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.
Claims15
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 which a refrigerant enters from outside;
- an outlet pipe through which a refrigerant is discharged to the outside;
- 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.