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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2015
Carrier Corporation, Jupiter, FL (US);
Marcel Christians, Skaneateles, NY (US);
CARRIER CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a condenser () flowing a flow of refrigerant therethrough, and a falling film evaporator () in flow communication with the condenser. The falling film evaporator includes a plurality of evaporator tubes () through which a volume of thermal energy transfer medium is flowed and a distributor () to distribute a flow of liquid refrigerant over the plurality of evaporator tubes. The distributor includes a distributor box () and a distribution sheet () positioned at a bottom surface of the distributor box having a plurality of ports () therein to distribute the flow of liquid refrigerant downwardly over the plurality of evaporator tubes. A plurality of baffles () is positioned at the distribution sheet to divide the distributor box into a plurality of compartments to ensure a homogeneous flow of the liquid refrigerant is delivered through the plurality of ports.