HEAT EXCHANGING APPARATUS

摘要

The invention is directed to miniaturizing a housing (2) by combining a plate-fin heat exchanger (1, 1) having a great heat exchange rate relative to a volume with a gas-liquid separator (10) having a lateral H-shape. Provided in the housing (2) are the plate-fin heat exchanger (1, 1) for performing heat exchange between a refrigerant and a fluid to be cooled and the gas-liquid separator (10) such that the refrigerant and the fluid to be cooled are transported through a piping in the housing (2) and heat exchange is performed between the refrigerant and the fluid to be cooled so as to cool the fluid to be cooled while performing separation and mixing of a gas and a liquid in the refrigerant. In order to be laterally H-shaped, the gas-liquid separator (10) comprises an upper storage section (10a) having a hollow cylindrical member gas-tightly sealed at both ends thereof, a lower storage section (10c) and an intermediate section (10b) allowing the both storage sections (10a, 10c) to communicate with each other. $$