Condensate discharge trays
AssigneeLennox Industries Inc.
InventorsMirza Yaseen Baig, Poly Joseph, Surendran Ramasamy
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Abstract
In a heating, ventilating, and cooling (HVAC) context, a condensate distribution tray is used to receive condensate produced by an evaporator coil and deliver the condensate in a distributed, controlled fashion to the condenser to evaporate the condensate. The condensate distribution tray may have a plurality of tanks for receiving condensate and a plurality of spillways for directing and controlling the rate of the condensate on the condenser. In some instances, a plurality of apertures in the spillways may be sized differently to control the rate of condensate delivery onto different portions of the condenser. Other systems and devices are presented.
Claims14
A heating, ventilating, and cooling (HVAC) system comprising:
- a closed refrigeration circuit comprising:
- a plurality of conduits,
- a compressor fluidly coupled to the plurality of conduits for compressing a refrigerant,
- a condenser fluidly coupled to the plurality of conduits for receiving refrigerant from the compressor and cooling the refrigerant,
- an evaporator,
- an expansion valve fluidly coupled to the plurality of conduits between the evaporator and condenser, and
- wherein the evaporator receives refrigerant from the expansion valve and wherein the evaporator is fluidly coupled to the compressor for delivering the refrigerant to the compressor;
- a condensate collection pan proximate the evaporator for receiving condensate which forms on the evaporator;
- a condensate discharge tray coupled to a top portion of the condenser;
- a condensation collection conduit that is fluidly coupled to the condensate collection pan and the condensate discharge tray;
- and
- wherein the condensate discharge tray comprises:
- a longitudinal body formed with a plurality of longitudinal tanks for receiving condensate,
- a plurality of longitudinal spillways formed laterally adjacent to the plurality of longitudinal tanks and aligned to deliver condensate in a dispersed fashion on the condenser, wherein at least one of the plurality of longitudinal tanks and at least one of a plurality of longitudinal spillways share a common wall.
A heating, ventilating, and cooling (HVAC) system comprising:
- a closed refrigeration circuit comprising a condenser and an evaporator;
- a condensate collection pan proximate the evaporator for receiving condensate which forms on the evaporator;
- a condensate discharge tray fluidly coupled to the condensate collection pan and coupled to a top portion of the condenser;
- and
- wherein the condensate discharge tray comprises:
- at least one longitudinal tank for receiving condensate from the condensate collection pan,
- at least one longitudinal spillway fluidly coupled to the at least one longitudinal tank for receiving condensate therefrom, wherein the at least one longitudinal tank and the at least one longitudinal spillway share a common wall, and
- a plurality of apertures formed in the at least one longitudinal spillway for allowing condensate to discharge from the condensate discharge tray onto the condenser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.