US 6,546,997 B2 · Condenser assembly structure

Abstract

The condenser assembly structure is disclosed. The opening of the outgoing pipe is positioned below the upper openings of the heat transfer tubes in the inner space of the upper header pipe. Cutouts are formed in the upper ends of heat transfer tubes, which are located within an upper header pipe. A lubricant mixed in a refrigerant is introduced from the inside of the upper header pipe into the heat transfer tubes by way of the cutouts. The outgoing pipe defining is attached to the lower header pipe at a position close to its end. A total passage area of first heat transfer tubes through which the refrigerant flows downward is larger than that of second heat transfer tubes through which the refrigerant flows upward. The total passage area of the second heat transfer tubes is smaller than that of third heat transfer tubes through which the refrigerant flows downward.

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Dependent claims

A condenser assembly structure comprising:

an upper header pipe arranged horizontally;
a lower header pipe arranged parallel to said upper header pipe;
and
a plural number of heat transfer tubes being arranged vertically between said upper and lower header pipes, upper and lower ends of said heat transfer tubes being opened into inner parts of said upper and lower header pipes,
wherein the cross-sectional shape of at least the upper header pipe is substantially circular, and
wherein a fluid passage is formed at an upper end of at least one of said heat transfer tubes so that said fluid passage does not extend over the entire periphery of said one of said heat transfer tubes, said fluid passage is located below said upper end of said heat transfer tube and just above an inner bottom portion of said upper header pipe so as to guide a fluid staying at the inner bottom portion of said upper header pipe into said heat transfer tube.

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