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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2014
Carrier Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Jack Leon Esformes, Jamesville, NY (US);
Marcel Christians, Skaneateles, NY (US);
Satyam Bendapudi, Fayetteville, NY (US);
CARRIER CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A falling film evaporator () for a heating ventilation and cooling (HVAC) system includes a housing () and a plurality of evaporator tubes () positioned at least partially in the housing () through which a volume of thermal energy transfer medium is flowed. A distribution system () is located in the housing to distribute a flow of liquid refrigerant () over the plurality of evaporator tubes (). The distribution system () includes a distribution vessel having a plurality of drip openings () to flow the liquid refrigerant onto the plurality of evaporator tubes (), a feed pipe () to flow refrigerant into the distribution box (), and one or more pressure regulators () in the distribution system, thereby regulating the flow of liquid refrigerant.