A dephlegmator is provided comprising two stages connected in series wherein a first stage includes an air-cooled reflux condenser and a second stage includes a generally horizontal tube bundle of smooth or finned tubes that can be operated selectively in either an air-cooled (dry) mode under selected ambient conditions or in a wet evaporatively cooled mode under other selected ambient conditions including that of elevated ambient temperature. Spray nozzles may be installed above the tube bundle whereby water can be sprayed onto the tube bundle. One or more collection troughs are preferably provided beneath the tube bundle for collecting run-off water and enabling recycling of excess deluge water. Preferably, the tube bundle comprises at least two, and preferably three groups of tubes communicating with each other wherein the second group of tubes has appreciably fewer tubes in it than the first group of tubes and any third group of tubes has appreciably fewer tubes in it than the second group of tubes.

A staged high temperature heat exchanger (HEX) may comprise a first stage made from a first material and a second stage made from a second material. The first stage may comprise an inlet manifold configured to receive a flow of fluid. The second stage may comprise an outlet manifold whereby the flow of fluid exits the HEX. The first stage is configured to withstand the temperature of the flow of fluid entering the inlet manifold and configured to reduce the temperature of the flow of fluid to an intermediate temperature before the flow of fluid reaches the second stage. In various embodiments, the first material may comprise a nickel-based superalloy having at least 40% of a Ni.sub.3(Al,X) precipitate phase, X being a metallic or refractory element other than Al.

A heat exchanger (10) comprises: a first sub-heat exchanger (100), which has a first manifold (110), a second manifold (120), and at least two heat exchange tubes (130); and a second sub-heat exchanger (200), which has a third manifold (210), a fourth manifold (220), and at least one heat exchange tube (230), at least one of the heat exchange tubes (130) in the first sub-heat exchanger (100) being part of a flow path of the second sub-heat exchanger (200).

An outdoor device is provided which has: a heat exchanger including a heat exchange portion having multiple heat transfer pipes and multiple heat transfer fins joined to the heat transfer pipes, and a pair of header pipe assemblies arranged substantially in parallel along the upper-to-lower direction to face each other and configured to bundle end portions of the heat transfer pipes extending from the heat exchange portion; and a housing configured to support the heat exchanger via a support bracket. The support bracket includes a heat exchange side holding portion, a housing side holding portion, and a fin contact portion provided integrally with the heat exchange side holding portion or the housing side holding portion and arranged in contact with or in proximity to an edge portion of the heat exchange portion adjacent to one of the header pipe assemblies.

A heat exchanger is provided including a first manifold, a second manifold, and a plurality of heat exchange tubes arranged in spaced parallel relationship and fluidly coupled to the first manifold and the second manifold. At least one divider plate is arranged within the first manifold such that the first manifold has a fluidly distinct first chamber and second chamber and the heat exchanger has a multi-pass flow configuration. The first chamber is configured to receive at least a partially liquid refrigerant and has a length between about 20% and about 60% a length of the first manifold.

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 is provided including a first manifold, a second manifold, and a plurality of heat exchange tubes arranged in spaced parallel relationship and fluidly coupled to the first manifold and the second manifold. At least one divider plate is arranged within the first manifold such that the first manifold has a fluidly distinct first chamber and second chamber and the heat exchanger has a multi-pass flow configuration. The first chamber is configured to receive at least a partially liquid refrigerant and has a length between about 20% and about 60% a length of the first manifold.

A heat exchanger body that includes a circulation path through which a coolant is circulated and performs heat exchange between the coolant flowing through the circulation path and an electronic component; a circulation pump that supplies the coolant to the heat exchanger body; an accumulation determination unit that determines whether a foreign matter accumulation condition is fulfilled that is satisfied when foreign matter is expected to be accumulated in at least a part of the circulation path; and a process execution unit that in response to the foreign matter accumulation condition being satisfied, executes a foreign matter cleaning process of removing the foreign matter accumulated in the circulation path and cleaning the circulation path. In the foreign matter cleaning process, the process execution unit reduces an amount of coolant supplied from the circulation pump so that the coolant has a superheating degree in a nucleate boiling region.

A heat exchanger and a method for additively manufacturing the heat exchanger are provided. The heat exchanger includes a housing defining a heat exchange plenum having a first fluid inlet and a first fluid outlet separated along a transverse direction. A plurality of heat exchange banks pass through the heat exchange plenum between a top side and a bottom side of the housing substantially along a vertical direction, each of the heat exchange banks comprising a plurality of heat exchange tubes. A plurality of collector manifolds are positioned at the top side and the bottom side of the housing, each collector manifold defining one or more connecting ports providing fluid communication between adjacent heat exchange banks.

A hydrophilic coating for use with a heat exchanger includes an insolubilizer configured to provide structure or support for the hydrophilic coating. The hydrophilic coating further includes a wetting agent configured to provide wettability for the hydrophilic coating. The hydrophilic coating further includes an antibacterial agent configured to eliminate at least a portion of bacteria that contacts the hydrophilic coating. The hydrophilic coating further includes an antifungal agent configured to eliminate at least a portion of fungi that contacts the hydrophilic coating, the antifungal agent being different than the antibacterial agent and the insolubilizer.