Heat Exchanger Device

Abstract

A heat exchanger device having a body for heat exchange and a fluid flow source is provided, the fluid flow source is configured to provide a fluid flow and the body and the fluid flow source are arranged relative to each other such that the fluid flow provided by the fluid flow source interacts with the body for the purpose of heat exchange. The fluid flow source is a fluidic component which includes at least one deflection device for creating an oscillation of the fluid flow.

1 . A heat exchanger device comprises a body for heat exchange and a fluid flow source, wherein the fluid flow source is configured to provide a fluid flow and wherein the body and the fluid flow source are arranged relative to each other such that the fluid flow provided by the fluid flow source interacts with the body for the purpose of heat exchange, and
 wherein the fluid flow source comprises a fluidic component which comprises at least one deflection device for creating an oscillation of the fluid flow, wherein the at least one means comprises no movable components.   
     
     
         2 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 1 , wherein the oscillation of the fluid flow is effected in an oscillation plane. 
     
     
         3 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 1 , wherein the fluidic component includes a flow chamber which can be flowed through by a fluid flow that enters the flow chamber through an inlet opening of the flow chamber and exits from the flow chamber through an outlet opening of the flow chamber, wherein in the flow chamber, the at least one deflection device for creating the oscillation of the fluid flow is provided at the outlet opening. 
     
     
         4 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 3 , wherein the inlet opening and the outlet opening each have a cross-sectional area which extends substantially perpendicularly to a longitudinal axis of the fluidic component, which is directed from the inlet opening to the outlet opening, and
 wherein the flow chamber comprises a main flow channel which extends between the inlet opening and the outlet opening, wherein the main flow channel has a cross-sectional area which extends substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis.   
     
     
         5 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 4 , wherein the cross-sectional area of the inlet opening is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the outlet opening, or the cross-sectional area of the inlet opening and the cross-sectional area of the outlet opening are equal in size. 
     
     
         6 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 4 , wherein the cross-sectional area of the inlet opening is smaller than the cross-sectional area of the main flow channel at the narrowest point of the main flow channel, or the cross-sectional area of the inlet opening and the cross-sectional area of the main flow channel at the narrowest point of the main flow channel are equal in size. 
     
     
         7 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 4 , wherein the cross-sectional area of the inlet opening, the cross-sectional area of the outlet opening, and the cross-sectional area of the main flow channel at the narrowest point of the main flow channel are equal in size. 
     
     
         8 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 4 , wherein the oscillation of the fluid flow is effected in an oscillation plane,
 wherein the fluidic component comprises a flow chamber which can be flowed through by a fluid flow that enters the flow chamber through the inlet opening of the flow chamber and exits from the flow chamber through the outlet opening of the flow chamber, wherein in the flow chamber, the at least one deflection device for creating an oscillation of the fluid flow is provided at the outlet opening,   wherein the inlet opening has a width which, in the oscillation plane, extends substantially perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis, and   wherein the fluidic component has a component depth which extends substantially perpendicularly to the oscillation plane, wherein the component depth which is greater than ¼ of the width of the inlet.   
     
     
         9 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 1 , wherein the body for heat exchange has at least one of:
 at least one surface which interacts with the fluid flow for the purpose of heat exchange and which is oriented with respect to the fluidic component such that an oscillation plane of the fluid flow exiting from the fluidic component includes a first angle with the at least one surface, wherein the first angle is substantially 90°,   at least two surfaces which interact with the fluid flow for the purpose of heat exchange, which are arranged at a distance to each other and substantially parallel to each other, and which, are oriented with, respect to the fluidic component such that the fluid flow exiting from the fluidic component extends between the at feast two surfaces, wherein the oscillation plane of the fluid flow exiting front the fluidic component includes a second angel with the at least two surfaces, wherein the second angle is substantially 90°, and   at least one surface which interacts with the fluid flow for the purpose of heat exchange and which is oriented with respect to the fluidic component such that the oscillation plane of the fluid flow exiting from the fluidic component extends substantially parallel to the at least one surface.   
     
     
         10 - 11 . (canceled) 
     
     
         12 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 4 , wherein the body for heat exchange has at least one surface which interacts with the fluid flow for the purpose of heat exchange and which is oriented with respect to the fluidic component such that the oscillation plane of the fluid flow exiting from the fluidic component includes an angle with the at least one surface, wherein the angle is substantially 90°, and
 wherein the outlet opening of the fluidic component is arranged at a distance to the at least one surface which interacts with the fluid flow for the purpose of heat exchange, and the outlet opening in the oscillation plane transversely to the longitudinal axis has a width, wherein the distance is at least twice as large as the width of the outlet opening. 
 
     
     
         13 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 3 , wherein the body for heat exchange is a flow-through device which has an inlet opening through which the fluid flow enters the body, wherein the inlet opening of the body is arranged downstream of the outlet opening of the fluidic component. 
     
     
         14 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 1 , wherein the body for heat exchange is a flow-through device which includes a flow chamber which can be flowed through by a fluid flow, and
 wherein the fluidic component is arranged in the flow chamber of the body.   
     
     
         15 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 1 , wherein the fluid flow source comprises at least one first fluidic component and at least one second fluidic component, each comprising at least one deflection device for creating an oscillation of the fluid flow, wherein the at least one deflection device comprises no movable components,
 wherein the at least one first fluidic component and the at least one second fluidic component sectionally cross each other, and   wherein the at least one first fluidic component and the at least one second fluidic component are not fluidically connected with each other by such crossing.   
     
     
         16 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 13 , wherein at least one first fluidic component and the at least one second fluidic component each include a flow chamber which can be flowed through by a fluid flow which enters the flow chamber through an inlet opening of the flow chamber and exits from the flow chamber through an outlet opening of the flow chamber, wherein the flow chamber comprises a main flow channel and, as the at least one deflection device for creating an oscillation of the fluid flow at the outlet opening, a secondary flow channel which is fluidically connected with the main flow channel. 
     
     
         17 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 14 , wherein the main flow channel can be flowed through by at least one of:
 a fluid flow along a main flow direction which is directed from the inlet opening to the outlet opening, wherein the at least one first fluidic component and the at least one second fluidic component are arranged relative to each other such that the main flow direction of the at least one first fluidic component is opposite to the main flow direction of the at least one second fluidic component, and   a fluid flow along a main flow direction which is directed from the inlet opening to the outlet opening, wherein the at least one first fluidic component and the at least one second fluidic component are arranged relative to each other such that the main flow direction of the at least one first fluidic component corresponds to the main flow direction of the at least one second fluidic component.   
     
     
         18 . (canceled) 
     
     
         19 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 14 , wherein, in terms of shape and size, the main flow channel and the at least one secondary flow channel of the at least one first fluidic component are identical—with the main flow channel and the at least one secondary flow channel of the at least one second fluidic component, respectively. 
     
     
         20 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 14 , wherein, in terms of shape or size, the main flow channel or the at least one secondary flow channel of the at least one first fluidic component are different from the main flow channel and from the at least one secondary flow channel of the at least one second fluidic component, respectively. 
     
     
         21 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 14 , wherein a dividing wall extends through the fluid flow source,
 wherein the at least one first fluidic component located on a first side of the dividing wall and the at least one second fluidic component is located on a second side of the dividing wall, and   wherein the dividing wall includes a plurality of concave or respectively convex deformations, which protrude substantially perpendicularly from a main plane of extension of the dividing wall so that, due to the deformations of the dividing wall, the main flow channel and the at least one secondary flow channel of the at least one first fluidic component and the main flow channel and the at least one secondary flow channel of the at least one second fluidic component are formed.   
     
     
         22 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 18 , wherein the extension of the at least one secondary flow channel of the at least one first fluidic component and of the at least one second fluidic component substantially perpendicularly to the main plane of extension of the dividing wall is not constant over the extension of the at least one secondary flow channel parallel to the main plane of extension of the dividing wall. 
     
     
         23 . The heat exchanger device according to  claim 18 , wherein the fluid flow source includes a front wall and a rear wall which are arranged substantially parallel to each other and to the main plane of extension of the dividing wall, and
 wherein the dividing wall is arranged between the front wall and the rear wall sectionally rests against the front wall and the rear wall.