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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 20, 2017
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Auburn Hills, MI (US);
York (Wuxi) Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Co., Ltd., Wuxi, CN;
Jeb W. Schreiber, Stewartstown, PA (US);
Xiuping Su, Wuxi, CN;
Li Wang, Wuxi, CN;
Brian Thomas Gallus, York, PA (US);
Scott Allen Ford, Spring Grove, PA (US);
Fang Xue, Wuxi, CN;
Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Schaffhausen, CH;
York (Wuxi) Air Conditioning And Refrigeration Co., Ltd., Jiangsu, CN;
Abstract
A heat exchanger for a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes a shell having an inlet configured to receive refrigerant and an outlet configured to output the refrigerant. The heat exchanger also includes a refrigerant distributor disposed within the shell, and multiple evaporating tubes disposed within the shell and positioned below the refrigerant distributor. The refrigerant distributor includes a perforated plate having multiple holes, each hole extends from a top surface of the perforated plate to a bottom surface of the perforated plate, and a center point of each hole is substantially aligned with a centerline of a respective evaporating tube.