To provide a plate laminate type heat exchanger that is capable to be temporarily fixed easily and surely before brazing assembly and can be fabricated with good accuracy. In a plate laminate type heat exchanger using a cladding material cladded with a brazing material, in each of laminated plates, a round hole penetrating in a laminate direction is formed; a thin and long fixing pin is inserted into the round hole so as to communicate each of plates; the fixing pin is fixed to the round hole by expansion of the outer diameter only at one end part in the longitudinal direction of the fixing pin; and each of plates is temporarily fixed integrally.

To provide a plate laminate type heat exchanger that is capable to be temporarily fixed easily and surely before brazing assembly and can be fabricated with good accuracy. In a plate laminate type heat exchanger using a cladding material cladded with a brazing material, in each of laminated plates, a round hole penetrating in a laminate direction is formed; a thin and long fixing pin is inserted into the round hole so as to communicate each of plates; the fixing pin is fixed to the round hole by expansion of the outer diameter only at one end part in the longitudinal direction of the fixing pin; and each of plates is temporarily fixed integrally.

A total heat exchange element includes a plurality of partition members made of a material that contains cellulose as a main component, a spacing member made of a material that contains cellulose as a main component, and an adhesive portion bonding the partition members and the spacing member together. The partition members are configured as flat sheets, and are stacked with a predetermined distance between them. The spacing member is disposed between adjacent ones of the stacked partition members to maintain the distance between them. The total heat exchange element has a first air flow path and a second air flow path alternately formed with one of the partition members interposed between the first and second air flow paths. The adhesive portion contains, as an adhesive component, cellulose having a smaller diameter than both of the cellulose forming the partition members and the cellulose forming the spacing member.

A total heat exchange element includes a plurality of partition members made of a material that contains cellulose as a main component, a spacing member made of a material that contains cellulose as a main component, and an adhesive portion bonding the partition members and the spacing member together. The partition members are configured as flat sheets, and are stacked with a predetermined distance between them. The spacing member is disposed between adjacent ones of the stacked partition members to maintain the distance between them. The total heat exchange element has a first air flow path and a second air flow path alternately formed with one of the partition members interposed between the first and second air flow paths. The adhesive portion contains, as an adhesive component, cellulose having a smaller diameter than both of the cellulose forming the partition members and the cellulose forming the spacing member.

A plate-type heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange units stacked on each other. Adjacent heat exchange units are disposed in such a manner that a projection plane of a through hole in one heat exchange unit does not overlap a through hole in another heat exchange unit as seen from a direction of a flow passage for a second fluid. The plurality heat exchange units includes a heat exchange unit having, on the projection plane, a height varying portion varying a height of a flow passage for a first fluid; and a heat exchange unit having, on the projection plane, a planar portion making the height of the flow passage for the first fluid substantially constant.

A plate-type heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange units stacked on each other. Adjacent heat exchange units are disposed in such a manner that a projection plane of a through hole in one heat exchange unit does not overlap a through hole in another heat exchange unit as seen from a direction of a flow passage for a second fluid. The plurality heat exchange units includes a heat exchange unit having, on the projection plane, a height varying portion varying a height of a flow passage for a first fluid; and a heat exchange unit having, on the projection plane, a planar portion making the height of the flow passage for the first fluid substantially constant.

A stacked heat exchanger including a core portion having a plurality of plates stacked on each other to define a flat refrigerant passage and a flat heat medium passage. A first connection member that provides an inlet and an outlet for allowing the refrigerant to flow into the refrigerant passage. A second connection member that provides an inlet and an outlet for allowing the heat medium to flow into the heat medium passage, in which the inlet and the outlet are configured in a state where the heat medium flowing into the heat medium passage flows in an opposite direction to that of the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant passage. The core portion includes an offset fin disposed in at least the refrigerant passage.

A stacked heat exchanger including a core portion having a plurality of plates stacked on each other to define a flat refrigerant passage and a flat heat medium passage. A first connection member that provides an inlet and an outlet for allowing the refrigerant to flow into the refrigerant passage. A second connection member that provides an inlet and an outlet for allowing the heat medium to flow into the heat medium passage, in which the inlet and the outlet are configured in a state where the heat medium flowing into the heat medium passage flows in an opposite direction to that of the refrigerant flowing in the refrigerant passage. The core portion includes an offset fin disposed in at least the refrigerant passage.

A heat exchanger includes a body that includes an at least two opposing surfaces and the at least two opposing surfaces are a trapezoidal. The body of the heat exchanger also includes, an area of cross sectional flow channels through the body. The area of cross-sectional flow channels in a direction perpendicular to the bases of the trapezoid increase or decrease between the two bases.

In a plate heat exchanger, a bypass passage and a main passage are formed upstream of first passages and second passages between adjacent ones of first heat transfer plates and second heat transfer plates. The bypass passage allows first fluid flowing from an inflow port of the first fluid or second fluid flowing from an inflow port of the second fluid to pass a side farther than a corresponding one of adjacent holes while spreading in a vertical direction in a front view and then flow into an inner fin or a corrugated heat transfer surface. The main passage allows the first fluid flowing from the inflow port of the first fluid or the second fluid flowing from the inflow port of the second fluid to directly flow toward the inner fin or the corrugated heat transfer surface without routing through the bypass passage. A flat space is formed around an entire circumference of each of the adjacent holes, between a circumferential wall and the inner fin or the corrugated heat transfer surface.