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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2008
John T. Knight, Wichita, KS (US);
Jeffrey Lee Tucker, Wichita, KS (US);
Mahesh Valiya-naduvath, Lutherville, MD (US);
John T. Knight, Wichita, KS (US);
Jeffrey Lee Tucker, Wichita, KS (US);
Mahesh Valiya-Naduvath, Lutherville, MD (US);
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) systems and heat exchangers are provided which include tube and manifold configurations designed to promote separation of vapor phase and liquid phase fluid. The manifolds contain multichannel tubes of various end geometries designed to dispose flow channels at different heights within the manifold. Individual tubes also may be disposed at different heights within the manifold. The various flow channel and tube heights permit direction of vapor phase and liquid phase refrigerant to certain flow channels.