Patent ID: 6470703
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: F25B,F28D,F28F

Abstract:
A subcooling-type condenser comprising a pair of headers, and a plurality of heat transfer tubes interconnecting said pair of headers and extending in parallel to each other, said condenser being divided into a refrigerant condensation core for condensing refrigerant and a subcooling core for supercooling refrigerant condensed by said refrigerant condensation core, wherein a second header forming a header portion corresponding to an entrance portion of said subcooling core is formed integrally with a header portion for said refrigerant condensation core and a header portion for said subcooling core, at least said header portion corresponding to said entrance portion of said subcooling core is formed as a liquid refrigerant storage portion, and a capacity of said second header Vh is set within a range of 100 cc&lE;Vh&lE;250 cc.