A heat exchanger including a tube/rib block made up of tubes and ribs, the tubes forming fluid channels for conducting a first fluid, in particular a refrigerant, and the ribs arranged between the tubes forming a second fluid channel for conducting a second fluid, such as, in particular, air, which flows around the tubes, a collector being arranged at at least one end of the tube/rib block, which communicates with the fluid channels of the tubes, the at least one collector being provided with a plate-type design and including at least one base plate and a cover plate, which are stacked and soldered in a sealed manner, a spacer for spacing the base plate at a distance from the cover plate and for distributing the first fluid in the collector being provided.

A heat exchanger comprising at least one fluid tube configured to extend substantially orthogonally to a wind direction, the fluid tube having a first wall and a second wall, and the fluid tube comprising: a first tube section and a second tube section each extending along the fluid tube, arranged such that each tube section is in fluid communication with a pair of manifolds and configured to contain a cooling fluid, wherein the first tube section is formed by the first wall, the second wall, a first outer wall and a first inner wall and the second tube section is formed by the first wall, the second wall, a second outer wall and a second inner wall, the first inner wall, the second inner wall, the first outer wall and the second outer wall extending substantially parallel along the fluid tube in fluid-tight contact with the first wall and the second wall, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to lead the cooling fluid in a first direction in the first tube section and in a second direction in the second tube section, the first direction being opposite to the second, wherein the cooling fluid is led through the second tube section before entering the first tube section and the first tube section is arranged upstream of the second tube section in relation to the wind direction so that a cooling air flowing in the wind direction cools the cooling fluid with the lowest temperature first, wherein the first inner wall and the second inner wall are spaced apart by at least one common area defined by the first inner wall and the second inner wall, the first inner wall and the second inner wall being arranged at a distance from each other, and the at least one common area being arranged between the first tube section and the second tube section and that the common area comprises at least one slot.

A condenser for a refrigerator according the present invention includes a heat exchange unit configured to receive at one side thereof refrigerant, which has been compressed in a compressor, to perform heat exchange between the refrigerant and air and to discharge the refrigerant, which has exchanged heat with the air, to an evaporator, wherein the heat exchange unit includes a flat tube, through one end of which the refrigerant is introduced and through a remaining end of which the refrigerant is discharged, thereby performing heat exchange between the refrigerant and the air, wherein the flat tube includes at least one bent tube portion defining plural rows of tubes, which are spaced apart from each other in an up-and-down direction, and wherein the plural rows of tubes define an intersection bent surface, which has a predetermined curvature and intersects the up-and-down direction.

A cooling unit includes a heat exchanger coil positioned coupled to a source of fluid. The heat exchanger includes at least one coil configured to face air being drawn through the heat exchanger. The at least one coil has a first pipe, a second pipe spaced from the first pipe, and a plurality of micro-channels disposed between and in fluid communication with the first pipe and the second pipe. Each of the first pipe, the second pipe and the plurality of micro-channels is configured to enable a countercurrent configuration between inner and outer fluids. Other embodiments of the cooling unit and methods of cooling are further disclosed.

A multi-step method is disclosed for exchanging heat in a vapor compression heat transfer system having a working fluid circulating therethrough. The method includes the step of circulating a working fluid comprising a fluoroolefin to an inlet of a first tube of an internal heat exchanger, through the internal heat exchanger and to an outlet thereof. Also disclosed are vapor compression heat transfer systems for exchanging heat. The systems include an evaporator, a compressor, a dual-row condenser and an intermediate heat exchanger having a first tube and a second tube. A disclosed system involves a dual-row condenser connected to the first and second intermediate heat exchanger tubes. Another disclosed system involves a dual-row evaporator connected to the first and second intermediate heat exchanger tubes.

A heat exchanger includes tubes arranged in one direction, and a corrugated fin provided between the tubes. The corrugated fin includes joints joined to the tubes, and fin bodies that connect the joints which are located next to each other along the wave shape. The fin body includes a cut-raised portion that has a shape in which a part of the fin body is cut and raised for promotion of heat transfer. The cut-raised portion includes a cut-raised end on at least one end of the cut-raised portion in the one direction. The cut-raised end has recesses and projections on its surface that increase hydrophilicity of the surface of the cut-raised end.

An evaporator with a finned tube block with tubes and fins, wherein the tubes are arranged in rows and the fins are arranged between the tubes, with a first collection and distribution box and with a second collection and distribution box. Each of the two collection and distribution boxes has a bottom and a box lid. The respective bottom has openings for inserting the tube ends of the tubes of the finned tube block. The finned tube block is divided into evaporator flows to which groups of tubes of the finned tube block are assigned. The tubes of an evaporator flow each merge end-side into a box area of a collection and distribution box. The respective bottom of the collection and distribution boxes is designed with rim holes for inserting the tube ends in the openings.

A heat exchanger includes a first manifold, aa second manifold, at least one heat exchange tube segment extending between and fluidly coupling the first manifold and the second manifold, and a fin having a non-linear configuration. A portion of the fin is affixed to an adjacent surface of the at least one heat exchange tube segment via a braze joint. The braze joint has a length, measured parallel to a length of the at least one heat exchange tube segment, less than or equal to 650 micrometers.

The present invention provides a gravity high-efficiency heat dissipation apparatus comprising an evaporator and a condenser. The evaporator comprises a housing, an evaporation chamber arranged at the housing, and a skived structure arranged inside the evaporation chamber. The condenser comprises an upper circulating main pipe, a lower circulating main pipe and one or a plurality of condensation pipes having an upper opening and a lower opening fluidly connected to the upper circulating main pipe and the lower circulating main pipe respectively. The upper circulating main pipe is fluidly connected to an upper side of the evaporator via a first connecting pipe and is fluidly connected to an upper side of the evaporation chamber. The lower circulating main pipe is fluidly connected to one side of the evaporator via a second connecting pipe and is fluidly connected to the evaporation chamber. A circumferential side of each of the condensation pipes has one or a plurality of heat dissipation fins formed thereon.

A liquid-cooling radiator includes liquid pipes, heat-dissipating fins arranged on the liquid pipes, two reservoirs, a liquid-collecting box, a liquid pump, and a heat-dissipating base. The two reservoirs are mounted to two ends of the liquid pipes, respectively. The reservoir at one end is partitioned into a first cold liquid reservoir and a second cold liquid reservoir, and the reservoir at the other end is partitioned into a first hot liquid reservoir and a second hot liquid reservoir, thereby forming a bilateral circulation. The liquid-cooling radiator effectively improves the balance and stability of liquid flow and has a better heat dissipation effect.