Refrigerant distribution device and method
CA 2582377 C · Owner: Advanced Heat Transfer, Llc · Inventors: Bae, Younglib; Heidenreich, Michael E.; Abbatt, William G.
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A refrigerant distribution device 10 situated in an inlet header 12 of a multiple tube heat exchanger 14 of a refrigeration system 20. The device10 includes an inlet passage 32 that is in communication with an expansion device. Small diameter conduits 34 are disposed within the inlet header 12 and are in fluid ommunication with the inlet passage 32. A two-phase refrigerant fluid in the inlet assage 32 has a refrigerant liquid-vapor interface 38. The conduits 34 have inlet ports 40 that lie below the refrigerant liquid-vapor interface 38. Vapor emerging from the nozzles 34 create a homogeneous refrigerant that is uniformly delivered to 10 the multiple tubes. The invention also …
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- Filed September 20, 2005 and granted August 13, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 20, 2025.
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