Global Patent Index - EP 2079974 A2

EP 2079974 A2 20090722 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING DISTRIBUTION OF FLUID IN A HEAT EXCHANGER

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING DISTRIBUTION OF FLUID IN A HEAT EXCHANGER

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUR VERBESSERUNG DER FLUIDVERTEILUNG IN EINEM WÄRMETAUSCHER

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ ET APPAREIL CONSISTANT À AMÉLIORER LA DISTRIBUTION DE FLUIDE DANS UN ÉCHANGEUR DE CHALEUR

Publication

EP 2079974 A2 20090722 (EN)

Application

EP 06816875 A 20061013

Priority

US 2006040112 W 20061013

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2008048251A2] A mini-channel heat exchanger or a micro-channel heat exchanger includes an insert (140, 240, 340, 440, 540, 640, 4, 940, 1040) having a volume. The insert is within a gap between a plurality of tubes (130, 230, 330, 430, 530, 630, 1 , 930, 1030) of the mini-channel heat exchanger or the micro- channel heat exchanger and a manifold inner wall of a manifold (120, 220, 320, 420, 520, 620, 2, 920, 1020).

IPC 8 full level

F28F 9/22 (2006.01); F28F 9/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

F25B 39/028 (2013.01 - EP US); F28D 1/05383 (2013.01 - EP US); F28F 9/0273 (2013.01 - EP US); F28F 9/028 (2013.01 - EP US); F28F 9/0243 (2013.01 - EP US); F28F 2260/02 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2008048251 A2 20080424; WO 2008048251 A3 20090430; AT E549590 T1 20120315; CN 101548150 A 20090930; CN 101548150 B 20150909; EP 2079974 A2 20090722; EP 2079974 A4 20110223; EP 2079974 B1 20120314; ES 2384185 T3 20120702; US 2010089559 A1 20100415

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2006040112 W 20061013; AT 06816875 T 20061013; CN 200680056532 A 20061013; EP 06816875 A 20061013; ES 06816875 T 20061013; US 44544309 A 20090413