A nonlinear coolant tube adapted for use in a heat exchanger core that is configured to port a hot fluid therethrough and a cold fluid therethrough while maintaining isolation of the hot fluid from the cold fluid, and including a hot circuit defining a hot circuit inlet, a hot circuit outlet, a first edge, and a second edge, the first edge distal the second edge, the first edge proximate the hot circuit inlet and the second edge proximate the hot circuit outlet. The nonlinear coolant tube is configured to provide a non-uniform heat transfer profile between the hot fluid and the cold fluid from the first edge to the second edge, such that a thermal resistance of the nonlinear coolant tube near the first edge is greater than the thermal resistance of the nonlinear coolant tube near the second edge.

Provided are a heat exchanger that makes it possible to supply air of an appropriate temperature to a plurality of blowing ports of an air-conditioning unit, an air-conditioning unit that comprises the heat exchanger, and an air conditioner. This air-conditioning unit 10 comprises a heat exchanger 20 that exchanges heat between air and a coolant, a blower 11, and an air outflow part 12. The heat exchanger 20 comprises a plurality of tubes 21 in which the coolant flows, an inlet header 23, an outlet header 24, and a fin 22. The inlet header 23 includes: a low-temperature-side coolant inflow part 231 into which coolant that has a relatively low temperature can flow; and a high-temperature-side coolant inflow part 232 into which coolant that has a relatively high temperature can flow. The low-temperature-side coolant inflow part 231 and the high-temperature-side coolant inflow part 232 are offset from each other in the direction D1 of the flow of air that passes through the heat exchanger and in an intersecting direction D2 that intersects the direction D1 of the flow of air.

A heat exchanger (100) and an air-conditioning system. The heat exchanger (100) comprises: a group of first heat exchange tubes (T1) for forming a first loop (C1); a group of second heat exchange tubes (T2) for forming a second loop (C2); and a group of fins (3), at least a plurality of fins (3) in the group of fins (3) being in contact with both at least a plurality of first heat exchange tubes (1) in the group of first heat exchange tubes (T1), and at least a plurality of second heat exchange tubes (T2) in the group of second heat exchange tubes (T2). If one loop of an air-conditioning system having two loops is closed, heat exchange regions of the fins for the loop can be used in the other loop, thereby improving the heat exchange efficiency of a heat exchanger.

A bent heat exchanger is provided. The bent heat exchanger includes: a first header and a second header; a plurality of flat tubes, two ends of the flat tube being connected to the first header and the second header respectively; and fins, each disposed between adjacent flat tubes, extending in a corrugated shape along a length direction of the flat tube. The first header and the second header each have a slot running through a wall thereof and a protrusion arranged to an inner surface of the wall thereof. The protrusion includes an arc portion connected to the edge of the slot, and an extension portion protruding inwards from the arc portion. An arc radius of the arc portion is less than or equal to and greater than 0.6 times a thickness of a wall of the corresponding first header or second header.

There are provided a heat exchanger having a flat tube and a fin bonded together, without causing melting of a coating material covering the fin, and a method of manufacturing thereof. A heat exchanger includes: a flat tube having a flat cross-sectional shape and covered with an anticorrosive layer; and a fin bonded to the flat tube with a bonding agent on a first surface of the anticorrosive layer interposed therebetween, and covered with a coating material, the first surface of the anticorrosive layer having been roughened, and the bonding agent being fixed to the roughened first surface.

A vehicular heat management system includes a heat pump cycle capable of heating a heat-exchanging-object fluid by using exhaust heat of an in-vehicle device as a heat source that radiates heat during operation, and an exhaust-heat refrigerant circuit that releases the exhaust heat to outside air through an exhaust-heat refrigerant. The heat pump cycle includes a recovery heat exchange portion that performs heat exchange between a heated air heated by the exhaust heat and a cycle refrigerant circulating in the heat pump cycle. The exhaust-heat refrigerant circuit includes an exhaust-heat exchange portion that performs heat exchange between the heated air and the exhaust-heat refrigerant. The recovery heat exchange portion and the exhaust-heat exchange portion are integrally formed as a combined heat exchanger capable of transferring heat between the cycle refrigerant and the exhaust-heat refrigerant.

A heat exchanger comprises a jacket element and an insert element. The jacket element is configured as a fluid channel for a fluid to be tempered. The insert element is arranged in the fluid channel. The insert element includes web elements which are connected to the jacket element at different locations. Some of the web elements contain web element channels which are fluidly connected with the jacket element, so that in the operating state, a heat transfer fluid which is supplied to the jacket element can flow through the web elements. The jacket element contains chambers for a heat transfer fluid. The chambers contain one inlet opening and one outlet opening for the heat transfer fluid. The inlet opening and the outlet opening of the chamber are connected to the web element channels of two web elements each, which belong to the same row of web elements.

A heat exchanger and a fin are provided. The heat exchanger includes: a fin. The fin includes a fin body and a flange, the fin body being provided with a heat exchange tube hole, the flange being provided on the fin body and surrounding the heat exchange tube hole; and a heat exchange tube passing through the heat exchange tube hole and connected to the flange. The flange includes a first sub-flange and a plurality of second sub-flanges, the first sub-flange is connected to the fin body, the plurality of second sub-flanges are connected to the first sub-flange and spaced apart from one another, and a height of the first sub-flange is less than a height of the second sub-flange.

A heat exchanger and a fin are provided. The heat exchanger includes: a fin. The fin includes a fin body and a flange, the fin body being provided with a heat exchange tube hole, the flange being provided on the fin body and surrounding the heat exchange tube hole; and a heat exchange tube passing through the heat exchange tube hole and connected to the flange. The flange includes a first sub-flange and a plurality of second sub-flanges, the first sub-flange is connected to the fin body, the plurality of second sub-flanges are connected to the first sub-flange and spaced apart from one another, and a height of the first sub-flange is less than a height of the second sub-flange.

A heat exchanger, a heat exchanger unit, and a refrigeration cycle apparatus in which frost melt water is inhibited from reaching an upper surface of a header include: heat transfer tubes arranged in parallel with each other; a fin connected to one of the heat transfer tubes; and a header connected to the heat transfer tubes and having a header end surface along a direction in which the heat transfer tubes are arranged in parallel. The fin has an edge facing the header and extends in a first direction perpendicular to the axes of the heat transfer tubes. An end portion of the fin projects in the first direction relative to the header end surface, and another end portion of the fin in the first direction is positioned closer in the first direction to the heat transfer tubes than the header end surface is.