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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Plymouth, MI (US);
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
York (Wuxi) Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Co., Ltd., Wuxi, JS, CN;
Johnson Controls Building Efficiency Technology (Wuxi) Co., Ltd., Wuxi, JS, CN;
Abstract
A falling-film evaporator includes an evaporator cylinder, a mist eliminator disposed in the evaporator cylinder, a dispenser disposed in the evaporator cylinder, a liquid baffle disposed in the evaporator cylinder, a first chamber formed at least partially by the mist eliminator and the liquid baffle on a first side of the evaporator cylinder below the mist eliminator, a gas returning chamber formed at least partially by the mist eliminator and the liquid baffle on a second side of the evaporator cylinder above the mist eliminator, a gas-liquid separation chamber formed at least partially by the dispenser at an upper portion of the first chamber, and an evaporation chamber formed at least partially by the dispenser at a lower portion of the first chamber, and where the gas returning chamber is in fluid communication with the evaporation chamber.