Assembly including a heat exchanger and a mounting on which said exchanger is mounted
The invention relates to an assembly including a heat exchanger and a mounting on which the heat exchanger is mounted. The heat exchanger including a first channel for circulating a coolant supplied by a first collector provided with a first pipe in which the coolant can circulate. The heat exchanger also including a second channel for circulating the coolant supplied by a second collector provided with a second pipe in which the coolant can circulate. The first and second channels define a heat-exchange surface that extends in a substantially vertical plane. The first pipe is located in a lower half of the first collector along a first axis parallel to the plane of the heat-exchange surface, with the second pipe located above the first pipe along the first axis. The invention further relates to an air-conditioning loop including the above-described assembly.
1. An assembly comprising a heat exchanger ( 12 ) and a support ( 70 ) on which the heat exchanger ( 12 ) is mounted, with the exchanger ( 12 ) comprising:
a first channel ( 52 ) for circulating a coolant fluid supplied by a first collector ( 50 ) provided with a first pipe ( 51 ) through which the coolant fluid can circulate, and
a second channel ( 54 ) for circulating the coolant fluid supplied by a second collector ( 55 ) provided with a second pipe ( 56 ) through which the coolant fluid can circulate,
wherein the first and second channels ( 52 , 54 ) define a heat exchange surface ( 58 ) which extends in a substantially vertical plane,
wherein the first pipe ( 51 ) is located in a lower half of the first collector ( 50 ) along a first axis ( 80 ) parallel to the vertical plane of the heat exchange surface, with the second pipe ( 56 ) located above the first pipe ( 51 ) along the first axis ( 80 ), and
wherein the second pipe ( 56 ) is located in a lower half of the second collector ( 55 ) along the first axis ( 80 ).
2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the number of channels ( 52 , 54 ) for circulating the coolant fluid is exclusively equal to two.
3. The assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the first pipe ( 51 ) is located in a lower quarter of the first collector ( 50 ) along the first axis ( 80 ).
4. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first pipe ( 51 ) is located in a lower quarter of the first collector ( 50 ) along the first axis ( 80 ).
5. The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the second pipe ( 56 ) is located in a lower quarter of the second collector ( 55 ) along the first axis ( 80 ).
6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the second pipe ( 56 ) is located in a lower quarter of the second collector ( 55 ) along the first axis ( 80 ).
7. The assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the first channel ( 52 ) occupies less than 50% of the exchange surface ( 58 ).
8. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first channel ( 52 ) occupies less than 50% of the exchange surface ( 58 ).
9. The assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the first channel ( 52 ) occupies substantially 30% of the exchange surface ( 58 ).
10. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first collector ( 50 ) and the second collector ( 55 ) define a collector box ( 57 ).
11. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the support ( 70 ) is a body or a chassis of a motor vehicle.
12. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the support ( 70 ) is a module of heat exchangers.
13. An air conditioning loop ( 1 ) capable of operating in a first cooling mode of a passenger compartment ( 32 ) of a vehicle and in a second heating mode of the passenger compartment ( 32 ) of the vehicle, with the air conditioning loop ( 1 ) being traversed by a coolant fluid and comprising at least one evaporator, a compressor, an expansion element and the assembly according to claim 1 .
14. The air conditioning loop according to claim 13 , wherein the coolant fluid enters by the first pipe both in the heating mode and in the cooling mode.
15. The air conditioning loop according to claim 13 , wherein the coolant fluid enters by the first pipe in the heating mode and by the second pipe in the cooling mode.
16. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the coolant fluid enters the heat exchanger through the first pipe ( 51 ) and exits the heat exchanger through the second pipe ( 56 ).
17. An assembly comprising a heat exchanger ( 12 ) and a support ( 70 ) on which the heat exchanger ( 12 ) is mounted, with the exchanger ( 12 ) comprising:
a first channel ( 52 ) for circulating a coolant fluid supplied by a first collector ( 50 ) provided with a first pipe ( 51 ) through which the coolant fluid can circulate, and
a second channel ( 54 ) for circulating the coolant fluid supplied by a second collector ( 55 ) provided with a second pipe ( 56 ) through which the coolant fluid can circulate,
wherein the first and second channels ( 52 , 54 ) define a heat exchange surface ( 58 ) which extends in a substantially vertical plane,
wherein the first pipe ( 51 ) is located in a lower half of the first collector ( 50 ) along a first axis ( 80 ) parallel to the vertical plane of the heat exchange surface, with the second pipe ( 56 ) located above the first pipe ( 51 ) along the first axis ( 80 ),
wherein the second pipe ( 56 ) is located in a lower half of the second collector ( 55 ) along the first axis ( 80 ),
wherein the number of channels ( 52 , 54 ) for circulating the coolant fluid is exclusively equal to two, and
wherein the first channel ( 52 ) occupies substantially 30% of the exchange surface ( 58 ).