CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure relates to the field of heat exchange technologies, and in
particular, to a heat exchange tube and a heat exchanger provided with the heat exchange
tube.
BACKGROUND
[0003] In some applications in the field of refrigeration and air conditioning, a heat exchange
tube is formed by folding one or more sheet materials. Generally, such a heat exchange
tube formed by folding a sheet material is referred to as a folded flat tube. The
folded flat tube is mainly applied to a heat exchanger. Some flat tubes mainly include
tube bodies and inner fins. The inner fins divide the tube body into a plurality of
channels. The inner fins and an inner wall of the tube body are welded to each other
by using a welding material. When there is a relatively large amount of welding material
in the channels of the folded flat tube, the channels are likely to be clogged, thereby
reducing heat exchange performance of the heat exchanger.
SUMMARY
[0004] Therefore, an aspect of the present disclosure proposes a heat exchange tube, where
the heat exchange tube effectively reduces resistance on a refrigerant side, which
helps improve heat exchange performance of a heat exchanger.
[0005] Another aspect of the present disclosure proposes a heat exchanger provided with
the heat exchange tube.
[0006] According to the heat exchange tube in embodiments of the present disclosure, the
heat exchange tube is a flat tube, the flat tube includes a tube body and a tube cavity,
and the tube body includes a first side wall and a second side wall that are arranged
in a height direction of the flat tube. The flat tube includes: a first member, where
the flat tube further includes a plurality of channels, the plurality of channels
are arranged at intervals in a width direction of the flat tube, length directions
of the plurality of channels are parallel to a length direction of the flat tube,
and a part of the first member is located between two adjacent channels; and a welding
portion, where the welding portion is located in at least one of the channels. On
a cross section of the flat tube, a cross section of the welding portion partially
overlaps a flow cross section of the channel and is connected to the first side wall,
a maximum height of the cross section of the welding portion in the height direction
of the flat tube is D, and D meets the following condition: N*(Wb+0.2D) > 0.0017Wt
2+0.0175Wt+0.3713; or N*(Wb+0.2D) < 0.0119Wt
2+0.086Wt+2.9649; where a quantity of the channels of the flat tube is N, a thickness
of the first member is Wb, and a width of the flat tube is Wt.
[0007] According to the heat exchange tube in embodiments of the present disclosure, the
first member is disposed in the tube cavity of the flat tube, the tube cavity may
be divided by the first member into a plurality of channels arranged in the width
direction of the flat tube, and the first member is connected to the first side wall
of the flat tube and the second side wall of the flat tube by using the welding portion.
In addition, the quantity of channels of the flat tube is defined as N, the thickness
of the first member is defined as Wb, and the width of the flat tube is defined as
Wt. A maximum distance between the cross section of the welding portion and the first
side wall in the height direction of the flat tube is D, and the following formula
is met: N*(Wb+0.2D) > 0.0017Wt
2+0.0175Wt+0.3713; or N*(Wb+0.2D) < 0.0119Wt
2+0.086Wt+2.9649. In this case, the heat exchange tube in the present disclosure effectively
reduces resistance on the refrigerant side, which helps improve heat exchange performance
of the heat exchanger.
[0008] In some embodiments, a height of the flat tube is H, the quantity of the channels
of the flat tube is N, the width of the flat tube is Wt, and the following conditions
are met: {(N-2)/20}
2*{(Wt-16)/16}
3 > 0.05; and H*Wt < 80.
[0009] In some embodiments, a height of the flat tube is H, the quantity of the channels
of the flat tube is N, the width of the flat tube is Wt, and the following conditions
are met: {(N-2)/20}
2*{(Wt-16)/16}
3 > 0.3; and H*Wt < 80.
[0010] According to the heat exchange tube in embodiments of the present disclosure, the
heat exchange tube is a flat tube, the flat tube includes a tube body and a tube cavity,
and the tube body includes a first side wall and a second side wall that are arranged
in a height direction of the flat tube. The flat tube includes: a first member, where
the flat tube further includes a plurality of channels, the plurality of channels
are arranged at intervals in a width direction of the flat tube, length directions
of the plurality of channels are parallel to a length direction of the flat tube,
and a part of the first member is located between two adjacent channels; and a welding
portion, where the welding portion is located in at least one of the channels. On
a cross section of the flat tube, a cross section of the welding portion partially
overlaps a flow cross section of the channel and is connected to the first side wall.
On the flow cross section of the channel, the cross section of the welding portion
includes a contour line, the contour line includes a plurality of circular arcs, a
radius of curvature of the circular arc is R, and at least one R meets the following
condition: N*(Wb+0.15R) > 0.0017Wt
2+0.0175Wt+0.3713; or N*(Wb+0.15R) < 0.0119Wt
2+0.086Wt+2.9649; where a quantity of the channels of the flat tube is N, a thickness
of the first member is Wb, and a width of the flat tube is Wt.
[0011] In some embodiments, a height H of the flat tube, the quantity N of the channels
of the flat tube, and the width Wt of the flat tube meet the following conditions:
{(N-2)/20}
2*{(Wt-16)/16}
3 > 0.05; and H*Wt < 80.
[0012] In some embodiments, a height H of the flat tube, the quantity N of the channels
of the flat tube, and the width Wt of the flat tube meet the following conditions:
{(N-2)/20}
2*{(Wt-16)/16}
3 > 0.3; and H*Wt < 80.
[0013] In some embodiments, the width Wt of the flat tube is less than 40 mm and greater
than 16 mm, and the quantity N of the channels of the flat tube is greater than 14.
[0014] In some embodiments, the width Wt of the flat tube is less than 36 mm and is greater
than 16 mm, and the quantity N of the channels of the flat tube is greater than 20.
[0015] In some embodiments, a ratio of the height H of the flat tube to the width Wt of
the flat tube is less than 0.0512.
[0016] In some embodiments, D meets: 0.1 < (H-4*D)/H < 0.9.
[0017] The heat exchanger according to embodiments of the present disclosure includes: a
first pipe and a second pipe; and a heat exchange tube, where the heat exchange tube
is the heat exchange tube in any embodiment of the present disclosure, and the heat
exchange tube communicates the first pipe with the second pipe.
[0018] According to the heat exchanger in embodiments of the present disclosure, the heat
exchange tube is the heat exchange tube in any one of the foregoing embodiments, and
the heat exchange tube effectively reduces resistance on a refrigerant side, which
helps improve heat exchange performance of the heat exchanger.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0019]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a heat exchange tube according to an embodiment of
the present disclosure;
FIG. 2 is a front view of the heat exchange tube in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged schematic view of part A in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a heat exchange tube according to another embodiment
of the present disclosure;
FIG. 5 is a front view of the heat exchange tube in FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of part B in FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a heat exchange tube according to still another embodiment
of the present disclosure;
FIG. 8 is a front view of the heat exchange tube in FIG. 7;
FIG. 9 is an enlarged schematic view of part C in FIG. 8;
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a heat exchange tube according to yet another embodiment
of the present disclosure;
FIG. 11 is a front view of the heat exchange tube in FIG. 10;
FIG. 12 is an enlarged schematic view of part D in FIG. 11;
FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a heat exchange tube according to still yet another
embodiment of the present disclosure;
FIG. 14 is a front view of the heat exchange tube in FIG. 13;
FIG. 15 is an enlarged schematic view of part E in FIG. 14;
FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a heat exchange tube according to a further embodiment
of the present disclosure;
FIG. 17 is a front view of the heat exchange tube in FIG. 16;
FIG. 18 is an enlarged schematic view of part F in FIG. 17;
FIG. 19 is a perspective view of a heat exchange tube according to a further embodiment
of the present disclosure;
FIG. 20 is a front view of the heat exchange tube in FIG. 19;
FIG. 21 is an enlarged schematic view of part G in FIG. 20; and
FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram of a heat exchanger according to an embodiment of the
present disclosure.
Reference numerals:
[0020]
flat tube 100;
tube body 1, tube cavity 11, first sub-cavity 111, second sub-cavity 112, first side
wall 12, second side wall 13, third side wall 14, fourth side wall 15, channel 16,
gap 17, first member 2, first sub-member 21, second sub-member 22, welding portion
3; and
heat exchanger 200, first pipe 201, second pipe 202.
DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
[0021] The following describes in detail embodiments of the present disclosure, examples
of which are shown in the accompanying drawings. The embodiments described below with
reference to the accompanying drawings are examples, and are intended to explain the
present disclosure, but shall not be understood as a limitation on the present disclosure.
[0022] As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 18, according to a heat exchange tube in an embodiment
of the present disclosure, the heat exchange tube is a flat tube 100.
[0023] The flat tube 100 includes a tube body 1 and a tube cavity 11, and the tube body
1 includes a first side wall 12 and a second side wall 13 that are arranged opposite
to each other in a height direction (as shown by the up-down direction in FIG. 1)
of the flat tube 100. As shown in FIG. 1, the flat tube 100 includes the first side
wall 12 and the second side wall 13 that are arranged opposite to each other in the
up-down direction, and a third side wall 14 and a fourth side wall 15 that are arranged
opposite to each other in the left-right direction. The first side wall 12, the second
side wall 13, the third side wall 14, and the fourth side wall 15 form the tube cavity
11 of the flat tube 100.
[0024] The flat tube 100 further includes a first member 2, where the first member 2 is
located in the tube cavity 11, the first member 2 divides the tube cavity 11 into
a plurality of channels 16, the plurality of channels 16 are arranged at intervals
in a width direction (as shown by the left-right direction in FIG. 1) of the flat
tube 100, and length directions of the plurality of channels 16 are parallel to a
length direction of the flat tube 100.
[0025] A welding portion 3 is located in at least one of the channels 16. As shown in FIG.
1, the first member 2 is corrugated in the left-right direction, at least a part of
an upper side of the first member 2 is welded to the first side wall 12, at least
a part of a lower side of the first member 2 is welded to the second side wall 13,
and the welding portion 3 is located between the first member 2 and the first side
wall 12 and second side wall 13.
[0026] On a cross section of the flat tube 100, a cross section of the welding portion 3
partially overlaps a flow cross section of the channel 16 and is connected to the
first side wall 12. A maximum height of the cross section of the welding portion 3
in the height direction of the flat tube 100 is D, and D meets the following condition:
N*(Wb+0.2D) > 0.0017Wt
2+0.0175Wt+0.3713; or N*(Wb+0.2D) < 0.0119Wt
2+0.086Wt+2.9649; where a quantity of the channels 16 of the flat tube 100 is N, a
thickness of the first member 2 is Wb, and a width of the flat tube 100 is Wt.
[0027] Units of Wb, Wt, and D in the foregoing formula are mm. In this case, the heat exchange
tube in the present disclosure effectively reduces resistance on a refrigerant side,
which helps improve heat exchange performance of a heat exchanger. In addition, the
flat tube 100 and the first member 2 are formed by processing a same sheet material.
[0028] Further, the heat exchange tube in the present disclosure can further improve corrosion
resistance of the heat exchange tube.
[0029] It may be understood that at least a part of the first member 2 extends in an up-down
direction of the tube cavity 11, and the thickness of the first member 2 means a part
that is of the first member 2 and that extends in the tube cavity 11 in the up-down
direction.
[0030] In some embodiments, a height of the flat tube 100 is H, the quantity of the channels
16 of the flat tube 100 is N, the width of the flat tube 100 is Wt, and the following
conditions are met: {(N-2)/20}
2*{(Wt-16)/16}
3 > 0.05; and H*Wt < 80. In this case, the heat exchange tube in the present disclosure
effectively reduces resistance on the refrigerant side, which helps improve heat exchange
performance of the heat exchanger.
[0031] In some embodiments, a height of the flat tube 100 is H, the quantity of the channels
of the flat tube 100 is N, the width of the flat tube 100 is Wt, and the following
conditions are met: {(N-2)/20}
2*{(Wt-16)/16}
3 > 0.3; and H*Wt < 80. In this case, the heat exchange tube in the present disclosure
effectively reduces resistance on the refrigerant side, which helps improve heat exchange
performance of the heat exchanger. In addition, the flat tube 100 is formed by processing
one sheet material, and the first member 2 is formed by processing another sheet material.
[0032] As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 18, according to a heat exchange tube in an embodiment
of the present disclosure, the heat exchange tube is a flat tube 100.
[0033] The flat tube 100 includes a tube body 1 and a tube cavity 11, and the tube body
1 includes a first side wall 12 and a second side wall 13 that are arranged opposite
to each other in a height direction (as shown by the up-down direction in FIG. 1)
of the flat tube 100. As shown in FIG. 1, the flat tube 100 includes the first side
wall 12 and the second side wall 13 that are arranged opposite to each other in the
up-down direction, and a third side wall 14 and a fourth side wall 15 that are arranged
opposite to each other in the left-right direction. The first side wall 12, the second
side wall 13, the third side wall 14, and the fourth side wall 15 form the tube cavity
11 of the flat tube 100.
[0034] The flat tube 100 further includes a first member 2, where the first member 2 is
located in the tube cavity 11, the first member 2 divides the tube cavity 11 into
a plurality of channels 16, the plurality of channels 16 are arranged at intervals
in a width direction (as shown by the left-right direction in FIG. 1) of the flat
tube 100, and length directions of the plurality of channels 16 are parallel to a
length direction of the flat tube 100.
[0035] A welding portion 3 is located in at least one of the channels 16. As shown in FIG.
1, the first member 2 is corrugated in the left-right direction, at least a part of
an upper side of the first member 2 is welded to the first side wall 12, at least
a part of a lower side of the first member 2 is welded to the second side wall 13,
and the welding portion 3 is located between the first member 2 and the first side
wall 12 and second side wall 13.
[0036] On a cross section of the flat tube 100, a cross section of the welding portion 3
partially overlaps a flow cross section of the channel 16 and is connected to the
first side wall 12. On the flow cross section of the channel 16, the cross section
of the welding portion 3 includes a contour line, the contour line includes a plurality
of circular arcs, a radius of curvature of the circular arc is R, and at least one
R meets the following condition: N*(Wb+0.15R) > 0.0017Wt
2+0.0175Wt+0.3713; or N*(Wb+0.15R) < 0.0119Wt
2+0.086Wt+2.9649; where a quantity of the channels 16 of the flat tube 100 is N, a
thickness of the first member 2 is Wb, and a width of the flat tube 100 is Wt. The
heat exchange tube in the present disclosure effectively reduces resistance on a refrigerant
side, which helps improve heat exchange performance of a heat exchanger. In addition,
a radius of curvature of the circular arc is R, so that a stress structure of the
welding portion 3 between the flat tube 100 and the first member 2 is more appropriate,
and a welding effect is better. The flat tube 100 and the first member 2 are formed
by processing a same sheet material.
[0037] In some embodiments, a height of the flat tube 100 is H, the quantity of the channels
16 of the flat tube 100 is N, the width of the flat tube 100 is Wt, and the following
conditions are met: {(N-2)/20}
2*{(Wt-16)/16}
3 > 0.05; and H*Wt < 80. In this way, the heat exchange tube can obtain high heat transfer
performance while ensuring design strength.
[0038] In some embodiments, a height of the flat tube 100 is H, the quantity of the channels
16 of the flat tube 100 is N, the width of the flat tube 100 is Wt, and the following
conditions are met: {(N-2)/20}
2*{(Wt-16)/16}
3 > 0.3; and H*Wt < 80. In this case, the heat exchange tube in the present disclosure
effectively reduces resistance on the refrigerant side, which helps improve heat exchange
performance of the heat exchanger. In addition, the flat tube 100 is formed by processing
one sheet material, and the first member 2 is formed by processing another sheet material.
[0039] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 18, the width Wt of the flat tube
100 is less than 40 mm and greater than 16 mm, and the quantity N of the channels
16 of the flat tube 100 is greater than 14. It may be understood that, a larger width
Wt of the flat tube 100 indicates a larger quantity of channels 16 in the flat tube
100, and is more capable of effectively improving a heat exchange area of the flat
tube 100 and improving a heat exchange capability of the heat exchange tube. However,
if the width Wt of the flat tube 100 is too large, a volume of the flat tube 100 increases,
which hinders installation of the flat tube 100. The flat tube 100 and the first member
2 are formed by processing a same sheet material.
[0040] In some embodiments, as shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 18, the width Wt of the flat tube
100 is less than 36mm and greater than 16 mm, and the quantity N of the channels 16
of the flat tube 100 is greater than 20. It may be understood that, a larger width
Wt of the flat tube 100 indicates a larger quantity of channels 16 in the flat tube
100, and is more capable of effectively improving a heat exchange area of the flat
tube 100 and improving a heat exchange capability of the heat exchange tube. However,
if the width Wt of the flat tube 100 is too large, a volume of the flat tube 100 increases,
which hinders installation of the flat tube 100. In addition, the flat tube 100 is
formed by processing one sheet material, and the first member 2 is formed by processing
another sheet material.
[0041] In some embodiments, a ratio of the height H of the flat tube 100 to the width Wt
of the flat tube 100 is less than 0.0512. In this case, the flat tube 100 can obtain
high heat transfer performance while ensuring design strength.
[0042] In some embodiments, D meets: 0.1 < (H-4*D)/H < 0.9. It may be understood that in
the flat tube 100, the first member 2 and an inner wall of the flat tube 100 are welded
by using the welding portion 3. A larger value of D indicates that a larger welding
portion 3 is used between the first member 2 and the inner wall of the flat tube 100,
and connection between the first member 2 and the inner wall of the flat tube 100
is more secure. However, a larger welding portion 3 indicates a smaller flow area
of the channel 16, which affects heat exchange performance of the heat exchange tube.
In the present disclosure, 0.1 < (H-4*D)/H < 0.9, so that the heat exchange tube can
obtain high heat transfer performance while ensuring design strength.
[0043] Specifically, FIG. 1 to FIG. 6 show two specific embodiments of the heat exchange
tube.
[0044] As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the right side of the sheet material is fixed, and
the left side of the sheet material is first bent to form the structure of the flat
tube 100. In this case, the right side of the sheet material is proximately in contact
with the middle section of the sheet material, and the other part of the sheet material
is continuously bent in the tube cavity 11 to be a corrugated structure, so as to
form the first member 2. In this case, an upper side and a lower side of the other
part of the sheet material are respectively connected to an upper side wall and a
lower side wall of the flat tube 100. The first member 2 and the flat tube 100 are
welded together by using the welding portion 3. In addition, a right side edge of
the flat tube 100 and the middle section of the flat tube 100 are welded together
by using a right-side portion of the flat tube 100.
[0045] As shown in FIG. 4 to FIG. 6, a middle portion of the sheet material is fixed, a
left-side portion of the sheet material is bent toward the middle portion of the sheet
material, and a right-side portion of the sheet material is bent toward the middle
portion of the sheet material, to form the flat tube 100. In this case, a tube cavity
11 includes a first sub-cavity 111 and a second sub-cavity 112, and the first sub-cavity
111 and the second sub-cavity 112 are not communicated. The left-side portion of the
sheet material is further bent in the first sub-cavity 111 toward the left end of
the first sub-cavity 111, to form a first sub-member 21. The right-side portion of
the sheet material is further bent in the second sub-cavity 112 toward the right end
of the second sub-cavity 112, to form a second sub-member 22.
[0046] FIG. 7 to FIG. 12 show another two specific embodiments of the heat exchange tube.
[0047] As shown in FIG. 7 to FIG. 9, a sheet material is bent to form the flat tube 100.
Specifically, the right side of the sheet material is fixed, and the left side of
the sheet material is bent by one fold to connect to the right side of the plate,
so as to form the flat tube 100.
[0048] Another sheet material is first bent to form the first member 2, and then the first
member 2 is welded in the tube cavity 11, so as to form the heat exchange tube.
[0049] As shown in FIG. 10 to FIG. 12, a sheet material is bent to form a flat tube 100.
Specifically, the middle section of the sheet material is fixed, both a left-side
portion and a right-side portion of the sheet material are bent toward the middle
section of the sheet material, and the left-side portion and the right-side portion
of the sheet material approximately meet at a centerline of the sheet material, so
as to form the flat tube 100. There is a gap 17 between the left side and right side
of the sheet material and a middle portion of the sheet material.
[0050] Another sheet material is first bent to form the first member 2, and then the first
member 2 is welded in the tube cavity 11, so as to form the heat exchange tube. The
middle section of the another sheet material may be welded in the gap 17.
[0051] FIG. 13 to FIG. 18 show still another two specific embodiments of the heat exchange
tube.
[0052] As shown in FIG. 13 to FIG. 15, a first sheet material is bent to form the flat tube
100. Specifically, the middle section of the first sheet material is fixed, both a
left-side portion and a right-side portion of the first sheet material are bent toward
the middle section of the first plate, and the left-side portion and the right-side
portion of the first sheet material approximately meet at a centerline of the first
sheet material, so as to form the flat tube 100. The left side and the right side
of the first sheet material are connected to the middle section of the first sheet
material. Therefore, the first sheet material divides the tube cavity 11 into a first
sub-cavity 111 and a second sub-cavity 112.
[0053] A second plate and a third plate are respectively bent to form a first sub-member
21 and a second sub-member 22, where the first sub-member 21 is welded in the first
sub-cavity 111, and the second sub-member 22 is welded in the second sub-cavity 112.
[0054] As shown in FIG. 16 to FIG. 18, a first sheet material is connected to a second sheet
material to form the flat tube 100. Specifically, a structure of the first sheet material
is the same as that of the second sheet material. The left end of the first sheet
material is connected to the left end of the second sheet material, and the right
end of the first sheet material is connected to the right end of the second sheet
material, so as to form the flat tube 100.
[0055] A third sheet material is first bent to form the first member 2, and then the first
member 2 is welded in the tube cavity 11, so as to form the heat exchange tube.
[0056] As shown in FIG. 19 to FIG. 21, the first sheet material is bent to form the flat
tube 100. In this case, the tube cavity 11 includes a first sub-cavity 111 and a second
sub-cavity 112, and the first sub-cavity 111 and the second sub-cavity 112 are not
communicated.
[0057] There are two first members 2, and the two first members 2 are respectively disposed
in the first sub-cavity 111 and the second sub-cavity 112. During bending, the first
member 2 is bent at a right angle.
[0058] As shown in FIG. 22, a heat exchanger 200 according to an embodiment of the present
disclosure includes a first pipe 201 and a second pipe 202.
[0059] Specifically, as shown in FIG. 22, a structure of the first pipe 201 and the second
pipe 202 is proximately the same, both the first pipe 201 and the second pipe 202
extend in a front-rear direction, and the first pipe 201 and the second pipe 202 are
parallel to each other.
[0060] A plurality of heat exchange tubes each are the heat exchange tube according to any
embodiment of the present disclosure, and the heat exchange tube communicates the
first pipe 201 with the second pipe 202. One end of the plurality of heat exchange
tubes (for example, the left end of the heat exchange tube shown in the FIG. 22) is
connected to the first pipe 201, and the other end of the plurality of heat exchange
tubes (for example, the right end of the heat exchange tube shown in the FIG. 22)
is connected to the second pipe 202. The heat exchange tube is the flat tube 100.
[0061] In the descriptions of the present disclosure, it should be understood that directions
or position relationships indicated by the terms such as "center", "longitudinal",
"transverse", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left",
"right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise",
"counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like are based on
the accompanying drawings, are merely used for the convenience of describing the present
disclosure and simplifying the description, but are not intended to indicate or imply
that an apparatus or element referred to must have a particular orientation or must
be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore shall not be
understood as a limitation on the present disclosure.
[0062] Besides, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only, and
shall not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly
indicating the quantity of indicated technical features. Therefore, a feature limited
by "first" or "second" may expressly or implicitly include at least one of such features.
In the description of the present disclosure, "a plurality of" means at least two,
such as two or three, unless otherwise specifically defined.
[0063] In the present disclosure, unless otherwise expressly specified and defined, terms
such as "install", "connect", "connected to", and "fasten" should be understood in
a broad sense. For example, unless otherwise expressly defined, a "connection" may
be a fixed connection, may be a detachable connection, or may be an integrated connection;
or may be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection, or a mutually communicative
connection; or may be a direct connection, or an indirect connection through an intermediate
medium; or may be an inner connection between two elements, or interaction between
two elements. A person of ordinary skill in the art may understand specific meanings
of the foregoing terms in the present disclosure with reference to specific circumstances.
[0064] In the present disclosure, unless otherwise expressly specified and defined, that
a first feature is "above" or "below" a second feature means that the first feature
and the second feature are in direct contact, or are in indirect contact through an
intermediate medium. Moreover, that the first feature is "over", "above", or "on"
the second feature may mean that the first feature is over or obliquely above the
second feature, or merely mean that the first feature is higher than the second feature
in terms of heights. That the first feature is "under", "below", or "beneath" the
second feature may mean that the first feature is under or obliquely below the second
feature, or merely mean that the first feature is lower than the second feature in
terms of heights.
[0065] In the present disclosure, the term such as "an embodiment", "some embodiments",
"example", "specific example", or "some examples" mean that specific features, structures,
materials, or characteristics described with reference to the embodiment or example
are included in at least one embodiment or example of the present disclosure. In this
specification, illustrative descriptions of the foregoing terms do not necessarily
refer to a same embodiment or example. Moreover, the described specific features,
structures, materials, or characteristics can be combined in any one or more embodiments
or examples in an appropriate manner. In addition, a person skilled in the art may
combine different embodiments or examples described in the specification and features
of the different embodiments or examples without contradicting each other.
[0066] Although the embodiments of the present disclosure are shown and described above,
it can be understood that the foregoing embodiments are examples and shall not be
construed as a limitation on the present disclosure. A person of ordinary skill in
the art may make changes, modifications, substitutions, and variants based on the
foregoing embodiments within the scope of the present disclosure.
1. A heat exchange tube, wherein the heat exchange tube is a flat tube;
the flat tube comprises a tube body and a tube cavity, and the tube body comprises
a first side wall and a second side wall that are arranged in a height direction of
the flat tube;
the flat tube comprises: a first member, wherein the flat tube further comprises a
plurality of channels, the plurality of channels are arranged at intervals in a width
direction of the flat tube, length directions of the plurality of channels are parallel
to a length direction of the flat tube, and a part of the first member is located
between two adjacent channels; and
a welding portion, wherein the welding portion is located in at least one of the channels;
and
on a cross section of the flat tube, a cross section of the welding portion partially
overlaps a flow cross section of the channel and is connected to the first side wall,
a maximum height of the cross section of the welding portion in the height direction
of the flat tube is D, and D meets the following condition:

or

wherein a quantity of the channels of the flat tube is N, a thickness of the first
member is Wb, and a width of the flat tube is Wt.
2. The heat exchange tube according to claim 1, wherein a height of the flat tube is
H, the height H of the flat tube, the quantity N of the channels of the flat tube,
and the width Wt of the flat tube meet the following conditions:

and
3. The heat exchange tube according to claim 1, wherein a height of the flat tube is
H, the height H of the flat tube, the quantity N of the channels of the flat tube,
and the width Wt of the flat tube meet the following conditions:

and
4. The heat exchange tube according to claim 1, wherein D meets: 0.1 < (H-4*D)/H < 0.9.
5. A heat exchange tube, wherein the heat exchange tube is a flat tube;
the flat tube comprises a tube body and a tube cavity, and the tube body comprises
a first side wall and a second side wall that are arranged in a height direction of
the flat tube;
the flat tube comprises: a first member, wherein the flat tube further comprises a
plurality of channels, the plurality of channels are arranged at intervals in a width
direction of the flat tube, length directions of the plurality of channels are parallel
to a length direction of the flat tube, and a part of the first member is located
between two adjacent channels; and
a welding portion, wherein the welding portion is located in at least one of the channels;
and
on a cross section of the flat tube, a cross section of the welding portion partially
overlaps a flow cross section of the channel and is connected to the first side wall;
and on the flow cross section of the channel, the cross section of the welding portion
comprises a contour line, the contour line comprises a plurality of circular arcs,
a radius of curvature of the circular arc is R, and at least one R meets the following
condition:

or

wherein a quantity of the channels is N, a thickness of the first member is Wb, and
a width of the flat tube is Wt.
6. The heat exchange tube according to claim 5, wherein a height of the flat tube is
H, the width H of the flat tube, the quantity N of the channels of the flat tube,
and the width Wt of the flat tube meet the following conditions:

and
7. The heat exchange tube according to claim 5, wherein a height of the flat tube is
H, the width H of the flat tube, the quantity N of the channels of the flat tube,
and the width Wt of the flat tube meet the following conditions:

and
8. The heat exchange tube according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the width Wt
of the flat tube is less than 40 mm and greater than 16 mm, and the quantity N of
the channels of the flat tube is greater than 14.
9. The heat exchange tube according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the width Wt
of the flat tube is less than 36mm and greater than 16 mm, and the quantity N of the
channels of the flat tube is greater than 20.
10. The heat exchange tube according to any one of claims 2, 3, 6 or 7, wherein a ratio
of the height H of the flat tube to the width Wt of the flat tube is less than 0.0512.
11. A heat exchanger, comprising:
a first pipe and a second pipe; and
a heat exchange tube, wherein the heat exchange tube is a heat exchange tube according
to any one of claims 1 to 10, and the heat exchange tube communicates the first pipe
with the second pipe.