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Motor cooling in a refrigeration system

US6032472A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 6, 1995
Grant dateMar 7, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 6, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25B2700/1931
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The expanded flow through a heat exchanger type economizer is controlled by an electronic expansion valve and is supplied to the motor of a motor compressor to cool the motor. The electronic expansion valve is controlled by a microprocessor responsive to the temperature of the motor winding sensed by a thermistor.

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