US 11,988,422 B2
Microchannel heat exchanger drain
Lian San Tay, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed by Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,074.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/180,927, filed on Apr. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349632 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F25B 39/04 (2006.01); F28D 1/047 (2006.01)
CPC F25B 39/04 (2013.01) [F28D 1/0475 (2013.01); F25B 2339/0446 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigeration system comprising:
a support surface;
a microchannel heat exchanger mounted to the support surface, the heat exchanger including a body and an opening formed in the body, the body of the heat exchanger includes a plurality of heat exchange tube segments arranged in spaced parallel relationship and fluidly coupling a first manifold and a second manifold and the opening is defined by at least one of the plurality of heat exchange tube segments; and
a drain system associated with the support surface, wherein a portion of the drain system extends through the opening of the heat exchanger in a plane of an air flow of passing through the heat exchanger body.