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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2021
Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Ammar K. Sakarwala, Lewisville, TX (US);
Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed technology includes devices and methods for optimizing refrigerant flow in a heat exchanger. The disclosed technology can include a heat exchanger unit that has a first heat exchanger coil that experiences a first airflow of air passing over the first heat exchanger coil and a second heat exchanger coil that experiences a second airflow of air passing over the second heat exchanger coil. The first airflow can be less than the second air flow. The disclosed technology can include distributor tubes in fluid communication with the heat exchanger coils to direct a flow of refrigerant from an expansion valve to the heat exchanger coils. The first distributor tube can reduce a flow rate of refrigerant to the first heat exchanger coil such that a greater amount of refrigerant is directed to the second heat exchanger coil and refrigerant exits each heat exchanger coil as a superheated vapor.