This application is a national phase entry under 35 USC § 371 of PCT International Application No. PCT/CN2016/088627, filed Jul. 5, 2016, which is based on and claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201520502739.2, filed Jul. 10, 2015, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present disclosure relates to a technical field of heat exchangers, and more particularly to a heat exchanger.
Heat exchangers are often placed outdoors during applications, such as heat exchangers used in air conditioning systems. In a rainy or high humidity environment, water on a surface of the heat exchanger will accumulate and flow along a header and an input-output pipe to a joint of the header and the input-output pipe, and then be drained off along the header, which results in that a large amount of water accumulates at and flows across the joint of the header and the input-output pipe, such that the joint is easily corroded, and hence the service life of the heat exchanger is affected.
Embodiments of the present disclosure seek to solve at least one of the problems existing in the related art to at least some extent. For that reason, the present disclosure provides a heat exchanger that is able to effectively prevent corrosion due to water accumulation on surfaces and has an advantage of long service life.
To achieve the above objective, a heat exchanger is provided by embodiments of the present disclosure and includes: a first header and a second header; flat tubes, each having two ends connected to the first header and the second header respectively; a fin arranged between adjacent flat tubes; an input-output pipe welded to at least one header of the first header and the second header; and a water guiding member disposed to the input-output pipe and/or the at least one header.
The heat exchanger according to embodiments of the present disclosure is able to effectively prevent corrosion due to water accumulation on surfaces and has the advantage of long service life.
Additionally, the heat exchanger according to embodiments of the present disclosure has the following technical features.
The water guiding member is arranged adjacent to a welding position where the input-output pipe and the at least one header are welded.
The water guiding member is disposed to the input-output pipe.
In one embodiment, the water guiding member is a water guiding disc fitted over the input-output pipe.
The water guiding disc has a notch, which allows the water guiding disc to be fitted over the input-output pipe and extends along a radial direction of the water guiding disc.
A lower edge of the water guiding disc is provided with a water leading bar extending downwards from the water guiding disc.
The water guiding member may be a water retaining block, an upper surface of the water retaining block is provided with a groove fitted with the input-output pipe, and in a cross section of the input-output pipe, at least a lower half of the input-output pipe is fitted in the groove.
The heat exchanger further includes: a bracket connected with the at least one header; and an elastic member arranged on the bracket, the water retaining block may include a flexible block and arranged on the elastic member.
The input-output pipe includes an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe, the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe are simultaneously welded to one of the first header and the second header or are respectively welded to the first header and the second header, and the water guiding member is disposed to at least one of the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe.
The water guiding member is disposed to the at least one header and located above a welding position where the input-output pipe and the at least one header are welded.
In one embodiment, the water guiding member may be formed as a water guiding disc fitted over the at least one header.
The water guiding disc has a notch, which allows the water guiding disc to be fitted over the at least one header and extends along a radial direction of the water guiding disc.
An edge of the water guiding disc is provided with a water discharge port.
The water guiding disc is provided with a water leading bar extending downwards from the water discharge port.
The input-output pipe comprises an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe. The inlet pipe and the outlet pipe are simultaneously welded to one header of the first header and the second header, and the water guiding member is provided to the one header above at least one welding position of a welding position where the inlet pipe and the one header are welded and another welding position where the outlet pipe and the one header are welded. Or, the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe are connected to the first header and the second header respectively, and the water guiding member is provided to at least one of the first header and the second header.
The input-output pipe comprises an inlet pipe welded with the first header and an outlet pipe welded with the second header, each of the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe is provided with the water guiding member, and each of the first header and the second header is provided with the water guiding member.
The water guiding member of the first header is connected with the water guiding member of the inlet pipe by a water leading plate, and the water guiding member of the second header is connected with the water guiding member of the outlet pipe by another water leading plate.
The input-output pipe comprises an inlet pipe welded with the first header and an outlet pipe welded with the first header, each of the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe is provided with the water guiding member, and the first header is provided with the water guiding member.
The first header is provided with two water guiding members, one of the two water guiding members of the first header is connected with the water guiding member of the inlet pipe by a water leading plate, and the other one of the two water guiding members of the first header is connected with the water guiding member of the outlet pipe by another water leading plate.
The water guiding member may be in the form of a water guiding disc, and the water guiding disc has a central mounting hole, and a notch in communication with the central mounting hole and extending along a radial direction of the water guiding disc.
Other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood after reading the subsequent description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings
Other advantages of the invention will be readily appreciated as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
heat exchanger 1, first header 10, second header 20, flat tube 30, fin 40, inlet pipe 51, outlet pipe 52, water guiding member 60, notch 61, water leading bar 62, bracket 63, elastic member 64, water discharge port 65, water leading plate 66.
Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail and examples of the embodiments will be illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The same or similar elements and the elements having same or similar functions are denoted by like reference numerals throughout the descriptions. The embodiments described herein with reference to the drawings are explanatory, which aim to illustrate the present disclosure, but shall not be construed to limit the present disclosure.
A heat exchanger 1 according to embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings. Those skilled in the art should understand that an up-and-down direction mentioned below refers to an up-and-down direction when the heat exchanger 1 is normally used.
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The first header 10 and the second header 20 are disposed vertically and spaced apart from each other. The flat tube 30 is disposed horizontally, and has two ends connected with the first header 10 and the second header 20 respectively. The fin 40 may take the form of a corrugated fin and disposed between adjacent flat tubes 30. The input-output pipe is welded to at least one header of the first header 10 and the second header 20. The water guiding member 60 is disposed to the input-output pipe and/or the at least one header. In other words, the water guiding member 60 may be disposed to the input-output pipe, or may be disposed to the header welded with the input-output pipe, or may be disposed to both of the input-output pipe and the header welded with the input-output pipe.
The input-output pipe includes an inlet pipe 51 and an outlet pipe 52. The inlet pipe 51 and the outlet pipe 52 may be simultaneously disposed to one of the first header 10 and the second header 20 (as illustrated in
For the heat exchanger 1 according to embodiments of the present disclosure, by providing the water guiding member 60 to the input-output pipe and/or the header welded with the input-output pipe, water accumulated on a specific part of a surface of the heat exchanger 1 can be drained off to the outside of the heat exchanger 1 by the water guiding member 60, so as to prevent water from accumulating or flowing across the surface of the heat exchanger 1. For example, it is possible to prevent water from accumulating at a welded joint of the input-output pipe and the header, and especially, when the heat exchanger 1 is used as an evaporator or is applied to a heat pump, it is possible to prevent rainwater from flowing across a weak area of the heat exchanger 1 that is exposed to the air, so as to prevent metal ions or other active media entrained in the rain from corroding the surface of the heat exchanger 1, thereby greatly reducing a risk of corrosion of the heat exchanger 1 and hence prolonging a service life of the heat exchanger 1. Thus, the heat exchanger 1 according to embodiments of the present disclosure is able to avoid corrosion due to water accumulation on the surface thereof and has an advantage of long service life.
The heat exchanger 1 according to specific embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the drawings.
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Further, the water guiding member 60 is disposed adjacent to a welding position where the input-output pipe and the at least one header are welded. The water on the surface of the heat exchanger 1 will be discharged out of the heat exchanger 1 by the water guiding member 60 before flowing to the welded joint of the input-output pipe and the header, so as to more effectively prevent water from accumulating at the welded joint of the input-output pipe and the header.
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Other configurations and operations of the heat exchanger 1 according to embodiments of the present disclosure are known to those skilled in the art, which will not be elaborated herein.
In the specification, it is to be understood that terms such as “central,” “longitudinal,” “lateral,” “length,” “width,” “thickness,” “upper,” “lower,” “front,” “rear,” “left,” “right,” “vertical,” “horizontal,” “top,” “bottom,” “inner,” “outer,” “clockwise,” and “counterclockwise” should be construed to refer to the orientation as then described or as shown in the drawings under discussion. These relative terms are only used to simplify description of the present disclosure, and do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, or constructed or operated in a particular orientation. Thus, these terms cannot be constructed to limit the present disclosure.
In addition, terms such as “first” and “second” are used herein for purposes of description and are not intended to indicate or imply relative importance or significance or to imply the number of indicated technical features. Thus, the feature defined with “first” and “second” may comprise one or more of this feature. In the description of the present disclosure, “a plurality of” means two or more than two, unless specified otherwise.
In the present disclosure, unless specified or limited otherwise, the terms “mounted,” “connected,” “coupled,” “fixed” and the like are used broadly, and may be, for example, fixed connections, detachable connections, or integral connections; may also be mechanical or electrical connections; may also be direct connections or indirect connections via intervening structures; may also be inner communications of two elements, which can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
In the present disclosure, unless specified or limited otherwise, a structure in which a first feature is “on” or “below” a second feature may include an embodiment in which the first feature is in direct contact with the second feature, and may also include an embodiment in which the first feature and the second feature are not in direct contact with each other, but are contacted via an additional feature formed therebetween. Furthermore, a first feature “on,” “above,” or “on top of” a second feature may include an embodiment in which the first feature is right or obliquely “on,” “above,” or “on top of” the second feature, or just means that the first feature is at a height higher than that of the second feature; while a first feature “below,” “under,” or “on bottom of” a second feature may include an embodiment in which the first feature is right or obliquely “below,” “under,” or “on bottom of” the second feature, or just means that the first feature is at a height lower than that of the second feature.
Reference throughout this specification to “an embodiment,” “some embodiments,” “an example,” “a specific example,” or “some examples,” means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. Thus, the appearances of the above phrases throughout this specification are not necessarily referring to the same embodiment or example of the present disclosure. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments or examples.
Although embodiments of the present disclosure have been shown and described, it would be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, alternatives and variations can be made in the embodiments without departing from the scope of the present disclosure.
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