Process for intermediate storage of a refrigerant
US5636529A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 9, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 9, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25J2290/62
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Intermediate storage of the refrigerant of a refrigerant circuit in which the refrigerant is compressed, cooled and at least partially liquefied, expanded for refrigeration purposes and heated and vaporized in heat exchange with the process flow to be cooled, is performed by delivering refrigerant components which condense on the high pressure side of the refrigerant circuit at ambient temperature to a separator and storing them in the latter for the interim. Liquid refrigerant components within the cold area of the refrigerant circuit are routed to a high pressure storage tank and stored therein for the interim.
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