Condenser

A condenser comprising:

• a condensation section including heat exchange tubes;
• a super-cooling section including heat exchange tubes and provided at a downstream of the condensation section and below the condensation section in a height direction along a height of the condenser;
• and
• a liquid receiving section connected to the condensation section and the super-cooling section such that refrigerant flows from the condensation section to the super-cooling section via the liquid receiving section, the liquid receiving section comprising:
• a first space which is connected to the condensation section and into which the refrigerant flows from the condensation section;
• a second space located above the first space in the height direction and connected to the first space via a throttle such that the refrigerant flows from the first space to the second space via the throttle;
• and
• a third space located below the first space in the height direction and connected to the second space such that the refrigerant flows from the second space to the super-cooling section via the third space,
• wherein the liquid receiving section comprises:
• a first partition dividing an interior of the liquid receiving section into the first space and the second space and including a refrigerant passage hole connecting the first space and the second space such that the refrigerant flows from the first space to the second space via the refrigerant passage hole which serves as the throttle;
• a second partition dividing the interior into the first space and the third space;
• and
• a refrigerant flow pipe having a refrigerant passage channel connecting the second space and the third space such that the refrigerant flows from the second space to the third space via the refrigerant passage channel,
• wherein an upper end of the refrigerant flow pipe is located above the first partition, a lower end of the refrigerant flow pipe is located below the second partition, and whose interior serves as the refrigerant passage channel;
• the first partition and the second partition are provided in such a manner that they close a gap between an inner circumferential surface of the liquid receiving section and an outer circumferential surface of the refrigerant flow pipe;
• a first communication opening for establishing communication between the refrigerant passage channel of the refrigerant flow pipe and the second space is formed in a portion of the refrigerant flow pipe located above the first partition, a second communication opening for establishing communication between the refrigerant passage channel of the refrigerant flow pipe and the third space is formed in a portion of the refrigerant flow pipe located below the second partition, and communication is not established between the refrigerant passage channel of the refrigerant flow pipe and the first space;
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• the refrigerant flowed into the refrigerant passage channel through the first communication opening flows into the third space through the second communication opening without flowing into the first space.