Modular thermal exchange system

Abstract

A modular heat-exchange system, includes a plurality of heat exchanger modules, each of which includes a plate provided with internal conduits for the passage of a conditioning fluid. The conduits contain openings on connecting sides of the plate and locking arrangement for connecting two adjacent heat exchanger modules in an assembly. A connecting arrangement is provided for sealingly connecting the openings of the two adjacent heat exchanger modules. Each heat exchanger module includes on each connecting side a seat containing at least one of the openings and configured so as to form with a similar seat of an adjacent heat exchanger module a housing that is open and arranged for receiving the locking arrangement and the connecting arrangement.

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       97 . Modular heat-exchange system, associable with a wall of a room to be conditioned, comprising heat exchanger modules, each of which comprises a plate internally provided with conduits for the passage of a conditioning fluid, said conduits leading via openings on connecting sides of said plate, a locking arrangement for connecting two heat exchanger modules that are adjacent and placed mutually abutting along respective connecting sides in an assembly condition, a connecting arrangement for sealingly connecting said openings of said two adjacent heat exchanger modules, wherein each heat exchanger module comprises on each connecting side at least a seat containing at least one of said openings and configured so as to form, in said assembly condition, with a similar seat of an adjacent heat exchanger module, a housing that is open and arranged for receiving said locking arrangement and said connecting arrangement. 
   
   
       98 . System according to  claim 97 , wherein said housing is open on a respective external face of said plate of each heat exchanger module. 
   
   
       99 . System according to  claim 97 , wherein said connecting arrangement comprises a connecting element having a shape that is complementary to, and insertible into, said housing, said connecting element being provided with at least one through opening for flowingly connecting corresponding openings of said two adjacent heat exchanger modules. 
   
   
       100 . System according to  claim 99 , wherein said seat comprises end walls shaped so as to facilitate the insertion of said connecting element and to abut on and support further end walls of said connecting element. 
   
   
       101 . System according to  claim 97 , wherein said locking arrangement when arranged inside said housing, is drivable so as to lock reversibly together said two adjacent heat exchanger modules. 
   
   
       102 . System according to  claim 101 , wherein said connecting arrangement comprises a connecting element having a shape that is complementary to, and insertible into, said housing, said connecting element being provided with at least one through opening for flowingly connecting corresponding openings of said two adjacent heat exchanger modules and wherein said locking arrangement comprises a locking bush rotatably housed in a central recess of said connecting element and provided with an abutting arrangement arranged for engaging, in a locking position, a further abutting arrangement of said seats. 
   
   
       103 . System according to  claim 102 , wherein said abutting arrangement and/or said further abutting arrangement is shaped such that by rotating said locking bush from an inserting position, wherein said abutting arrangement is disengaged from said further abutting arrangement, to said locking position, said adjacent heat exchanger modules are progressively clamped together and to said connecting element. 
   
   
       104 . System according to  claim 103 , wherein said abutting arrangement comprises two open cavities, that are substantially the same as one another and angularly spaced apart, made on a lower portion of said locking bush and provided with respective external walls having a variable thickness so as to make a substantially eccentric profile. 
   
   
       105 . System according to  claim 104 , wherein said further abutting arrangement comprises a protrusion made on a bottom wall of said seat and shaped so as to be inserted into, and progressively engage with, one of said cavities. 
   
   
       106 . System according to  claim 103 , wherein said locking bush comprises an appendage arranged for engaging a groove of said central recess so as to constrain said locking bush to said connecting element in said inserting position. 
   
   
       107 . System according to  claim 106 , wherein said seat comprises a further groove arranged for receiving said appendage in said locking position. 
   
   
       108 . System according to  claim 106 , wherein said locking bush comprises two appendages protruding externally and laterally from a lower portion of said locking bush. 
   
   
       109 . System according to  claim 103 , wherein said abutting arrangement comprises two shaped protrusions made on a lower portion of said locking bush. 
   
   
       110 . System according to  claim 109 , wherein said further abutting arrangement comprises a notch provided at said seat and arranged for receiving a respective shaped protrusion in said locking position. 
   
   
       111 . System according to  claim 110 , wherein said notch has an arched shape and is such as to make an eccentric profile. 
   
   
       112 . System according to  claim 110 , wherein said notch is made on an internal face of said plate. 
   
   
       113 . System according to  claim 109 , wherein said locking bush is rotatably connected to said connecting element. 
   
   
       114 . System according to  claim 113 , wherein said locking bush comprises an external flange connected, by means of a central pin, to a cross plate provided at opposite ends of said shaped protrusions. 
   
   
       115 . System according to  claim 114 , wherein said central pin of said locking bush is rotatably inserted into a central through opening of said connecting element. 
   
   
       116 . System according to  claim 97 , wherein said plate of each heat exchanger module comprises a perimetrical edge defining on an internal face a gap suitable for containing thermal insulating material, said internal face being intended to abut on said wall of a room. 
   
   
       117 . System according to  claim 97 , wherein said conduits are integrally formed with said plate. 
   
   
       118 . System according to  claim 117 , wherein said plate of each heat exchanger module comprises a perimetrical edge defining on an internal face a gap suitable for containing thermal insulating material, said internal face being intended to abut on said wall of a room and wherein said conduits comprise longitudinal walls obtained in relief on said internal face of said plate. 
   
   
       119 . System according to  claim 118 , comprising a closing element fixed to said longitudinal walls so as to form said conduits. 
   
   
       120 . System according to  claim 97 , wherein said connecting sides are opposite sides and/or consecutive sides of said plate. 
   
   
       121 . System according to  claim 97 , wherein said plate of each heat exchanger module comprises a plurality of cavities. 
   
   
       122 . System according to  claim 121 , wherein said heat exchanger modules are fixable to said wall of a room by a fixing arrangement inserted into at least one of said cavities provided with a bottom hole. 
   
   
       123 . System according to  claim 97 , wherein a coating arrangement is provided that is applicable to an external face of said plate of each heat exchanger module. 
   
   
       124 . System according to  claim 97 , comprising a radiant arrangement that is applicable to said heat exchanger modules and arranged for increasing a heat exchange by convection between said heat exchanger modules and said room. 
   
   
       125 . System according to  claim 124 , wherein said radiant arrangement includes at least a radiant panel comprising a slab provided on an internal surface, which is opposite an external radiant surface, with a plurality of elongated baffles. 
   
   
       126 . System according to  claim 125 , wherein said baffles are substantially parallel to one another and to a side edge of said slab. 
   
   
       127 . System according to  claim 125 , wherein said baffles are spaced apart from one another and have a corrugated and/or rectilinear shape. 
   
   
       128 . System according to  claim 125 , wherein said at least a radiant panel comprises hooking elements provided on said internal surface for fixing said radiant panel to at least an heat exchanger module. 
   
   
       129 . System according to  claim 128 , wherein said plate of each heat exchanger module comprises a plurality of cavities and wherein said hooking elements comprise a plurality of pegs that are insertible into said cavities of said heat exchanger modules. 
   
   
       130 . System according to  claim 124 , wherein said heat exchanger modules and/or said radiant arrangement are made of metallic material with high heat conductivity, in particular of aluminium alloy.