Heat exchanger
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKang Tae Seo, Young In Son
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Abstract
A heat exchanger according to a concept of the disclosure includes an inlet pipe, an outlet pipe, and a connecting pipe connecting a first header to a second header, to perform heat exchange while a refrigerant flows in one direction of a up direction or a down direction in the heat exchanger to thereby improve circulation of the refrigerant, wherein each of the first header and the second header includes a plurality of partitioned chambers therein to distribute the refrigerant several times according to a flow of the refrigerant passing through each chamber, thereby improving distribution and mixing of the refrigerant.
Claims13
A heat exchanger comprising:
- a plurality of heat exchange tubes along which a refrigerant flows to exchange heat with outside air, the plurality of heat exchange tubes including a plurality of tubes of a first column and a plurality of tubes of a second column;
- a first header to which upper ends of the plurality of heat exchange tubes are connected;
- a second header to which lower ends of the heat exchange tubes are connected;
- an inlet pipe protruding in a first direction from a first side of the heat exchanger which a refrigerant enters from outside the inlet pipe;
- an outlet pipe protruding in the first direction from the first side of the heat exchanger through which a refrigerant is discharged to outside the outlet pipe;
- a first connecting pipe through which the refrigerant entered the inlet pipe flows to the first header;
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- a second connecting pipe through which a refrigerant flows from the second header to the first header without passing through the plurality of heat exchange tubes,
- wherein the first header, the second header, the first connecting pipe, and the second connecting pipe are coupled with each other by brazing, and
- wherein the first connecting pipe is positioned behind the second connecting pipe, and the inlet pipe penetrates the second connecting pipe to be connected to the first connecting pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.