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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2006
Shun Yoshioka, Sakai, JP;
Makio Takeuchi, Sakai, JP;
Kazushige Kasai, Sakai, JP;
Daikin Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A refrigerant flow divider is made up of an inlet pipethrough which refrigerant Xin flows in, a main bodyof which the inside is a cavity, and a plurality of branching pipesthrough which refrigerant Xout flows out. When the length of the above described main bodyof the flow divider is L mm and the inner diameter of the above described main bodyof the flow divider is Dmm, the relationship 2≦L/D≦8 holds, and thus, a flow divider can be gained, where discrepancy (variation) in the flow rate ratio in the respective paths for the flow discharged from the outlet of the flow divider and entering the heat exchanger is small and pressure loss is small when there is a change of approximately ±10° in the installation angle, a change in the dryness of the refrigerant at the inlet (0.2 to 0.4) or a change in the flow rate of the refrigerant (50% to 100%).