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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2015
Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd, Hergiswil, CH;
Wilhelmus Franciscus Schoonen, BA Son, NL;
Franke Technology and Trademark Ltd, Hergiswil, CH;
Abstract
A heat exchanger is disclosed, having a vessel for containing a refrigerant, the vessel having a chamber bounded by a surface of a vessel wall, the vessel including an inlet and an outlet for transport of a refrigerant into and out of the chamber. At least one tube portion is inside the chamber, to enable fluid communication into and/or out of the tube portion through a first orifice and a second orifice. This at least one tube portion has an average diameter. The chamber has a space for the refrigerant, with the space having a volume, and the at least one tube portion has an outer surface in contact with the space for the refrigerant, this surface having an area. The volume divided by a product of the area and the average diameter is smaller than or equal to a constant.