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Condenser with dehydrator subcooler

US5146767A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 13, 1991
Grant dateSep 15, 1992
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25B2339/0441
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A condenser for a motor vehicle air conditioning system includes an inlet header and an outlet header with a plurality of baffles forming passages for connection to a plurality of parallel tubes to form a plurality of refrigerant flow passes through the condenser and a liquid refrigerant separator device, provided either as a refrigerant dehydrator receiver or as a subcooler tube, is connected across one of the baffles in the outlet header to direct high pressure liquid refrigerant in parallel flow relationship to the plurality of parallel tubes and wherein the separator device includes desiccant to dehydrate the refrigerant flowing through the condenser.

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