Water-cooled condenser

Abstract

A water-cooled condenser that exchanges heat between refrigerant of an air conditioner for a vehicle and coolant, and then send the refrigerant out to a air-cooled condenser through a refrigerant outlet port. The refrigerant outlet port is connected with the air-cooled condenser at a position that doesn't overlap a bumper reinforcement arranged in front of the air-cooled condenser at a front section of the vehicle when viewed along an airflow direction toward the air-cooled condenser. In the water-cooled condenser, the refrigerant that flows into the air-cooled condenser through the refrigerant outlet port flows much at a position that doesn't overlap the bumper reinforcement, so that superior heat radiation performance can be brought by a sufficient cooling airflow volume. Therefore, total heat radiation performance achieved by the air-cooled condenser and the water-cooled condenser can be improved.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a water-cooled condenser, especially to a water-cooled condenser suitable for exchanging heat of refrigerant of an air-conditioner for a vehicle.BACKGROUND ART[0002]A Patent Document 1 and a Patent Document 2 listed below disclose a water-cooled condenser installed within a side tank of a sub-radiator. In addition, a Patent Document 3 listed below discloses an air-cooled condenser and a radiator arranged lower than a bumper reinforcement.PRIOR ART DOCUMENTPatent Documents[0003]Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-121604[0004]Patent Document 2: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-127508[0005]Patent Document 3: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-22474SUMMARY OF INVENTION[0006]In the configurations disclosed in the Patent Document 1 and the Patent Document 2, a bumper reinforcement is disposed at a front section of a vehicle for collision safety. Since front surfaces of the condens...

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Benefits of technology

The patent text discusses the design of a front section of a vehicle for collision safety. However, the current designs have drawbacks such as reduced heat radiation performance due to reduced cooling airflow volume, limited design options due to reduced space in the front section, and potential refrigerant leakage in a small collision. The technical effects aim to address these drawbacks and provide a more optimized design for the front section of a vehicle.

Problems solved by technology

Since front surfaces of the condenser and the sub-radiator are covered by the bumper reinforcement, cooling airflow volume reduces and thereby heat radiation performance reduces.

In addition, a size of the sub-radiator becomes large due to the built-in water-cooled condenser in the side tank of the sub-radiator, so that designing of layout is restricted in a case of a vehicle whose front section has a relatively narrow space.

In addition, a pipe(s) is protruded forward from the water-cooled condenser, so that arrangement of the bumper reinforcement in a front section of a vehicle becomes difficult and refrigerant leakage from the refrigerant pipe(s) protruded forward is apprehended in a slight collision to a front section of a vehicle.

However, installation of a water-cooled condenser is not considered in the configuration.

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