F28D2001/0273

Aircraft Heat Exchanger Assembly

A heat exchanger for providing thermal energy transfer between a first flow along a first flowpath and a second flow along a second flowpath has a plate bank having a plurality of plates, each plate having: a first face and a second face opposite the first face; a leading edge along the second flowpath and a trailing edge along the second flowpath; a proximal edge having at least one inlet port along the first flowpath and at least one outlet port along the first flowpath; and at least one passageway along the first flowpath. An inlet manifold has at least one inlet port and at least one outlet port. An outlet manifold has at least one outlet port and at least one inlet port. The first flowpath passes from the at least one inlet port of the inlet manifold, through the at least one passageway of each of the plurality of plates, and through the at least one outlet port of the outlet manifold.

MODULAR ANNULAR HEAT EXCHANGER

An annular duct including a modular annular heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine is provided, where the modular annular heat exchanger includes a plurality of radial modules in circumferentially adjacent arrangement. Each radial module includes a cooled fluid inlet plenum segment, a plurality of blades, and a cooled fluid outlet plenum segment. The plurality of blades is configured in circumferentially adjacent arrangement and defines an angular space that is conformal between each circumferentially adjacent blade. The cooled fluid inlet plenum segment, the plurality of blades, and the cooled fluid outlet plenum segment are in serial axial flow arrangement and define an internal cooled fluid flowpath and an external cooling fluid flowpath parallel to the internal cooled fluid flowpath. Each radial module further includes an inner annular ring segment and an outer annular ring segment. The inner annular ring segment and the outer annular ring segment define a plurality of blade retainers. The blade retainers define an axial, radial, and circumferential position of the blades, the cooled fluid inlet plenum segment, and the cooled fluid outlet plenum segment.

HEAT EXCHANGER

A heat exchanger includes an inlet header in which a first inlet space and a second inlet space are formed, a plurality of first inlet-side heat exchanger tubes that are connected to the first inlet space, a plurality of second inlet-side heat exchanger tubes that are connected to the second inlet space, a return header in which a plurality of first return spaces connected to the first inlet-side heat exchanger tubes, respectively, and a plurality of second return spaces connected to the second inlet-side heat exchanger tubes, respectively, are formed, and a plurality of outlet-side heat exchanger tubes that are connected to the first and second return spaces, respectively, wherein a communication path that enables a first return space on a bottom side among the first return spaces and a second return space on a top side among the second return spaces to communicate is formed in the return header.

MANIFOLDING FOR MONOLITHIC REDUNDANT LOOP COLD PLATE UTILIZING ADJACENT THERMAL FEATURES
20230008846 · 2023-01-12 ·

The monolithic redundant loop cold plate core includes a core structure and a first cooling loop formed in the core structure. The first cooling loop including: a plurality of first cooling loop passageways extending across a heat exchanger core in one or more passes. The one or more passes include at least a first pass. The monolithic redundant loop cold plate core includes a second cooling loop formed in the core structure. The second cooling loop includes: a plurality of second cooling loop passageways extending across the heat exchanger core in the one or more passes. The plurality of first cooling loop passageways are intermixed in an alternating side-by-side arrangement with the plurality of second cooling loop passageways in a single cooling plane. The monolithic redundant loop cold plate core is a single piece including a unitary structure.

Heat exchanger and air-conditioning system
11549762 · 2023-01-10 · ·

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a heat exchanger and an air-conditioning system. The heat exchanger comprises heat exchange tubes. The heat exchange tubes comprise first heat exchange tubes configured to form a first circuit, and second heat exchange tubes configured to form a second circuit. With the heat exchanger and the air-conditioning system according to the embodiments of the present invention, for example, a heat exchange capacity of the heat exchanger in a part load condition is improved.

Liquid-cooled heat dissipation device and vehicle

A liquid-cooled heat dissipation device is disclosed, comprising a main body, a centrifugal pump, an inlet pipe, an outlet pipe, a centrifugal fan and a motor. The main body comprises a shaft hole, liquid flow channels and airflow channels. The centrifugal pump guides a cooling liquid through the inlet pipe, main body and outlet pipe. The centrifugal fan guides air into the main body axially from the shaft hole. After passing through the centrifugal fan, the air forms centrifugal airflows and leaves the body radially through the airflow channels. With an extended flow path of the cooling liquid and the radial flow of the centrifugal airflow provided by the present invention, the temperature of the cooling liquid may be quickly reduced and the cooling effect may be improved. Thus, the structure is compact, small, light-weight, easy-to-assemble.

Microtube heat exchanger devices, systems and methods

A microtube heat exchanger is disclosed, including two end plates with an array of holes or openings and an array of microtubes disposed in the array of openings between the two end plates. The heat exchanger can be used in environmental control systems, including systems for aerospace applications.

Aircraft Heat Exchanger

A heat exchanger plate provides heat transfer between a first flow along a first flowpath and a second flow along a second flowpath. The heat exchanger plate has a substrate having: a first face and a second face opposite the first face; a leading edge along the second flowpath and a trailing edge along the second flowpath; a proximal portion having a plurality of inlet ports along the first flowpath and a plurality of outlet ports along the first flowpath; and a plurality of passageways along the first flowpath. Each passageway extends between a respective associated said inlet port of the plate and a respective associated said outlet port of the plate.

AIR-CONDITIONING UNIT, HEAT EXCHANGER, AND AIR CONDITIONER

Provided are a heat exchanger that makes it possible to supply air of an appropriate temperature to a plurality of blowing ports of an air-conditioning unit, an air-conditioning unit that comprises the heat exchanger, and an air conditioner. This air-conditioning unit 10 comprises a heat exchanger 20 that exchanges heat between air and a coolant, a blower 11, and an air outflow part 12. The heat exchanger 20 comprises a plurality of tubes 21 in which the coolant flows, an inlet header 23, an outlet header 24, and a fin 22. The inlet header 23 includes: a low-temperature-side coolant inflow part 231 into which coolant that has a relatively low temperature can flow; and a high-temperature-side coolant inflow part 232 into which coolant that has a relatively high temperature can flow. The low-temperature-side coolant inflow part 231 and the high-temperature-side coolant inflow part 232 are offset from each other in the direction D1 of the flow of air that passes through the heat exchanger and in an intersecting direction D2 that intersects the direction D1 of the flow of air.

Heat Exchanger Tube Support

A heat exchanger for heat exchange between a first fluid and a second fluid has a plurality of tube sections, each comprising; an interior for passing the first fluid; an exterior for exposure to the second fluid; a first leg; a second leg; a turn joining the first leg to the second leg; and a first face and a second face. A support has at least one carbon member engaging the plurality of tube sections.