Global Patent Index - EP 3748272 A1

EP 3748272 A1 20201209 - A HYBRID TUBE BUNDLE EVAPORATOR

Title (en)

A HYBRID TUBE BUNDLE EVAPORATOR

Title (de)

HYBRIDROHRBÜNDELVERDAMPFER

Title (fr)

ÉVAPORATEUR DE FAISCEAU DE TUBES HYBRIDE

Publication

EP 3748272 A1 20201209 (EN)

Application

EP 20175901 A 20200521

Priority

IT 201900008154 A 20190605

Abstract (en)

A hybrid tube bundle evaporator comprising a shell, a tube bundle housed inside the shell, a shell-side refrigerant fluid, a tube-side refrigerated fluid, a lower zone of the evaporator flooded by the refrigerant fluid in the liquid state and containing a first number of tubes, a service refrigerant fluid distributor positioned in an upper zone of the evaporator for dispensing the refrigerant fluid in the liquid state by free fall onto a second number of tubes positioned outside said lower zone above said first number of tubes, and further comprising and at least one outlet of refrigerant fluid in the gaseous state positioned in an upper lateral zone of the shell, and, inside the shell, a conveying circuit towards the upper lateral outlet of the refrigerant fluid in the gaseous state.

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 39/02 (2013.01); F28D 7/163 (2013.01); F28F 25/06 (2013.01); F25B 2339/022 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0071 (2013.01); F28F 2009/224 (2013.01)

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

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3748272 A1 20201209; EP 3748272 B1 20220817

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 20175901 A 20200521