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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Trane International Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Steven Joseph Pitts, La Crescent, MN (US);
Harry Kenneth Ring, Houston, MN (US);
Steven Erwin Meloling, La Crosse, WI (US);
Assignee:
TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC., Davidson, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 9/22 (2006.01); F28D 7/00 (2006.01); F28D 7/16 (2006.01); F25B 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 7/0066 (2013.01); F28D 7/16 (2013.01); F25B 39/028 (2013.01); F25B 2339/0242 (2013.01); F28F 2009/224 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heat exchanger, for example a shell and tube flooded evaporator, has a refrigerant distributor that is positioned at an angle between the bottom of the shell and the sides of the shell, and includes an inlet that is welded to an inlet piping, where the inlet and inlet piping are in fluid communication with the refrigerant distributor, and are in a generally corresponding position orientation. Tubes of a tube bundles may extend proximate the bottom of the shell.