Heat exchanger and air conditioning apparatus
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorsHirotaka Ishida, Hiroaki Makino
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Abstract
A heat exchanger includes a plurality of fins and a plurality of tubes that are inserted into the fins and that allow refrigerant to flow in the tubes. The tubes include first heat transfer tubes and second heat transfer tubes. Each of the first heat transfer tubes includes grooves formed in an inner surface of the first heat transfer tube, and has an inside diameter Da and a groove depth Ta. Each of the second heat transfer tubes has an inner surface smoothed, has an inside diameter Db, and is connected to an associated one of the first heat transfer tubes. Da−2×Ta≤Db is satisfied.
Claims2
An air-conditioning apparatus comprising
- a heat exchanger, the heat exchanger comprising:
- a compressor configured to compress refrigerant;
- a condenser configured to cause heat exchange to be performed between air and the refrigerant compressed by the compressor;
- an expansion unit configured to expand the refrigerant subjected to the heat exchange at the condenser;
- and
- an evaporator configured to cause heat exchange to be performed between air and the refrigerant expanded by the expansion unit;
- wherein the condenser or the evaporator includes
- a plurality of fins;
- and
- a plurality of tubes inserted into the fins and configured to allow the refrigerant to flow in the tubes,
- wherein the tubes include
- first heat transfer tubes, each first heat transfer tube including grooves formed in an inner surface of the first heat transfer tube and having an inside diameter Da and a groove depth Ta, and
- second heat transfer tubes, each second heat transfer tube having a smoothed inner surface, having an inside diameter Db, and being connected to an associated one of the first heat transfer tubes,
- wherein Da−2×Ta=Db is satisfied, and
- wherein when the heat exchanger is the condenser, the refrigerant that flows in each of the first heat transfer tubes is in a gas-phase state or in a two-phase gas-liquid state, and the refrigerant that flows in each of the second heat transfer tubes is in a subcooled state.
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