Global Patent Index - EP 4390292 A1

EP 4390292 A1 20240626 - HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE

Title (en)

HEAT EXCHANGER TUBE

Title (de)

WÄRMETAUSCHERROHR

Title (fr)

TUBE D'ÉCHANGEUR DE CHALEUR

Publication

EP 4390292 A1 20240626 (EN)

Application

EP 22000266 A 20221222

Priority

EP 22000266 A 20221222

Abstract (en)

Heat exchanger tube with a tube axis, with a tube wall, with a tube outside and with a tube inside, continuously running, axially parallel or helically circling inner ribs being formed out of the tube wall on the tube inside, each inner rib having two rib flanks and a rib tip, a continuously extending groove being formed in each case between adjacent inner ribs. The internal tube surface can be described by the equation: Φ=e2/pdi where:Φ is a dimensionless parameter, severity-factor,e is the height of the helical ribs,p is the helical pitch andd<sub>i</sub> is the tube inside diameter,whereby N is the number of ribs counted in a cutting plane perpendicular to the tube axis.According to the invention the product ΦN<sup>2</sup> is greater than 16 and less than 70.

IPC 8 full level

F28F 1/42 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F28F 1/422 (2013.01)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4390292 A1 20240626; TW 202433001 A 20240816; WO 2024132414 A1 20240627

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 22000266 A 20221222; EP 2023083454 W 20231129; TW 112145571 A 20231124