Refrigeration system with isolation of vapor component from compressor
US5720178A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 15, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 24, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B2400/161
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
In a vapor compression refrigeration system an improvement for isolating the compressor from work on a substantial component of refrigerant flashing to vapor upstream of the evaporator, wherein refrigerant liquid from the condenser is collected in a holding vessel from which it is intermittently emptied into an expansion device thereby generating flash vapor in the holding vessel which is prevented from passing through the expansion device and evaporator for return to the compressor.
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