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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2016
Hussmann Corporation, Bridgeton, MO (US);
Ming Zhang, Ballwin, MO (US);
Ken Nguyen, St. Louis, MO (US);
Hussmann Corporation, Bridgeton, MO (US);
Abstract
A heat exchanger includes a plurality of first refrigerant flow tubes in fluid communication with one of a suction line and a liquid line, and a second refrigerant flow tube in fluid communication with the other of the suction line and the liquid line. Each of the first refrigerant flow tubes and the second refrigerant flow tube have microchannels, the second refrigerant flow tube positioned between and cooperates with the first refrigerant flow tubes to heat vapor refrigerant flowing in the suction line, the refrigerant directed to or exiting the second refrigerant flow tube flows around a portion of at least one of the first refrigerant flow tubes.