A tube for a thermal transfer device can include a wall having a length and having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface forms a cavity. The tube can also include at least one first dimple pressed into the wall toward the cavity at a first location along the length of the wall, where the inner surface of the wall at the at least one first dimple is separated from itself by a first distance. The tube can further include at least one second dimple pressed into the wall toward the cavity at a second location along the length of the wall, where the inner surface of the wall at the at least one second dimple is separated from itself by a second distance. The cavity can be configured to receive a fluid that flows continuously along a length of the at least one wall.

There is provided a heat exchanger adapted to exchange heat between a first fluid and a second fluid. The heat exchanger comprises an outer tubular body, an inner body, a first inlet, a first outlet, a second inlet and a second outlet. The outer tubular body has an inner surface. The inner body is arranged inside the outer tubular body and has an outer surface facing the inner surface of the outer tubular body, leaving free a gap between the inner surface of the outer tubular body and the outer surface of the inner body. The first inlet and the first outlet are arranged to provide a first flow path for the first fluid from the first inlet to the first outlet via a first channel and via a second channel. The second inlet and the second outlet are arranged to provide a second flow path from the second inlet to the second outlet for the second fluid in the gap between the inner surface of the outer tubular body and the outer surface of the inner body. The outer tubular body comprises the first channel. The inner body comprises the second channel. The inner body and the second channel are rotatable relative to the outer tubular body and the first channel.

The double-tube heat exchanger has an outer tube and an inner tube inserted into the outer tube, is provided with an inside channel within the inner tube and an outside channel between the inner tube and the outer tube, and is configured to exchange heat between the fluid flowing in the inside channel and the fluid flowing in the outside channel. The inner tube has an uneven portion having unevenness on the outer peripheral surface. A large-diameter sealing portion is interposed between one axial end of the outer tube and the inner tube. A small-diameter sealing portion, which has a smaller diameter than the large-diameter sealing portion, is interposed between the other axial end of the outer tube and the inner tube. The outside channel and the uneven portion are arranged using the difference in axial position and diameter between the large-diameter sealing portion and the small-diameter sealing portion.

A flat tube for an exhaust gas cooler including two flat wide sides and two rounded narrow sides. The flat tube further including a plurality of moulded turbulence projections arranged on the two wide sides in two flow rows and projecting from a respective one of the two wide sides toward the other of the two wide sides. The plurality of turbulence projections are respectively structured in an elongated manner and arranged at an angle relative to a longitudinal direction. The flat tube also including a plurality of moulded support projections projecting from a respective one of the two wide sides away from the other of the two wide sides. The plurality of support projections are arranged between the two flow rows. The two narrow sides each have an elongated flat region that merges into the two wide sides via a plurality of rounded corner regions.

An inner pipe (2) is designed for a heat-transferring double pipe that exchanges heat between a fluid that flows through the interior of the inner pipe and a fluid that flows between the inner pipe and an outer pipe (10) that surrounds the inner pipe. The inner pipe has a first region (21) and a second region (22), which have transverse cross-sectional shapes that differ. The first region has a plurality of first protruding parts (211) that protrude outward and form a first recess-protrusion shape in which locations of the first protruding parts are offset helically in a longitudinal direction. The second region has a plurality of second protruding parts (221) that protrude outward and form a second recess-protrusion shape, in which locations of the second protruding parts are offset helically in the longitudinal direction. The number of second protruding parts is greater than the number of first protruding parts.

A heat exchanger element for use in a heat exchanger includes an outer wall formed into a tubular shape including a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is arranged parallel to and is spaced apart from the second portion. A plurality of fin structures extends between the first portion and the second portion of the outer wall. Each of the fin structures defines a flow channel configured to provide fluid communication between an outer surface of the first portion of the outer wall and an outer surface of the second portion of the outer wall. An interior of the outer wall is configured to receive a first fluid while an exterior of the outer wall and each of the flow channels defined by the fin structures are configured to receive a second fluid in heat exchange relationship with the first fluid.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a flat tube and a heat exchanger. The flat tube includes a middle tube segment and necking connection segments located at two ends of the middle tube segment, wherein a width of each of the necking connection segments is less than a width of the middle tube segment, a transition connection segment is provided between the each of the necking connection segments and the middle tube segment, and the transition connection segment is provided with a fastening and positioning part.

A heat exchanger may include an outer casing extending in a longitudinal direction and delimiting a volume through which a first fluid is flowable, and a tube bundle including a plurality of tube bodies arranged in the volume and through which a second fluid is flowable. In a cross section, the volume may have an inner surface area and an inner circumference and each tube body may have an outer circumference and an outer surface area. A ratio of a sum of the outer circumferences to the inner circumference may be at least 5.5, and a sum of the outer surface areas may account for 64% or less of the inner surface area. A residual cross section area of the inner surface area may be delimited between the outer casing and the plurality of tube bodies.

A heat exchanger tube includes a central tube portion having a C-shape cross-section. A pair of tube ends includes the C-shape cross-section or a different cross-section. A heat exchanger tube assembly and a method for manufacturing a C-shape heat exchanger tube are also described.

The group of inventions relates to heat exchange apparatus, and more particularly to condenser devices. The technological result of the group of inventions is that of reducing the risk of an increase in thermal resistance between the tube-side and shell-side heat transfer fluids of a shell and tube condenser. A condenser comprises a housing with tubes that have grooves on the outer surface thereof, baffles, and inlet and outlet manifolds for tube-side and shell-side heat transfer fluids. In contrast to the prior art, the tubes are coated on the outside with a material having a low wetting coefficient, and the distance between the baffles decreases from the shell-side heat transfer fluid inlet manifold to the shell-side heat transfer fluid outlet manifold. The condenser further differs from the prior art in that the tubes have protuberances on the inner surface thereof and are coated on the inside with a material having a high adhesion resistance coefficient.