Heat exchanger and clothing processing equipment having the same

A heat exchanger apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of heat exchangers comprising a plurality of refrigerant tubes that are configured to receive refrigerant and that extend in a first direction,
• a pair of headers that are connected to first and second ends of the plurality of refrigerant tubes and extend in a second direction, and
• a fin that is configured to conduct heat from the plurality of refrigerant tubes,
• wherein the plurality of heat exchangers are N number of heat exchangers that are arranged in a plurality of rows in a third direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction,
• wherein the N number of heat exchangers are configured to receive refrigerant sequentially in an order from a first heat exchanger to an Nth heat exchanger, and
• wherein a (N−1)th heat exchanger of the N number of heat exchangers is configured to guide the refrigerant to flow in an upward direction, and
• wherein the Nth heat exchanger of the N number of heat exchangers is configured to guide the refrigerant to flow in a downward direction.

A clothing processing equipment comprising, comprising:

• a drum configured to accommodate laundry;
• a heat pump that comprises an evaporator, a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion valve, the heat pump being configured to apply heat to air circulating through the drum;
• and
• an air flow path between the heat pump and the drum, the air flow path being configured to guide the air circulating through the drum,
• wherein the condenser comprises:
• a plurality of heat exchangers comprising a plurality of refrigerant tubes that are configured to receive refrigerant and that that extend in a first direction,
• a pair of headers that are connected to first and second ends of the plurality of refrigerant tubes and that extend in a second direction, and
• a fin that is configured to conduct heat from the plurality of refrigerant tubes,
• wherein the plurality of heat exchangers are N number of heat exchangers that are arranged in a plurality of rows in a third direction intersecting with the first direction and the second direction, and
• wherein the N number of heat exchangers are configured to receive the refrigerant sequentially in an order from a first heat exchanger to an Nth heat exchanger,
• wherein the Nth heat exchanger of the N number of heat exchangers is configured to guide the refrigerant to flow in a downward direction, and
• wherein a (N−1)th heat exchanger of the N number of heat exchangers is configured to guide the refrigerant to flow in an upward direction.