The invention relates to a sorptive gas storage device (1) comprising: a sorptive gas storage structure (10) comprising a sorptive gas storage material, said storage structure (10) having a circumferential edge (B), —heating means (3) configured to heat the storage material, and facilitate the desorption of the gas, said heating means (3) comprising: •a first heating part (30) arranged in the storage structure (10), at a distance from the circumferential edge (B), •a second heating part (32) arranged in the storage structure (10), at a distance from the circumferential edge (B) on the one hand and from the first heating part (30) on the other hand, the first heating part (30) and the second heating part (32) defining between them a space whereinto a first portion (11) of the storage structure (10) extends.

A heat exchanger, in particular battery cooler, having a pipe which has a pipe end portion that is placed at an open end of the pipe and is widened, at least in part, with respect to the non-widened portion of the pipe that is further away from the pipe end portion, a head part that has an opening and a radial outside wall, wherein the non-widened portion of the pipe fits through the opening. The, a seal which is received by the head part in order to be compressed between the pipe and the radial outside wall of the head part, and a tank component which is connected to pipe end portion via the head part. A method for assembling a heat exchanger is also provided.

An inner rib, in particular for a flat tube, in particular of a heat exchanger, made from a metallic flat strip, which is shaped in a wavy modulated manner, having a large number of wave crests and wave troughs, which are each arranged alternately in a longitudinal direction of the inner fin, an essentially straight, web-like fin area being provided between one wave crest and an adjacent wave trough and connecting the wave crest to the wave trough, the metallic flat strip having a first strip thickness L1, which is essentially constant in the area of the wave crests and the wave troughs, the flat metallic strip having a second strip thickness L2, which is provided in the area of the web-like fin area, L2 being smaller than L1.

An aluminum alloy heat exchanger includes a core material formed of an aluminum alloy comprising Mn of 0.60 to 2.00 mass % and Cu of 1.00 mass % or less, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, and a sacrificial anode material formed of an aluminum alloy comprising Zn of 2.50 to 10.00 mass %, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities. Pitting potential of a sacrificial anode material surface of a tube of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution is −800 (mV vs Ag/AgCl) or less, and pitting potential of an aluminum fin of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution is less than the pitting potential of the sacrificial anode material surface of the tube of the aluminum alloy heat exchanger in a 5% NaCl solution.

A heat exchanger, a heat exchanger unit, and a refrigeration cycle apparatus are provided where deterioration in drainage and ventilation properties is prevented, an air passage is not easily clogged when frost forms, and both defrosting properties and heat exchange performance are achieved. A flat tube and a plurality of fins that are each a plate having a plate surface extending in a longitudinal direction and in a width direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction are provided. The plate surface intersects a pipe axis of the flat tube. The plurality of fins each have an insertion portion in which the flat tube is inserted, a first spacer formed at a rim of the insertion portion and maintaining the interval, and a second spacer formed at a portion of the plate other than the rim of the insertion portion and maintaining the interval.

In embodiments, a heat exchanger includes a tube configured to transfer a first fluid. The tube includes an outer surface configured to exchange heat with a second fluid as the second fluid flows over the outer surface of the tube. The tube also includes an inner surface defining an interior configured to contain and transfer the first fluid, and a plurality of surface features integrally formed as part of the inner surface. The surface features may extend radially inward toward the interior, and are configured to increase a surface area of the inner surface to improve heat exchange between the tube and the first fluid.

An air conditioner that includes a heat exchanger including: heat-transfer pipes extending in a horizontal direction and spaced apart at predetermined intervals in a vertical direction and configured to allow a thermal medium to flow therein. A part of the heat transfer pipes are used for at least one inflow path into which the thermal medium flows from the outside of the heat exchanger and the other part of the heat transfer pipes are used for at least one outflow path from which the thermal medium flows out to the outside. At least one connection pipe through which an outlet side of one of the at least one inflow path communicates with an inlet side of one of the at least one outflow path.

The present disclosure relates to a heat transfer system 1 for transferring heat between a first fluid and a second fluid. The system 1 has an arrangement 2 composed of pipe elements 3, 3a, 3b, 3c for passing through the first fluid, one or more pipe bottoms 5 having a through opening 6, and one or more sealing elements 7 having a through opening 8. The pipe elements 3, 3a, 3b, 3c are formed of a flat pipe having a first region 10 having a first height X and a width W and one or more second regions 11 having a support surface 13 arranged on one end portion of the pipe elements 3, 3a, 3b, 3c and having a second height Y, respectively. The sealing element 7 is arranged between the edge of the through-hole 6 of the pipe bottom 5 and the support surface 13, respectively, and has a specific wall thickness G. The pipe elements 3, 3a, 3b, 3c having a wide side are arranged in a state aligned parallel to each other and at an interval F with respect to each other in the first region 10. A web 5-1 having a height H is provided between the through openings 6 arranged adjacent to each other of the pipe bottom 5. The deformation degree of the end portion of the pipe elements 3, 3a, 3b, 3c in the height direction c, which is placed in a range from the maximum value CM.sub.max to the minimum value CM.sub.min, is previously set with reference to the dimension relationship.

The present disclosure relates to a heat exchanger including a plurality of fluid guiding metal pipes (2) having pipe ends (3) arranged side by side at intervals, at least one pipe bottom (4) made of plastic and having receiving through-holes (5) in which the pipe ends (3) may be received, and a collection box (6) made of plastic and which may be connected to the pipe bottom (4) by a locking device formed between the pipe bottom and the collection box, wherein a seal (9) may be inserted between the pipe bottom (4) and the collection box (6), and the seal ensures press-fit of the pipe bottom (4) on the pipe ends (3) and seals the collection box (6) against the pipe bottom (4) and the pipe bottom (4) against the pipe ends (3).

A heat exchanger includes: a heat exchanging part that includes flat tubes aligned vertically when the heat exchanger is installed; a first flow divider that includes a first pipe through which a refrigerant enters or exits from the first flow divider, second pipes that provide refrigerant flow paths between the heat exchanging part and the first pipe, and a main body that internally has a first space; and second flow dividers that each internally include one of second spaces that provide refrigerant flow paths between the heat exchanging part and the first flow divider. The first space communicates with a first end of the first pipe and a first end of each of the second pipes and causes the refrigerant to flow from the first pipe into the second pipes or from the second pipes into the first pipe.