Condenser

A condenser comprising a condensation section, a super-cooling section provided above the condensation section, and a liquid receiver provided between the condensation section and the super-cooling section,

• each of the condensation section and the super-cooling section having at least one heat exchange path formed by a plurality of heat exchange tubes disposed parallel to one another such that their longitudinal direction coincides with a left-right direction and they are spaced from one another in a vertical direction,
• refrigerant flowing out of the condensation section flowing into the super-cooling section through the liquid receiver,
• the liquid receiver having a refrigerant inlet through which the refrigerant from the condensation section flows into the liquid receiver, and a refrigerant outlet which is located above the refrigerant inlet and through which the refrigerant flows out to the super-cooling section,
• the liquid receiver having a first space communicating with the condensation section through the refrigerant inlet, and a second space located above the first space, separated from the first space, and communicating with the super-cooling section through the refrigerant outlet,
• the condenser comprising a suction pipe which is disposed in the first space of the liquid receiver and is open at upper and lower ends thereof, whose opening at the upper end communicates with the second space, and whose opening at the lower end communicates with the first space,
• wherein the condenser further comprises a flow control member which is disposed in the first space of the liquid receiver and against which the refrigerant having flowed into the first space through the refrigerant inlet hits so that the refrigerant changes its flow direction,
• wherein a lower end of the suction pipe is disposed below an upper end of the flow control member;
• wherein the flow control member is a tubular member which is open at least one of upper and lower ends thereof;
• the flow control member is disposed around the suction pipe such that a gap is formed between the flow control member and a circumferential wall of the liquid receiver and a gap is formed between the flow control member and the suction pipe;
• and
• the refrigerant inlet is located within a range of the flow control member in a height direction thereof.