Condenser purge system
US4313316A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 1980 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B43/046
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention relates to a chiller of the type using water as refrigerant and aqueous lithium bromide or a similar compound as absorbant wherein non-condensables are purged with water vapor from the condenser to the evaporator, wherein means are provided for condensing part of the water vapor conveying the entrained non-condensables as this is conveyed to the evaporator. According to one embodiment, entrained non-condensables are contacted with a condenser tube so as to condense part of the water vapor.
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