HEAT EXCHANGE DEVICE, REFRIGERATION SYSTEM, AND HEAT EXCHANGE METHOD

• Main Authors: MATSUNAGA, Arihiro, YOSHIKAWA, Minoru, YANO, Masato, SAKUMA, Hisato, NATSUMEDA, Takafumi, MATSUBA, Asuka
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.05.2019
• Subjects: BLASTING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS,IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT; HEATING; LIGHTING; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; WEAPONS

Since improving heat exchange between a gas-phase refrigerant and a liquid-phase refrigerant in a refrigeration system could instead result in a reduction in the efficiency of the whole refrigeration system, a heat exchange device (201) of the present invention includes: a refrigerant supply means (210) for supplying a first-temperature liquid-phase refrigerant (R11) and a second-temperature gas-phase refrigerant (R12) in one circulation system; a plurality of heat exchange means (220A, 220B) which are each configured so as to perform heat exchange between the liquid-phase refrigerant and the gas-phase refrigerant; and refrigerant circulation means (231, 232, 242) for circulating the gas-phase refrigerant (R12) in such a manner that the gas-phase refrigerant (R12) flows in parallel in the plurality of heat exchange means, and circulating the liquid-phase refrigerant (R11) in such a manner that the liquid-phase refrigerant (R11) flows in series in the plurality of heat exchange means.