Evaporator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12540378-B2
Application number	US-202218272037-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 6, 2022
Priority date	Jan 13, 2021
Publication date	Feb 3, 2026
Grant date	Feb 3, 2026

Abstract

An evaporator includes a housing, a first heat exchange tube set, a second heat exchange tube set, a first side heat exchange tube baffle device, a second side heat exchange tube baffle device, and a redistribution device. The first heat exchange tube set is located above the second heat exchange tube set. The first side heat exchange tube baffle device and the second side heat exchange tube baffle device are arranged along the outer contours of the first heat exchange tube set and the second heat exchange tube set, so as to guide a refrigerant to flow from the first heat exchange tube set to the second heat exchange tube set. The redistribution device is disposed between the first heat exchange tube set and the second heat exchange tube set to evenly distribute the refrigerant to the second heat exchange tube set.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An evaporator, comprising:
a housing, wherein the housing has a cavity, and the cavity has a length direction, a width direction, and a height direction; a first heat exchange tube set and a second heat exchange tube set, wherein heat exchange tubes in the first heat exchange tube set and the second heat exchange tube set extend along the length direction of the cavity, and are arranged along the width direction and the height direction of the cavity, and the first heat exchange tube set is located above the second heat exchange tube set, wherein in the width direction of the cavity, a first number of columns of the first heat exchange tube set is greater than a second number of columns of the second heat exchange tube set; a first side heat exchange tube baffle device and a second side heat exchange tube baffle device, wherein the first side heat exchange tube baffle device and the second side heat exchange tube baffle device are disposed on opposite sides of the first heat exchange tube set and the second heat exchange tube set in the width direction of the cavity, respectively, and are arranged along outer contours of the first heat exchange tube set and the second heat exchange tube set; and a redistribution device, wherein the redistribution device is disposed between the first heat exchange tube set and the second heat exchange tube set, and two ends of the redistribution device in the width direction of the cavity are connected to the first side heat exchange tube baffle device and the second side heat exchange tube baffle device, respectively, wherein the redistribution device extends along the length direction of the cavity to cover a top of the second heat exchange tube set, and is a distance from a lower part of the first heat exchange tube set, the redistribution device is provided with a plurality of rows of holes, each row of holes of the plurality of rows of holes is arranged along an extending direction of the heat exchange tubes, and each row of holes of the plurality of rows of holes is aligned with a corresponding column of heat exchange tubes in the second heat exchange tube set.

2 . The evaporator according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first heat exchange tube set and the second heat exchange tube set are arranged symmetrically with respect to a central interface of the cavity extending along the height direction, respectively.

3 . The evaporator according to claim 2 , wherein:
a width of the first heat exchange tube set is identical to that of the second heat exchange tube set.

4 . The evaporator according to claim 3 , wherein:
the first heat exchange tube set has an upper part of the first heat exchange tube set and a lower part of the first heat exchange tube set, and in the width direction of the cavity, a width of the upper part of the first heat exchange tube set is greater than the width of the second heat exchange tube set.

5 . The evaporator according to claim 4 , wherein:
a width of the lower part of the first heat exchange tube set gradually decreases from top to bottom, a width of the top of the lower part of the first heat exchange tube set is identical to the width of the upper part of the first heat exchange tube set, and a width of the bottom of the lower part of the first heat exchange tube set is identical to the width of the second heat exchange tube set.

6 . The evaporator according to claim 4 , wherein:
in the width direction of the cavity, sizes of a plurality of holes in the redistribution device gradually decrease from a middle to two sides of the redistribution device.

7 . The evaporator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a third heat exchange tube set, wherein the third heat exchange tube set is located at a bottom of the cavity and below the second heat exchange tube set, and the third heat exchange tube set is positioned apart from the second heat exchange tube set to form a circulation space, so that a gaseous refrigerant flowing out from the second heat exchange tube set can flow to a refrigerant outlet disposed on the housing through the circulation space.

8 . The evaporator according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first side heat exchange tube baffle device and the second side heat exchange tube baffle device comprise at least one baffle exhaust channel, respectively, in the height direction of the cavity, the at least one baffle exhaust channel is located above the second heat exchange tube set, and the at least one baffle exhaust channel is configured to discharge a gaseous refrigerant in the first heat exchange tube set.

9 . The evaporator according to claim 8 , wherein:
the first side heat exchange tube baffle device and the second side heat exchange tube baffle device comprise a lower section of a first side upper baffle and a lower section of a second side upper baffle, respectively, the lower section of the first side upper baffle and the lower section of the second side upper baffle are disposed on two sides of the lower part of the first heat exchange tube set, the lower section of the first side upper baffle and the lower section of the second side upper baffle are provided with a plurality of exhaust holes, respectively, and each of the plurality of exhaust holes forms the at least one baffle exhaust channel, the plurality of exhaust holes are arranged along the length direction of the cavity, and each of the plurality of exhaust holes forms a long strip shape in a direction from an upper part of the first heat exchange tube set to the second heat exchange tube set.

10 . The evaporator according to claim 9 , wherein:
the first heat exchange tube set has a heat exchange tube exhaust channel, the heat exchange tube exhaust channel is formed between the heat exchange tubes of the first heat exchange tube set, the heat exchange tube exhaust channel extends inward and upward from the two sides of the lower part of the first heat exchange tube set, and on a section plane perpendicular to the length direction of the cavity, a width of the heat exchange tube exhaust channel is greater than a gap between the heat exchange tubes above the heat exchange tube exhaust channel.

11 . The evaporator according to claim 10 , comprising:
an upper baffle and a lower baffle, the upper baffle disposed on one side of the first heat exchange tube set, the lower baffle comprises a main body section and an extension section, the main body section is disposed on one side of the second heat exchange tube set, the extension section extends upward from the main body section, the extension section is at least partially overlapped with the upper baffle, and the baffle exhaust channel is formed between the upper baffle and the extension section.

12 . The evaporator according to claim 11 , wherein:
each of the first side heat exchange tube baffle device and the second side heat exchange tube baffle device further comprises at least one transverse baffle, the at least one transverse baffle is disposed in the baffle exhaust channel, the at least one transverse baffle extends transversely to the extension section of the lower baffle, and the at least one transverse baffle is provided with a plurality of openings to allow the gaseous refrigerant to pass through.

13 . The evaporator according to claim 12 , wherein:
the at least one transverse baffle comprises two transverse baffles, the at least one transverse baffle is arranged along an extending direction of the baffle exhaust channel, and openings in the two transverse baffles are arranged in a staggered manner.

Assignees

• York Wuxi Air Conditioning & Refrigeration Co Ltd
• Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings LLP
• Tyco Fire & Security Gmbh

Inventors

• Su Xiuping
• Wang Yong

Classifications

• F28F2009/222

  Particular guide plates, baffles or deflectors, e.g. having particular orientation relative to an elongated casing or conduit · CPC title

• F25B2500/09

  Improving heat transfers · CPC title

• F25B2339/0242

  having tubular elements · CPC title

• F28D3/02

  with tubular conduits · CPC title

• F25B39/028 Primary

  having distributing means · CPC title