EP0114640A2 - Tube d'échange de chaleur à ailettes avec caractéristiques optimalisées de transfert de chaleur - Google Patents

Tube d'échange de chaleur à ailettes avec caractéristiques optimalisées de transfert de chaleur Download PDF

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EP0114640A2
EP0114640A2 EP84100427A EP84100427A EP0114640A2 EP 0114640 A2 EP0114640 A2 EP 0114640A2 EP 84100427 A EP84100427 A EP 84100427A EP 84100427 A EP84100427 A EP 84100427A EP 0114640 A2 EP0114640 A2 EP 0114640A2
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David L. Kienast
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Wickes Products Inc
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F1/00—Tubular elements; Assemblies of tubular elements
    • F28F1/10—Tubular elements and assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with projections, with recesses
    • F28F1/42—Tubular elements and assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with projections, with recesses the means being both outside and inside the tubular element
    • F28F1/422—Tubular elements and assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with projections, with recesses the means being both outside and inside the tubular element with outside means integral with the tubular element and inside means integral with the tubular element
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F1/00—Tubular elements; Assemblies of tubular elements
    • F28F1/10—Tubular elements and assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with projections, with recesses
    • F28F1/42—Tubular elements and assemblies thereof with means for increasing heat-transfer area, e.g. with fins, with projections, with recesses the means being both outside and inside the tubular element

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  • the present invention relates to a metal heat exchanger tube which provides for optimized heat transfer characteristics and, more particularly, relates to an integrally finned metal heat exchanger tube which is particularly adapted for use in the direct expansion shell and tube. evaporators of mechanical refrigeration systems.
  • Heat exchanger elements such as metal tubes which are employed for heat transfer purposes and which may constitute components of direct expansion shell and tube evaporators for mechanical refrigeration systems, are well known in the art; particularly in configurations wherein the tubes are plain, in essence, are unfinned and have essentially smooth bores.
  • the tubes have, in general, been provided with a plurality of integral internal fins transverse of the length of the tubes in a parallel spaced or helical pattern, thereby increasing the internal heat transfer surface area of the tubes and improving the heat transfer capabilities thereof.
  • finned metal heat exchanger tubes have been developed for this type of refrigeration technology wherein the addition of external integral fins has been incorporated into the physical geometries of the heat exchanger tubes for the purpose of still further enhancing the heat transfer capacities of the tubes.
  • Numerous analytical investigations and actual physical experiments have been undertaken in the industry with regard to correlating the dimensions and configurations of the heat exchanger tubes and those of the integral external and internal tube fins in order to attempt to optimize, or at least improve upon, the heat transfer characteristics of such finned heat exchanger tubes.
  • the metal heat exchanger tubes incorporate integral external and internal fins wherein the dimensional and geometrical proportions of the surface or heat transfer areas of the external and internal fins and the cross-sectional flow area of the heat exchanger tubes, in conjunction with the lead angle of the internal helical fins have been correlated in conformance with predetermined mathematical criteria in order to optimize the heat transfer capacities of the tubes, particularly when the tubes are to be employed in direct expansion evaporator of mechanical refrigeration systems.
  • the inventive heat exchanger tube design and construction is based on actual experimental test data gathered from direct expansion coolers in refrigeration systems incorporating various correlated combinations of the external and internal finned heat exchanger surface areas, cross-sectional flow areas of the tube, and the lead angle of the internal fins, which will lead to optimized heat transfer characteristics.
  • a more specific object of the present invention resides in the provision of a metal heat exchanger tube having integral external and internal helical fins wherein the physical dimensions of the external and internal tube fins, the lead angle of the internal fins, and the cross-sectional flow area of the tube are correlated with each other to provide for optimum heat transfer capacities, particularly when the tube is to be employed in the direct expansion shell and tube evaporator of a mechanical refrigeration system.
  • a metal heat exchanger tube 10 having a cylindrical wall construction 12 incorporates, integrally formed therewith, external fins 14 and internal fins 16.
  • the external fins 14, which are integrally formed with the cylindrical tube wall 12, may be of a generally helical configuration.
  • the internal fins which protrude into the flow passageway 18 of the heat exchanger tube 10 are also of a helical configuration.
  • the physical design criteria for the heat exchanger tube 10 takes into consideration the operating conditions of the cooler; in effect, wherein
  • the design for the heat exchanger tube is adapted for use when the heat exchanger tubes are utilized to boil and superheat the refrigerant flowing within the tubes (approximately 8 to 10°F superheat).
  • the heat exchanger tube 10 based on the foregoing operating conditions of a cooler which is employed in the direct expansion evaporators of mechanical refrigeration systems, employs dimensional parameters in the design of the heat exchanger tubes, based on each unit of tube length (L) as measured in feet. These dimensional parameters are as follows:
  • the internal heat transfer area of the tube 10 which, in effect, is the total surface area Ai (ft/ft) of the internal fins 16 for each foot of tube length L, the lead angle of the internal fins, in degrees, measured relative to the longitudinal axis of the heat exchanger tube 10; and the cross-sectional flow area Aix (ft 2 ) of the heat exchanger tube 10.
  • the present invention distinguishes with respect to prior art heat exchanger tube designs in that the dimensional proportions cf Ao, Ai, Aix, and are uniquely employed in a manner which will optimize the heat transfer capacity of the heat exchanger tube 10, which is of particular significance when employee in the direct expansion shell and tube evaporator of a mechanical refrigeration system.
  • the invention sets forth a novel geometrical interrelationship for the various dimensional parameters of a heat exchanger tube which differs from those commercially available, inventively utilizing a simplified mathematical computation and design method which is not contemplated in the prior art.

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EP19840100427 1983-01-25 1984-01-17 Tube d'échange de chaleur à ailettes avec caractéristiques optimalisées de transfert de chaleur Expired EP0114640B1 (fr)

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DE3813040C1 (en) * 1988-04-19 1989-08-03 Wieland-Werke Ag, 7900 Ulm, De Use of a finned tube as reaction tube for exothermic chemical reactions
DE4136003A1 (de) * 1991-10-31 1993-05-06 Siemens Ag, 8000 Muenchen, De Waermetauscher, insbesondere zur rekuperativen vorwaermung der luft fuer verbrennungskraftmaschinen
EP0547363A1 (fr) * 1991-12-14 1993-06-23 Wieland-Werke Ag Tube métallique d'un échangeur de chaleur pour refroidir des fluides visqueux
US5675974A (en) * 1994-01-18 1997-10-14 Robert Bosch Gmbh Heat exchanger
US7017651B1 (en) * 2000-09-13 2006-03-28 Raytheon Company Method and apparatus for temperature gradient control in an electronic system
EP2520892A1 (fr) * 2002-11-23 2012-11-07 Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG Appareil de mesure

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DE3735915A1 (de) * 1987-10-23 1989-05-03 Wieland Werke Ag Waermeaustauscher
DE4420756C1 (de) * 1994-06-15 1995-11-30 Wieland Werke Ag Mehrgängiges Rippenrohr und Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
DE3813040C1 (en) * 1988-04-19 1989-08-03 Wieland-Werke Ag, 7900 Ulm, De Use of a finned tube as reaction tube for exothermic chemical reactions
DE4136003A1 (de) * 1991-10-31 1993-05-06 Siemens Ag, 8000 Muenchen, De Waermetauscher, insbesondere zur rekuperativen vorwaermung der luft fuer verbrennungskraftmaschinen
EP0547363A1 (fr) * 1991-12-14 1993-06-23 Wieland-Werke Ag Tube métallique d'un échangeur de chaleur pour refroidir des fluides visqueux
US5675974A (en) * 1994-01-18 1997-10-14 Robert Bosch Gmbh Heat exchanger
US7017651B1 (en) * 2000-09-13 2006-03-28 Raytheon Company Method and apparatus for temperature gradient control in an electronic system
EP2520892A1 (fr) * 2002-11-23 2012-11-07 Endress + Hauser GmbH + Co. KG Appareil de mesure

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