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.

1 . 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, wherein
 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.   
     
     
         2 . The water-cooled condenser according to  claim 1 , wherein the refrigerant outlet port is disposed closely beneath the bumper reinforcement. 
     
     
         3 . The water-cooled condenser according to  claim 1 , wherein the refrigerant outlet port is disposed closely above the bumper reinforcement. 
     
     
         4 . The water-cooled condenser according to  claim 1 , wherein
 a sub-radiator for exchanging heat between the coolant and outside air is provided above or under the air-cooled condenser, and the bumper reinforcement is disposed so as to overlap a portion of the air-cooled condenser and a portion of the sub-radiator.   
     
     
         5 . The water-cooled condenser according to  claim 4 , wherein a coolant inlet port to the sub-radiator is disposed at a position that doesn't overlap the bumper reinforcement when viewed along the airflow direction. 
     
     
         6 . The water-cooled condenser according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the water-cooled condenser is disposed on one side of the sub-radiator and the air-cooled condenser, and a liquid tank for accumulating part of the refrigerant is disposed on another side of the air-cooled condenser.