DISTRIBUTOR, HEAT EXCHANGER, AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE

Title:

DISTRIBUTOR, HEAT EXCHANGER, AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE DEVICE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/189892

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

Provided is a distributor with which it is possible to distribute an appropriate amount of refrigerant even in a downstream-side branch channel. A distributor (2) for distributing a fluid that has flowed into a fluid inlet (12a_1) to a plurality of fluid outlets (12a_3), wherein the distributor (2) has a plurality of branch channels that include an upstream-side branch channel (12a_2) and a downstream-side branch channel (12a_3) located nearer the plurality of fluid outlets than the upstream-side branch channel, and an intermediate channel (13_2) located between the upstream-side branch channel and the downstream-side branch channel and connecting the upstream-side branch channel and the downstream-side branch channel. The intermediate channel has one end (120) connected to the upstream-side branch channel and another end (121) connected to the downstream-side branch channel, and the flow of the fluid that has flowed in from the one end is caused to change direction and then flow out from the other end.

Inventors:

HIGASHIIUE SHINYA (JP)
AKAIWA RYOTA (JP)
MOCHIZUKI ATSUSHI (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2017/015344

Publication Date:

October 18, 2018

Filing Date:

April 14, 2017

Export Citation:

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Assignee:

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP (JP)

International Classes:

F25B41/00; F25B39/00; F28F9/02

Domestic Patent References:

WO2014184915A1	2014-11-20
WO2015045073A1	2015-04-02
WO2014184913A1	2014-11-20
WO2014184918A1	2014-11-20
WO2016071946A1	2016-05-12

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