Wieland-werke Ag

Wolverine Tube, Inc.

Zhong Luo

Jianying Cao

Jian Yuan Wu

Andreas Beutler

Andreas Schwitalla

Yalin Qiu

Ronald Lutz

Manfred Knab

Achim Gotterbarm

A metal heat exchanger tube having integral fins formed on the tube outside. The fins have a fin foot, fin flanks and a fin tip, and the fin foot protrudes radially from the tube wall. The tube includes a channel with a channel base and spaced-apart additional structures dividing the channel between the fins into segments and limiting fluid flow in the channel during operation. First additional structures are radially outwardly directed projections each with an end surface located between the channel base and the fin tip. Cavities in the form of second additional structures are disposed at the location of the projections between an end surface and the fin tip such that the cavities lie laterally on the fin flank and are open in the axial direction.

Metal heat exchanger tube

An evaporation heat transfer tube has a tube main body and a step-like structure; outer fins are arranged at intervals on the outer surface of the tube main body and an inter-fin groove is formed between two adjacent outer fins; the step-like structure respectively abuts against the bottom plane and one of the side walls of the inter-fin groove. The step-like structure has a first surface, a second surface and at least one flange formed by the intersection of the two surfaces, wherein the first and the second surface intersect respectively with the side wall and the bottom plane.

Evaporation heat transfer tube

The present invention relates to an evaporation heat transfer tube with a hollow cavity, comprising a tube main body and at least one hollow frustum structure. Outer fins are arranged at intervals on the outer surface of the tube main body and inter-fin grooves are formed between two adjacent outer fins. The hollow frustum structure is arranged at the bottom of the inter-fin grooves and surrounded by side walls. The top of the hollow frustum structure is provided with an opening. The side walls extend inwards and upwards from the bottom of the inter-fin grooves and thus the area of the opening is less than the area of the bottom of the hollow frustum structure. The inner surface and the outer surface of the side walls are intersected at the opening to form a flange. Preferably, the flange is a sharp corner and the radius of the curvature is 0 to 0.01 mm. The side walls are formed by at least two surfaces which are connected to each other. The hollow frustum structure is hollow pyramid frustum shaped, hollow volcano shaped or hollow cone frustum shaped. The height Hr and the height H of the inter-fin grooves meet the following relations: Hr/H is greater than or equal to 0.2. The present invention is ingeniously designed and concisely structured and it remarkably enhances the boiling coefficient between the outer surface of the tube and the liquid outside the tube, reinforcing the heat transfer in boiling and it is suitable for large-scale popularization and application.

Evaporation heat transfer tube with a hollow cavity

A finned tube includes channels defined between adjacent fins on the tube body outer surface. Wings extend from side walls of the adjacent fins between the fin top and the fin base such that the wings form a barrier which splits the channel into an upper channel and a lower channel. A plurality of holes penetrate the barrier where the wings meet, so liquids and gases can pass into and out of the enclosed area defined by the lower channel. The wings can include alternating upper wings and lower wings, and there can be depressions formed in the fin top.

Finned tube for evaporation and condensation

Finned tube for condensation and evaporation

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