Condenser with a refrigerant supply for an air-conditioning circuit
AssigneeValeo Systemes Thermiques
InventorsIsabelle Citti, Sébastien Jacope, Gaël Durbecq
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Abstract
A condenser for an air conditioning circuit is disclosed. The condenser has a housing which is connected to a refrigerating fluid reserve by a flange having cylinder shaped tubes, the housing receiving a first heat exchange portion between the refrigerating fluid and a cooling liquid, the first portion being configured to convey the refrigerating fluid to the refrigerating fluid reserve, and a second heat exchange portion which produces a heat exchange complement between the refrigerating fluid and the cooling liquid at the outlet of the refrigerating fluid reserve.
Claims16
A condenser for an air conditioning circuit, the condenser comprising:
- a housing which is configured to be connected to a single refrigerating fluid reserve positioned outside of the housing, wherein the refrigerating fluid reserve is fixed to a long outer side at a bottom of the housing by a flange comprising two cylinder shaped tubes, wherein the long outer side is longer than at least one side of the housing,
- the housing receiving a first heat exchange portion, corresponding to a first partial length of the long outer side, between a refrigerating fluid and a cooling liquid, the first heat exchange portion being configured to convey the refrigerating fluid to the refrigerating fluid reserve, and a second heat exchange portion, corresponding to a second partial length of the long outer side, which is configured to produce a heat exchange complement between the refrigerating fluid and the cooling liquid at an outlet of the refrigerating fluid reserve,
- wherein a first end of the fluid reserve is positioned externally adjacent to the first heat exchange portion of the housing, and a second end of the fluid reserve is positioned externally adjacent to the second heat exchange portion of the housing,
- wherein the flange is disposed across the first heat exchange portion and the second heat exchange portion.
A condenser for an air conditioning circuit, the condenser comprising:
- a housing which is configured to be connected to a single refrigerating fluid reserve, the housing receiving a first heat exchange portion between a refrigerating fluid and a cooling liquid, the first heat exchange portion being configured to convey the refrigerating fluid to the refrigerating fluid reserve, and a second heat exchange portion which is configured to produce a heat exchange complement between the refrigerating fluid and the cooling liquid at an outlet of the refrigerating fluid reserve;
- wherein the housing comprises an assembly of stacked plates which define between them circulation plates of the refrigerating fluid and the cooling liquid in the first and second heat exchange portions, the assembly of stacked plates being configured to provide a circulation path of the refrigerating fluid allowing circulation in series of the refrigerating fluid in the housing, from the first heat exchange portion toward the refrigerating fluid reserve, then from the refrigerating fluid reserve into the second heat exchange portion,
- wherein each plate in the assembly of stacked plates extends with continuity of material continuing from the first heat exchange portion through the second heat exchange portion,
- wherein the refrigerating fluid reserve is fixed to a long outer side at a bottom of the housing by a flange comprising two cylinder shaped tubes, and
- wherein a first end of the fluid reserve is positioned externally to the first heat exchange portion of the housing, and a second end of the fluid reserve is positioned externally to the second heat exchange portion of the housing,
- wherein the flange is disposed across the first heat exchange portion and the second heat exchange portion.
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