Patent classifications
F25B2339/0242
Distributor, fall film evaporator and refrigeration system
A distributor (100), a falling film evaporator and a refrigerating system. The distributor includes: a sprayer (110), the top of the sprayer being connected to a falling film evaporator inlet (230), and the bottom of the sprayer being provided with spray holes (111); and an orifice plate (120) disposed at a lower end of the sprayer and provided with multiple distribution holes (121), wherein a centrifugal gas-liquid separating element is disposed in the sprayer and is configured to separate a refrigerant entering the sprayer through the evaporator inlet into a gas phase and a liquid phase. In the distributor, the centrifugal gas-liquid separating element is disposed in the sprayer, so that a two-phase refrigerant entering the sprayer through the evaporator inlet can be better separated under dual effects of the gravity and the centrifugal force.
Refrigerant vessel component and refrigeration circuit comprising such a refrigerant vessel component
This refrigerant vessel component (2, 4, 7) for a refrigeration circuit (100), comprises a shell (10) extending along a longitudinal axis (X) delimiting an internal volume (V), in which circulates a refrigerant fluid (R), whereas the refrigerant vessel component (2) comprises an inner shell (20) located radially inside the shell (10) and extending on at least a portion of the circumference of the shell (10), and whereas the inner shell (20) is at least partly formed of perforated material.
Evaporator
An evaporator comprises: a housing with a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet; heat transfer tubes that are contained in the housing, in which chilled water for heat exchange with refrigerant inside the housing flows; at least one distribution tray that is placed apart from the heat transfer tubes and has a plurality of holes for distributing refrigerant over the underlying heat transfer tubes; a vapor-liquid separator that is placed apart from the bottom of the distribution tray and separates an introduced refrigerant into a vapor refrigerant and a liquid refrigerant; and a pair of support frames that are fixed to either side of the width direction of the housing, wherein the vapor-liquid separator comprises: a chamber that has an inlet port communicating with the refrigerant inlet, a vapor refrigerant exit communicating with the refrigerant outlet, and a plurality of holes formed in the bottom to distribute the liquid refrigerant to the distribution tray; and a plurality of side arms that are formed on either side of the chamber and arranged in the length direction of the chamber and supported by the support frames. Through the present disclosure, it is possible to keep the vapor-liquid separator horizontal and stable and achieve stable heat exchange performance.
Heat exchanger
The disclosure relates to a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger includes a shell and heat exchange tube bundles located in the shell, the shell has an inlet and an outlet, and a refrigerant flows in through the inlet, exchanges heat with a fluid in the heat exchange tube bundles, and then flows out from the outlet, and the outlet is provided with an extension section that extends into an interior of the shell and has a receiving portion configured to receive at least a part of a liquid in the refrigerant flowing toward the outlet after heat exchange. The disclosure is easy to manufacture, install and maintain, and has a low cost. By optimizing the structure of an outlet pipeline of the heat exchanger, the influence of liquid carryover can be effectively controlled, and the overall performance, safety and reliability of the system can be enhanced.
CHILLER SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE COMPRESSORS
A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and/or refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes a first vapor compression flow path having a first condenser configured to place a working fluid in a heat exchange relationship with a cooling fluid, a second vapor compression flow path having a first evaporator configured to place the working fluid in a heat exchange relationship with a conditioning fluid, and a shared vapor compression flow path having a second condenser configured to place the working fluid in a heat exchange relationship with the cooling fluid and a second evaporator configured to place the working fluid in a heat exchange relationship with the conditioning fluid. The first vapor compression flow path is configured to direct working fluid vapor from the second evaporator to the first condenser and the second vapor compression flow path is configured to direct working fluid liquid from the second evaporator to the first evaporator.
TUBE-IN-TUBE IONIC LIQUID HEAT EXCHANGER EMPLOYING A SELECTIVELY PERMEABLE TUBE
A tube-in-tube heat exchanger utilizes a selectively permeable tube having a selective permeable layer to allow the refrigerant to transfer into an ionic liquid to generate heating or cooling. The ionic liquid then provides heating or cooling to a heat transfer fluid through a non-permeable layer or tube. The system may be configured as a shell and tube design, with the third fluid free to flow on the outside of the shell, or as a shell and tube-in-tube, with a central tube containing a first liquid, a second tube containing a second liquid, and an outer shell containing the third liquid. The selectively permeable tube may include an anion or cation selectively permeable layer and this layer may be supported by a support layer or tube.
Evaporator
An evaporator including a housing with a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet; heat transfer tubes contained in the housing, in which chilled water for heat exchange with refrigerant inside of the housing flows; at least one distribution tray placed apart from the heat transfer tubes and having a plurality of holes for distributing refrigerant over the underlying heat transfer tubes; a vapor-liquid separator that is placed above the distribution tray and separates an introduced mixed refrigerant into vapor refrigerant and liquid refrigerant and distributes the liquid refrigerant to the distribution tray; and at least one tube support with a plurality of holes for passing the heat transfer tubes through, that is placed inside of the housing and supports the distribution tray.
Integrated separator and distributor
A separator and distributor assembly for a falling film evaporator housed within the evaporator shell includes a housing defining a separation volume, a refrigerant inlet configured to admit a liquid and vapor refrigerant flow into the separation volume and one or more refrigerant gutters extending along a lengthwise axis of the housing. The refrigerant gutter has a gutter inlet at a bottom of the separation volume, and the one or more refrigerant gutters are configured to receive separated liquid refrigerant from the separation volume. One or more sparge channels are in fluid communication with the refrigerant gutters. The sparge channel includes one or more sparge openings at a top of the sparge channel vertically below the gutter inlet. The one or more sparge openings are configured to flow liquid refrigerant therefrom.
WATER BOX MIXING MANIFOLD
A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes a heat exchanger with a shell having a first pass configured to place a fluid in a heat exchange relationship with a first refrigerant and a second pass configured to place the fluid in a heat exchange relationship with a second refrigerant. The heat exchanger also includes a water box coupled to the shell and configured to direct the fluid from the first pass to the second pass. The HVAC&R system also includes a fluid mixing manifold disposed within the water box, where the fluid mixing manifold is configured to collect and mix a plurality of flows of the fluid from within the water box to generate a mixed fluid, and a sensor coupled to the fluid mixing manifold, where the sensor is configured to measure a parameter of the mixed fluid.
Falling film evaporator
A falling film evaporator (100), a housing (101) thereof being accommodated with a heat exchange tube (304), a perforated plate (205) and a spraying tube (202), the perforated plate (205) being provided between the spraying tube (202) and the heat exchange tube (304), such that refrigerant sprayed from the spraying tube (202) is sprayed onto the surface of the heat exchange tube (304) by means of distribution of the perforated plate (205); spraying openings (301) on the spraying tube (202) have a strip shape, and the extension direction of the openings is perpendicular to the length direction of the spraying tube (202). By means of configuring the length direction of the spraying tube (202) to be substantially perpendicular to the length direction of the heat exchange tube (304), refrigerant sprayed from the spraying openings (301) flows substantially in the length direction of the housing (101), the flow path of the refrigerant being lengthened, avoiding uneven spraying on the surface of the heat exchange tube (304).