Abstract:
A desiccant air conditioning system for heating an air stream entering a building space includes a conditioner having multiple structures arranged in a substantially vertical orientation. The structures are spaced apart from each other with an air stream gap between each pair of adjacent structures. Each structure has at least one outer surface facing an air stream gap across which a liquid desiccant can flow. An air stream flows through the air stream gaps between the structures such that the liquid desiccant humidifies the air stream. Each structure further includes a separate desiccant collector at a lower end of the at least one outer surface for collecting liquid desiccant that has flowed across the at least one outer surface of the structure. The desiccant collectors are spaced apart from each other to permit airflow therebetween. The conditioner also includes a heat source for heating a heat transfer fluid used to heat the liquid desiccant.
Abstract:
A heat exchanger includes at least two manifolds which are fluidly connected to one another by multiple tubes, and a porous metal structure which at least partially surrounds the tubes. The heat exchanger has a plate-like form with a front side and a rear side. The metal structure is formed by a multiplicity of sheets which are held in each case between two adjacent tubes and, on at least one of the front and rear sides of the heat exchanger, extend across at least one adjacent tube.
Abstract:
A heat exchanger system is provided having a heat exchanger with a first inlet. A first outlet is fluidly coupled to the first inlet by a plurality of first channels. A second outlet is fluidly coupled to the first inlet by a second channel, the second channel having a first portion arranged transverse to the plurality of first channels. A bypass valve having a second inlet fluidly coupled to the first outlet and a third inlet fluidly coupled to the second outlet, and a third outlet selectively fluidly coupled to the second inlet and the third inlet, the third outlet being fluidly coupled to the first inlet. When in a bypass mode of operation, the thermal transfer medium flows through a channel in the heat exchanger to de-congeal the oil within the plurality of first channels.
Abstract:
A desiccant air conditioning system for treating an air stream entering a building space includes a conditioner having structures arranged in a substantially vertical orientation with an air stream gap between adjacent structures. An air stream flows through the air stream gaps and is exposed to the liquid desiccant and dehumidified when in some of the flow paths and exposed to water and humidified when in other flow paths. Each structure further includes a separate collector at a lower end of the at least one surface of that structure for collecting the liquid desiccant or water that has flowed across the at least one surface of the structure. The system also includes a diverter for diverting a portion of the air stream that has been dehumidified to a flow path where it is exposed to water where it absorbs a portion of the water and is thereby cooled.
Abstract:
A heat exchanger for use in a refrigeration system and including a heat transfer coil and fins coupled to the coil to facilitate heat transfer between the coil and a surrounding ambient environment. The heat exchanger also includes a printed heater element that is disposed on one or more of the fins in a non-linear pattern to defrost the coil.
Abstract:
Various embodiments include a plate-fin type heat exchanger constructed from foil-fin layers of corrugated fins sandwiched between two sheets of thin metal plate or foil. The corrugated fins are laser welded to the metal sheets, creating continuous joints along the length of fin crests formed in the sheets by the corrugated fins. Foil-fin layers in a stack are separated by spacers or header bars to create adjacent flow paths to finned chambers with walls defined by outside faces of adjacent bonded plate-fin layers. The foil plates and the corrugated fins may be of similar or dissimilar metals. Embodiments include methods of manufacturing such heat exchangers including applying a vacuum to an assembly of corrugated fins sandwiched between sheets of thin metal plate or foil, causing fin crests in the sheets, mapping locations of the fin crests, and using the map to perform high speed laser welding along the fin crests.
Abstract:
An aluminum alloy for use in a plate-fin heat exchanger having a heat transfer portion with seawater as a coolant includes an organic phosphonic acid underlying coating disposed on the surface of the aluminum alloy and a fluorocarbon resin coating disposed on the organic phosphonic acid underlying coating, the fluorocarbon resin coating having an average thickness of 1 to 100 μm after drying. The aluminum alloy has improved durability of coating adhesion and excellent seawater corrosion resistance.
Abstract:
A raw gas collection system for collecting raw gas from a plurality of aluminum smelting pots is equipped with a plurality of branch ducts (28d), each of which is arranged to channel a respective branch flow (38d) of raw gas from an aluminum smelting pot to a collection duct (26A), which is common to and shared by the branch ducts (28d). Each of said branch ducts (28d) is, near an outlet (52d) thereof, equipped with a curved section (50d) for aligning the branch flow (38d) with a flow direction of raw gas (27A) already present in the common collection duct (26A), and a constriction (54d) for accelerating the branch flow (38d) through the branch duct outlet (52d) into the common collection duct (26A). Furthermore, each of said branch ducts (28d) is equipped with a heat exchanger (40d) for removing heat from the respective branch flow (38d) of raw gas. The combined flow resistance of the constriction (54d) and the heat exchanger (40d) reduces the need for adjusting the respective branch flows (28d) using dampers, thereby reducing the power required to transport the raw gas.
Abstract:
An inside surface of a hose for use with liquid-cooled cooling plate assemblies and other applications that contain copper (Cu) components is pre-treated with a passivating agent to reduce depletion of a copper corrosion inhibitor (e.g., benzotriazole (BTA)) dissolved in a liquid coolant (e.g., deionized water) that flows through the hose. Exemplary passivating agents include, but are not limited to, aliphatic alcohols (e.g., 1-hexanol), alkoxysilanes (e.g., (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane), and multidentate polymers (e.g., polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)). In one embodiment, a solution of pre-hydrolyzed (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane and deionized water is passed through a multilayer hose to form a pre-treated multilayer hose. In some embodiments, one or more pre-treated hoses interconnect liquid-coolant cooling system components (e.g., cold plates, headers, manifolds, pumps, reservoirs, and heat exchangers) of a cooling apparatus that removes heat from one or more electronic components.
Abstract:
A heat exchanger includes flat tubes and fins. The fins are corrugated fins, and are disposed between the flat tubes that are vertically arranged. Between the vertically arranged flat tubes, heat transfer parts of each of the fins are arranged in the direction in which the flat tubes extend. Each of the heat transfer parts include louvers that extend in an up-and-down direction. Bent-out ends of the windward louvers include main edges, upper edges, and lower edges. The upper edges and the lower edges are tilted relative to the main edges. The tilt angle θ5 of the lower edges relative to the main edges is smaller than the tilt angle θ4 of the upper edges relative to the main edges.