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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Johnson Controls-hitachi Air Conditioning Technology (Hong Kong) Limited, Hong Kong, CN;
Atsuhiko Yokozeki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Tsuboe, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiharu Tsukada, Tokyo, JP;
Yuki Arai, Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There are provided a heat exchange apparatus and an air conditioner in which an occurrence of uneven refrigerant distribution of a heat exchanger is reduced such that heat exchange performance improves. The heat exchange apparatus includes: a heat-transfer pipe through which a refrigerant flows; a heat exchanger in which a plurality of the heat-transfer pipes are connected to one another; a distributor that distributes the refrigerant to the plurality of heat-transfer pipes; an inflow pipe that causes the refrigerant to flow into the distributor; and a confluent pipe which is connected to an intermediate position of the inflow pipe and in which the refrigerant flowing through an inside thereof is to merge with the refrigerant flowing through an inside of the inflow pipe. A merging part between the inflow pipe and the confluent pipe is positioned in the vicinity of the distributor.