Refrigeration and heat pump systems with pressure exchangers

US11913696B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Energy Recovery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Azam Mihir Thatte · Kensington, US
• Behzad Zamanian Yazdi · San Francisco, US
• David Deloyd Anderson · Glenville, US
• James Elliott McLean, Jr. · Houston, US
• Joseph Michael Marchetti · Spring, US
• Omprakash Samudrala · San Ramon, US
• Neelesh Sarawate · Pleasanton, US
• Kuo-Chiang Chen · Sugar Land, US
• Farshad Ghasripoor · Berkeley, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 2022
• Grant date: Feb 27, 2024
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02B30/70
• WIPO field: Thermal processes and apparatus
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A fluid handling system includes a pressure exchanger (PX) configured to receive a first fluid at a first pressure and a second fluid at a second pressure and exchange pressure between the first fluid and the second fluid. The system further includes a condenser configured to provide corresponding thermal energy from the first fluid to a corresponding environment. The system further includes a receiver to receive the first fluid output by the PX. The receiver forms a chamber to separate the first fluid into a first gas and a first liquid. The system further includes a first booster to increase pressure of a portion of the first gas to form the second fluid at the second pressure and provide the second fluid at the second pressure to the PX.