Subcooling-type condenser
AssigneeSanden Corporation
InventorsKenichi Wada, Hirotaka Kado, Toshiharu Shimmura
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Abstract
A subcooling-type condenser includes a refrigerant condensation core and a subcooling core for supercooling refrigerant condensed by the refrigerant condensation core. A header portion corresponding to an entrance portion of the subcooling core is formed as a liquid refrigerant storage portion, and a capacity of the header Vh is set within a range of 100 cc≦Vh≦250 cc. Thus, subcooling-type condenser having a desired re-liquefaction function without using a separately formed liquid tank may be achieved, thereby reducing the condenser's size and cost.
Claims9
A subcooling-type condenser comprising a pair of headers, and a plurality of heat transfer tubes interconnecting said pair of headers and extending in parallel to each other, said condenser being divided into a refrigerant condensation core for condensing refrigerant and a subcooling core for supercooling refrigerant condensed by said refrigerant condensation core, wherein a second header forming a header portion corresponding to an entrance portion of said subcooling core is formed integrally with a header portion for said refrigerant condensation core and a header portion for said subcooling core, at least said header portion corresponding to said entrance portion of said subcooling core is formed as a liquid refrigerant storage portion, and a capacity of said second header Vh is set within a range of 100 cc≦Vh≦250 cc.
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