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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Inventor:
Kevin Mercer, Danville, IN (US);
Assignee:
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 9/02 (2006.01); F25B 39/02 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 9/0273 (2013.01); F25B 39/028 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0071 (2013.01);
Abstract
A distributor for use in a heat exchanger including a distributor body having a first end, a second end, and a hollow interior. A fluid inlet is formed at the first end and a fluid outlet includes a plurality of orifices formed in the distributor body. The fluid outlet is configured to achieve a ratio of a pressure drop across the distributor to a pressure drop across the heat exchanger between about 3 and about 7 at nominal refrigerant flowrate conditions.