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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2001
Yoshinori Shirakata, Takasago, JP;
Kenji Ueda, Takasago, JP;
Wataru Seki, Takasago, JP;
Yoichiro Iritani, Takasago, JP;
Akihiro Kawada, Takasago, JP;
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A condenser for condensing and liquifying a refrigerant by inducing the refrigerant into a receptacle ( ), in which cooling water is fed through a plurality of thermal transmission pipes ( ) which are arranged in bundles. A plate body ( ) is provided between the bundles of the thermal transmission pipes, and slopes diagonally downwardly when viewed in cross-section from the direction of the length of the thermal transmission pipes. Consequently, the refrigerant falling toward the thermal transmission pipes at low positions is led diagonally downwardly by the plate body, so that the liquid film of refrigerant which adheres to the surfaces of the thertmal transmission pipes does not become too thick, thereby preventing reduction in the thermal transmittancy of the thermal transmission pipes.