Gas-liquid separator and clothes treatment device with gas-liquid separator

Abstract

The invention relates to a gas-liquid separator and a clothes treatment device with the gas-liquid separator. The above-mentioned gas-liquid separator includes: a casing having a storage space inside; a suction port formed in the casing for sucking refrigerant mixed fluid into the storage space; The gas-phase refrigerant separated from the refrigerant mixed fluid is discharged. Thereby, even if the installation space is narrow, it can be arranged compactly inside the casing, and interference with peripheral components can be avoided.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a gas-liquid separator for separating gas-phase refrigerant and liquid-phase refrigerant, and a clothes processing device with the gas-liquid separator. Background technique [0002] Generally speaking, the heat pump system circulates the refrigerant to the evaporator, compressor, condenser and expansion valve, the evaporator absorbs the heat source, and the condenser discharges the heat source. Among them, the refrigerant undergoes a phase change in such a manner that it converts from a liquid phase to a gas phase by absorbing a heat source, and from a gas phase to a liquid phase by discharging a heat source. After the gas-phase refrigerant is compressed by the compressor, the condenser, expansion valve, evaporator and compressor are repeated as a cycle. [0003] If the liquid-phase refrigerant flows into the compressor together with the gas-phase refrigerant, the liquid-phase refrigerant will be compressed during the operati...

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[0011] For example, in the horizontal collector structure of Patent Document 1, when the suction port 37 and the discharge port 37 are provided on the left side together, the liquid-phase refrigerant flowing in through the first communication opening 51 and the The mixture of gas-phase refrigerant and oil passes through the upper space of the liquid-phase refrigerant storage space, and after the liquid-phase refrigerant and oil are separated, the gas-phase refrigerant should be returned to the discharge port, but since the returnable hole is not formed in the second partition wall (second partitionplate) 47, so cannot return to drain

[0012] Even if a hole for returning the gas-phase refrigerant is formed in the second partition wall 47, since the returning gas-phase refrigerant meets the mixture containing the sucked liquid-phase refrigerant, etc., there is a possibility that the original function of the gas-liquid separator cannot be exerted. Problem, that is, the inability to separate the gas phase refrigerant from the liquid phase refrigerant

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