Forced flow evaporator for unusual gravity conditions
US4697427A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 10, 1985 |
| Grant date | Oct 6, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 10, 2005 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28F2210/10
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Low efficiency heat transfer in evaporators subject to unusual gravitational conditions is avoided through the use of a spiral evaporator conduit 12 receiving at an inlet 14 a vaporizable coolant at least partly in the liquid phase. Flow of the coolant through the conduit 12 demists the coolant by centrifuging the liquid phase against a pressurre wall 44 of the conduit 12. Vapor flow 40 induces counterrotating vortices 46, 48 which circulate the liquid phase coolant around the interior of the conduit 12 to wet all surfaces thereof.
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