IP Library Granted Patent US 10,359,201
Granted Patent B2
US 10,359,201 · App. 15/882,209 · Granted Jul 23, 2019

Heat exchanger and refrigeration cycle device

Inventors: Shunji Itakura (Kanagawa, JP); Ken Horiguchi (Kanagawa, JP); Toshiyuki Fuji (Kanagawa, JP); Sota Shimada (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuya Funada (Kanagawa, JP); Kenji Komine (Kanagawa, JP); Junya Tanaka (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
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Patent No.
US 10,359,201
App. No.
15/882,209
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A heat exchanger includes: a heat transfer pipe in which refrigerant flows; and a spiral groove formed at an inner peripheral surface of the heat transfer pipe. A height of an inner wall of the groove in a radial direction of the heat transfer pipe is equal to or greater than 0.1 [mm], and when a wetted edge length of the heat transfer pipe is S, an inclination angle between a pipe axis direction of the heat transfer pipe and a longitudinal direction of the groove in a section of the heat transfer pipe parallel with the pipe axis direction is θ, and a length of the heat transfer pipe is L, the inclination angle θ is an acute angle, and a wetted area S×L/cos θ of the heat transfer pipe satisfies S×L/cos θ≥0.5 [m2].

Claims (18)

1. A refrigeration cycle device comprising:

a heat exchanger comprising:

a heat transfer pipe in which HFO1123 refrigerant or a refrigerant mixture containing the HFO1123 refrigerant flows; and

a spiral groove formed at an inner peripheral surface of the heat transfer pipe, wherein

a height of an inner wall of the groove in a radial direction of the heat transfer pipe is equal to or greater than 0.1 [mm], and

when a wetted edge length of the heat transfer pipe is S, an inclination angle between a pipe axis direction of the heat transfer pipe and a longitudinal direction of the groove in a section of the heat transfer pipe parallel with the pipe axis direction is θ, and a length of the heat transfer pipe is L, the inclination angle θ is an acute angle, and a wetted area S×L/cosθ of the heat transfer pipe satisfies

S×L /cosθ≥0.5[m 2 ];

a throttle device which is connected to the heat exchanger; and

a controller that is configured to control the throttle device such that a flow velocity of the refrigerant in the heat transfer pipe in the case of using the heat exchanger as a condenser is equal to or greater than 50 [kg/(s·m 2 )] and equal to or less than 150 [kg/(s·m 2 )].

2. A refrigeration cycle device comprising:

a heat exchanger comprising:

a heat transfer pipe in which HFO1123 refrigerant or a refrigerant mixture containing the HFO1123 refrigerant flows; and

a spiral groove formed at an inner peripheral surface of the heat transfer pipe, wherein

a height of an inner wall of the groove in a radial direction of the heat transfer pipe is equal to or greater than 0.1 [mm], and

when a wetted edge length of the heat transfer pipe is S, an inclination angle between a pipe axis direction of the heat transfer pipe and a longitudinal direction of the groove in a section of the heat transfer pipe parallel with the pipe axis direction is θ, and a length of the heat transfer pipe is L, the inclination angle θ is an acute angle, and a wetted area S×L/cosθ of the heat transfer pipe satisfies

S×L /cosθ≥0.5[m 2 ];

a throttle device which is connected to the heat exchanger; and

a controller that is configured to control the throttle device such that a flow velocity of the refrigerant in the heat transfer pipe in the case of using the heat exchanger as an evaporator is equal to or greater than 100 [kg/(s·m 2 )] and equal to or less than 200 [kg/(s·m 2 )].

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2018
From: ITAKURA, SHUNJI; HORIGUCHI, KEN; FUJI, TOSHIYUKI; SHIMADA, SOTA; FUNADA, KAZUYA; KOMINE, KENJI; TANAKA, JUNYA
To: FUJITSU GENERAL LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-014509 · Jan 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180216837A1 · Aug 2, 2018