Evaporator and baffle thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11287164-B2
Application number	US-202016827869-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2020
Priority date	Mar 28, 2019
Publication date	Mar 29, 2022
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022

Abstract

An evaporator and a baffle structure thereof are disclosed by the present application. The baffle structure is configured to block liquid droplets in a gas, and includes: a bottom portion extending in a first direction and side portions extending from the bottom portion in a direction intersecting the first direction; and a liquid blocking region provided on the side portions, the liquid blocking region being provided therein with a plurality of holes penetrating the side portions to allow gas to pass through the holes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A baffle structure configured to block liquid droplets in a gas, comprising:
a body comprising a bottom portion extending in a first direction and side portions extending from the bottom portion in a direction intersecting the first direction; and
a liquid blocking region provided on the side portions, the liquid blocking region being provided therein with a plurality of holes penetrating the side portions to allow gas to pass through the holes;
wherein the liquid blocking region in the side portions is divided into a first section and a second section in the first direction;
wherein a hole distribution density of the second section is smaller than a hole distribution density of the first section;
wherein the liquid blocking region in the side portions is divided into the first section, the second section and a third section in the first direction, the first section and the third section are located on two sides of the second section, and a hole distribution density of the second section is smaller than a hole distribution density of each of the first section and the third section.

2. The baffle structure according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom portion has opposite first end portion and second end portion in the first direction, and the liquid blocking region is further provided at at least one of the first end portion and the second end portion.

3. The baffle structure according to claim 2 , wherein the liquid blocking region is provided throughout the first end portion and the second end portion.

4. The baffle structure according to claim 1 , wherein the body has a U-shaped cross-sectional shape.

5. The baffle structure according to claim 4 , wherein an angle between the side portion and the bottom portion is 90° or greater than 90°, and the bottom portion is planar or the bottom portion is configured into a funnel shape.

6. The baffle structure according to claim 1 , wherein the holes in the liquid blocking region have a shape of circle, triangle, rhombus or rectangle; the diameter of the circle ranges from 19 mm to 25 mm; the side length of the triangle ranges from 10 mm to 30 mm; and the side length of the rhombus and rectangle ranges from 10 mm to 50 mm.

7. The baffle structure according to claim 1 , wherein a transverse distance or a vertical distance between adjacent ones of the holes is 15 mm to 45 mm.

8. An evaporator for use in an air conditioning device, comprising:
a shell ( 14 ), the shell having an outlet ( 16 ); and
the baffle structure according to claim 1 , wherein the baffle structure ( 10 ) is disposed in the shell, so that a refrigerant gas exits through the outlet after passing through the liquid blocking region ( 42 ).

9. The evaporator according to claim 8 , wherein the shell has a circular cross section, and a ratio of a distance from the bottom portion of the baffle structure to a wall of the shell to the diameter of the shell is 0.2-0.3.

Assignees

• Carrier Corp

Inventors

• Wang Xuedong
• Wang Xueqin
• Yang Lihui

Classifications

• F25B39/022 Primary

  with plate-like or laminated elements · CPC title

• B01D45/02 Primary

  by utilising gravity · CPC title

• F28D2021/0064

  Vaporizers, e.g. evaporators · CPC title

• F25B39/02

  Evaporators · CPC title

• B01D1/30

  Accessories for evaporators {; Constructional details thereof} · CPC title