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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2000
Applicants:
Peter R. Gawthrop, Royal Oak, MI (US);
William Melnyk, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Jan Xu, Westland, MI (US);
Inventors:
Peter R. Gawthrop, Royal Oak, MI (US);
William Melnyk, Lathrup Village, MI (US);
Jan Xu, Westland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc., Van Buren Township, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D001/06 ; F28F009/22 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Higher heat-exchange capacity and greater vapor-liquid throughflows are attained in a downflow condenser. The increased capacity is achieved by a new design in the manifold to encourage condensation and lessen entrainment of gas phase matter in subcooling flows of condensed liquid. The increased capacity is also achieved by tailoring the flowpaths for a two-phase mixture to avoid reduce liquid film buildup on tubewalls.