Evaporator
US6536517B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 22, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 22, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28F2250/04
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An evaporator comprises a pair of upper and lower horizontal header tanks, a group of heat exchange tubes arranged laterally of the evaporator in front and rear two rows and each connected to the upper header tank and the lower header tank respectively, and a vertical partition wall provided inside the upper header tank and extending laterally of the evaporator so as to form sectioned header chambers for causing a refrigerant to flow through each pair of front and rear adjacent heat exchange tubes in directions opposite to each other. An inlet is provided for a liquid-vapor mixture refrigerant in a sectioned rear header chamber, and an outlet is provided for vaporized refrigerant in a sectioned front header chamber. The evaporator is 3 to 30% in channel opening ratio.
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