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20080216509 | REFRIGERATOR - According to one aspect, there is provided a refrigerator including a refrigerating chamber formed at a relatively upper portion of a refrigerator body and a freezing chamber formed at a relatively lower portion of the refrigerator body, which comprises an ice-making chamber which is partitioned in the refrigerating chamber by insulating walls and includes an icemaker for making ice and an ice storage for storing the ice made in the icemaker. The temperature in the refrigerating chamber can be accurately controlled, the loss of cold air can be minimized and the structures for supplying water into the icemaker and the dispenser can be simplified. | 09-11-2008 |
20080245099 | EVAPORATOR - An evaporator includes a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger. The first heat exchanger includes a first path in which coolant flows downwardly, a second path in which the coolant from the first path flows upwardly, and a third path in which the coolant from the second path flows downwardly. The second heat exchanger includes at least two paths including a first path in which the coolant from the first heat exchanger flows upwardly. The number of tubes in the first path of the first heat exchanger is smaller than that in any one of the other paths of the exchangers. The number of tubes in the second path of the first heat exchanger is equal to or greater than that in the third path of the first heat exchanger. The number of tubes in the first path of the second heat exchanger is smaller than that in the third path of the first heat exchanger. | 10-09-2008 |
20080271478 | Cooling System and Method for Producing an Evaporation Plate for a Low Temperature Cooling System - The invention relates to a cooling system comprising an essentially flat evaporator consisting of individual evaporation plates ( | 11-06-2008 |
20080271479 | Refrigerant evaporator - In a refrigerant evaporator, a core has tubes that are arranged in a core width direction and at least in two rows including a first row and a second row. The first row is disposed downstream of the second row with respect to a flow direction of an external fluid. The tubes of the first row provide a refrigerant upward path and a refrigerant downward path. The core has a thickness equal to or less than 50 mm with respect to the flow direction of the external fluid, and a width equal to or greater than 220 mm with respect to the core width direction. The upward path is further than the downward path with respect to a refrigerant inlet disposed at an end of a first header tank, and has a width equal to or less than 95 mm with respect to the core width direction. | 11-06-2008 |
20080302131 | Evaporator - An evaporator includes a plurality of flat heat exchange tubes arranged in a left-right direction at a spacing with the widthwise direction thereof pointing forward or rearward, and fins arranged between respective adjacent pairs of heat exchange tubes. The fins have at least front edges thereof projected forwardly outward beyond the heat exchange tubes. Assuming that the amount of projection of the fins beyond the heat exchange tubes is X mm and that the heat exchange tubes are Y mm in thickness in the left-right direction, i.e., in height, X and Y have the relationship of 0.11Y≦X≦1.0Y. The surfaces of the fins can be drained of condensation water efficiently. | 12-11-2008 |
20080307825 | Micro-Evaporator - A micro-evaporator is disclosed which is easy to manipulate and can be operated problem-free over a large temperature range. The micro-evaporator has micro-evaporator channels in a trapezoidal region, comprising an inlet region opening in the liquid feed chamber with a small diameter, and an outlet region opening into the vapor collecting chamber with a large diameter. | 12-18-2008 |
20090007592 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger | 01-08-2009 |
20090007593 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH COLD ACCUMULATOR - The invention relates to a heat exchanger, in particular an evaporator ( | 01-08-2009 |
20090019884 | AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner having a heat-source side unit including a compressor and a heat-source side heat exchanger, plural use-side units each having a use-side heat exchanger and an inter-unit pipe for connecting the heat-source side unit to the plural use-side units, including an auxiliary heat source unit having a water-refrigerant heat exchanger for heat-exchanging refrigerant with water, a refrigerant side of the water-refrigerant heat exchanger being selectively connectable to one of the high-pressure gas pipe and the low-pressure gas pile through one of a first change-over valve and a second change-over valve, and also connected to a liquid pipe through an expansion valve, and a controller for controlling the auxiliary heat source unit so that the water-refrigerant heat exchanger of the auxiliary heat source unit functions as an evaporator with a water side thereof serving as a heat source when some of the user-side units are under heating operation. | 01-22-2009 |
20090019885 | Evaporator - An evaporator includes a refrigerant flow section which is provided on the refrigerant outlet header section. Refrigerant fed from a condenser and not yet having passed through a pressure-reducing device flows through the refrigerant flow section. The refrigerant flow section is composed of a refrigerant flow pipe brazed to the outer surface of the refrigerant outlet header section. Heat exchange is effected between the refrigerant within the refrigerant outlet header section and the refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant flow section. This evaporator eliminates the necessity of adding extra components to a refrigeration cycle, reduces the installation space and cost of the refrigeration cycle, and improves the cooling performance thereof. | 01-22-2009 |
20090025418 | HEAT EXCHANGER SUPPORT - A heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system having a compressor, a heat exchanger, an expansion device, and a multichannel heat exchanger connected in a closed refrigerant loop. The HVAC&R system may also have a base, a retainer and/or a grommet for providing support to the multichannel heat exchanger and/or substantially isolating the multichannel heat exchanger from the base. | 01-29-2009 |
20090084131 | Air Conditioning Units with Modular Heat Exchangers, Inventories, Buildings, and Methods - Air conditioning units, methods of manufacturing, inventories, and buildings wherein certain heat exchanger modules are combined to make air conditioning units. In some embodiments, different combinations of different size modules are used to produce air conditioning units having different capacities wherein some identical modules are used in different size units. Various heat exchanger assemblies include spacers between modules, bends formed after modules are assembled into heat exchanger assemblies, attachment rails at the ends of the modules, inactive multi-tubes at the top and bottom of the modules, copper tubing between aluminum modules to facilitate field replacement of individual modules, name plates that attach between modules, attachment clips or spacers that snap attach to the modules, or a combination thereof, as examples. | 04-02-2009 |
20090165497 | HEAT EXCHANGER - An evaporator with a plurality of tubes which extend through the shell. The plurality of tubes have first respective tubes and second respective tubes, the second respective tubes being proximate to and laterally displaced from the first respective tubes. A generally vertical partition is positioned to direct the flow of the process fluid through the plurality of tubes in a generally sideways pattern. | 07-02-2009 |
20090293535 | Heat exchanger - A heat exchanger includes a heat exchanging section for performing heat exchange between a refrigerant and a cooling medium and a passage section. The passage section includes a first passage and a second passage for supplying the refrigerant to the heat exchanging section and a supply passage for supplying the refrigerant to the first passage and the second passage. The first passage and the second passage define a first opening portion and a second opening portion opening at an end of the supply passage. A minimum distance between an opening edge of the first opening portion and an inner surface of the supply passage is equal to a minimum distance between an opening edge of the second opening portion and the inner surface of the supply passage. | 12-03-2009 |
20100005832 | DEVICE FOR COOLING, IN PARTICULAR, ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS - A device for cooling, in particular for cooling electronic components, in particular a processor unit, having an evaporator for absorbing heat in a coolant, in particular through evaporation, having a gas cooler for cooling the coolant, in particular through condensation, having a first coolant conduit for the communicating connection of an evaporator outlet to a gas cooler inlet, and having a second coolant conduit for the communicating connection of a gas cooler outlet to an evaporator inlet, the first coolant conduit is plugged onto the evaporator outlet and/or is plugged into the gas cooler inlet with an excess length, and in that the second coolant conduit is plugged onto the gas cooler outlet and/or is plugged into the evaporator inlet with an excess length. | 01-14-2010 |
20100050685 | Multichannel Heat Exchanger with Dissimilar Flow - Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems and heat exchangers are provided that include multichannel tube configurations designed to promote flow of refrigerant within the multichannel tubes near the edges of the tubes that are contacted first by an external fluid. The tube configurations include flow paths of varying cross-sections, spacings, and sizes. Flow control mechanisms, such as inserts, blocking plates, sleeves, crimped sections, and crushed sections, may be employed with the flow paths to favor flow near the edges of the tubes that are contacted first by an external fluid. | 03-04-2010 |
20100077794 | Evaporator - An evaporator includes a refrigerant inlet header section, a refrigerant outlet header section, and a refrigerant circulation path connecting the two header sections. A refrigerant inlet-outlet member composed of a first plate, a second plate, and an intermediate plate is joined to the two header sections. The refrigerant inlet-outlet member has an inflow channel whose one end communicates with the refrigerant inlet of the refrigerant inlet header section and whose other end is opened to a rear edge of the refrigerant inlet-outlet member, and an outflow channel whose one end communicates with the refrigerant outlet of the refrigerant outlet header section and whose other end is opened to the rear edge. The first and second plates each have inflow-channel-forming and outflow-channel-forming outward swelled portions. Cutouts and a through hole are formed in the intermediate plate such that the inflow channel and the outflow channel cross each other. | 04-01-2010 |
20100083694 | Evaporator - Each heat exchange tube of an evaporator is composed of two press-worked rectangular metal plates joined together in a stacked condition. The metal plates of the heat exchange tube are swelled outward whereby at least one refrigerant flow space extending in the vertical direction and having opened upper and lower ends is provided in the heat exchange tube. Insertion portions to be inserted into header sections of header tanks of the evaporator via tube insertion holes are provided on upper and lower end portions of each heat exchange tube at positions corresponding to the refrigerant flow space. A concave portion is formed in each of the insertion portions, excluding opposite ends thereof with respect to the front-rear direction, of the upper and lower end portions of each heat exchange tube, the concave portion being concaved inward with respect to a longitudinal direction of the heat exchange tube. | 04-08-2010 |
20100132403 | Drainpipe heat exchanger with heat storage - The present invention is a drainpipe heat exchanger to heat cold water using drainwater heat. A slit in a stiff exterior plastic sleeve with band clamps combine with internal hydraulic pressure to create a very high thermal contact force. Vertical and horizontal embodiments with and without protected heat storage are disclosed including a half jacket design for installation around operating drainpipes. A horizontal embodiment discloses a two-piece plastic-copper design. Double-wall construction and venting for visible leak detection satisfies plumbing code requirements. Use on vehicular or other combustion engine exhaust pipes is also contemplated. | 06-03-2010 |
20100186443 | HEAT TRANSFER TUBES - A combined cycle power plant includes a first generator driven by a gas turbine for generating electricity. The combined cycle power plant further includes a heat recovery steam generator disposed to receive exhaust gas from the gas turbine. The heat recovery steam generator includes an evaporator having tubes receptive to water flow therethrough. The tubes are disposed to be exposed to the exhaust gas, such that a flow of the exhaust gas passes around the tubes transfers heat from the exhaust gas to the tubes and thereby the water flowing through the tubes sufficient for the water to evaporate into steam. The tubes each having an outer surface with a plurality of deformations formed therein sufficient to introduce turbulence in the flow of the exhaust gas for enhancing heat transfer from the exhaust gas to the tubes. | 07-29-2010 |
20100293994 | HYDROPHILIC COMPOSITION AND HYDROPHILIC MEMBER HAVING ANTIFUNGAL PROPERTY - A hydrophilic composition and a hydrophilic member obtained by using the composition are provided, which composition contains a hydrophilic polymer having a specific structure of having a hydrolysable group in the side chain thereof in a content of 50% by weight or more based on the weight of the solid components and further contains an additive having an antifungal property, and which composition shows excellent water resistance and maintains the high hydrophilicity even after being stored for a long period under an environment of high temperature and high humidity. | 11-25-2010 |
20110005271 | VEHICULAR AIR CONDITIONING APPARATUS - In a vehicular air conditioning apparatus, first and second partitioning members are installed at the boundary region between a first cooling section and a second cooling section of an evaporator. The evaporator is divided into the first cooling section and the second cooling section by the first and second partitioning members. In a condition where air is not blown in either one of the passages in which the first cooling section and the second cooling section are provided, air that flows through one of the passages is prevented from flowing into the other passage while passing through the interior of the evaporator. | 01-13-2011 |
20110048066 | Battery Cooling - A battery cooling system operates by pumping liquid through a cooling fluid circulation path. Because the battery cooling system pumps liquid, the compression system that generates the cooling power does not require the use of a condenser. The compression system utilizes a compression wave. An evaporator of the cooling system operates in the critical flow regime in which the pressure in an evaporator tube will remain almost constant and then ‘jump’ or ‘shock up’ to an increased pressure. | 03-03-2011 |
20110094260 | ROLLER EVAPORATOR FOR A SNOW MACHINE - A roller evaporator for a snow machine includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is fixed on a high pressure tube and a low pressure tube, and the outer layer corresponds to and rotates relatively with respect to the inner layer. A roller of the roller evaporator is divided into two layers, with the inner layer being installed and sealed on the high pressure tube. Therefore, an extremely good sealing effect is provided and refrigerant does leak out easily while making ice. | 04-28-2011 |
20110113823 | REFRIGERANT EVAPORATOR AND AIR CONDITIONER USING THE SAME - A refrigerant evaporator ( | 05-19-2011 |
20110113824 | Evaporator - The present invention relates to an evaporator ( | 05-19-2011 |
20110120181 | FALLING FILM EVAPORATOR - An evaporator for use in a refrigeration system includes a shell and a tube bundle, the tube bundle having a plurality of tubes extending substantially horizontally in the shell. A hood is disposed over and laterally surrounds substantially all of the plurality of tubes of the tube bundle. A distributor is positioned between the hood and the tube bundle. The hood is asymmetrically disposed within the evaporator. | 05-26-2011 |
20110174015 | EVAPORATOR UNIT - An evaporator unit includes an ejector, an evaporator and a refrigerant pipe to connect a refrigerant outlet of the evaporator and a suction port of the ejector. The suction port draws refrigerant using high-speed refrigerant flow injected from a nozzle of the ejector. The ejector, the evaporator and the refrigerant pipe are integrated with each other into an integrated unit. The refrigerant outlet of the evaporator is located upper than the suction port of the ejector. The refrigerant pipe has a shape in a manner that refrigerant flows downward from the refrigerant outlet of the evaporator to the suction port of the ejector. | 07-21-2011 |
20110232326 | EVAPORATOR FOR A REFRIGERATOR - An evaporator for a refrigerator, in particular a domestic refrigerator, includes at least one refrigerant channel and at least one plate. The plate has a receptacle, arranged in a space defined by the refrigerant channel, for positioning a tube. The receptacle is formed by at least one projection, which forms a longitudinal guide of the tube. The projection is formed on the at least one plate and defines a channel having a channel wall upon which the tube bears at least partially in a longitudinal direction. The tube is, for example, a protective tube for a temperature sensor. | 09-29-2011 |
20110271710 | CONNECTION DEVICE FOR AN INTERNAL HEAT EXCHANGER - The invention relates to a connection device for an internal heat exchanger ( | 11-10-2011 |
20110271711 | WATER HEAT EXCHANGER AND HOT WATER HEAT SOURCE APPARATUS - A water heat exchanger exchanges heat between a refrigerant and water, and includes a pair of flat refrigerant pipes and a flat water pipe. Each flat refrigerant pipe has a plurality of refrigerant passageway holes. The flat water pipe has at least one water passageway hole. The number of water passageway holes is fewer than the number of refrigerant passageway holes of the flat refrigerant pipes. Long side surfaces of the flat water pipe and a long side surface of each of the pair of flat refrigerant pipes are in tight contact with each other as viewed in cross section. The flat water pipe is interposed by the pair of flat refrigerant pipes. | 11-10-2011 |
20120017637 | AIR CONDITIONING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - Provided is a vehicle air conditioning device with a simple structure which can quickly raise the temperature of engine cooling water used for heating the air in a vehicle cabin in an engine start period in a low ambient temperature. The vehicle air conditioning device comprises the following elements integrally connected with each other: a first water heat exchanger ( | 01-26-2012 |
20120131949 | FLUID MACHINE AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A fluid machine ( | 05-31-2012 |
20120144858 | FLEXIBLE REFRIGERATION CONNECTION TUBE - A refrigeration connection tube. The tube comprises a flexible section of tubing that includes a ribbing. The ribbing circumscribes the flexible section of tubing in a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a long axis of the flexible section of tubing. The ribbing traverses an entire thickness of the flexible section of tubing. | 06-14-2012 |
20120144859 | HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE - A household appliance, in particular a refrigerator, includes an evaporator unit which includes a control panel electronic circuitry having a display unit and a control panel electronics fixing element which is placed over the control panel electronic circuitry. An outer sheet is provided to cover and close the control panel electronic circuitry. Covering the display unit is a transparent cover which is secured on both sides about its periphery between the control panel electronics fixing element and the outer sheet. | 06-14-2012 |
20120180519 | HEAT EXCHANGE SYTEM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME - A conduit is processed for installation in a heat exchange system as an expansion. In particular, the conduit is crushed to modify one or more flow parameters of the invention. The crushing of the conduit is preformed according to one or more crush parameters determined to ensure that refrigerant flowing through the conduit within the heat exchange system will experience a pressure drop of a predetermined amount while travelling through the conduit. | 07-19-2012 |
20120216563 | SURFACE FEEDING AND DISTRIBUTION OF A REFRIGERANT FOR A HEAT EXCHANGER IN SORPTION MACHINES - The invention relates to an evaporator for sorption machines, comprising a heat exchanger provided with at least one tube and/or preferably tubular accessories, and a porous material which allows vapour to pass through is in contact with the tubes and/or the tubular accessories. The invention also relates to the use of fibrous material as filing material in an evaporator. | 08-30-2012 |
20120260692 | WATER FLOW MEASUREMENT DEVICE - A chiller system including an evaporator for evaporating a refrigerant and a water pipe in fluid communication with the evaporator. The water pipe is configured to allow water to pass through at a flow rate and to circulate the water with the evaporator to exchange heat with the refrigerant in the evaporator. The chiller system includes a flow restrictor tube within the water pipe that is configured to allow the water to flow through the flow restrictor tube at a reduced flow rate relative to the flow rate. The chiller system also includes a measuring probe that passes through walls of the water pipe and the flow restrictor tube and includes an accuracy range of flow rates less than the flow rate. The measuring probe is configured to measure the reduced flow rate within the flow restrictor tube where the reduced flow rate is within the accuracy range. | 10-18-2012 |
20130008203 | MIX DOOR AND VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONER USING THE SAME - A mix door includes a slide door unit, a slide driving part configured to drive the slide door unit, and a gear cover partially covering the slide driving part. The slide driving part includes a gear mechanism portion formed of a rack portion and a gear portion. The gear cover is provided to cover the gear portion. | 01-10-2013 |
20130014540 | HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION TUBE USED IN THE SAMEAANM Michitsuji; YoshiharuAACI Sakai-shiAACO JPAAGP Michitsuji; Yoshiharu Sakai-shi JP - A heat exchange device includes a heat exchanger having a plurality of heat transfer tubes through which a refrigerant is circulated and functioning as an evaporator, a plurality of communication tubes connected to ends of the heat transfer tubes on the refrigerant discharge side, and a header connected to ends of the plurality of communication tubes on the refrigerant discharge side, the header for joining the refrigerant discharged from the communication tubes. At least a part of the plurality of communication tubes includes a flow passage enlargement communication tube formed in such a manner that a flow passage sectional area on the side of the header is larger than a flow passage sectional area on the side of the heat transfer tubes. | 01-17-2013 |
20130055755 | DISTRIBUTOR DEVICE FOR DISTRIBUTING LIQUID TO TUBES OF A TUBE-BUNDLE APPARATUS, AND ALSO TUBE-BUNDLE APPARATUS, IN PARTICULAR FALLING-FILM EVAPORATOR - A distributor device is provided for distributing liquid to tubes of a vertical tube-bundle apparatus that open out into an upper tube sheet. The distributor device includes a plurality of outlet openings that are directed downward. For improved liquid guidance, construction, and operation of the tube-bundle apparatus, the distributor device additionally includes laterally directed outlet openings. The tube-bundle apparatus includes a shell and a hood closing the shell at the top and a tube bundle arranged within the shell. The tube-bundle includes tubes opening out into an upper tube sheet and a distributor device arranged above the upper tube sheet, within the hood, for distributing liquid to the tubes. | 03-07-2013 |
20130061631 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes refrigerant tubes through which refrigerant flows, and cooling-medium tubes through which coolant of a vehicle-running electric motor flows. The refrigerant tubes and the cooling-medium tubes are alternately lamination-arranged. The heat exchanger further includes outside air passages between the refrigerant tubes and the cooling-medium tubes which are adjacent to each other, and outside air flows through the outside air passages. The heat exchanger further includes outer fins arranged in the outside air passages to be capable of transferring heat between the refrigerant tubes and the cooling-medium tubes. Accordingly, appropriate heat exchange can be performed between the refrigerant and the outside air, between the coolant and the outside air, and between the refrigerant and the coolant. | 03-14-2013 |
20130111945 | Heat Exchanger and Heat Pump Using Same - A heat exchanger having a plurality of heat-transfer tubes arrayed at intervals in vertical and anteroposterior directions and arranged so that an equilateral triangle is formed by lines connecting the centers of heat-transfer tubes located vertically and anteroposteriorly adjacent to each other; and a plurality of heat-transfer corrugated fins arranged at intervals in an axial direction of the heat-transfer tubes, characterized in that when an external diameter of each of the heat-transfer tubes is V1; a vertical pitch of the heat-transfer tubes is V2, a fin pitch of the heat-transfer corrugated fins is V3, a fin plate thickness of each of the heat-transfer corrugated fins is V4, and a corrugate height of the heat-transfer corrugated fins is V5, any one of V2, V3 and V5 is set within a given range. | 05-09-2013 |
20130167582 | FREEZER EVAPORATOR APPARATUS - An ultra low temperature freezer evaporator (ULT) apparatus that has a triple feed capillary tube system. The ULT apparatus prevents the low stage compressor from running in a vacuum. The invention significantly reduces the “pull down” time. Further, the ULT freezer evaporator apparatus significantly increases the transfer area between the evaporator tubing and the contact surface on the unit to assist the transfer of heat from the refrigerated unit through the condenser to the surrounding room. | 07-04-2013 |
20130180281 | HEAT EXCHANGER ARRANGEMENT AND HEAT PUMP SYSTEM - A heat exchanger arrangement is given comprising a heat exchanger ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130233014 | HEAT EXCHANGER - The disclosure relates to a heat exchanger including an evaporator with a pair of base plates, each base plate having a first surface with channels extending from a manifold at a first end of the evaporator to a manifold at a second end of the evaporator, some of the channels are embedded into the base plate and some of the channels are arranged outside of base plate, a condenser with channels extending from a manifold at a first end of the condenser to a manifold at a second end of the condenser, at least one riser pipe and at least one return pipe. | 09-12-2013 |
20130319039 | DEVICE FOR SEPARATING DROPLETS - The invention relates to a device ( | 12-05-2013 |
20130340470 | AIRCRAFT COMPRISING A COOLING SYSTEM FOR OPERATION WITH A TWO-PHASE REFRIGERANT - An aircraft includes a cooling system having a cooling circuit to circulate a two-phase refrigerant therethrough, an evaporator disposed in a first section of the cooling circuit and having a refrigerant inlet and outlet, a condenser disposed in a second section of the cooling circuit and having a refrigerant inlet and outlet, a first cooling circuit control valve disposed in the cooling circuit between the refrigerant outlet of the evaporator and the refrigerant inlet of the condenser, and a second cooling circuit control valve disposed in the cooling circuit between the refrigerant outlet of the condenser and the refrigerant inlet of the evaporator. The first and the second cooling circuit control valves in their closed state seal the first section of the cooling circuit from the second section of the cooling circuit. The second section of the cooling circuit is installed in an unpressurized region of the aircraft. | 12-26-2013 |
20140000309 | EVAPORATOR HAVING A PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL LOUVERED CLAM SHELL HOUSINGS | 01-02-2014 |
20140013795 | THERMOSTAT OF VENDING MACHINE - A thermostat includes a compressor, a heat sink, a securing panel, a heat isolation panel, and an evaporator. The securing panel includes a securing panel body and an extending portion extending from the securing panel body, and the securing panel body loads the compressor and the heat sink. The heat isolation panel is secured to the extending portion and the heat isolation panel is substantially perpendicular to the securing panel body. The evaporator includes a side wall and an upper wall connected to the side wall. The upper wall defines an output opening; the side wall is substantially parallel to the heat isolation panel. The evaporator is secured to the heat isolation panel via a mounting member. | 01-16-2014 |
20140020425 | EVAPORATOR - An evaporator has a first longitudinal direction and includes first and second header tanks. The first header tank includes a first surrounding wall projecting from at least one of a first end portion and a second end portion along a first longitudinal direction to define a first recess to surround the first recess at at least one of the first end portion and the second end portion. The first surrounding wall has at least one first drain opening to drain water from the first recess. The second header tank has a second longitudinal direction and is disposed apart from the first header tank so that the first longitudinal direction is substantially parallel to the second longitudinal direction. The second header tank has a second surrounding wall having at least one second drain opening to drain water from the second recess. | 01-23-2014 |
20140165647 | EVAPORATOR WITH COOL STORAGE FUNCTION - An evaporator includes a cool storage material container. The cool storage material container contains a cool storage material and is disposed in a second part of the spaces. The cool storage material container includes a container main body portion joined to the refrigerant flow tubes. The outward projecting portion extends from an upper end of the leeward edge or windward edge of the container main body portion. The outward projecting portion has an expansion portion projecting from the container main body portion and projecting thickness of the expansion portion is greater than a thickness of the container main body portion. The expansion portion is located outward of the fins. At least one of left and right side walls of the expansion portion is so constructed to deform when an internal pressure in the cool storage material container increases beyond a predetermined pressure. | 06-19-2014 |
20140202203 | REFRIGERANT EVAPORATOR - A refrigerant evaporator includes a shell having a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet, and a plurality of tubes disposed within the shell and carrying a process fluid. One embodiment includes at least a first plurality of the tubes are immersed in liquid refrigerant within the shell, and at least a second plurality of the tubes are partially immersed in liquid refrigerant and partially surrounded by gaseous refrigerant. The refrigerant evaporator also includes a baffle positioned adjacent the first plurality of tubes and immersed in the liquid refrigerant to displace the liquid refrigerant. | 07-24-2014 |
20140245777 | HEAT EXCHANGER - A heat exchanger includes a heat exchange portion in which at least tubes of refrigerant tubes or coolant tubes are stacked and at least one of refrigerant or coolant exchanges heat with air. An air passage is formed in a space formed between tubes of the refrigerant tubes and the coolant tubes which are adjacent to each other. An upstream heat exchange portion located on an upstream side in a flow direction of air and a downstream heat exchange portion located downstream of the upstream heat exchange portion in the flow direction of air are provided as the heat exchange portion. A ratio of the number of the refrigerant tubes to the total number of tubes of the upstream heat exchange portion is different from a ratio of the number of the refrigerant tubes to the total number of tubes of the downstream heat exchange portion. | 09-04-2014 |
20140305159 | Heat Exchanger - In a heat exchanger, a refrigerant side header tank and a coolant side header tank which are connected with refrigerant tubes and coolant tubes include a plate header member, a communication intermediate plate member, a blocking intermediate plate member, and a tank header member. The communication intermediate plate member includes first and second fluid communication holes through which refrigerant and coolant flow, respectively. In this situation, with a simple configuration in that a part of the first and second fluid communication holes is blocked by the blocking intermediate plate member, a communication state between both tubes and internal spaces of the header tanks is regulated. | 10-16-2014 |
20140311182 | EVAPORATOR - A falling film evaporator for a heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes an evaporator housing and a plurality of evaporator tubes located in the evaporator housing and arranged into one or more tube bundles. A volume of thermal energy transfer medium is flowed through the plurality of evaporator tubes. One or more support sheets located along a length of the plurality of evaporator tubes to position and support the plurality of evaporator tubes in the housing, the one or more support sheets including one or more vapor flow passages to allow flow of vapor refrigerant along a length of the evaporator. | 10-23-2014 |
20140318175 | INTEGRAL HEAT EXCHANGER DISTRIBUTOR - A heat exchanger comprises a first inlet port, a first outlet port longitudinally spaced apart from the first inlet port, a plurality of substantially parallel parting plates stacked along a no-flow axis, a plurality of first flow spaces, and a plurality of metering plates. The plurality of first flow spaces are defined between adjacent ones of at least some of the parting plates and provide communication between the first inlet port and the first outlet port. The plurality of metering plates are disposed across an upstream end of at least one of the first flow spaces. Each of the plurality of metering plates includes at least one metering aperture providing fluid communication between the first inlet port and the at least one first flow space. | 10-30-2014 |
20140338392 | Evaporative Chiller Using Plate Type String-Screen-Fills as Heat Exchanger and Fabrication Thereof - The present invention involves an evaporative chiller using a plate type string-screen-fill heat exchanger which is formed of a multiplicity of plate type string-screen-fills with string screens on their both sides. The hot water sprayed on the top perforated plate of the heat exchanger is imbibed into holes on the top plate by surface tension of strings suspending over the holes and then flows down on the surface of strings. During its flowing down on the surface of strings, the water is cooled through evaporation and convection mechanisms of water by contacting with air traveling transversely or slantly through the strings by means of a forced draft. The construction cost and electric consumption saving of the present invention are less than half cost of the current chiller and more than 30%, respectively. The fabrication method of the plate string-screen-fill heat exchanger is described in the present invention. | 11-20-2014 |
20140360224 | Evaporator Heat Exchanger - An evaporator heat exchanger is disclosed. The evaporator heat exchanger includes a bottom plate, a top plate, and at least one main plate between the bottom plate and the top plate. The at least one main plate includes a first face having one or more channels for flow of a first fluid along the first face and a second face opposite the first face having one or more channels for flow of a second fluid along the second face, wherein heat is exchanged between the first fluid and the second fluid through the main plate. Main plates adjacent to each other define an enclosed channel for fluid flow. | 12-11-2014 |
20140366573 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF FORMING HEAT EXCHANGER TUBES - A heat exchange tube for a refrigerant-flooded evaporator includes a tube body and a plurality of channels for conveying a cooling medium therethrough located in the tube body. One or more outer wall textural elements are included at the outer wall of the tube body to improve thermal energy transfer between the cooling medium and a volume of boiling refrigerant. A method of forming a heat exchange tube for a refrigerant-flooded evaporator includes urging a billet into an extrusion section and forming the billet into two tube halves including an outer wall and an inner wall having a plurality of channel halves. A textural element is formed at one or more of the outer wall and the inner wall via one or more rotating dies, and the two tube halves are joined to form the heat exchange tube. | 12-18-2014 |
20140373570 | Multi-Layer Evaporator For Motor Vehicle Air-Conditioning Circuit - Evaporator, notably for motor vehicle air-conditioning circuit. According to the invention, the evaporator ( | 12-25-2014 |
20150027161 | HEAT EXCHANGER AND REFRIGERATION DEVICE - A heat exchanger includes a plurality of flattened pipes, a header collection pipe, and a plurality of fins joined to the flattened pipes. The flattened pipes are joined to the header collection pipe. A fluid flowing through an interior of the flattened pipes exchanges heat with air flowing outside the flattened pipes. The header collection pipe has a header collection pipe and a cover member. The header collection pipe body is disposed so that a longitudinal direction is vertically oriented. The cover member is disposed inside from an upper end of the header collection pipe body, and closes off an upper side of the header collection pipe body. The header collection pipe body has a pipe end section that extends upward past the cover member. A drainage part is formed in a part of the pipe end section. | 01-29-2015 |
20150101362 | HEAT EXCHANGER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME, AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS - A heat exchanger includes a plurality of plate-shaped fins arranged at intervals such that air flows between adjacent fins, each of the fins having insertion holes and a plurality of flat tubes extending through the fins such that a refrigerant flows through the tubes in a stacking direction of the fins, each flat tube having a cross-section having straight long sides and half-round short sides, each flat tube having long-side outer circumferential surface parts and a short-side outer circumferential surface part in contact with the fin and covered with the brazing filler metal. The fins and the flat tubes are joined with the brazing filler metal covering the outer circumferential surfaces of the flat tubes such that top part of each fin collar of each fin is in contact with the flat tube and base part of the fin collar is spaced apart from the flat tube. | 04-16-2015 |
20150107295 | EVAPORATOR WITH PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL - An evaporator configured to transfer heat between air flowing through the evaporator and refrigerant within the evaporator, and transfer heat between the refrigerant within the evaporator and phase change material (PCM) within the evaporator. The evaporator includes a first plate, a second plate, and a first tube. The second plate is coupled to the first plate to form an assembly that defines a cavity to contain PCM. The assembly also defines a first opening that cooperates with corresponding first openings in other assemblies to define a first manifold to convey refrigerant. The first manifold is defined when the assembly is arranged with the other assemblies to form a stack. The first tube is in fluidic communication with the first manifold. The assembly cooperates with an adjacent assembly of the other assemblies when the stack is formed to define a first slot configured to receive the first tube. | 04-23-2015 |
20150121950 | EVAPORATOR HAVING A HYBRID EXPANSION DEVICE FOR IMPROVED ALIQUOTING OF REFRIGERANT - An automotive evaporator heat exchanger is provided having a hybrid expansion device configured to aliquot refrigerant across the refrigerant tubes. The hybrid expansion device includes a first stage refrigerant pressure drop device and a second stage refrigerant pressure drop device. The first stage refrigerant pressure drop device is a TXV configured to receive and expand a liquid phase refrigerant into a first mixture of two phase refrigerant and the second stage refrigerant pressure drop device is a tube extending within the inlet manifold configured to expand the first mixture of two phase refrigerant into a second mixture of two phase refrigerant. The tube includes a plurality of orifices and a tube diameter large enough to prevent resistance to refrigerant flow, but, small enough to prevent the first mixture of two phase refrigerant flow from separating into liquid and vapor strata. | 05-07-2015 |
20150128641 | HEAT EXCHANGER FOR COOLING A HEATING TUBE AND METHOD THEREOF - A heat exchanger for cooling a heating tube is described, comprising at least two cooling pipes, wherein the at least two cooling pipes are arranged such that each of the at least two cooling pipes are configured to be in thermal contact with the heating tube; and a means for generating an aerosol being configured to provide the aerosol in the at least two cooling pipes. | 05-14-2015 |
20150308462 | EJECTOR - A mixing portion that mixes an injection refrigerant and a suction refrigerant is formed in a range of an internal space of a heating-side body portion of a heating-side ejector from a refrigerant injection port of a heating-side nozzle portion to an inlet of a heating-side diffuser. Further, the mixing portion is formed in a shape that gradually decreases a refrigerant passage area toward a downstream side of a refrigerant flow, and a refrigerant passage area of the inlet of the heating-side diffuser is set smaller than that of the refrigerant injection port. Thus, the flow velocity of the mixed refrigerant is decelerated to a value lower than a two phase sound velocity within the mixing portion, thereby suppressing occurrence of shock wave in the heating-side diffuser and stabilizing the pressure increasing performance in the heating-side diffuser. | 10-29-2015 |
20150316075 | EJECTOR - An ejector includes (i) a body part including a depressurizing space in which a refrigerant flowing out of a swirling space is depressurized, a suction passage that draws a refrigerant from an external, and a pressurizing space in which a jet refrigerant jetted from the depressurizing space and a suction refrigerant drawn from the suction passage are mixed with each other to be pressurized, (ii) a conical passage formation member which is arranged inside the body part, and (iii) a swirling promotion part. A nozzle passage is provided in the depressurizing space on an outer peripheral surface of the passage formation member, and a diffuser passage is provided in the pressurizing space on the outer peripheral surface of the passage formation member. The swirling promotion part includes a flow regulation plate that promotes a swirling flow of the refrigerant flowing in the diffuser passage. | 11-05-2015 |
20150316279 | OUTDOOR UNIT FOR AIR-CONDITIONING APPARATUS - Provided is an outdoor unit for an air-conditioning apparatus, including: a casing having an opening formed at a rear surface side thereof; and a heat exchanger having a flat surface region formed into a planar shape, and being accommodated in the casing so that the flat surface region is exposed through the opening formed at the rear surface side of the casing. A side edge portion of the opening formed at the rear surface side is formed at a position opposed to the flat surface region, and is bent toward the heat exchanger side so as to narrow a gap between the side edge portion and the heat exchanger. | 11-05-2015 |
20150328957 | AIR CONDITIONER FOR VEHICLE - Disclosed herein is an air conditioner for a vehicle which includes a sealing member having a first sealing part for sealing a space between a flange of inlet and outlet pipes of an evaporator and a pipe penetration part of an air-conditioning case and a second sealing part for sealing a space between a dash panel of the vehicle and an outer face of the air-conditioning case, thereby simplifying an assembling process and reducing manufacturing costs by reducing the number of components for sealing of the pipe penetration part and minimizing vibration and noise transferred from an engine room side of the vehicle to the air-conditioning case. | 11-19-2015 |
20150337257 | COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING ODORS CONTAINING ORDORLESS MICROORGANISM - The present invention relates to a composition for preventing odors containing odorless microorganisms or a culture thereof. The present invention also relates to a method for preventing odors including coating the composition for preventing odors. When a biofilm is formed by coating an object offensive odor-generating microorganisms can inhabit with the composition for preventing odors of the present invention, odors can be effectively prevented by significantly preventing the inflow and inhabitation of outside microorganisms that may generate offensive odors. | 11-26-2015 |
20150354871 | AIR CONDITIONER WITH SELECTIVE FILTERING FOR AIR PURIFICATION - A split air conditioner has a cabinet with a fan and evaporator for mounting within a structure. The cabinet includes a filter or a stacked filter system positioned in the flow path between an air inlet and an air outlet for filtering contaminants from the air. Movable dampers are provided for selectively changing the airflow path to selectively bypass the filter to provide a greater or lesser degree of filtration of the air. Preferably, the filter is a high performance HEPA-like filter having substantially less pressure drop . | 12-10-2015 |
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20160109168 | REFRIGERANT EVAPORATOR - A refrigerant evaporator includes a first evaporation unit and a second evaporation unit disposed in series in a flow direction of fluid to be cooled by evaporating refrigerant. An intermediate tank portion through which refrigerant flows is connected to an outer surface of one tank portion of the first evaporation unit and an outer surface of one tank portion of the second evaporation unit. A tank external refrigerant space through which refrigerant flows is defined by an outer wall of the one tank portion of the first evaporation unit, an outer wall of the one tank portion of the second evaporation unit, and an outer wall of the intermediate tank portion. | 04-21-2016 |
20160123673 | REFRIGERANT DISTRIBUTOR FOR FALLING FILM EVAPORATOR - A falling film evaporator includes a plurality of evaporator tubes through which a volume of thermal energy transfer medium is flowed, and a distributor to distribute a flow of liquid refrigerant over the plurality of evaporator tubes. The distributor includes a distributor box and a distribution sheet positioned at a bottom surface of the distributor box having a plurality of peaks and valleys, with sidewalls extending between each peak and each valley. A plurality of ports is located in the sidewalls to distribute the flow of liquid refrigerant downwardly over the plurality of evaporator tubes. | 05-05-2016 |