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WO1999011993A1
WO1999011993A1 PCT/GB1998/002625 GB9802625W WO9911993A1 WO 1999011993 A1 WO1999011993 A1 WO 1999011993A1 GB 9802625 W GB9802625 W GB 9802625W WO 9911993 A1 WO9911993 A1 WO 9911993A1
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Keith Thomas Symonds
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Chart Heat Exchangers Ltd
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K20/00—Non-electric welding by applying impact or other pressure, with or without the application of heat, e.g. cladding or plating
    • B23K20/02—Non-electric welding by applying impact or other pressure, with or without the application of heat, e.g. cladding or plating by means of a press ; Diffusion bonding
    • B23K20/023—Thermo-compression bonding
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D7/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall
    • F28D7/0008—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits for one medium being in heat conductive contact with the conduits for the other medium
    • F28D7/0025—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary tubular conduit assemblies for both heat-exchange media, the media being in contact with different sides of a conduit wall the conduits for one medium being in heat conductive contact with the conduits for the other medium the conduits for one medium or the conduits for both media being flat tubes or arrays of tubes
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
    • B23K2101/00—Articles made by soldering, welding or cutting
    • B23K2101/04—Tubular or hollow articles
    • B23K2101/14—Heat exchangers

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  • This invention relates to a heat exchanger and, particularly, to a heat exchanger formed by diffusion bonding.
  • Heat and loading are then applied to the composite structure so formed whilst in a vacuum to deform the tubes thereby reducing the height of the tubes, whereby tubes adjacent plates are bonded to said plates and the tops of the sidewalls bond to the plate above.
  • the tubes may also bond to each other. They are normally of circular cross-section initially and will deform to slightly oval shape during the process.
  • the present invention aims to provide a further improved method of making a heat exchanger.
  • the invention provides a method of making a heat exchanger comprising at least one layer of conduits in which a layer of substantially parallel conduits is laid on a base plate with said conduits having a height dimension defined as extending perpendicular to the plane of the base plate, two sidewalls are positioned on the base plate with the conduits lying between and substantially parallel to the sidewalls, the sidewalls being formed by stacking a plurality of flat shims on the base plate and the height of the sidewalls so formed is such that the height of the conduits extends above the sidewalls, and a top plate is positioned on the so-extending upper surfaces of the conduits, heat and loading are applied to the composite structure so formed while in a vacuum to deform the conduits to reduce their height, whereby the conduits bond to the plates.
  • the conduits adjacent the sidewalls may also bond to the sidewalls.
  • the invention provides a heat exchanger comprising at least one layer of substantially parallel conduits, the layer lying on a base plate and being covered by a top plate, the conduits lying between and substantially parallel to sidewalls, the sidewalls comprising a stack of a plurality of flat shims on the base plate, the shims of each stack being bonded together and the conduits and sidewalls being bonded to the base plate and top plate.
  • the sidewalls may also be bonded to adjacent conduits. Adjacent conduits may also be bonded together.
  • the conduits may be a plurality of tubes, which will normally be of circular cross-section initially and will deform to slightly oval shape during the bonding process.
  • the distance between the sidewalls may be greater than the sum of the outside measured diameters of the tubes by an amount predetermined by calculation from the sum of such diameters and the tubes may bond to each other during the process.
  • the conduits may be provided by the corrugations of a corrugated sheet positioned between a base plate and a top plate.
  • the distance between the sidewalls may be greater than the transverse extent of the corrugated sheet between the sidewalls by an amount similarly predetermined by calculation so that the corrugated sheet may contact and be bonded to the sidewalls during the bonding process.
  • the skilled man will readily be able to calculate the aforesaid predetermined amount for the particular tubes or corrugated sheet used. Similarly he will be able to calculate the amount by which the sidewalls should extend above the conduits.
  • intermediate walls or spacer bars are positioned on the base plate to lie between groups of conduits.
  • the spacer bars extend parallel to the conduits and to the sidewalls and may be built up from a plurality of flat shims of thicknesses exactly equivalent to the sidewall shims so as to extend above the conduits by the same amount as the sidewalls.
  • the invention provides in a yet further aspect a heat exchanger comprising at least one layer of substantially parallel conduits, the layer lying on a base plate and being covered by a top plate, the conduits lying between and substantially parallel to sidewalls, the conduits of the layer being in a plurality of groups of conduits, adjacent groups being separated by a spacer bar extending substantially parallel to the sidewalls, the spacer bars and sidewalls being of the same height and the conduits, sidewalls and spacer bars being bonded to the top and bottom plates.
  • the sidewalls and spacer bars may be bonded to adjacent conduits.
  • Both the sidewalls and spacer bars may be built up from flat shims.
  • the sidewalls and spacer bars i.e. in one embodiment the sidewall shims and spacer bar shims, can be integrally formed as composite units.
  • the sidewalls and spacer bars may, for example, be built up by stacking a plurality of composite flat shims.
  • the shims used may conveniently be formed from rolled sheet of the desired material, e.g. stainless steel, nickel-based alloys, brass or copper. Such rolled sheet is available in a range of thicknesses to a high degree of tolerance, i.e. the thickness of the sheet is constant to high tolerance levels throughout the sheet.
  • any desired height of sidewall and spacer bar can be built up accurately to provide flat-topped sidewalls and spacer bars using a plurality of shims formed from sheets of different thicknesses.
  • shims of various thicknesses from 0.1mm to 0.5mm or higher may be stacked to reach a desired height to extend above a layer of conduits of height, say from 2mm to 25mm or more.
  • the composite structure formed by positioning the conduits between a base plate and a top plate preferably contains a plurality of layers of conduits.
  • an intermediate plate is positioned to rest on the sidewalls (and spacer bars) and a further layer of conduits is then positioned on the intermediate plate.
  • Sidewalls (and spacer bars) may then be built up using further shims to extend above the further layer of conduits and this process may be continued until the desired number of layers has been achieved and the top plate is then added.
  • each tube may be spaced from its neighbour in that layer and the spacings or gaps may all be substantially equal.
  • each sidewall may, for example, contact its adjacent conduit in the composite structure before pressure is applied provided that the overall spacings are such that the gaps will close and bond the product effectively without undue distortion.
  • the plates, shims and conduits will normally be of the same material and, where of metal, the bonding is preferably carried out under conditions of temperature and loading and in a vacuum chamber to effect diffusion bonding.
  • the spacings of the tubes and the relative heights of the tubes and sidewalls must be carefully determined for a particular composite structure. Again the skilled man can readily determine the appropriate requirements.
  • the bore of the conduits is determined by the heat transfer and pressure drop requirements of the heat exchanger, the wall thickness of the conduits is determined by the ruling pressure in use and the required tolerances can then be readily determined and appropriate tubing or corrugated sheet obtained to meet those requirements.
  • the spacings between adjacent parallel tubes and between outer tubes and their respective sidewalls are around 0.2mm so that the total spacing across an array of n tubes in a layer will be (n+1) x 0.2mm.
  • the sidewalls may be 0.1m less in height than the outside diameter of the tubes.
  • the plates may be flat plates or some of them may be contoured, e.g. corrugated.
  • the base plate and any intermediate plates may have corrugations defined to provide the pre-determined spacings between individual tubes positioned to lie in the valleys of the corrugations.
  • the tubes may be positioned as required on the flat surface to provide the necessary gaps. As indicated above, it may be preferred to provide substantially equal gaps between the tubes and between the outermost tubes and the sidewalls. However, this is not essential and irregular spacings may be used provided that the application of pressure to the composite structure causes movement of the tubes to completely fill the gap between the sidewalls with deformed, substantially equi-spaced tubes.
  • alternate layers of parallel conduits extend transversely to each other (and, hence, that the sidewalls of one layer extend transversely to the sidewalls of each immediate adjacent layer.).
  • adjacent layers of conduits may extend parallel to each other or a mixture of adjacent parallel and adjacent transverse conduits may be utilised depending on the desired final configuration.
  • any stream of fluid passing through the heat exchanger may be formed by more than one layer of parallel conduits and an adjacent stream at right angles to the first stream may similarly be formed of more than one layer of parallel conduits.
  • the conduits in different layers of a single stream may, if desired, be of different bore, e.g. different tube diameters.
  • the invention is not restricted to, e.g., tube and plate configurations which provide a simple cross-flow heat exchanger in which one fluid passes in a single direction from one side of the heat exchanger to the other, whilst a second fluid in an adjacent layer passes in a single direction at right angles to that of the first fluid.
  • the conduits for one fluid may change direction towards one or both sides of the heat exchanger, typically through a right angle, so as to provide configurations, e.g. in which one fluid enters and leaves the heat exchanger on the same side.
  • the conduits are preformed with their right angles adjacent one or both ends before being assembled together such that they are parallel to one another along both of their respective directions. In this way configurations such as those known as "cross- contra” etc. can be formed. In these cases, there are more than two sidewalls.
  • the required loading may be applied, for example, by a hydraulic ram in a heated vacuum chamber so that pressure can be progressively applied to the composite structure to achieve the desired diffusion bonding.
  • the load applied is initially confined to the protruding conduits which will deform sufficiently for the gaps to close.
  • the plates will then come in contact with the sidewalls (and spacer bars) below and a further increase in load will increase pressure at the contact points between the conduits and the plates and spacer bars, the conduits and the sidewalls, spacer bars and the sidewalls and the plates sufficiently to achieve the minimum required bonding pressures throughout. This condition is held until the diffusion bonding is complete.
  • the top and base plates should be of sufficient thickness to allow subsequent welding of header tanks and/or auxiliary equipment needing to be attached to the bonded structure. These attachments may also, if desired, be built up from stacked shims which become bonded together during the manufacturing process.
  • the heat exchangers of the invention will usually be formed using rectangular plates to provide a parallelepiped composite structure.
  • the sidewall shims may conveniently be formed, e.g. by etching, from suitable rolled sheet, as rectangular annuli or gaskets, two opposite first and second sides of the rectangle providing the two desired sidewall shims between which the conduits are to lie.
  • the two other, third and fourth, opposite sides of the rectangle provide the means whereby integral spacer bars shims may be formed, extending from and between those third and fourth sides parallel to the sidewall shims.
  • the third and fourth sides of the rectangular shims may also be formed to have areas of reduced thickness to correspond to the positions of the conduits in the composite structure to be bonded. By this means the desired application of vacuum to the tubes during bonding can still be achieved.
  • the shims may also be formed to have location lugs and lines of weakness whereby the third and fourth sides of all the stacked shims may be readily broken off from the finished product after bonding to allow unlimited access to the conduits.
  • Figure 1 is a diagrammatic representation in transverse cross-section of a composite structure of the invention prior to bonding
  • Figure 2 is a plan view of an integral sidewall/spacer bar composite shim for use in the invention
  • Figure 3 is a plan view showing the opposite face of the composite shim to that shown in Figure 2;
  • Figure 4 is a diagrammatic representation in side view showing a series of conduits extending above a sidewall
  • Figure 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of a product of the invention.
  • Figure 6 is a perspective view of another product of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 a composite structure 10 for a heat exchanger having three layers of tubes is shown.
  • a base plate 11 of rectangular form has sidewalls 12A and 12B positioned to run the length of its longer sides.
  • Sidewalls 12A and 12B are each made up, as shown, of three flat shims 12C, 12D and 12E. These shims are each of rectangular plan form having one opposed pair of sides 12C or 12D or 12E and a second pair of opposed sides not visible in the sectional view of Figure 1. (These shims are similar in appearance to the shim described below and shown in Figures 2 and 3 but without the spacer bars of that embodiment.).
  • a first layer of eight tubes 13 is positioned on base 11.
  • the tubes are of outside diameter, e.g., 6mm, and are positioned to run parallel to sidewalls 12A and 12B with gaps 14 of about 0.2mm between adjacent tubes and a gap 15 of about 0.2mm between outer tube 13 A and its adjacent sidewall 12A and between outer tube 13B and its adjacent sidewall 12B.
  • Sidewalls 12A and 12B are about 0.1mm less in height than the outside diameter of the tubes so that the tubes protrude above the sidewalls.
  • An intermediate plate 20 is positioned to rest on the tops of tubes 13. This plate is similar to plate 10 (although it need not be so thick).
  • Two sidewalls, only one of which 22 A is shown, are built up on plate 20 from shims 22C, 22D, 22E of the same thickness as shims 12C, 12D and 12E. Plate 20 is positioned so that its sidewalls are transverse to those of base plate 10.
  • a row of eight tubes (not shown) is similarly positioned on intermediate plate 20 with similar spacings to the tubes 13 but with the tubes parallel to sidewall 22A and hence at right angles to the first layer of tubes 13. Because tubes 13 are taller than sidewalls 12 A, 12B, a gap 17 A, 17B is provided between the top of sidewalls 12 A, 12B respectively and the underside of plate 20.
  • a further similar intermediate plate 30 is positioned on the tops of the tubes on plate 20.
  • a pair of sidewalls 32A, 32B built up from shims 32C, 32D, 32E is positioned on upper face 31 of plate 30. These sidewalls are positioned to be parallel to sidewalls 12 A, 12B and of the base plate 10.
  • a further eight tubes 33 are positioned on face 31 of plate 30 with the same spacing as for the previous layers. Thus there are gaps 34 between adjacent tubes and gaps 35 between outer tube 33A and sidewall 32A and between outer tube 33B and sidewall 32B.
  • a gap 27A is formed between sidewall 22A and the underside of plate 30.
  • a similar gap (not shown) is, of course, formed between the other sidewall of plate 20 and the underside of plate 30.
  • a top plate 40 is placed on the tops of tubes 33 whereby a gap 37A, 37B is formed between the tops of sidewalls 32A and 32B respectively and the underside of plate 40.
  • successive layers of plates and tubes can be built up with alternate layers of tubes having their longitudinal axes at right angles to each other until the total desired layer height is achieved.
  • the structure Once assembled, the structure may be placed under a ram system in a heated vacuum chamber and heat and pressure progressively applied.
  • the load applied is initially confined to the protruding tubes causing them to deform to slightly oval configuration. This process continues until all the tubes have deformed sufficiently for all the gaps (14, 34, etc.) to close and the tubes to come into contact with adjacent parallel tubes of their respective layer.
  • the pressure loading then increases between the tubes and their contacts with the plates. Also at this point in the process, the correct clearances having been allowed for the specific circumstances, the undersides of plates 20, 30 and 40 will have closed gaps 17 A, 17B; 27 A, 27B and 37 A, 37B and will have come into contact with the tops of the sidewalls 12A, 12B; 32A, 32B; etc.
  • the loading is then further increased to ensure bonding throughout the product.
  • the pressure is held in this stable condition to allow the diffusion bonding process to be completed.
  • a composite shim unit whereby desired sidewalls and spacer bars can be built up at the same time.
  • a composite shim unit 100 is rectangular in plan form having a pair of opposed parallel walls 101 and 102 joined by a second pair of opposed parallel walls 103, 104. Sidewalls 101 and 102, when shim 100 is stacked on a base plate with other shims of similar rectangular configuration, form, together with the corresponding sidewalls of those other shims, the desired sidewalls of a composite structure.
  • Spacer bar shim portions 105, 106, 107 extend between walls 103 and 104 parallel to sidewalls 101 and 102 and define four cavities 108, 109, 110 and 11 1 between the sidewalls. Again when shim 100 is stacked with other shims, spacer bar shim portions 105, 106 and 107 stack with corresponding shim portions to form the desired spacer bars and the cavities to contain tubes or other conduits. Such conduits will extend parallel to the sidewalls and spacer bars.
  • walls 103 and 104 have vents 112 extending from the exterior of the shim to the interior of the rectangle, i.e. extending into cavities 108, 109, 110 and 111. Vents 112 are formed only partially through the thickness of the walls so that they do not appear in the face of the shim shown in Figure 3.
  • the conduits, e.g. tubes, when fitted into the composite structure are vented through walls 103 and 104 and may, therefore, be evacuated when desired for the bonding operation.
  • walls 103 and 104 have lines 113 of weakness formed at their junction with walls 101 and 102 and at their junctions with spacer bars 105, 106, 107. These lines of weakness are conveniently provided by reducing the thickness of the shim at these regions.
  • the walls formed by the stacking together of a plurality of shim walls 103 and 104 respectively may then be readily broken off to leave unhindered access into the conduits of each layer. (This is described in more detail with reference to Figure 5 below.).
  • location jig holes are provided in each shim wall 101, 102, 103, 104, a hole 114 in each of walls 101 and
  • a stack of shims may thereby conveniently be built up and then held in the desired stacked configuration in a jig.
  • Lugs 115 are also attached to walls 101 and 102 along a line of weakness 117, see Figure 2, so that the lugs may be readily removed from the final product.
  • vent holes and lines of weakness may conveniently be formed as part of the etching process when the shims are etched from sheet material.
  • FIG. 5 a portion of a bonded heat exchanger 200 of the invention. It comprises a bottom plate 201 and a top plate 202. Groups (pairs) of conduits in the form of tubes 203 extend parallel to a pair of sidewalls 204 and are separated by spacer bars 206. An end wall 207 (one only shown) extends between the sidewalls 204 at each end of the heat exchanger.
  • each sidewall, end wall and spacer bar is made up of four shims and the end wall 207 has vent holes 208, which extend through the end walls so that the tubes 203 are vented to the exterior of the product.
  • End wall 207 at each end of the product can be broken off along lines of weakness as discussed above in order to completely expose the ends of the tubes - as shown at the right hand portion of Figure 5.
  • the heat exchanger unit 50 has a base plate 51, a top plate 52 and four intermediate plate layers 53, 54, 55 and 56.
  • Base plate 51 and intermediate plates 53, 54, 55, 56 each have a pair of sidewalls 51 A, 53A, 54A, 55A and 56A respectively each built up from three shims in the manner previously described.
  • Alternate plates 51, 53, 54, 55 and 56 are positioned at right angles to each other and each plate carries eight parallel tubes 61, 63, 64, 65 and 66 respectively.
  • the unit is completely bonded together, i.e. the tubes of each layer are bonded to adjacent tubes of that layer and to the plate immediately above and below.
  • the outer tubes of each layer are bonded to their respective sidewalls.
  • the tops of the sidewalls are bonded to the peripheries of their respective plate above.
  • the ends of the tubes are visible and accessible in the side faces of the unit and may be connected by conventional means as required, to receive their respective fluid flow. Header tanks and other fitments may be welded to the exposed surfaces of base plate 51 and top plate 52.
  • the tubes are now slightly oval in cross-section.

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L'invention concerne un procédé de fabrication amélioré d'un échangeur thermique comportant au moins une couche de conduits (13, 33), dans lequel une couche de conduits (13) sensiblement parallèles est placée sur une plaque de base (11), deux parois latérales (12A, 12B) étant placées sur la plaque de base (11). On place les conduits (13) entre les parois latérales (12A, 12B), de manière sensiblement parallèle à celles-ci, les parois latérales (12A, 12B) étant formées par empilement d'une pluralité de cales plates (12C, 12D, 12E) sur la plaque de base (11) . La hauteur des parois latérales (12A, 12B) ainsi formées est telle, que les conduits (13) s'étendent au-dessus des parois latérales (12A, 12B), une plaque supérieure (20, 40) étant placée sur lesdites surfaces supérieures des conduits (13, 33) ainsi étendues. On applique de la chaleur et une charge à la structure composite ainsi formée, alors qu'elle est sous vide pour déformer les conduits (13,33) en vue de réduire leur hauteur, ce qui fixe les conduits aux plaques (11, 20, 40).
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