 1, 1 and the spacing component 2, 2. The adhesive agent 3 is a water-solvent-type adhesive agent saturated with a water-soluble moisture-absorbing agent. The partitioning component 1, 1 and the spacing component 2, 2 are made from a liquid-absorbing material that absorbs water and substances dissolved in the water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2006
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Masaru Takada, Hidemoto Arai, Takanori Imai, Yoichi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 7676924
    Abstract: A method of constructing an inner thermal lining or jacket of a jacketed gasifier having an outer shell with an opening allowing access to an interior of the gasifier, includes inserting jacket wall segments (40) into the gasifier interior through the opening, the jacket wall segments (40) each comprising an elongate jacket plate (42) with an annulus face (44) and a plurality of transversely extending longitudinally spaced stiffener formations (46) standing proud of the annulus face (44). The jacket wall segments (40) are arranged side by side leaving an aperture or space between adjacent jacket plates. The stiffener formations (46) of adjacent spaced jacket wall segments are welded together through the aperture or space between said adjacent spaced jacket wall segments, and the apertures or spaces are closed with window plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Sasol-Lurgi Technology Company (Proprietary) Ltd.
    Inventors: Jacobus Andreas Stadler, Zbigniew Franciszek Matyja
  • Publication number: 20090301701
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a heat exchanger tube, comprising a copper alloy, which contains the alloying elements [in percent by weight] 0.05-3% Fe, 0.01-0.15% P, and optionally 0.05-0.2% Zn, 0.02-0.05% Sn and residual Cu as well as unavoidable impurities, as a gas-cooler, condenser or evaporator tube of a refrigerator or heat pump operating with CO2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 10, 2009
    Inventors: Andreas Beutler, Johann Gschaider, Robert Kloeckler, Hans-Achim Kuhn, Eberhard Lepin, Christoph Walther, Rolf Wamsler, Martin Straub, Wolfgang Zeiler
  • Publication number: 20090294103
    Abstract: Process to reduce the temperature of a hydrogen and carbon monoxide containing gas by contacting the gas with a metal alloy surface having a lower temperature than the temperature of the gas, wherein the metal alloy surface comprises between 0 and 20 wt % iron, between 0 and 5 wt % aluminium, between 0 and 5 wt % silicon, between 20 and 50 wt % chromium and at least 35 wt % nickel, wherein the metal alloy surface maintains it lower temperature than the temperature of the gas by making use of coolant water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Franciscus Gerardus VAN DONGEN, Winnifred De Graaf, Thian Hoey Tio, Anthonij Wolfert
  • Publication number: 20090266530
    Abstract: An extrudable aluminum alloy composition includes, in weight percent, between 0.60 and 0.90 manganese, between 0.45 and 0.75 copper, between 0.05 and 0.24 magnesium, less than 0.30 iron, less than 0.30 silicon, less than 0.05 titanium, less than 0.05 vanadium, and a Cu/Mg ratio higher or equal to 3. It also relates to aluminum alloy heat exchanger extruded or drawn tube and extruded or drawn aluminum alloy tubing having the above-described aluminum alloy composition. It also relates to a heat exchanger comprising a plurality of extruded or drawn tube sections having the above-described aluminum alloy composition and a process for manufacturing same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Nicholas Charles Parson
  • Publication number: 20090266529
    Abstract: A protected carbon steel pipe for fire tube heat exchange devices, particularly boilers, comprising internally, at least along a portion of its length, at least one bonded layer of corrosion-resistant material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2006
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Giovanni Jahier
  • Publication number: 20090260791
    Abstract: An inside regular filler layer is disposed inside a pipe where heat is exchanged between an inside and an outside of a pipe wall so as to abut an inner peripheral surface of the pipe, and an outside regular filler layer is disposed outside the pipe so as to surround the pipe and closely contact an outer peripheral surface of the pipe. The outer peripheral surface of the pipe is subjected to close contact-promoting processing in order to enhance close contacting feature between the outer peripheral surface and the outside regular filler layer. The pipe/filler unit is used for the distillation section of an internal heat exchanging type distillation column.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Inventors: Toshinari Nakanishi, Kazumasa Aso, Kensuke Iuchi, Kinpei Horiuchi, Masaru Nakaiwa
  • Patent number: 7588073
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy-based extruded multi-path flat tube having a multiple number of passageways extending internally through the flat tube in parallel with one another and adapted to be coupled to other such flat tubes to form a heat exchanger after performing a brazing operation with the flat tube having a surface layer extending inwardly from the external surface containing at least 5% non-recrystallized grains and having an inner layer extending from the surface area containing at least 30% recrystallized grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Aluminum Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasunori Hyogo, Masaya Katsumata, Masami Asano
  • Publication number: 20090218070
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchange device, in particular a vehicle radiator, for indirect exchange of heat between a first medium and a second medium, with a first guide section for routing the first medium and a second guide section for routing the second medium, the first guide section being formed by a thermally conductive heat exchange element consisting of graphite foam and being spatially separated from the second guide section, at least part of a second guide section being formed by the heat exchange element. The invention furthermore relates to a method for producing a heat exchange element for a heat exchange device, in particular for the radiator of a motor vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Benedikt Fries, Axel Loffler, Christopher Reinke
  • Publication number: 20090218085
    Abstract: A number of flat tubes, flat tube heat exchangers, and methods of manufacturing both are described and illustrated. The flat tubes can be constructed of one, two, or more pieces of sheet material. A profiled insert integral with the flat tube or constructed from another sheet of material can be used to define multiple flow channels through the flat tube. The flat tubes can be constructed of relatively thin material, and can be reinforced with folds of the flat tube material and/or of an insert in areas subject to higher pressure and thermal stresses. Also, the relatively thin flat tube material can have a corrosion layer enabling the material to resist failure due to corrosion. Heat exchangers having such flat tubes connected to collection tubes are also disclosed, as are manners in which such tubes can be provided with fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Charles James Rogers, Thomas Feldhege, Werner Zobel, Jens Nies, Roland Straehle, Rainer Kaesinger, Siegfried Eisele, Claudia Sommer, Bernhard Stephan, Peter Ambros
  • Patent number: 7545630
    Abstract: A thermal dissipation apparatus includes a thermal transfer device including a heat pipe member. A temperature sensitive material is coupled to the heat pipe member and is operable to provide a visual indication of the heat transfer in the heat pipe member. The thermal dissipation apparatus may be coupled to a heat producing component in order to dissipate heat from the component, and the temperature sensitive material will allow the function of the heat pipe member to be visually determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Paul T. Artman, Jinsaku Masuyama
  • Publication number: 20090101323
    Abstract: The present invention provides a copper alloy tube for heat exchangers which is tolerable to a high operating pressure of new cooling media such as carbon dioxide and HFC-based fluorocarbons, and is excellent in fracture strength, even if the tube is thinned, and a copper alloy tube for a heat exchanger which has a composition having specified amounts of Sn and P, has an average crystal grain size of 30 ?m or less and has a high strength of 250 MPa or more of a tensile strength in the longitudinal direction of the tube improves the fracture strength as a texture in which the orientation distribution density in the Goss orientation is 4% or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicants: KOBELCO & MATERIALS COPPER TUBE, LTD., Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd)
    Inventors: Toshiaki TAKAGI, Yasuhiro Aruga, Mamoru Nagao, Takashi Shirai, Masato Watanabe, Akihiko Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20090071634
    Abstract: A heat exchanger and associated methods for sublimating solid particles therein, for conveying fluids therethrough, or both. The heat exchanger includes a chamber, and a porous member having a porous wall having pores in communication with the chamber and an interior of the porous member. A first fluid is conveyed into the porous member while a second fluid is conveyed into the porous member through the porous wall. The second fluid may form a positive flow boundary layer along the porous wall to reduce or eliminate substantial contact between the first fluid and the interior of the porous wall. The combined first and second fluids are conveyed out of the porous member. Additionally, the first fluid and the second fluid may each be conveyed into the porous member at different temperatures and may exit the porous member at substantially the same temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: March 19, 2009
    Applicant: BATTELLE ENERGY ALLIANCE, LLC
    Inventors: Terry D. Turner, Bruce M. Wilding
  • Publication number: 20090056927
    Abstract: A number of flat tubes, flat tube heat exchangers, and methods of manufacturing both are described and illustrated. The flat tubes can be constructed of one, two, or more pieces of sheet material. A profiled insert integral with the flat tube or constructed from another sheet of material can be used to define multiple flow channels through the flat tube. The flat tubes can be constructed of relatively thin material, and can be reinforced with folds of the flat tube material and/or of an insert in areas subject to higher pressure and thermal stresses. Also, the relatively thin flat tube material can have a corrosion layer enabling the material to resist failure due to corrosion. Heat exchangers having such flat tubes connected to collection tubes are also disclosed, as are manners in which such tubes can be provided with fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Werner Zobel, Jens Nies, Bernhard Stephan, Charles James Rogers, Thomas Feldhege
  • 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: 20090020269
    Abstract: A heat pipe (10) includes a metal casing (12) having an evaporator section (121) and a condenser section (122). A major wick structure (14) is disposed on an inner wall of the casing. At least one assistant wick structure (16) is disposed in and contacts with the major wick structure, and working medium fills in the casing and saturates the major wick structure and the at least one assistant wick structure. An average pore size of the major wick structure corresponding to the evaporator section is smaller than that of the major wick structure corresponding to the condenser section. A diameter of a cross section of the at least one assistant wick structure is smaller than a diameter of a cross section of the major wick structure, and thus the at least one assistant wick structure has a linear contact with the major wick structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Applicant: FOXCONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHANG-SHEN CHANG, CHAO-HAO WANG, JUEI-KHAI LIU, HSIEN-SHENG PEI
  • Publication number: 20080264622
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a fluid handling system is disclosed. The heat exchanger may have an inlet configured to receive a fluid at a first temperature, and an outlet configured to discharge the fluid at a second temperature lower than the first. The heat exchanger may also have at least one fluid passageway disposed to conduct the fluid from the inlet to the outlet. The at least one fluid passageway may have a first section fabricated from a first material, and a second section fabricated from a dissimilar second material. At least one of the first and second materials may include a thermally conductive polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Orhan Altin, Rishabh Sinha, Jiubo Ma, Kent Clark Bates
  • Publication number: 20080245094
    Abstract: A refrigeration compressor includes a housing having a suction gases inlet and a compressed gases outlet. A linear compressor is supported for operation within the housing. A compressed gases discharge conduit extends from the linear compressor to the housing to connect with the outlet. The conduit is formed of a material of lower heat conductivity than the housing. The conduit passes through the wall of the housing at the compressed gases outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Timothy James Hamlet Orum, Adrian Chaplin Jaan Hills
  • Publication number: 20080078536
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly for an automotive vehicle includes at least one tube having an internal layer and an external layer. The external layer is an aluminum based material, and the internal layer is a stainless steel based material. At least one turbulator is disposed inside the tube and is formed of a stainless steel based material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL TRUCK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY, LLC
    Inventor: Nirmal M. Tolani
  • Patent number: 7250223
    Abstract: The present invention provides a heat exchanger which is assembled by brazing an aluminum fin material to the outer surface of an aluminum tube material formed by bending a sheet material, in particular, an aluminum heat exchanger which can be suitably used as an automotive heat exchanger such as a condenser or evaporator. The tube material is formed of a two-layer clad sheet which includes a core material and an Al—Zn alloy layer clad on the core material. The Al—Zn alloy layer is clad on the outer surface of the tube material and brazed to the aluminum fin material. The potential of the Al—Zn alloy layer in a normal corrosive solution is at least 100 mV lower than the potential of the core material in the normal corrosive solution. The potential of the Al—Zn alloy layer in the normal corrosive solution is lower than the potential of the core material in high-concentration corrosive water. The normal corrosive solution refers to an aqueous solution containing 10 g/l of NaCl and 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignees: DENSO Corporation, Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruhiko Miyachi, Yoshiharu Hasegawa, Masamichi Makihara, Yasunaga Itoh, Naoki Yamashita, Toshihiko Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7247392
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy heat exchanger having a tube composed of a thin aluminum alloy clad material, wherein, in the clad material, one face of an aluminum alloy core material containing Si 0.05–1.0 mass % is clad with an Al—Si-series filler material containing Si 5–20 mass %, and the other face is clad with a sacrificial material containing Zn 2–10 mass % and/or Mg 1–5 mass %, and wherein an element diffusion profile of the clad material by EPMA satisfies (1) and/or (2): L-LSi-LZn?40(?m) ??(1) L-LSi-LMg?5(?m) ??(2) wherein L is a tube wall thickness (?m); LSi is a position (?m) indicating an amount of Si diffused from the filler material; and LZn and LMg each represent a region (?m) indicating an amount of Zn or Mg diffused from the sacrificial material, respectively; and a method of producing the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignees: Furukawa-Sky Aluminum Corp., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Kazumitsu Sugano, Noriyuki Yamada, Akio Niikura, Yoshiaki Ogiwara, Masaki Shimizu, Kenji Negura, Sunao Fukuda, Yoshihiko Kamiya
  • Patent number: 7207377
    Abstract: A heat exchanger having a plurality of stacked tubes (131) and tanks (110, 120) formed of resin and coupled to the longitudinal ends of the tubes (131), wherein the cooling liquid flowing in a fuel-cell (10) is cooled by being passed through the tubes (131) formed of double layers including a high heat conductivity resin portion (131a) and an insulative resin portion (131b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: DENSO Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Sonoda, Hiroyuki Osakabe, Masahiro Omae
  • Patent number: 7135239
    Abstract: A composite material made of a high-strength aluminum alloy. The composite material is particularly used for the production of brazed heat exchangers for vehicles. The composite material includes a core layer, a corrosion protective layer covering the top surface of this core layer and a brazing material layer applied to the corrosion protective layer, all with specifically selected alloying constituents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Rahul Rajagopalan
  • Patent number: 7007504
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a condenser for radiating heat of a high temperature and high pressure refrigerant discharged from a compressor to room temperature air and cooling water to condense and liquefy the refrigerant, and more particularly, to a condenser provided with a condensing tube and a cooling plate for helping heat radiation of the condensing tube, the condensing tube and the cooling plate being provided in various structures, thereby improving a condensation efficiency. The condenser includes: a condensing tube 10 including a refrigerant inlet 12 formed at one end thereof, a refrigerant outlet 14 formed at the other end thereof, and a passage pipe 16 having a heat radiation protrusion formed on an outer circumference thereof; and a cooling plate having a groove 22 on which the condensing tube is mounted so as to prevent a separation of the condensing tube, and a plurality of bent pieces 24 formed protruding from left and right sides of the groove 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Inventor: Kyeong-Hwa Kang
  • Patent number: 6921584
    Abstract: The invention relates to a series of extra strong and durable aluminium alloy brazing sheets with enhanced corrosion resistance for brazed heat exchangers. The alloy sheets are based on recycled materials and are suitable for manufacturing of fins, welded tubes, headers and sideplates. The alloy sheets showed improved corrosion performance with respect to pitting corrosion, excellent high temperature sagging resistance and post braze strength, and a good brazeability. By optimising the material combination of fin, tube, header and sideplates it is possible to produce a heat exchanger with adequate corrosion performance in SWAAT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Norsk Hydro ASA
    Inventors: Morten Syslak, Gro Stakkestad, Jon Dag Evensen, Xiao-Jun Jiang, Børge Bjørneklett
  • Patent number: 6911267
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a brazing sheet comprising an aluminum 3xxx series core alloy wherein at least one side thereof is provided with an aluminum clad material comprising from 0.7-2.0% Mn and 0.7-3.0.0% Zn, wherein the clad is capable of being used as an Inner-liner of a heat exchange product. In one embodiment one side of the core alloy is provided a material that comprises from 0.7-2.0% Mn and 0.7-3.0% Zn and the other side of the core is provided with an aluminum alloy comprising at least 5.5% Si. Thee are further provided methods for preparing brazing sheets as described herein as well as methods for use of brazing sheet materials including as tube stock and as heat exchangers, as well as other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Pechiney Rolled Products
    Inventors: H. Scott Goodrich, Scott L. Palmer, Gregory R. Johnson, Zayna M. Connor
  • Patent number: 6861259
    Abstract: A cartridge for holding a test specimen with an extremely small volume. The cartridge has a test chamber and a vestibule through which the test fluids are inserted into the test chamber. The cartridge has a stopper having a pair of seals, the first of which seals the test chamber inlet between the vestibule and the test chamber, and the second of which seals the mouth of the vestibule so that when the stopper is in place, the test chamber is closed to the admission of air or other contaminants and the vestibule is similarly closed against escape of the overflow from the test chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Assignee: Immunivest Corporation
    Inventor: Richard L. Columbus
  • Patent number: 6843273
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing gilled metal pipes. According to the method, at least one continuous, gill-forming strip is applied to a rotating pipe body at a tangent and unwound onto the pipe body in an approximately helical line. The side of the strip facing towards the pipe body is connected to the pipe surface by a welding device, using an additional material. The welding process is optimized and the finishing quality increased by molding a web that is bent at right angles to the strip that forms the gills before the strip is wound onto the pipe body. The strip is preferably bent into a U-shape and the web, which runs between the two limbs of the U-shape, is guided flatly onto the pipe body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Inventor: Georg Brundermann
  • Patent number: 6799428
    Abstract: Heat exchanger, which has a cooling body (9) that is in contact with a medium (11) to be cooled, on the one hand, and with a cooling medium (20), on the other hand, and transfers the heat of the medium to be cooled to the cooling medium, whereby the cooling body is composed of at least two materials, of which one is a better conductor of heat than the other, and the material of better thermal conductivity is essentially in contact with the medium to be cooled and dissipates the heat from the latter to the material of poorer thermal conductivity, which is essentially in contact with the cooling medium, to which for its part it transfers the heat, and the cooling body furthermore has sintered parts that form a porous sintered structure through which the cooling medium can flow, sintered parts being composed of the material of better thermal conductivity and of the material of poorer thermal conductivity, and the sintering temperature of the material of better thermal conductivity being less than or equal to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Inventor: Michael Stollenwerk
  • Patent number: 6787116
    Abstract: An overmolding insert includes a base having at least one opening in a first surface, the opening communicating with a second surface opposite the first surface, at least one hollow projection extending from the first surface, the hollow projection having a first opening communicating with the opening of the first surface and a second opening located at a terminal portion of the hollow projection, the insert further having two opposed side walls, each side wall being joined to the first surface, two opposed end walls being joined to an opposite end of the first surface and extending from one side wall to the other side wall. The side walls, the end walls, and the first surface define a partially closed space, with the terminal portion of the hollow projection extending beyond the partially closed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Aquatherm Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles G Williams, John F. Messerschmidt, J. David Sizelove
  • Patent number: 6773623
    Abstract: The increase of temperature in heat sensitive devices during heat generating conditions is prevented through the absorption of heat, by providing Aldehyde in an amount sufficient to effect the required heat absorption. Where the heat generating conditions are generated by a heat generator, separate and distinct from the heat sensitive device, the Aldehyde is supported in a position between the heat sensitive device and the heat generator. Where the heat sensitive device is itself the heat generator, the Aldehyde is contacted to the heat sensitive device either directly or indirectly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Inventor: Claude Q. C. Hayes
  • Patent number: 6667115
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a brazing sheet comprising an aluminum 3xxx series core alloy, wherein at least one side thereof is provided with an aluminum clad material comprising 0.7-2.0% Mn and 0.7-3.0% Zn, wherein the clad is capable of being used as an inner-liner of a heat exchanger product. In one embodiment, one side of the core alloy is provided with a material that comprises 0.7-2.0% Mn and 0.7-3.0% Zn and the other side of the core is provided with an aluminum alloy comprising at least 5.5% Si. There are further provided methods for preparing brazing sheets as described herein as well as methods for use of brazing sheet materials including as tube stock and as heat exchangers, as well as other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Pechiney Rolled Products
    Inventors: H. Scott Goodrich, Scott L. Palmer, Gregory R. Johnson, Zayna M. Connor
  • Publication number: 20030178176
    Abstract: A cooling system is provided with a heat exchanger that has a thermally conductive tube over-molded with a plurality of thermally conductive fins. To form the heat exchanger, a thermally conductive tube is provided. Insert molding, over molding or injection molding is utilized to incorporate thermally conductive fins with the thermally conductive tubes. The molding process may also simultaneously create any required features, such as mounting features and fittings for tubing to be connected to the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2002
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Inventors: Kurt A. Jenkins, John G. Olendorf, Peter Davison
  • Publication number: 20030079872
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic tube heat exchanger suitable for refrigerant use is provided by wrapping a layer of tubes around a curved surface, on a base which is generally perpendicular to the surface. Several to many tubes can be in each layer. Then, further layers can be wrapped continuously by overlaying the first layer. Heat exchangers, including refrigerant apparatus, condensers and evaporators, can be made in this configuration. Processes and articles of manufacture are parts of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Kevin Bergevin, Gregory Allan Campbell
  • Patent number: 6555251
    Abstract: A four layer composite including a first interliner positioned between a 4xxx series braze clad and a core alloy and a second interliner positioned on the opposite side of the core alloy from the first interliner. At least one of the first and second interliners has higher amounts of Si than that of the core alloy adjacent thereto. The higher Si content interliner preferably contains about 0.02-1.1 wt. % Si.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Alcoa Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond J. Kilmer
  • Publication number: 20030034154
    Abstract: A condensing heat exchanger is formed of norbornene polymer, preferably a norbornene homopolymer or copolymer. A plurality of norbornene polymer pellets are melted and extruded to form a first tube. The tube is then blow molded into a mold. A second extruded tube is also blow molded into a U-shape, and the first tube is positioned in the U-shaped opening to form a cell. The ends of the cells are attached to a holding plate by thermal adhesion or heating and flaring. Norbornene polymer possesses exceptional thermal resistance to the high temperature flue vent gases and has physical and chemical resistance to the acidic condensate formed by the condensing heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventor: James William Otter
  • Publication number: 20020125004
    Abstract: This invention is a process for making improved micro-multiport tubing for use in heat exchangers. A multivoid heat exchanger tube is extruded from aluminum alloy billet. The alloy is a composition of cooperative elements which act with the aluminum to prevent recrystallization and grain growth which result in the necessary strength and duality of characteristics in the tubes. The composition of the alloy that is added to aluminum is some or all of the following: silicon, iron, copper, magnesium, manganese, zinc and titanium. The cold work during processing of the heat exchanger is limited to further retain the small grains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventor: Frank F. Kraft
  • Patent number: 6361882
    Abstract: A high-strength aluminum alloy clad material for heat exchangers which excels in corrosion resistance and formability before brazing and has improved strength after brazing. The aluminum alloy clad material is made up of a core material and a brazing material, with one or both sides of the core material clad with the brazing material. The core material is made up of an aluminum alloy containing from 0.3% to less than 0.6% of Mn, from more than 0.6% to 1.0% of Cu, less than 0.1% of Si, 0.3% or less of Fe, and from 0.06% to 0.35% of Ti, with the remainder being Al and impurities; and the brazing material used to clad the core material is made up of an Al—Si aluminum alloy in which the Ca content is limited to 0.006% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Sumitomo Light Metal Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshifusa Shoji, Kohichi Maeda, Toshihiko Fukuda
  • Patent number: 6329079
    Abstract: A tube for a cracker unit in which ethylene is produced withstands, without oxidizing or losing its strength, the elevated temperatures required to effect cracking, yet retards coking. The tube has a shell formed from stainless steel or high nickel alloy and a liner formed from an iron-aluminum alloy. The liner retards the deposit of carbon and its build up known as coking. To form the tube, a high alloy ingot is bored to provide a bore that extends through its center. Then a weld overlay is applied to surface of the bore, with the overlay being derived from a weld metal containing at least 16% aluminum and the balance essentially iron. Thereafter, the ingot is heated to its hot working temperature and extruded through sets of opposed rollers, with the direction of advance being in the direction of the bore. The extruding transforms the ingot into a lined tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Nooter Corporation
    Inventor: John J. Meyer
  • Patent number: 6010581
    Abstract: An austenitic Ni-based alloy with improved workability, good corrosion resistance and good structure stability useful as heat exchanger tubing in sulphur-, chloride- or alkaline-containing environments. The material has an austenitic structure which contains in weight-% up to 0.025% C, 20-27% Cr, 8-12% Mo, up to 0.5% Si, up to 0.5% Mn, up to 0.3% Al, up to 0.1% N, 3-15% Fe, up to 0.5% Ti, up to 0.5% Nb, the remainder being Ni and usual impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Sandvik AB
    Inventors: Jonas Rosen, Lars Nylof, Sven Larsson
  • Patent number: 5954128
    Abstract: Many recuperators have components which react to corrosive gases and are used in applications where the donor fluid includes highly corrosive gases. These recuperators have suffered reduced life, increased service or maintenance, and resulted in increased cost. The present header assembly when used with recuperators reduces the brittle effect of a portion of the ceramic components. Thus, the present header assembly used with the present recuperator increases the life, reduces the service and maintenance, and reduces the increased cost associated with corrosive action of components used to manufacture recuperators. The present header assembly is comprised of a first ceramic member, a second ceramic member, a reinforcing member being in spaced relationship to the first ceramic member and the second ceramic member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Solar Turbines
    Inventors: Bruce D. Harkins, Michael E. Ward