A heatsink comprising a heat exchange device having a plurality of heat exchange elements each having a surface boundary with respect to a heat transfer fluid, having successive elements or regions having varying size scales. According to one embodiment, an accumulation of dust or particles on a surface of the heatsink is reduced by a removal mechanism. The mechanism can be thermal pyrolysis, vibration, blowing, etc. In the case of vibration, adverse effects on the system to be cooled may be minimized by an active or passive vibration suppression system.

Method for providing a heat exchanger block (B) with a housing (H), said heat exchanger block (B) comprising at least a first outer surface region (B1) and a second outer surface region (B2) opposite said first outer surface region (B1), said housing (H) comprising at least a first housing portion (W1) covering/engaging said first outer surface region (B1) of said heat exchanger block (B) and a second housing portion (W2) opposite said first housing portion (W1) and covering/engaging said second outer surface region (B2) of said heat exchanger block (B), said method comprising at least the following steps: a) moulding said first housing portion (W1) to said first outer surface region (B1); and b) moulding said second housing portion (W2) to said second outer surface region (B2).

A diffuser plate for a thermal transfer device can include a body having a number of first apertures and a second aperture that traverse therethrough, where the first apertures are asymmetrically arranged with respect to the second aperture. The first apertures can have a first shape and a first size, and where the first apertures are configured to receive a plurality of tubes. The second aperture has a second size, where the second size is larger than the first size.

A modified shaped heat exchanger hot air inlet and hot air outlet comprising a first heat exchanger manifold surrounding said hot air inlet and a second heat exchanger manifold surrounding said hot air outlet; an array of shaped inlets and shaped outlets, each of said shaped inlets and shaped outlets being configured to align vertices with thermal load directions responsive to a thermal expansion mismatch between the hot air inlet and hot air outlet and respective first heat exchanger manifold and second heat exchanger manifold.

A heat exchange assembly (1) for a heat exchanger, a heat exchanger comprising the heat exchange assembly (1), and a mold forming the heat exchange assembly (1) are provided. The heat exchange assembly (1) comprises: multiple heat exchange tubes (11) through which a heat exchange medium flows; a connecting plate (12) connected between adjacent heat exchange tubes (11); and a heat exchange plate (121) formed by at least one part of the connecting plate (12). The mold comprises: a first mold, the first mold forming holes (110) in the multiple heat exchange tubes (11); and a second mold (2), the second mold having a mold cavity (20) forming a main body of the heat exchange assembly (1), the mold cavity (20) having an opening (21), the heat exchange assembly (1) being extruded from the opening (21) of the mold cavity (20) of the second mold (2), and the opening (21) being strip-shaped and extending along a curved line.

An evaporator comprises: an evaporator case having first and second case sheets coupled to each other and bent such that both sides of the evaporator case are open, thereby forming a box shape, a food storing space being formed inside the evaporator case; a cooling tube provided as an empty space between the first and second case sheets, thereby forming a cooling channel through which a refrigerant flows; and a heating tube formed as an empty space between the first and second case sheets so as not to overlap with the cooling tube, thereby forming a heating channel for defrosting, wherein the cooling tube and the heating tube are shaped to protrude to the outside of the evaporator case, and the evaporator case has an inner surface formed to be flat.

A double tube includes an inner tube having a corrugated petal shape in a wave form in an outer tube. The double tube is manufactured by a method including: inserting the inner tube into the outer tube and coaxially disposing the inner tube and the outer tube; inserting a plurality of petal forming bars into a space between the outer tube and the inner tube and arranging the petal forming bars along a circumferential direction at predetermined intervals; disposing an assembly of the outer tube, the inner tube, and the petal forming bars in a mold of a hydroforming machine; supplying a fluid in the inner tube while applying a pressure to the inner tube in an axial direction to expand the inner tube; and separating the petal forming bars from the space between the outer tube and the inner tube.

A method of forming a component includes depositing a ceramic material within an open-cell void of a polymer body. The ceramic material deposited around the periphery of the open-cell void structure forms a thermally-conductive path through the polymer body. The ceramic material circumscribes an open volume extending the entire length of the thermally-conductive path that is filled with a sealant such that fluids are incommunicable from the first surface to the second surface via the thermally-conductive path. A method of forming a heat exchanger includes forming a plurality of plates, each plate formed as a thermally-conductive polymer body. The method of forming the heat exchanger further includes arranging the plurality of plates within a housing to form a plate and frame heat exchanger configured to place a first flowpath in a heat exchange relationship with a second flowpath.

A heat exchanger has first and second manifold portions and an array of substantially-parallel heat-transfer tubes extending between the first and second manifold portions. Each heat-transfer tube has an outer surface and an inner surface defining a conduit. In a cross-sectional view, the outer surface of each heat-transfer tube can form a first shape that is non-circular, and the inner surface of heat-transfer tube can form a second shape different than the first shape. Alternatively or additionally, at least one of the first shape and the second shape lacks reflectional symmetry in the cross-sectional view. Methods for fabricating such heat exchangers are also provided.

A heat exchanger has: an inlet manifold having an inlet port; and an outlet manifold having an outlet port. A first gas flowpath passes from the inlet port to the outlet port. A plurality of plate banks are positioned end-to-end, each plate bank having a plurality of conduits with interiors along respective branches of the first gas flowpath, a second gas flowpath extending across exteriors of the plurality of conduits. One or more docks couple adjacent ends of the plurality of plate banks.