A method of manufacturing an evaporator includes: forming a length of tubing into a serpentine path, the length of tubing forming a tubing coil; forming a first evaporator plate; forming a second evaporator plate; positioning the tubing coil between the first evaporator plate and the second evaporator plate; bringing the first evaporator plate, the second evaporator plate, and the tubing coil into contact with each other; and forming a plurality of dimples in each of the first evaporator plate and the second evaporator plate, thereby at least partially crushing the tubing coil at a position of each of the plurality of dimples, a surface of each of the dimples contacting the tubing coil.

A heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC&R) unit includes an evaporator circulating a flow of refrigerant therethrough to cool a flow of compartment air flowing over the evaporator, and a condenser operably connected to the evaporator to condense the flow of refrigerant therethrough. The evaporator and the condenser are relatively positioned such that a liquid condensate at an exterior of the evaporator is directed by gravity onto an exterior of the condenser to increase an operating capacity of the condenser.

Condenser-evaporator tube, in whose interior flows a vapor to be condensed and over which flows a liquid to be evaporated, where both inside and outside faces of this tube are covered with capillary structures configured for the formation of liquid menisci having a contact angle smaller than 90? where the liquid-vapor interface curves, which allows capillary condensation inside the tube and evaporation on the outside face at the upper end (25) of the liquid menisci where the liquid layer is thinnest and the evaporation most efficient.

A distributer includes a housing having a surface portion and through holes extending through the surface portion, a plurality of plates stacked with each other in the housing, the plurality of plates including a first plate that is an outermost one of the plurality of plates and has a first opening extending through the first plate, and a second plate that is the other outermost one of the plurality of plates and has a plurality of second openings extending through the second plate, a branching flow path connecting the first opening and the plurality of second openings, a plurality of connection pipes each extending through a corresponding one of the through holes in the surface portion of the housing, and a partition plate disposed between the surface portion and the second plate, and abutting on both the surface portion and the second plate.

A heat-exchanger fin material which has a substrate composed of aluminum and a coating film formed on the substrate. The coating film is composed of a one-layered or two or more-layered coating and has a hydrophilic colored coating on its outermost surface. The hydrophilic colored coating contains an acrylic-modified epoxy resin (A), a melamine resin (B), a perfluoroalkyl group-containing alcohol resin (C), and a pigment (D). The content of the pigment (D) in the hydrophilic colored coating is 1 to 80 mg/m.sup.2. The water-contact angle of the hydrophilic colored coating is 20 or less. The elution ratio of the hydrophilic colored coating into running water is 1 mass % or less after an immersion test in which the heat-exchanger fin material is immersed in running water with a flow rate of 5 L/hour for 24 hours. A heat exchanger which includes a fin composed of the aforesaid heat-exchanger fin material.

The present invention discloses a defroster comprising: a heating unit having a heater case arranged vertically along an up-down direction on the outside of an evaporator, and a heater disposed vertically in the up-down direction inside the heater case; and a heat pipe respectively connected to an outlet provided at the top side of the heating unit and an inlet provided at the bottom side of the heating unit, and having at least a portion thereof disposed adjacent to the refrigerant pipe of the evaporator so that working fluid heated by the heater moves and transfers heat to the evaporator to remove frost, wherein the heater is configured to be immersed beneath the surface of the working fluid when all the working fluid in the heat pipe is in a liquid state.

A refrigerator is provided with an evaporator assembly located in a compartment. The evaporator assembly includes a pipe, a fan assembly, a plurality of fins, a first and second bracket. The pipe is configured to transport a refrigerant that exchanges heat with an air stream from the compartment. The plurality of fins is inserted on the pipe. The brackets each include apertures to receive bent end portions of the pipe. The brackets are configured to hold the pipe and the fins in a specific position, to mount the evaporator assembly within the compartment, and restrict the air stream exiting the evaporator assembly from mixing with the air stream entering the evaporator assembly. The fins include end fins that are placed in direct contact with the first end bracket and are configured to further restrict the air stream from flowing through the plurality of apertures of the brackets.

An evaporator assembly comprises at least one plate evaporator, each plate evaporator comprising first and second sheets that are joined together and that define an internal conduit between the sheets. The internal conduit is aligned parallel to the sheets and is configured to carry refrigerant through the plate evaporator, each plate evaporator further comprising a first electrically insulative layer applied on the first sheet, an electrically resistive layer applied on the first electrically insulative layer, and a second electrically insulative layer applied on the electrically resistive layer. The electrically resistive layer is an elongated track that follows a meandering path traversing along the first sheet.

An evaporator includes a housing having a first end longitudinally opposing a second end. The evaporator includes an inlet disposed on the housing and configured to receive a fluid. The evaporator also includes a tube bundle disposed in the housing and configured to evaporate the fluid to provide a vapor stream arranged to exit through an outlet on the housing. Additionally, the evaporator has a flow balancer provided between the tube bundle and the outlet on the housing, and the flow balancer is configured to balance refrigerant quality between the first end and the second end of the evaporator by controlling the vapor stream.

A cold plate includes a main body in contact with a heat source. The main body has: an inflow hole through which a refrigerant flows in; an outflow hole through which the refrigerant flows out; and an internal space communicating with the inflow hole and the outflow hole and through which the refrigerant flows, and includes: a first heat exchange layer in the internal space; and a second heat exchange layer in the internal space. The first heat exchange layer and the second heat exchange layer are laminated in a thickness direction of the first heat exchange layer and of the second heat exchange layer.