INTEGRATED SEPARATOR AND DISTRIBUTOR

A separator and distributor assembly (30) for a falling film evaporator (12) housed within the evaporator shell includes a housing (80) defining a separation volume (34), a refrigerant inlet (50) configured to admit a liquid and vapor refrigerant flow (24) into the separation volume (34) and one or...

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1. Verfasser: MOORE, Bryce Kirk
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Zusammenfassung:A separator and distributor assembly (30) for a falling film evaporator (12) housed within the evaporator shell includes a housing (80) defining a separation volume (34), a refrigerant inlet (50) configured to admit a liquid and vapor refrigerant flow (24) into the separation volume (34) and one or more refrigerant gutters (36) extending along a lengthwise axis (38) of the housing (80). The refrigerant gutter (36) has a gutter inlet (42) at a bottom (56) of the separation volume (34), and the one or more refrigerant gutters (36) are configured to receive separated liquid refrigerant (32) from the separation volume (34). One or more sparge channels (44) are in fluid communication with the refrigerant gutters (36). The sparge channel (44) includes one or more sparge openings (46) at a top of the sparge channel (44) vertically below the gutter inlet (42) . The one or more sparge openings (46) are configured to flow liquid refrigerant (32) therefrom.