A cooling module is coupled to an engine system and a Rankine cycle waste heat recovery system. The cooling module includes a heat exchanger for cooling a fluid of the engine system and a condenser for cooling a working fluid of the Rankine cycle waste heat recovery system, both of which extend in a width direction of the cooling module and are porous to a flow of cooling air in a depth direction of the cooling module. The condenser includes a first tubular header that extends in a height direction of the cooling module. A working fluid transfer tube fluidly couples the first tubular header to the Rankine waste heat recovery cycle system. The working fluid transfer tube has a first portion extending in the depth direction and a second portion extending in the height direction, the second portion being adjacent to the first tubular header in the width direction.

In a heat exchanger, a first heat exchange unit is formed by curving a third heat exchange unit having a planar shape through L-shape bending, and a second heat exchange unit is formed by curving a fourth heat exchange unit having a planar shape through the L-shape bending, independently of the third heat exchange unit. The first heat exchange unit and the second heat exchange unit are arranged so as to be opposed to each other along a corner portion between adjacent two side surfaces of a casing.

A method of manufacturing a heat exchanger includes providing a first slab having a first plurality of tubes extending from a first end to a second end of the first slab along a first length of the first slab. The method includes providing a second slab having a second plurality of tubes extending from a third end to a fourth end of the second slab along a second length of the second slab. The method includes positioning a first face of the first slab adjacent to a second face of the second slab in a side-by-side configuration and securing a connector to the first end of the first slab and to the third end of the second slab in the side-by-side configuration. The method includes bending the first slab and the second slab together in the side-by-side configuration to form a bent configuration of the heat exchanger.

An appliance includes a compact condenser assembly formed with at least two separately and independently produced wire on tube condensers. Each of the at least two wire on tube condensers has a condenser inlet and a condenser outlet. The at least two wire on tube condensers are at least substantially locked and positioned in a matingly engaged configuration forming a compact condenser assembly. The at least two wire on tube condensers are configured to be operationally connected in at least one of a parallel configuration, a series configuration, a selectable configuration, and a bypass configuration.

A receiver drier assembly for an automotive heat exchanger is provided with a single-piece cap. In embodiments described herein, a modulator has a tubular wall and one or more openings are formed therein. The cap is a single-piece cap and is configured to attach directly to the tubular wall via a snap fit. The cap may have a protrusion that is configured to snap into engagement with the opening in the modulator when properly assembled. The protrusion may be tapered such that as the cap is assembled to the modulator, the protrusion is forced radially inwardly via the tapered surface sliding along the tubular wall. Once the protrusion meets the opening, the protrusion is allowed to flex radially outward toward its natural unbiased position, snap fitting with the opening of the tubular wall.

A heat exchanger mounting structure is provided with a bracket, a load supporting section, a fitting member, and a contact section. The bracket is provided to one of a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger. The load supporting section is provided to the other heat exchanger to which the bracket is not provided, and supports a load transmitted from the one of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger. The fitting member is provided to the one of the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, to which the bracket is provided, and is fitted over the load supporting section. The contact section is in contact with at least a part of the upper portion of the bracket.

A thermal bridge includes an upper bridge assembly including upper plates arranged in an upper plate stack and a lower bridge assembly including lower plates arranged in a lower plate stack. The thermal bridge includes upper spring elements extending from upper plates having upper mating interfaces engaging lower plates to bias the upper plates in a first biasing direction generally away from the lower bridge assembly. The thermal bridge includes lower spring elements extending from lower plates having lower mating interfaces engaging upper plates to bias the lower plates in a second biasing direction generally away from the upper bridge assembly. A bridge frame having connecting elements extends through the upper plates and the lower plates to hold the upper plates in the upper plate stack and to hold the lower plates in the lower plate stack.

A cooling module including: a radiator including: first and second header tanks disposed to face each other; and hook parts respectively disposed at upper and lower sides of the first header tank and a lower side of the second header tank; and a condenser including: third and fourth header tanks disposed to face each other; a flange connection part coupled to the third header tank; and a gas-liquid separator coupled to the fourth header tank, in which the condenser is coupled to the radiator as the flange connection part, the third header tank, and the gas-liquid separator are inserted into the plurality of the hook parts, respectively, in a direction from an upper side to a lower side thereof.

The present disclosure relates to a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes: a plurality of tube panels including a tube elongated in one direction; a pair of header modules coupled to both ends of the plurality of tube panels; and a pair of header cases having an open side, providing a space therein, and having the header module inserted in the space such that the tube panels communicate with the spaces, in which the header modules is composed of a plurality of header blocks stacked and coupled to each other, and an insertion hole in which the tube panel is inserted is formed at each of the plurality of header blocks. Accordingly, it is possible to increase the efficiency of manufacturing a heat exchanger, manufacture a heat exchanger flexibly in a custom-made type in accordance with the size of a product having the heat exchanger, reduce tolerance due to brazing, and improve stability of a product.

A vehicle air conditioning system provides a heat exchanger and a vehicle air conditioning system comprising same, which can simplify the overall structure and can easily perform cooling/heating of air for air conditioning and dehumidification heating by using an integrated heat exchanger which is selectively supplied with low- and high-temperature cooling water by a supply valve to perform heat exchange.