Compressor intercooler

A compressor intercooling comprising:

• a cylindrical shell having an inlet through which a fluid to be conditioned enters said shell and an outlet through which said fluid exits said shell, said inlet disposed in the upper middle portion of said shell;
• a first and a second coil bank, said first and said second coil banks including opposed heat exchange surfaces and being spaced apart from each other within said shell, said first and said second coil banks being mounted in said shell so that each of said first and said second coil banks is spaced apart from the wall of said shell and so that said inlet discharges directly between said opposed heat exchange surfaces of said first and said second coil banks;
• riser means penetrating said shell and in flow communication with said first and said second coil banks, for supplying a conditioning fluid to and for returning said conditioning fluid from said first and said second coil banks;
• baffle means disposed within said shell and attached to said first and said second coil banks and to the wall of said shell, for defining, in cooperation with said shell wall and said first and said second coil banks, an inlet space in flow communication with said shell inlet, a first outlet space between said first coil bank and said shell wall and a second outlet space between said second coil bank and said shell wall, said first and said second outlet spaces each being in flow communication with said shell outlet and said baffle means cooperating with said first and said second coil banks to constrain the flow of said fluid to be conditioned to be split and to pass through said first and said second coil banks at a reduced velocity;
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• means for distributing a fluid entering said shell inlet equally throughout said inlet space, whereby a fluid to be conditioned entering said shell inlet passes vertically downward into said inlet space, is equally distributed therein and is redirected a first time for horizontal flow prior to passing through said coil banks so that a first portion of said fluid passes evenly through said first coil bank and into said first outlet space and a second portion of said fluid passes evenly through said second coil bank and into said second outlet space, said first and said second fluid portions passing through said coil banks at a reduced velocity to minimize the carryover of liquid condensed from said fluid portions as said portions pass through said first and said second coil banks respectively, said first and second fluid portions each being redirected at least a second time subsequent to passing through said coil banks to disentrain liquid therefrom and said fluid portions being gathered together within said shell prior to entering said shell outlet.