Microchannel heat exchanger
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsKevin Mercer, James Amick, Arindom Joardar, Robert A. Leffler
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Abstract
A heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange tube segments defining a plurality of fluid pathways therein and a bend formed in the plurality of heat exchange tube segments defining a first leg of the heat exchanger positioned at a first side of the bend, and a second leg of the heat exchanger positioned at a second side of the bend opposite the first side. The heat exchanger is positioned relative to a flow direction of an incoming airflow such that the bend is closer to a source of the incoming airflow than the first leg and the second leg.
Claims18
A heat exchanger, comprising:
- a plurality of heat exchange tube segments defining a plurality of fluid pathways therein;
- and
- a bend formed in the plurality of heat exchange tube segments defining a first leg of the heat exchanger disposed at a first side of the bend, and a second leg of the heat exchanger disposed at a second side of the bend opposite the first side;
- wherein the heat exchanger is positioned relative to a flow direction of an incoming airflow such that the bend is closer to a source of the incoming airflow than the first leg and the second leg;
- wherein the bend is positioned lower vertically than the first leg and the second leg.
A heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, comprising:
- a condenser configured to condense a flow of refrigerant flowing therethrough;
- and
- an evaporator operably connected to the condenser and configured to exchange thermal energy between the refrigerant flowing through the evaporator and an airflow directed across the evaporator, the evaporator including:
- a plurality of heat exchange tube segments defining a plurality of fluid pathways therein;
- and
- a bend formed in the plurality of heat exchange tube segments defining a first leg of the evaporator disposed at a first side of the bend, and a second leg of the evaporator disposed at a second side of the bend opposite the first side;
- wherein the evaporator is positioned relative to a flow direction of an incoming airflow such that the bend is closer to a source of the incoming airflow than the first leg and the second leg;
- wherein the bend is positioned lower vertically than the first leg and the second leg.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.