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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2012
Gary Lee Sapp, Tyler, TX (US);
Darryl Elliott Denton, Tyler, TX (US);
Jason Thomas Leroy, Tyler, TX (US);
John Bailey, Huntersville, NC (US);
Roy Randall Crawford, Tyler, TX (US);
Gary Lee Sapp, Tyler, TX (US);
Darryl Elliott Denton, Tyler, TX (US);
Jason Thomas LeRoy, Tyler, TX (US);
John Bailey, Huntersville, NC (US);
Roy Randall Crawford, Tyler, TX (US);
Trane International Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Abstract
A heat exchanger has an upper region, a lower region disposed vertically lower than the upper region, and a passive charge management device. The passive charge management device has an internal volume, an upper tube connecting the internal volume to at least one of the upper region and the lower region at a first vertical height, and a lower tube connecting the internal volume to at least one of the upper region and the lower region at a second vertical height that is vertically lower than the first vertical height.