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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Aroon K. Viswanathan, Racine, WI (US);
Thomas A. Hunzinger, Racine, WI (US);
Rifaquat A. Cheema, Kenosha, WI (US);
Aroon K. Viswanathan, Racine, WI (US);
Thomas A. Hunzinger, Racine, WI (US);
Rifaquat A. Cheema, Kenosha, WI (US);
Modine Manufacturing Company, Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A heat exchanger tube includes protrusions extending into the internal volume to turbulate a fluid flow for improved heat transfer. The protrusions are arranged to provide dimpled and un-dimpled regions in order to provide increased heat transfer together with decreased pressure drop. A method of transferring heat by flowing a fluid into a tube, turbulating the fluid in a dimpled first tube section, developing a thermal boundary layer in an un-dimpled second section, and turbulating the fluid in a dimpled second tube section is also presented.