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Evaporator and heat exchanger with external loop, as well as heat pump system and air conditioning system comprising said evaporator or heat exchanger

US7334431B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 15, 2004
Grant dateFeb 26, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B30/52
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An evaporator including an evaporating chamber equipped with a drainage. The drainage drains accumulated liquid from the evaporator's lower parts and includes an external expansion driven injector and/or an external pump. The evaporator can be used e.g. in a heat exchanger, e.g. in a heat pump system or air condition system, and the vacuum driven injector can be integrated with an expansion device of the heat exchanger. A condenser can be used together with the evaporator in a heat exchanger of the plate type realizing an integrated superheater/supercooler. This is accomplished by the definition and use of delimited interacting zones through which the cooling medium circulates under heat exchange with itself.

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