Ted heat exchanger

Abstract

A thermo-electric device heat exchanger may include a plate part including a plurality of cooling tubes and a plurality of heat radiation tubes alternately disposed with respect to each other, a cooling inflowing tank and a cooling discharging tank connected to an inlet and an outlet of a cooling tube in the plurality of cooling tubes, a heat radiation inflowing tank and a heat radiation discharging tank connected to an inlet and an outlet of a heat radiation tube in the plurality of radiation tubes, and a thermoelectric element having a cooling surface and a heat radiation surface and disposed between the cooling tube and the heat radiation tube. The cooling surface may be attached to the cooling tube and the heat radiation surface may be attached to the heat radiation tube.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A thermo-electric device (TED) heat exchanger, comprising:
 a plate part configured to include a plurality of cooling tubes and a plurality of heat radiation tubes alternately disposed with respect to each other, wherein one or more cooling tubes and one or more heat radiation tubes are formed in a tube shape having fluid passages formed therein;   a cooling inflowing tank and a cooling discharging tank configured to be connected to an inlet and an outlet of a cooling tube in the plurality of cooling tubes, respectively;   a heat radiation inflowing tank and a heat radiation discharging tank configured to be connected to an inlet and an outlet of a heat radiation tube in the plurality of radiation tubes, respectively; and   a thermoelectric element configured to have a cooling surface and a heat radiation surface and be disposed between the cooling tube and the heat radiation tube, the cooling surface being attached to the cooling tube and the heat radiation surface being attached to the heat radiation tube.   
     
     
         2 . The TED heat exchanger according to  claim 1 , wherein the inlet and the outlet of the cooling tube are disposed at opposite sides with respect to a center line extended to a longitudinal direction of the cooling tube. 
     
     
         3 . The TED heat exchanger according to  claim 1 , wherein the inlet and the outlet of the heat radiation tube are disposed at opposite sides with respect to a center line extended to a longitudinal direction of the heat radiation tube. 
     
     
         4 . The TED heat exchanger according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the inlet of the cooling tube and the outlet of the heat radiation tube are disposed at opposite sides, with respect to a center line extended to a longitudinal direction of the cooling tube or with respect to a center line extended to a longitudinal direction of the heat radiation tube; and   the outlet of the cooling tube and the inlet of the heat radiation tube are disposed at opposite sides, with respect to the center line extended to the longitudinal direction of the cooling tube or with respect to the center line extended to the longitudinal direction of the heat radiation tube.   
     
     
         5 . The TED heat exchanger according to  claim 4 , wherein:
 the cooling inflowing tank and the heat radiation discharging tank are adjacently disposed at opposite sides, with respect to the center line extended to the longitudinal direction of the cooling tube or with respect to the center line extended to the longitudinal direction of the heat radiation tube;   the cooling discharging tank and the heat radiation inflowing tank are adjacently disposed at opposite sides, with respect to the center line extended to the longitudinal direction of the cooling tube or with respect to the center line extended to the longitudinal direction of the heat radiation tube;   the cooling inflowing tank and the cooling discharging tank are connected to the inlet and outlet of the cooling tube, respectively; and   the heat radiation inflowing tank and the heat radiation discharging tank are connected to the inlet and outlet of the heat radiation tube, respectively.   
     
     
         6 . The TED heat exchanger according to  claim 1 , wherein all inlets of the plurality of heat radiation tubes are connected to the heat radiation inflowing tank. 
     
     
         7 . The TED heat exchanger according to  claim 1 , wherein all outlets of the plurality of heat radiation tubes are connected to the heat radiation discharging tank. 
     
     
         8 . The TED heat exchanger according to  claim 1 , wherein inlets of a first set of cooling tubes in the plurality of cooling tubes and outlets of a second set of cooling tubes in the plurality of cooling tubes communicate with each other through the cooling inflowing tank or the cooling discharging tank, thereby forming a series of continuous channels. 
     
     
         9 . The TED heat exchanger according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cooling tubes are divided into a first cooling set having a fluid flow in one side and a second cooling set having a fluid flow in the other side, the first cooling set and the second cooling set being configured to have an inlet and an outlet disposed in an opposite direction to each other. 
     
     
         10 . The TED heat exchanger according to  claim 9 , wherein the inlet of the first cooling set communicates with the outlet of the second cooling set in the cooling inflowing tank or the cooling discharging tank, or the outlet of the first cooling set communicates with the inlet of the second cooling set in the cooling inflowing tank or the cooling discharging tank. 
     
     
         11 . The TED heat exchanger according to  claim 10 , wherein:
 in a case where the inlet of the first or second cooling set is an inlet in which the fluid first flows, the inlet of the first or second cooling set does not communicate with the outlet of the other set; and   in a case where the outlet of the first or second cooling set is an outlet through which the fluid is finally discharged, the outlet of the first or second cooling set does not communicate with the inlet of the other set.   
     
     
         12 . The TED heat exchanger according to  claim 11 , wherein:
 the cooling inflowing tank and the cooling discharging tank are each connected to ends of the plurality of cooling tubes; and   insides of the cooling inflowing tank and the cooling discharging tank are provided with partition walls to form a zigzag channel through which the fluid continuously flows in the first cooling set and the second cooling set.