A heat management apparatus comprises a first heat exchange portion, a second heat exchange portion and a throttle unit, wherein the first heat exchange portion is used for exchanging heat between a refrigerant throttled by the throttle unit, and a cooling liquid; and a first wall of the first heat exchange portion and a second wall of the second heat exchange portion are arranged opposite each other, such that the structure of the heat management apparatus is relatively compact.

A heat transfer unit for a motor vehicle may include a metallic heat transfer block and a base plate. The heat transfer block may include channels that are configured to be flowed through. The base plate may include an outer region and a material bonding region. The base plate may be exposed towards the outside and may be materially bonded to the heat transfer block in the material bonding region. The base plate may be formed out of an aluminium, an aluminium alloy, or a wrought aluminium alloy. The outer region of the base plate may comprise a protective coating produced by anodising at least in regions, and the material bonding region of the base plate may not have a protective coating produced by anodising.

A plate heat exchanger gasket includes an elongate body and a first number of elongate projections projecting from an upper side of the body and extending along the gasket's longitudinal extension. Each projection is defined by a top and two opposing flanks extending from the top. Referring to a cross section perpendicular to the gasket longitudinal extension, for each of a second number of unsymmetrical projections of the projections, a first area defined by an outer flank of the flanks, the body upper side and a normal of the body upper side extending through the top of the unsymmetrical projection, is smaller than a second area defined by an inner flank of the flanks, the body upper side and the normal of the body upper side extending through the top of the unsymmetrical projection. This normal is displaced from a center normal of the body upper side.

A heat exchanger for a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes a base portion having a first plurality of channels extending therethrough and a second plurality of channels extending therethrough. The heat exchanger further includes a first manifold and a second manifold, where the first plurality of channels extends from the first manifold to the second manifold, and a third manifold and a fourth manifold, where the second plurality of channels extends from the third manifold to the fourth manifold. The heat exchanger further includes a single part having the base portion, the first manifold, the second manifold, the third manifold, and the fourth manifold.

A stainless-steel heat-exchanger port with a braze joint interface formed from a brazing filler material by vacuum melting and molding, including: a stainless-steel port, an annular groove provided at a to-be-brazed end face of the stainless-steel port, a brazing filler material correspondingly arranged in the annular groove, and a sealing cover for preventing overflowing of the brazing filler material when melted, wherein the brazing filler material is one of copper, brass, phosphorus copper, and silver brazing filler materials. A processing method for the stainless-steel heat-exchanger port with a braze joint interface formed from the brazing filler material by vacuum melting and molding.

A plate heat exchanger (1) includes a stack of plate elements (2), each plate element (2) being of a double wall construction having a first heat transfer plate (10) and a second heat transfer plate (20), each having a central heat exchanging portion (40) provided with surface patterns (45) adapted for a surface pattern (45) of first heat transfer plate (10) of one plate element (2) to contact a surface pattern (45) of a second heat transfer plate (20) of a neighbouring plate element (2) forming a first flow path (A) for a first fluid at the one side and second flow path for a second fluid (B) at the second side of a plate element (2), where the plate elements (2) are formed with openings (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) in opening areas (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d), wherein a first heat transfer plate (10) in an opening area (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) is formed with a closed projection (50) projecting in a first direction, and in the same opening area (30a, 30b, 30c, 30d) is formed with an open projection (65) formed on a second direction being opposite to the first direction, such that the closed (50) and open (65) projections together defines a first leak cavity (70).

A heat exchange plate for a plate heat exchanger, and a plate heat exchanger having the heat exchange plate. The heat exchange plate includes: a heat exchange plate body; and a ring-shaped flange projecting obliquely from an edge of the heat exchange plate body. The flange has a protrusion having a reinforcing action. The heat exchange plate and plate heat exchanger according to embodiments of the present invention can, for example, improve the quality of the heat exchange plate of the heat exchanger.

A heat exchanging assembly, comprising a heat exchanger core body. The heat exchanger core body comprises first-type plates and second-type plates; each first-type plate has a first orifice, a second orifice, and a third orifice; each second-type plate has a first orifice and a second orifice; along the length or width direction of the heat exchange core body, the third orifice is located between the first orifice and the second orifice; a first flow channel has a first partial fluid path, a second partial fluid path, a third partial fluid path, and an inter-plate path; the first partial fluid path is formed at the first orifice; the second partial fluid path is formed at the second orifice; and the inter-plate path is communicated with the first partial fluid path, the second partial fluid path, and the third partial fluid path.

A plate heat exchanger includes heat transfer plates each of which has openings at four corners thereof, and which are stacked together. The heat transfer plates are partially brazed together such that a first flow passage through which first fluid flows and a second flow passage through which second fluid flows are alternately arranged, with an associated heat transfer plate interposed between the first and second flow passages. The openings at each of the four corners communicate with each other, thereby forming a first header and a second header, the first header allowing the first fluid to flow into and flow out of the first flow passage, the second header allowing the second fluid to flow into and flow out of the second flow passage.

A heat exchanger includes: first layers each including first flow channels that are microchannels; and second layers each including second flow channels that are microchannels. The first layers and the second layers constitute a lamination. Heat is exchanged by performing either of: liquid evaporation in the first flow channels and gas condensation in the second flow channels, or liquid evaporation in the second flow channels and gas condensation in the first flow channels. The lamination includes: a first liquid transport pore that is in fluid communication with the first flow channels; and a second liquid transport pore that is in fluid communication with the second flow channels.