Plate for heat exchanger
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a plate for a heat exchanger, which has beads of refrigerant distributing sections formed asymmetrically and streamlined beads arranged in the same number on flow channels in the form of a zigzag so that refrigerant flowing inside a tank is distributed and introduced to tubes uniformly, thereby increasing a heat radiation amount and enhancing a heat exchange efficiency by forming uniform flow distribution and reducing a pressure drop of refrigerant, and miniaturizing the heat exchanger into a compact size.
1. A plate for a heat exchanger comprising:
cups formed at ends thereof so as to fluidically communicated with flow channels formed therein;
a plurality of first beads protruding toward the flow channels in such a manner that each array of the first beads is repeatedly arranged in the same number in the form of a zigzag;
refrigerant distributing sections formed at inlet and outlet sides of the flow channels, the refrigerant distributing sections having one or more second beads arranged asymmetrically with respect to a vertical central line of the cup which is parallel with the longitudinal direction of the flow channel, and a plurality of passageways partitioned by the second beads; and
wherein the inlet and outlet of the flow channel are formed in parallel by a partition bead formed at the center of the plate, and the sectional area of a passageway formed at the side of the partition bead with respect to the central line of the cup is smaller than the sectional area of a passageway formed in the opposite side, and the second beads formed at the side of the larger passageway are larger than other second beads.
2. The plate for the heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the number of the second beads is asymmetric.
3. The plate for the heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the second beads are asymmetric in interval between the second beads.
4. The plate for the heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the second beads are asymmetric in shape.
5. The plate for the heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein each of the second beads is irregular in interval from the first array of the first beads.
6. The plate for the heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the first beads are in the form of a streamline, and a ratio (W/L) of width (W) to length (L) satisfies the following formula,
0.3≦ W/L≦ 0.9.
7. The plate for the heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the inlet and outlet of the flow channel are formed in parallel by a partition bead formed at the center of the plate, and the second beads formed at the side of the partition bead with respect to the central line of the cup are inclined toward the partition bead but the second bead formed at the other side is inclined outwardly.
8. The plate for the heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the inlet and outlet of the flow channel are formed in parallel by a partition bead formed at the center of the plate, the refrigerant distributing sections and the first beads are formed symmetrically with respect to the partition bead.
9. The plate for the heat exchanger according to claim 1 , wherein the first beads formed at the uppermost end of the flow channel are formed asymmetrically with respect to the central line of the cup.
10. The plate for the heat exchanger according to claim 5 , wherein when the inlet and outlet of the flow channel are formed in parallel by a partition bead formed at the center of the plate, an interval of the second bead adjacent to the partition bead from the first array of the first beads is larger than an interval of the outermost second bead.