摘要 |
A sub-cooled condenser (100) for an air conditioning system, having a condenser portion (124), a sub-cooler portion (126) located below that of the condenser portion (124), an adjacent receiver tank (128) having a first fluid port (130) in hydraulic connection with the condenser portion (124) and a second fluid port (132) in hydraulic connection with the sub-cooler portion (126), and a refrigerant diverter assembly (200) disposed in the receiver tank (128). The refrigerant diverter assembly (200) is configured to divert a refrigerant from the first fluid port (130) to a location beneath the surface level of a refrigerant retained within the receiver tank (128) without impacting the surface level. The refrigerant diverter assembly (200) includes a refrigerant port (212) in hydraulic connection with the first fluid port (130), axial and annular refrigerant passageways (208, 210), and a refrigerant conduit (224) having an inlet end (232) in hydraulic communication with the annular passageway (210) and a second fluid port (132) beneath the surface level (S) of the liquid phase refrigerant. |