Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080282725 | Air Conditioner and Manufacturing Method Therefor - To improve the heat transfer performance of a heat exchanger and achieve an air conditioner having high energy efficiency. The heat exchanger | 11-20-2008 |
20090301698 | HEAT EXCHANGER OF PLATE FIN AND TUBE TYPE - A heat exchanger including plate fins stacked at respective intervals relative to one another, and heat exchanger tubes penetrating the fins in. The heat exchanger exchanges heat between first and second fluids flowing, respectively, inside and outside the heat exchanger tubes. Each of the fins includes a substantially planar main body and cut-raised portions extending from the main body and disposed at an upstream side of flow of the second fluid. Each of the cut-raised portions corresponds to a respective heat exchanger tube and includes first and second opposed side ends connected to the main body of the fin. The first side end is nearer to the corresponding heat exchanger tube than is the second side end, the first side end is longer than the second side end, and the first side end is disposed at a downstream side of the flow of the second fluid, facing the corresponding heat exchanger tube. | 12-10-2009 |
20100205993 | HEAT EXCHANGER ARRANGED IN CEILING-BURIED AIR CONDITIONER AND CEILING-BURIED AIR CONDITIONER - A heat exchanger | 08-19-2010 |
20110000254 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONER USING THE SAME - When forming fins and heat transfer tubes by aluminum material, a pressure loss in the tube does not increase and a heat exchanger can be provided having heat transfer performance equal to or higher than a copper tube. The heat exchanger includes fins made of an aluminum material having a low deformation resistance and heat transfer tubes made of an aluminum material having a higher deformation resistance than the aluminum material forming the fins, and on whose internal surface the groove is provided to penetrate the fin to be fixed. It is also arranged that the tube axial direction (a) of the inner surface of the heat transfer tube and the direction (b) of the groove provided on the internal surface of the heat transfer tube are substantially parallel. In this case, the groove direction (b) forms an angle of 0 degrees to 2 degrees with respect to the tube axial direction (a) of the inner surface of the heat transfer tube. The depth of the groove of the heat transfer tube after tube expansion is 0.2 mm to 0.3 mm, and the top width of the ridge top portion is 0.08 mm to 0.18 mm. Further, the number of grooves of the heat transfer tube 20 is 40 to 60, and an apex angle a is 5 degrees to 20 degrees. | 01-06-2011 |
20110094258 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONER PROVIDED WITH HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger provided with a plurality of plate-like fins | 04-28-2011 |
20110113820 | HEAT TRANSFER TUBE FOR HEAT EXCHANGER, HEAT EXCHANGER, REFRIGERATING CYCLE APPARATUS, AND AIR CONDITIONER - To obtain a heat transfer tube for a heat exchanger or the like which can obtain predetermined heat transfer performance without increasing in-tube pressure loss. | 05-19-2011 |
20120285190 | HEAT TRANSFER PIPE FOR HEAT EXCHANGER, HEAT EXCHANGER, REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS, AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A heat transfer pipe for a heat exchanger including high threads and low threads that are lower than the high threads. The high threads and the low threads are provided at respective prescribed heights in a helical manner in a pipe axial direction on an inner surface of a pipe, the high threads are formed with 11 to 19 threads, the low threads are formed with 3 to 6 threads between each pair of the high threads, the high threads before expansion of the pipe each have a trapezoidal shape in cross-section so that a crest before the expansion of the pipe is flat, and a ratio W | 11-15-2012 |
20130340986 | HEAT EXCHANGER, REFRIGERATOR PROVIDED WITH SAME AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE HEAT EXCHANGER - A fin and tube heat exchanger including a plurality of parallely arranged heat transfer tubes and a plurality of plate-shaped fins provided orthogonally to the heat transfer tubes, each of the heat transfer tubes being in contact with fin collars of the plate-shaped fins, and being inserted along the fin collars. | 12-26-2013 |
20140232415 | PROTECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM, AND MERGING UNIT - A protection and control system includes a first merging unit which obtains an electric variable from a transformer installed in an electric power system, and digitally converts the obtained electric variable to output the converted electric as first electric variable information to a network, and a plurality of protection and control devices, each of which obtains the first electric variable information from the first merging unit through the network, judges whether or not a system fault occurs in a zone to be protected of the electric power system based on a predetermined relay characteristic, and outputs main trip information to the network when that the system fault occurs is judged, wherein the first merging unit judges whether or not the system fault occurs in the zone to be protected. | 08-21-2014 |
20140233143 | PROTECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM, PROTECTION AND CONTROL DEVICE, AND MERGING UNIT - A protection and control system includes a first merging unit which obtains an electric variable from a transformer, and digitally converts the obtained electric variable to output the converted electric variable as first electric variable information to a first network, a plurality of first protection and control devices, each of which obtains the first electric variable information from the first merging unit through the first network, judges whether or not a system fault occurs, and outputs main trip information to the first network when that the system fault occurs is judged, and a second protection and control device which obtains the first electric variable information from the first merging unit through the first network, judges whether or not the system fault occurs in the zone to be protected of the electric power system. | 08-21-2014 |
20140318756 | AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - An air-conditioning apparatus includes an outdoor unit equipped with an outdoor-side heat exchanger formed by inserting a plurality of heat transfer pipes made of a metal material, such as aluminum or an aluminum alloy, into a plurality of fins, and an indoor unit equipped with an indoor-side heat exchanger formed by inserting a plurality of heat transfer pipes made of a metal material, such as aluminum or an aluminum alloy, into a plurality of fins. The heat transfer pipes in the outdoor-side heat exchanger are each internally provided with a plurality of straight grooves substantially parallel to the pipe axial direction. The heat transfer pipes in the indoor-side heat exchanger are each internally provided with a plurality of spiral grooves having a predetermined lead angle. | 10-30-2014 |
20150033789 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONER PROVIDED WITH HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger provided with a plurality of plate-like fins | 02-05-2015 |
20150053384 | HEAT EXCHANGER HEADER, HEAT EXCHANGER HAVING THE HEAT EXCHANGER HEADER, REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A heat exchanger header for a heat exchanger in which refrigerant is flowed in parallel through a plurality of flat tubes disposed in parallel includes a header main body in which a plurality of through-holes are arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction, and a lid body that is joined to the header main body. At least one chamber communicating with the plurality of through-holes and serving as a refrigerant flow passage is formed between the header main body and the lid body. Each of the plurality of through-holes is an inlet side through-hole or an outlet side through-hole to which a refrigerant inlet side end or a refrigerant outlet side end of the plurality of flat tubes is connected. In a part of the lid body that faces the inlet side through-holes, a plurality of grooves are formed in a lateral direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. | 02-26-2015 |
20150059400 | HEAT EXCHANGER, INDOOR UNIT, AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - The heat exchanger includes heat exchange units. Each of the heat exchange units includes a plurality of plate fins and a plurality of flat tubes. The plate fins are arranged spaced apart from one another at intervals so as to allow air to flow therebetween. The flat tubes each have an L shape by bending and inserted through the plate fins so that a refrigerant flows therethrough in a direction in which the plate fins are arranged. The heat exchange units are combined to each other so as to form a rectangular shape. Thus, heat exchange can be efficiently performed by increasing the mounting area. | 03-05-2015 |
20150059401 | HEAT EXCHANGER, REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS INCLUDING HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange units each including a plurality of fins arranged at intervals such that air passes between adjacent fins and a plurality of heat transfer tubes through which a refrigerant flows. The heat transfer tubes extend through the fins in a direction of arrangement of the fins. The heat transfer tubes are arranged at multiple levels in a level direction perpendicular to an air passing direction. The heat exchange units are arranged in multiple rows in a row direction, serving as the air passing direction. The heat exchanger further includes a row straddling header. Refrigerant passages are provided such that the refrigerant flowing from inlets of the refrigerant passages turns in the row straddling header to outlets of the refrigerant passages. The row straddling header has an interior separated into a plurality of chambers arranged in the level direction. The refrigerant passage is isolated for its corresponding chamber. | 03-05-2015 |
20150068244 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - A plate fin includes a slit structure formed by cutting and raising a portion of the plate fin to form an opening facing a flow direction of a fluid and a waffle structure formed by bending a portion of the plate fin to form a protrusion having an angle-shaped cross section which protrudes in a stack direction and having a ridge substantially perpendicular to the air flow direction, and the waffle structure is disposed on the upstream side on the plate fins with respect to the slit structure and a slant length L1 on the upstream side of the waffle structure is smaller than a slant length L2 on the downstream side of the waffle structure. | 03-12-2015 |
20150075213 | HEAT EXCHANGER, METHOD FOR FABRICATING HEAT EXCHANGER, AND AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - Plate-like fins have notches longer than a longitudinal axis of flat tubes that are placed in the notches. The plate-like fins also have bend portions that are located on projections projecting toward the edges more than the ends of the flat tubes, are formed by bending part of the plate-like fins, erect in a stacking direction in which the plate-like fins are stacked, and are in contact with adjacent ones of the plate-like fins. The height of the bend portions in the stacking direction is the length of a predetermined spacing. | 03-19-2015 |
20150083383 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND HEAT EXCHANGE METHOD - A heat exchanger has a plurality of heat exchange function surface units, capable of suppressing an influence of the gravity exerted on refrigerant and suppressing reduction of heat exchange performance in each of the surfaces. The heat exchanger has the plurality of heat exchange function surface units, and includes an upper header pipe, a lower header pipe, and a plurality of heat exchange pipes provided between the pair of upper and lower header pipes in each of the heat exchange function surface units. The plurality of heat exchange function surface units have a parallel connection relationship, and a plurality of the lower header pipes are connected to a lower collection pipe through a branch current adjusting section. | 03-26-2015 |