Global Patent Index - EP 2857788 A4

EP 2857788 A4 20160323 - HEAT EXCHANGER

Title (en)

HEAT EXCHANGER

Title (de)

WÄRMETAUSCHER

Title (fr)

ÉCHANGEUR DE CHALEUR

Publication

EP 2857788 A4 20160323 (EN)

Application

EP 13772745 A 20130403

Priority

  • JP 2012086622 A 20120405
  • JP 2013002327 W 20130403

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2015027672A1] In a heat exchanger, each of flat tubes (31) has an end portion inserted in a header-collecting pipe (70). When the heat exchanger functions as an evaporator, a refrigerant in a gas-liquid two-phase state upwardly flows in a subspace (71a) located in the header-collecting pipe (70). An effective cross-sectional area A of the subspace (71a) in the header-collecting pipe (70) is set based on a mass flow rate of the refrigerant flowing into the subspace (71a) in the header-collecting pipe (70). The effective cross-sectional area A is obtained by subtracting a projected area A1 which corresponds to a portion of each flat tube (31) located in the subspace (71a) and is projected onto a plane perpendicular to an axial direction of the header-collecting pipe (70) from an area A0 of a cross section of the subspace (71a) which is perpendicular to the axial direction of the header-collecting pipe (70).

IPC 8 full level

F28F 13/08 (2006.01); F25B 39/02 (2006.01); F28F 1/30 (2006.01); F28F 9/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

F25B 39/028 (2013.01 - EP US); F28D 1/05375 (2013.01 - US); F28D 1/05391 (2013.01 - EP US); F28F 1/24 (2013.01 - US); F28F 9/0209 (2013.01 - EP US); F28F 9/028 (2013.01 - US); F28F 9/0282 (2013.01 - EP US); F28F 13/06 (2013.01 - US); F25B 2500/01 (2013.01 - EP US); F28D 2021/0085 (2013.01 - EP US); F28F 1/022 (2013.01 - EP US); F28F 1/128 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

US 2015027672 A1 20150129; CN 104246414 A 20141224; CN 104246414 B 20160817; EP 2857788 A1 20150408; EP 2857788 A4 20160323; EP 2857788 B1 20181031; ES 2708210 T3 20190409; JP 2013217528 A 20131024; JP 5626254 B2 20141119; WO 2013150795 A1 20131010

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 201314385432 A 20130403; CN 201380018414 A 20130403; EP 13772745 A 20130403; ES 13772745 T 20130403; JP 2012086622 A 20120405; JP 2013002327 W 20130403