公开(公告)号：EP2769161A1

公开(公告)日：2014-08-27

申请号：EP12836091.4

申请日：2012-09-26

申请人： Ingersoll-Rand Company

发明人： HARTFIELD, Jon, Phillip ,  RING, Harry, Kenneth ,  GROEN, Michael, William

IPC分类号： F28D7/00

CPC分类号： F25B39/028 ,  F25B39/02 ,  F25B2339/0242 ,  F28D7/16 ,  F28D21/0017 ,  F28D2021/0071 ,  F28F9/005 ,  F28F9/22

摘要： A refrigerant evaporator includes a shell having a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet, and a plurality of tubes disposed within the shell and carrying a process fluid. One embodiment includes at least a first plurality of the tubes are immersed in liquid refrigerant within the shell, and at least a second plurality of the tubes are partially immersed in liquid refrigerant and partially surrounded by gaseous refrigerant. The refrigerant evaporator also includes a baffle positioned adjacent the first plurality of tubes and immersed in the liquid refrigerant to displace the liquid refrigerant.