Patent ID: 6539746
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: B60H,F25B,F28D,F28F

Abstract:
A high pressure gas cooler for a motor-vehicle air-conditioning system having a refrigerant circuit comprising, in the flow direction of the refrigerant, the gas cooler, an inner heat exchanger operable to exchange heat between the high-pressure and low-pressure sides, wherein the gas cooler and the inner heat exchanger are combined to form a single unit, wherein said gas cooler exhibits a bank of first heat-exchange tubes of the gas cooler, which is designed as a cross-current heat exchanger and has a horizontal basic alignment of the heat-exchange tubes in the normal installation position in the motor-vehicle, and which exhibits a bank of second heat -exchange tube s of the inner heat exchanger, which has at least almost fully or essentially the same basic alignment as the first heat-exchange tubes and is designed as a counter-current heat exchanger.