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This is the tenth article covering one of several energy-saving stituent aluminum components and brazes the assembly in a
technologies evaluated in a recent U.S. Department of Energy brazing oven. Conventional heat exchangers, in contrast, con-
report. The complete report is at www.eren.doe.gov/buildings/ sist of fins made from continuous sheets with holes through
documents. which the tubes pass (Figure 1). In assembly, the hairpin tubes
slide through the holes and a manual brazing process connects
icrochannel heat exchangers (MCHXs) consist of flat the return bends to the open tube ends.
Fan-Fold
Fins Continuous Fins
Return
Microchannel Bends
Tubes
References
1. TIAX. 2002. Energy consumption characteristics of commercial
building HVAC systems Volume III: Energy savings potential.
Final Report to U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Building Tech-
nologies, July.
2. Jacobi, A.M. et al. 2001. An assessment of the state of the art, and
potential design improvements, for flat-tube heat exchangers in air con-
ditioning and refrigeration applications Phase I. ARTI-21CR Project
20020-01 Final Report, September.