Distribution device capable of uniformly distributing a medium to a plurality of tubes of a heat exchanger
US5979547A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 24, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 24, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28F9/027
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a distribution device (1) including a distribution tank (3) supplied with a mixed-phase medium consisting essentially of a gas-phase medium and a liquid-phase medium, and a plurality of distribution paths (4), each of which has a medium inlet port and a medium outlet port coupled to the distribution tank and a heat exchanger, respectively, and which are for directing the mixed-phase medium from the distribution tank to the heat exchanger, the medium inlet ports of the plurality of distribution paths are coupled to the distribution tank substantially along an equal void ratio line defined by connecting those points of the distribution tank which are equal in a void ratio to each other, where the void ratio is defined as a ratio of the volume of the gas-phase medium to the volume of both the gas-phase medium and the liquid-phase medium. Typically, the medium outlet ports of the distribution paths are coupled to a plurality of exchanger tubes of the heat exchanger, respectively.
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