Global Patent Index - EP 3748270 B1

EP 3748270 B1 20220817 - HYBRID TUBE BUNDLE EVAPORATOR

Title (en)

HYBRID TUBE BUNDLE EVAPORATOR

Title (de)

HYBRIDROHRBÜNDELVERDAMPFER

Title (fr)

ÉVAPORATEUR DE FAISCEAU DE TUBES HYBRIDE

Publication

EP 3748270 B1 20220817 (EN)

Application

EP 20175886 A 20200521

Priority

IT 201900008127 A 20190605

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP3748270A1] A tube bundle evaporator longitudinally extending along a horizontal axis, comprising a shell, a tube bundle housed inside said shell, a shell-side refrigerant fluid, a tube-side refrigerated fluid, a lower zone of said evaporator flooded by the refrigerant fluid in the liquid state and containing a first number of tubes of said tube bundle, a process fluid distributor positioned in an upper zone of said evaporator, a second number of tubes of said tube bundle positioned outside said flooded lower zone, and at least one outlet of refrigerant fluid in the gaseous state from the shell, comprising, inside the shell, a tortuous circuit for the refrigerant fluid which vaporises on contact with said second number of tubes comprising at least one descending portion of circuit.

IPC 8 full level

F28D 7/16 (2006.01); F25B 39/02 (2006.01); F28D 3/04 (2006.01); F28F 9/22 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F25B 39/028 (2013.01); F28D 3/04 (2013.01); F28D 7/1607 (2013.01); F28F 9/22 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0071 (2013.01)

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)

EP 3748270 A1 20201209; EP 3748270 B1 20220817

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 20175886 A 20200521