US20180128525A1 - Ultra narrow channel ultra low refrigerant charge evaporative condenser - Google Patents

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US20180128525A1
US20180128525A1 US15/658,322 US201715658322A US2018128525A1 US 20180128525 A1 US20180128525 A1 US 20180128525A1 US 201715658322 A US201715658322 A US 201715658322A US 2018128525 A1 US2018128525 A1 US 2018128525A1
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  • the present invention relates to evaporative condensers and coolers.
  • evaporative condensers receive superheated refrigerant gas from a cooling/refrigeration system compressor and cool/condense it to refrigerant liquid, which condensed refrigerant liquid is then return to a cooling/refrigeration system evaporator for cooling/refrigeration of a desired space.
  • the evaporative condensers include a series of round or slightly elliptical serpentine tubes through which the refrigerant passes. Water is flowed over the tubes containing the refrigerant, allowing heat to be transferred from the refrigerant to the water via indirect heat exchange and causing the superheated refrigerant gas to condense to liquid. The heated water in turn is cooled by direct heat exchange with ambient air as the water and ambient air pass over the tubes and/or through fill material.
  • the present invention is a new design for evaporative refrigerant condensers including an indirect refrigerant condensing tube bundle heat exchanger with single pass (no serpentine) extremely narrow elliptical tubes (ratios of tube height to tube width of 3:1 to 16:1) to increase the refrigerant velocity (void fraction).
  • the preferred tube width of the tubes of the invention is approximately 0.1 inches to 0.5 inches, outside diameter, with tube height about 1.4 inches to 1.6 inches, outside diameter (vertical axis of ellipse).
  • the preferred tube width of the tubes of the invention is approximately 0.025 inches to 0.125 inches, outside diameter, with tube height about 0.3 inches to 0.4 inches, outside diameter (vertical axis of ellipse).
  • Each single pass tube terminates at one end at an inlet refrigerant header and at the other end at an outlet refrigerant header.
  • the tubes may be galvanized or stainless steel.
  • the tubes may be provided with a flared inlet to reduce inlet refrigerant pressure loss.
  • tube spacing may be approximately 0.5 inches to 0.75 inches, center to center.
  • each tube may be offset vertically relative to adjacent tubes to reduce air dP loss so that adjacent tubes nest into one-another.
  • This design reduces the cross sectional refrigerant flow area significantly, thus significantly reducing the required refrigerant charge, while maintaining the external heat exchange surface and thus heat exchange capacity, resulting in an unexpected increase in efficiency of more than 20% relative to the same device with serpentine elliptical tubes.
  • the refrigerant condensing tube bundle of the invention may be substituted for the serpentine coil from a standard evaporative closed circuit cooler/condenser.
  • the refrigerant condensing tube bundle described above may be combined with (placed into) an otherwise standard counterflow direct evaporative cooling tower to create a new type of evaporative refrigerant condenser/cooling tower.
  • the tube bundle may be used as the structural support for fill, supporting various amounts of fill height, for example, but not limited to, 6 inches, 1′, 1.5′, 2′, 2.5′, 3′, 3.5′, 4′ or more of film fill height, or any amounts in between.
  • the bottom fill bundles should preferably be run perpendicular to the condenser tubes for best water distributions on the tubes.
  • Standard cooling tower nozzle arrangements may be used with water flow rates as low as 2 gpm/sf, with preferable amounts of 4 gpm/sf to 10 gpm/sf, and more preferably from around 5 gpm/sf to 7 gpm/sf.
  • the tubes in the tube bundle may have a slight slope from horizontal to allow for drainage of liquid refrigerant.
  • lengths of the tubes of the tube bundle may run either long or short way across the tower depending on thermal and refrigerant load.
  • the tube bundle of the invention may be used in a counterflow closed circuit cooler arrangement in which the fan, water distribution nozzles, heat and mass exchange fill and air inlets are all positioned above a water redistribution basin, which in turn is positioned above a closed circuit cooler coil of the invention.
  • This embodiment produces a substantial reduction in height due to the lack of serpentine tube bends in the tube bundle of the invention.
  • the tube spacing of the present invention used in a counterflow closed circuit cooler can be much tighter with less space between tubes, since only water and no air needs to flow between tubes.
  • the coil bundle of the invention may be located just above the fill and below the spray nozzles.
  • the tube bundle of the invention may be used with various crossflow arrangements.
  • the tube bundle is located above the crossflow fill and below the nozzle distribution system and air flows downward through the tubes before exiting to the fan plenum.
  • the tube bundles of the invention may be located above, below and in the middle of the crossflow fill. According to this embodiment, no air passes over the tubes, only water, as the cooled water flows from one fill section down to the next.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a tube according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of a tube according to another embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a tube bundle according to an embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 4 is a top/overhead view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 3 .
  • FIG. 5 is a side view of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 .
  • FIG. 6 is an end view of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3-5 .
  • FIG. 7A is a representation of a prior art closed circuit cooler/condenser with serpentine coil.
  • FIG. 7B is a representation of a closed circuit cooler/condenser with an ultra-narrow elliptical tube bundle according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 8A is a representation of a prior art counterflow direct evaporative cooling tower.
  • FIG. 8B is a representation of a counterflow indirect evaporative refrigerant condenser/cooling tower according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 8C is a representation of different counterflow indirect evaporative refrigerant condenser/cooling tower according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 9A is a representation of a prior art closed circuit cooler.
  • FIG. 9B is a representation of closed circuit cooler according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 10A is a representation of a prior art induced draft evaporative condenser/cooler.
  • FIG. 10B is a representation of an induced draft evaporative condenser/cooler according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 10C is a representation of another embodiment according to the invention.
  • FIG. 10D is a representation of a further embodiment according to the invention.
  • FIG. 10E is a representation of yet another embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a cross-section of a condenser tube according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the tubes of the invention are formed in the shape of an extreme ellipse, with the major axis of the tube at least 3 ⁇ the minor axis.
  • the height of the tube (major axis) is at least 1.4 inches (outer diameter)
  • the width of the tube (minor axis) is no greater than 0.5 inches (outer diameter).
  • FIG. 2 shows in which the ratio of the major axis to the minor axis is 6.4:1.
  • the minor axis may be 0.1 inches to 0.25 inches
  • the major axis may be 1.4 inches to 1.6 inches with ratios of major axis to minor axis of 3:1 to 16:1.
  • the tubes of the invention may be arranged in rows of parallel single pass tubes, each tube running from an inlet header to an outlet header.
  • the embodiment shown in FIGS. 3-6 shows multiple inlet and outlet headers, with each row of tubes having its own set of headers.
  • a single header may be provided at each end of the bundle, with all tubes from all rows terminating at one end at a single inlet header, and terminating at the other end at a single outlet header.
  • Horizontal tube spacing is preferably 0.5 inches to 0.75 inches, center to center.
  • the spacing between adjacent tube sides is preferably 0.25 to 0.65 inches.
  • Vertical tube spacing is preferably 0.5 inches to 2.0 inches, center to center.
  • FIG. 7B shows a closed circuit cooler/condenser in which the prior art serpentine coil has been replaced with an ultra-narrow elliptical tube bundle according to tn embodiment of the invention.
  • Standard cooling tower nozzles distribute water over the ultra-narrow elliptical tube bundle of the invention, and the water collects in a basin at the bottom of the device from which it is pumped back to the nozzles.
  • Ambient air is drawn into the plenum of the device at the bottom under the action of a fan and is drawn up through the tube bundle to exit the device from the top.
  • FIG. 8B shows a counterflow indirect evaporative refrigerant condenser/cooling tower according to an embodiment of the invention in which a refrigerant condensing tube bundle according to the invention has been placed into a standard counterflow direct evaporative cooling tower.
  • the tube bundle can act as the structural support for the fill, the sheets of which run perpendicular to the condenser tubes.
  • Standard cooling tower nozzles distribute water over the fill, and the water collects in a basin at the bottom of the device from which it is pumped back to the nozzles.
  • Ambient air is drawn into the plenum of the device at the bottom under the action of a fan and is drawn up through the tube bundle and the fill to exit the device from the top.
  • the tubes run parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tower.
  • FIG. 8C shows an embodiment in which the tubes run perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tower.
  • FIG. 9B shows the tube bundle of the invention in an open cooling tower embodiment having a closed circuit water-to-fluid heat exchanger below.
  • the tube bundle is located at the bottom of the device, and air is drawn into a plenum of the device through side openings located above the tube bundle. Air is drawn through the fill and forced out through the top of the device.
  • Spray nozzles from a water distribution system spray water over the fill. The water is collected in a tray and then redistributed over the tube bundle, cooling the fluid therein via indirect heat exchange. The water collects in a basin at the bottom of the devices and is then pumped back to the spray nozzles. Since no air is directed over the tubes, the tube spacing can be much tighter, and the tube bundle of the present invention allows for much tighter spacing with the extreme elliptical shape and the lack of return bends.
  • FIG. 10B shows a tube bundle according to the invention in an induced draft evaporative condenser unit with crossflow fill.
  • the tube bundle is located directly beneath the spray nozzles of the water distribution system, and the fill is located below the tube bundle. Air enters the device through the sides at the bottom, adjacent the fill, as well as through the top above the tube bundle. Air flows downward through the tubes before exiting to the fan plenum. Water flows over the tube bundle and then over the fill to collect in the basin, from which it is pumped back to the water distribution system.
  • the tube bundles of the invention may be located above ( FIG. 10C ), below ( FIG. 10D ) and/or in the middle ( FIG. 10E ) of the crossflow fill. According to these embodiments, only water is directed over the tubes, and no air flow is directed over the tubes.

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BR112019001272-9A BR112019001272A2 (pt) 2016-07-22 2017-07-24 condensador evaporativo de canal ultraestreito e carga de refrigerante ultrabaixa
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RU2019101450A RU2019101450A (ru) 2016-07-22 2017-07-24 Испарительный конденсатор со сверхнизким зарядом хладагента и сверхузким каналом
MX2019000924A MX2019000924A (es) 2016-07-22 2017-07-24 Condensador de evaporacion de carga de refrigerante ultra baja de canal ultra estrecho.
CA3031201A CA3031201A1 (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
CN201780045567.2A CN109844437A (zh) 2016-07-22 2017-07-24 超窄通道超低制冷剂充注量蒸发式冷凝器
ZA201900989A ZA201900989B (en) 2016-07-22 2019-02-15 Ultra narrow channel ultra low refrigerant charge evaporative condenser
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