Refrigeration system with surge receiver and saturated gas defrost
US4522037A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 9, 1982 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2002 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B2400/22
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A refrigeration system having compressor, condenser, surge receiver and multiple evaporator means, and high side control means including gas defrost means for selectively defrosting the evaporator means with saturated refrigerant gas, a surge control valve for the surge receiver means, and other means for operating the surge control valve in response to differential high side pressures, liquid levels in the receiver means and/or gas defrost operations to regulate refrigerant pressures within the surge receiver means.
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