Heat exchanger apparatus, particularly for hybrid heat pumps operated with non-azeotropic work fluids
US5150749A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 27, 1991 |
| Grant date | Sep 29, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 27, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S165/911
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Heat exchanger apparatus which includes a substantially horizontal countercurrent heat exchanger of the shell-and-tube type, particularly for hybrid heat pumps operated with non-azeotropic work fluids. The apparatus further includes fluid distributor with fluid outlets the number of which corresponds to the number of the heat exchanger tubes of the heat exchanger is provided upstream the heat exchanger, the heat exchanger tubes of which are connected each to one fluid outlet of the fluid distributor.
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