CA3031201A1 - Ultra narrow channel ultra low refrigerant charge evaporative condenser - Google Patents

Ultra narrow channel ultra low refrigerant charge evaporative condenser Download PDF

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CA3031201A1
CA3031201A1 CA3031201A CA3031201A CA3031201A1 CA 3031201 A1 CA3031201 A1 CA 3031201A1 CA 3031201 A CA3031201 A CA 3031201A CA 3031201 A CA3031201 A CA 3031201A CA 3031201 A1 CA3031201 A1 CA 3031201A1
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Thomas Bugler
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
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    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
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    • F28C2001/145—Direct-contact trickle coolers, e.g. cooling towers comprising also a non-direct contact heat exchange with arrangements of adjacent wet and dry passages
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • F28D1/04—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits
    • F28D1/053—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being straight
    • F28D1/05308—Assemblies of conduits connected side by side or with individual headers, e.g. section type radiators
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US15/658,322 US20180128525A1 (en) 2016-07-22 2017-07-24 Ultra narrow channel ultra low refrigerant charge evaporative condenser
PCT/US2017/043557 WO2018018049A1 (en) 2016-07-22 2017-07-24 Ultra narrow channel ultra low refrigerant charge evaporative condenser
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MX (1) MX2019000924A (pt)
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