HEAT EXCHANGER AND AIR CONDITIONER

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of refrigeration technology, and in particular, to a heat exchanger and an air conditioner.

BACKGROUND

In the field of refrigeration technology, a heat exchanger is an important component in four major refrigeration components, and plays a role of heat exchange with an outside environment. The heat exchanger typically includes a collecting pipe, a plurality of flat pipes connected to the collecting pipe, and a plurality of fins disposed between the adjacent two flat pipes. In a specific air conditioner, the heat exchanger should be bent to meet a specific mounting requirement. Moreover, it is not necessary to provide the plurality of fins on a bent part of each of the plurality of flat pipes. Therefore, in the related art, each of the plurality of flat pipes includes a finned region and a finless region. Two finned regions are provided at two ends of each of the plurality of flat pipes, and the plurality of fins is disposed between two finned regions corresponding to adjacent two of the plurality of flat pipes. The finless region is provided at the middle of each of the plurality of flat pipes. However, in the related art, after the heat exchanger is bent, a problem that adjacent finless regions corresponding to adjacent two of the plurality of flat pipes cannot be stacked together may occur, which affects a normal use of the heat exchanger.

SUMMARY

In view of above, it is necessary to provide a heat exchanger and an air conditioner, so that a problem of adjacent finless regions cannot be stacked together in the related art can be solved.

The present disclosure provides a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a plurality of fins and a plurality of flat pipes arranged in parallel. Each of the plurality of flat pipes includes a first finned region, a second finned region, and a finless region. The first finned region is connected to the second finned region via the finless region. The plurality of fins are provided both between adjacent two first finned regions and between adjacent two second finned regions. An end of the finless region connected to the first finned region is twisted and defined as a first torsion section, and the other end of the finless region connected to the second finned region is twisted and defined as a second torsion section. A portion of the finless region between the first torsion section and the second torsion section is defined as a connecting section. Both the first torsion section and the second torsion section are twisted at a second angle along the same direction, so that each connecting section of the plurality of flat pipes is sequentially and partially stacked on an adjacent connecting section along the same direction. The second angle is defined as b. The second angle b satisfies a following formula:

$b \leq 90 ° - \sin^{- 1} (\frac{h}{h + d}) .$

A thickness of each of the plurality of flat pipes is defined as h, a distance between adjacent two of the plurality of flat pipes is defined as d, and the distance d between adjacent two of the plurality of flat pipes is greater than the thickness h of each of the plurality of flat pipes.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second angle b is in a range of greater than or equal to 50 degrees. In this way, it is conducive to bending the connecting section, so that a first angle a can be defined between the first finned region and the second finned region.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the second angle b is in a range of greater than 70 degrees and less than 80 degrees. In this way, when the second angle b is less than 80 degrees, it is more conducive to stacking adjacent two of a plurality of connecting sections together. In addition, when the second angle b is greater than 70 degrees, it is conducive to bending the connecting section, so that a first angle a can be defined between the first finned region and the second finned region.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a bending section is defined by the connecting section bending along a length direction of the plurality of flat pipes. A first angle a is defined between the first finned region and the second finned region, and the first angle a is in a range of greater than 0 and less than or equal to 180 degrees. In this way, the connecting section of the heat exchanger can be bent according to actual needs, which is conducive to improving flexibility of the heat exchanger.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, adjacent two of the bending sections are stacked with each other. A second tilt angle defined between the horizontal plane and a bending section at an outer side of a plurality of stacked bending sections is defined as c₁, a third tilt angle defined between the horizontal plane and a bending section at an inner side of the plurality of stacked bending sections is defined as c₂, and a fourth tilt angle defined between the horizontal plane and a bending section between the outer side and the inner side of the plurality of stacked bending sections is defined as c₃. The second tilt angle c₁between the horizontal plane and a bending section at an outer side of a plurality of stacked bending sections is greater than the tilt angle c₃between the horizontal plane and a bending section between the outer side and the inner side of the plurality of stacked bending sections. c₂is greater than c₃. In this way, it is conducive to stacking the adjacent two of the plurality of bending sections together.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, a length of the finless region is defined as L. A length of the first torsion section is the same as a length of the second torsion section, and both the length of the first torsion section and length of the second torsion section are defined as S. A length of the connecting section is defined as M, a width of each of the plurality of flat pipes is defined as W. the length L of the finless region, the length S of the first torsion section and the length S of the second torsion section, the length M of the connecting section and the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes satisfy following formulas: L=2S+M, S≥W (π/2+1), and the length M of the connecting section is greater than or equal to the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the length M of the connecting section is less than or equal to 10 times of the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes. When the length M of the connecting section is less than or equal to 10 times of the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes, the length of the finless region of the heat exchanger can be prevent from being too long to affect heat transfer efficiency of the heat exchanger. In addition, when the length M of the connecting section is less than or equal to 10 times of the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes, it is conducive to saving materials of the plurality of flat pipes and reducing a production cost of the heat exchanger.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes and the thickness of each of the plurality of flat pipes h satisfy the following formula: W/20≤h≤W/5. When the thickness h of each of the plurality of flat pipes and the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes of each of the plurality of flat pipes satisfy the following formula: h≥W/20, the plurality of flat pipes can have a better structural strength, thus preventing the plurality of flat pipes from fracture caused by a thin thickness h of each of the plurality of flat pipes in a process of bending or torsion. When the thickness h of each of the plurality of flat pipes and the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes satisfy the following formula: h≤W/5, conditions that the flat pipes are not easy to be bent and twisted caused by unduly great thickness h of each of the plurality of flat pipes can be avoided.

In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the plurality of flat pipes are made of stainless steel. The plurality of flat pipes made of stainless steel can be easy to process and mold. The stainless steel has good ductility, which is conducive to bending and twisting the plurality of flat pipes.

The present disclosure further provides an air conditioner. The air conditioner includes the heat exchanger described in any of the above embodiments.

In the heat exchanger and air conditioner provided in the present disclosure, both the first torsion section and the second torsion section are twisted at the second angle b along the same direction, and the adjacent two connecting sections can be stacked together along the same direction. A first tilt angle between the center of the connecting section and the horizontal plane can be defined as c, and the first tilt angle c and a second angle b can be in a complementary relation, that is, the second angle b and the first tilt angle c satisfy the following formula: c+b=90°. Since the second angle b satisfies the following formula:

$b \leq 90 ° - \sin^{- 1} (\frac{h}{h + d}),$

the first tilt angle c defined between the center of the connecting section and the horizontal plane satisfy the following formula:

$c \geq \sin^{- 1} (\frac{h}{h + d}) .$

In this way, a lower surface of a connecting section at a relatively outer side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections can at least overlap at an edge of an upper surface of a connecting section at a relatively inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections. Therefore, the adjacent two connecting sections of the plurality of flat pipes can be stacked together.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a structural schematic diagram of a heat exchanger in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 2 is a first structural schematic diagram of a heat exchanger in another embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 3 is a second structural schematic diagram of a heat exchanger in another embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a structural schematic diagram of a flat pipe in another embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a structural schematic diagram of a heat exchanger in another embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 6 is a structural schematic diagram of a heat exchanger in another embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a heat exchanger in another embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 8 is a side view of a heat exchanger in another embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 9 is a graph of a function y=arctan(x).

FIG. 10 is a structural schematic diagram of an air conditioner in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

In the figures, 1 represents a first collecting pipe; 2 represents a second collecting pipe; 3 represents a fin; 4 represents a flat pipe; 41 represents a first finned region; 42 represents a second finned region; 43 represents a finless region; 431 represents a first torsion section; 432 represents a second torsion section; 433 represents a connecting section; 100 represents a heat exchanger; and 200 represents an air conditioner.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments, but not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present disclosure without making creative labor are within the scope of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that when a component is referred to as being “provided on” another element, it may be directly provided on the other element or a further element may be presented between them. When a component is referred to as being “disposed on” another element, it may be directly disposed on the other element or a further element may be presented between them. When an element is considered to be “fixed to” another element, it may be directly fixed to the other element or a further element may be presented between them.

Unless otherwise defined, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as a skilled person in the art would understand. The terminology used in the description of the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments and is not intended to limit the disclosure. The term “or/and” as used herein includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 7, a flat pipe 4 of a heat exchanger in FIG. 1 is not twisted. In FIG. 2 to FIG. 5, a plurality of flat pipes 4 of the heat exchanger are twisted at a second angle, and the second angle is defined as b. In FIG. 6 to FIG. 8, the plurality of flat pipes 4 of the heat exchanger are twisted at the second angle, and the second angle is defined as b. A connecting section 433 of the heat exchanger in FIG. 6 to FIG. 8 rotates at a first angle, and the first angle is defined as a. The heat exchanger provided in the present disclosure includes a plurality of fins 3 and the plurality of flat pipes 4 arranged in parallel. Each of the plurality of flat pipes 4 includes a first finned region 41, a second finned region 42, and a finless region 43. The first finned region 41 is connected the second finned region 42 via the finless region 43. The plurality of fins 3 are provided both between adjacent two first finned regions 41 and between adjacent two second finned regions 42. An end of the finless region 43 connected to the first finned region 41 is twisted and defined as a first torsion section 431, and the other end of the finless region 43 connected to the second finned region 42 is twisted and defined as a second torsion section 432. A portion of the finless region 43 between the first torsion section 431 and the second torsion section 432 is defined as a connecting section 433. The heat exchanger can further include a first collecting pipe 1 and a second collecting pipe 2. A plurality of the first finned regions 41 can be connected to the first collecting pipe 1, and a plurality of the second finned regions 42 can be connected to the second collecting pipe 2. In some embodiments, the connecting section 433 is plane-shaped.

Both the first torsion section 431 and the second torsion section 432 are twisted at the second angle along the same direction, so that each connecting section 433 of the plurality of flat pipes 4 is sequentially and partially stacked on an adjacent connecting section 433 along the same direction. The second angle is defined as b. The connecting section 433 is bent, so that the first finned region 41 is capable of rotating at the first angle relative to the second finned region 42, and the first angle is defined as a. The second angle b satisfies a following formula:

$b \leq 90 ° - \sin^{- 1} (\frac{h}{h + d}) .$

Both the first torsion section 431 and the second torsion section 432 are twisted at the second angle along the same direction, and the adjacent two connecting sections can be stacked together along the same direction. The second angle is defined as b. A first tilt angle between the center of the connecting section 433 and a horizontal plane can be defined as c, and the first tilt angle c and a second angle b can be in a complementary relation, that is, the second angle b and the first tilt angle c can satisfy the following formula: c+b=90°. Each of the plurality of flat pipes has a thickness h of each of the plurality of flat pipes. In order to stack the adjacent two of connecting sections together since, a lower surface of a connecting section a a relatively outer side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections should be at least overlap at an edge of an upper surface of a connecting section at a relatively inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections. At this time, the first tilt angle c defined between the center of the connecting section 433 and the horizontal plane satisfies a following formula:

$c \geq \sin^{- 1} (\frac{h}{h + d}) .$

since the second angle b and the first tilt angle c satisfy the following formula: c+b=90°, the second angle b satisfies the following formula:

$b \leq 90 ° - \sin^{- 1} (\frac{h}{h + d}) .$

At this time, the adjacent two connecting sections 433 of the plurality of flat pipes 4 can be stacked together.

In an embodiment, referring to FIG. 2 to FIG. 5, both the first torsion section 431 and the second torsion section 432 can be twisted at the second angle b along the same direction, and the second angle b can be in a range of greater than or equal to 50 degrees. The connecting section 433 of the heat exchanger can be bent, so that the first finned region 41 can rotate at the first angle a relative to the second finned region 42. The smaller the second angle b is, the smaller an angle defined between the connecting section 433 and the first finned region 41 and the smaller an angle defined between the connecting section 433 and the second finned 42 are. The smaller the second angle b is, the greater a bending strength of the connecting section 433 along a bending direction is, that is, the more difficult it is for the connecting section 433 to bend. Therefore, when the second angle b is greater than or equal to 50 degrees, it is conducive to bending the connecting section 433, so that the first finned region 41 can rotate at the first angle a relative to the second finned region 42.

Furthermore, the second angle b can be in a range of greater than 70 degrees and less than 80 degrees. In this way, when the second angle b is in a range of less than 80 degrees, it is more conducive to stacking adjacent two of the plurality of connecting sections 433 together. In addition, when the second angle b is in a range of greater than 70 degrees, it is conducive to bending the connecting section 433, so that a first angle a can be defined between the first finned region 41 and the second finned region 42.

In an embodiment, referring to FIG. 6 to FIG. 8, the connecting section 433 can be bent to at the first angle a, and a is in a range of greater than 0 and less than or equal to 180 degrees. In this way, the connecting section 433 of the heat exchanger can be bent according to actual needs, which is conducive to improving flexibility of the heat exchanger.

In an embodiment, referring to FIG. 2 to FIG. 8, a first torsion angle of the connecting section 433 stacked on the outer side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections 433 can be defined as b₁, a second torsion angle of the connecting section 433 stacked on the inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections 433 can be defined as b₂, and a third torsion angle of the connecting section 433 stacked between the outer side and the inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections is defined as b₃. The third torsion angle b₃can be equal to the second angle b, the first torsion angle b₁can be less than the third torsion angle b₃, and the second torsion angle b₂can be less than the third torsion angle b₃. Both the first torsion section 431 and the second torsion section 432 are twisted at the second angle b along the same direction, and the adjacent two connecting sections 433 can be stacked together along the same direction. In addition, the first tilt angle defined between the center of the connecting section and the horizontal plane can be defined as c, and the first tilt angle c and the second angle b can be in the complementary relation, that is, b and c can satisfy a following formula: c+b=90°. Therefore, the greater the second angle b is, the smaller the first tilt angle c is. A second tilt angle defined between the center of the connecting section 433 stacked on the outer side of a plurality of stacked connecting sections and the horizontal plane can be defined as c₁. A third tilt angle formed between the center of the connecting section 433 stacked on the inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections and the horizontal plane can be defined as c₂. A fourth tilt angle defined between the center of the connecting section 433 stacked between the outer side and the inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections and the horizontal plane can be defined as c₃. It can be concluded that only an inner surface of the connecting section 433 stacked on the outer side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections 433 is subjected to a squeezing action caused by an adjacent connecting section 433 of the plurality of stacked connecting sections 433. Therefore, the second tilt angle c₁between the horizontal plane and a bending section at an outer side of a plurality of stacked connecting sections can be relatively great under a unilateral squeezing action. Since the first torsion angle b₁of the connecting section 433 stacked on the outer side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections 433 and the second tilt angle c₁satisfy the following formula: c₁+b₁=90°, the first torsion angle b₁of the connecting section 433 stacked on the outer side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections 433 can be relatively small. Conversely, only an outer surface of the connecting section 433 stacked on the inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections 433 is subjected to a squeezing action caused by an adjacent connecting section 433 of the plurality of stacked connecting sections 433. Therefore, the third tilt angle c₂between the horizontal plane and a bending section at an inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections can be relatively great under a unilateral side squeezing action. Since the second torsion angle b₂and the third tilt angle c₂between the horizontal plane and a bending section at an inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections satisfy the following formula: c₂+b₂=90°, the second torsion angle b₂of the connecting section 433 stacked on the inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections 433 can be relatively small. Both sides of the connecting sections 433 stacked between the outer side and the inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections 433 can be subjected to squeezing actions caused by adjacent two connecting sections 433. Therefore, and the second tilt angle c₁between the horizontal plane and a bending section at an outer side of a plurality of stacked connecting sections is greater than the tilt angle c₃between the horizontal plane and a bending section between the outer side and the inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections, and the third tilt angle c₂between the horizontal plane and a bending section at an inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections is greater than the fourth tilt angle c₃between the horizontal plane and a bending section between the outer side and the inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections. That is, the third torsion angle b₃of the connecting section 433 stacked between the outer side and the inner side of the plurality of stacked connecting sections can be greater than the first torsion angle b₁, and the third torsion angle b₃can be greater than the second torsion angle b₂. In conclusion, in this way, it is conducive to stacking all of the connecting sections 433 together.

In an embodiment, referring to FIG. 2 to FIG. 5, and FIG. 9, profile curve of the first torsion section 431 and the second torsion section 432 is similar to a shape of the function y=arctan(x). During a process of twisting the plurality of flat pipes 4, the first torsion section 431 and the strategy section 433 will not fracture when a slope of curve at a junction between the first torsion section 431 and the connecting section 433 is less than 0.6. Similarly, the second torsion section 432 and the connecting section 433 will not fracture when the slope of curve at a junction between the second torsion section 432 and the connecting section 433 is less than 0.6. It can be concluded from the function y=arctan(x), when x is π/4+1/2, the slope of curve of the function y=arctan(x) at the point x=π/4+1/2 can be approximately equal to 0.599, satisfying a condition that the slope of curve is less than 0.6. When x is −(π/4+1/2), the slope of curve of the function y=arctan(x) at the point of x=−(π/4+1/2) can be approximately equal to 0.599, satisfying the condition that the slope of curve is less than 0.6. Moreover, it can be concluded from a graph of the function y=arctan(x) that when x is in a range of greater than π/4+1/2, the slope of curve of the function gradually decrease, and when x is in a range of less than −(π/4+1/2), the slope of curve of the function can gradually decrease. Therefore, when x is not in the range of [−(π/4+1/2), π/4+1/2], the slope of curve at any point on the function y=arctan(x) is less than 0.6. A length of the interval [−(π/4+1/2), π/4+1/2] is π/2+1. Since the length S of the first torsion section 431 or the length S the second torsion section 432 is positively correlated with the length of a domain of definition the function y=arctan(x) and a width of each of the plurality of flat pipes 4 is defined as W, the length S of the first torsion section 431 or the length S the second torsion section 432 is positively correlated with the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes 4. Therefore, when the length S of the first torsion section 431 or the length S the second torsion section 432 and the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes 4 satisfy with the following formula: S≥W (π/2+1), the first torsion section 431 and the strategy section 433 will not fracture, the second torsion section 432 and the strategy section 433 will not fracture. When the length S of the first torsion section 431 or the length S the second torsion section 432 is slightly greater than W(π/2+1), a problem of material waste caused by unduly long finless region can be solved.

Furthermore, the length of the connecting section 433 M can be less than or equal to 10 times of the width of each of the plurality of flat pipes 43 W. In this way, since the connecting section 433 is a part of the finless region 43 of each of the plurality of flat pipes 4, that is, no fins are provided on the connecting section 433. Thus, the connecting section 433 does not have a function of heat exchange. Therefore, when the length of the connecting section 433 M is less than or equal to 10 times of the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes 4, influence of heat exchange of the heat exchanger efficiency caused by unduly long finless region 433 can be avoided, and it is conducive to saving materials of the plurality of flat pipes 4 and reducing a production cost of the heat exchanger.

Furthermore, the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes 4 and the thickness of each of the plurality of flat pipes 4: W/20≤h≤W/5. When the thickness h of each of the plurality of flat pipes 4 and the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes 4 satisfy the following formula: h≥W/20, the plurality of flat pipes 4 can have a better structural strength, thus preventing the plurality of flat pipes from fracture caused by a thin thickness h of each of the plurality of flat pipes in a process of bending or torsion. When the thickness h of each of the plurality of flat pipes 4 and the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes 4 satisfy the following formula: h≤W/5, the thickness h of each of the plurality of flat pipes 4 will not be great, and not easy to be bent and twisted.

Alternatively, the plurality of flat pipes 4 can be made of stainless steel. The plurality of flat pipes made of stainless steel can be easy to process and mold. The stainless steel has good ductility, which is conducive to bending and twisting the plurality of flat pipes. In other embodiments, the plurality of flat pipes 4 can be made of aluminum alloy. The aluminum alloy has better thermal conductivity, so that heat transfer efficiency of the heat exchanger can be improved.

In an embodiment, the plurality of fins 3 can be connected to the plurality of flat pipes 4 by a welding process. In this way, a connection between the plurality of fins 3 and the plurality of flat pipes 4 can be stronger. Moreover, the welding process is mature, and simple to operate, thus reducing the production cost of the heat exchanger.

Furthermore, the width W of each of the plurality of flat pipes 4 can be greater than or equal to 10 millimeters. In this way, it facilitates processing and manufacturing of the plurality of flat pipes 4.

The present disclosure further provides an air conditioner. The air conditioner includes the heat exchanger described in any of the above embodiments.

The technical features of the above-mentioned embodiments can be combined arbitrarily. In order to make the description concise, not all possible combinations of the technical features are described in the embodiments. However, as long as there is no contradiction in the combination of these technical features, the combinations should be considered as in the scope of the present disclosure.

One of ordinary skill in the art should recognize that the above embodiments are used only to illustrate the present invention and are not used to limit the present invention, and that appropriate variations and improvements to the above embodiments fall within the protection scope of the present invention so long as they are made without departing from the substantial spirit of the present invention.

	Number	Date	Country
Parent	PCT/CN2022/072505	Jan 2022	US
Child	18230777		US

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