| 摘要 |
AN IMPROVED HEAT TRANSFER TUBE (10) AND A METHOD OF FORMATION THEREOF. THE INNER SURFACE (20) OF THE TUBE (10) HAS A PRIMARY SET OF FINS AND AN INTERMEDIATE SETS OF FINS POSITIONED IN THE AREAS BETWEEN THE PRIMARY FINS (12) AND AT AN ANGLE RELATIVE TO THE PRIMARY FINS (12). WHILE INTERMEDIATE FINS (26) MAY BE USED WITH PRIMARY FINS (12) ARRANGED IN ANY PATTERN, IN A PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INNER SURFACE (20) TUBE (10) DESIGN, THE INTERMEDIATE FINS (26) ARE POSITIONED RELATIVE TO THE PRIMARY FINS (12) TO RESULT IN A GRID-LIKE APPEARANCE. TESTS SHOW THAT THE PERFORMANCE OF TUBES (10) HAVING THE INTERMEDIATE FIN (26) DESIGNS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION IS SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCED. A FIRST SET OF ROLLERS (28, 30, 32) CREATES THE PRIMARY AND INTERMEDIATE FIN (26) DESIGNS ON AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF A BOARD. A SECOND SET OF ROLLERS (28, 30, 32) MAY BE USED TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE PERFORMANCE. AFTER THE DESIRED PATTERN HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED ONTO THE BOARD WITH THE ROLLERS (28, 30, 32), THE BOARD IS THEN FORMED AND WELDED INTO A TUBE (10), SO THAT, AT A MINIMUM, THE INNER SURFACE (20) DESIGN OF THE RESULTING TUBE (10) INCLUDES THE INTERMEDIATE FINS (26) AS CONTEMPLATED BY THE PRESENT INVENTION.(FIG 1) |
