A support form defining a longitudinal axis is provided. The support form includes a first section, a second substantially solid section, and at least one flow feature form. The first section includes a plurality of unit cells of a first material joined together to form a lattice. The second section includes a second material and surrounds the first section. The at least one flow feature form is defined in the second section and is configured to generate a flow feature on a heat exchanger tube formed by plating the support form.

A heat exchanger includes at least one passage defining a flow path for airflow. A manifold includes a transition region including at least two rib portions defining a smoothly curved transition surface into the at least one passage. A method is also disclosed.

A compact radial condenser is disclosed. The compact radial condenser includes a first plate; a second plate; and a plurality of structures disposed between the first plate and the second plate. In the compact radial condenser, heat from a first fluid flowing between the first plate and the second plate and around the plurality of structures is transferred from the first fluid to at least one of the first plate, the second plate, or the plurality of structures. In the compact radial condenser, the plurality of structures includes a first set of structures, the first set of structures extending radially from an inner edge of an opening in the first plate to an outer edge of the first plate.

The present invention regards a fin for a finned pack for heat exchangers, including a plate in which a plurality of through holes is formed for the positioning of tubes intended to convey a first heat exchange fluid, the plate having an edge as well as two main faces, each intended to be licked by a second heat exchange fluid in a crossing direction (A-A) from an inlet portion to an outlet portion of the edge of the plate.

The invention discloses a heat dissipation module, comprising a plurality of heat dissipation fins and a plurality of heat pipes. The heat dissipation fins are spaced apart from each other and disposed side by side. A gas flow passageway is formed between two adjacent heat dissipation fins. The gas flow passageway has an inlet end and an outlet end. The outlet end is opposite to the inlet end. Each of the heat pipes is threaded through the heat dissipation fins along an extension direction. In a cross section of each of the heat pipes perpendicular to the extension direction, a maximum length in a first longitudinal direction is L1, a maximum length in a second longitudinal direction is L2, and L1>L2. The invention further provides a heat dissipation module for a projector. The heat dissipation module of the invention is used for enhancing the efficiency of heat dissipation.

A heat exchanger, in particular a charge air cooler or an exhaust gas cooler for an internal combustion engine, comprising a plurality of essentially parallel tubes and at least one collector box on the output side, the tubes each emptying into the collector box on the output side, and a gas flow flowing from the tubes into the collector box and from the collector box into an outlet of the collector box, a structure for interacting with the gas flow being provided at least one of the tubes or collector box, a condensation being transported to the outlet with the aid of the structure.

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a system that may be utilized to maximize and utilize greater air flow through an intercooler apparatus. The present invention utilizes unique coil configurations and designs to help promote better air flow through an intercooler apparatus. The present invention utilizes unique profiled passage separators to improve air flow through the passages of the intercooler. Additionally, the present invention utilizes profiled passage separators that improve and significantly cool temperatures of the air flow in much smaller packaging because of the unique passage separators and air flow design of the intercooler.

A heat exchanger includes a first header including a fluid inlet, a second header positioned downstream of the first header with respect to a first internal fluid flow path of a first fluid and including a fluid outlet, and a core extending from the first header to the second header. The core includes a plurality of flow-modifying core tubes that are shaped, angled, and/or arranged to modify flow through the heat exchanger along a second external fluid flow path. The plurality of flow-modifying core tubes includes airfoil tubes with corresponding airfoil cross-sections.

An apparatus is provided for an intercooler to maximize air flow to a turbocharger. The intercooler comprises an intercooler core comprising an alternating arrangement of air flow passageways and charge flow passageways. The air flow passageways receive an ambient air flow and the charge flow passageways receive a charge flow, such that heat is transferred from the charge flow to the ambient air flow and removed from the intercooler. A first end tank sealed to a hot side of the intercooler core conducts the charge flow received at a hot fluid inlet to the intercooler core. A second end tank sealed to a cool side of the intercooler core conducts the charge flow from the intercooler core to a cool fluid outlet. A multiplicity of partitions disposed on the hot and cool sides of the intercooler core are configured to promote a laminar flow through the charge flow passageways.

A bonded dissimilar material heat transfer assembly is provided. The assembly comprises a frame component, a thin stamped component and at least one dissimilar metal component having means for heat transfer and having a higher thermal conductivity than the frame component and stamped component. The heat transfer assembly includes a novel geometry such that distortion caused by mismatch of thermal expansion rates does not affect the normally planar shape of the assembly. Such a construction leads to higher thermal performance, lighter weight, less cost, and higher reliability than similar prior art heat exchanger assemblies.