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Heating pumping installation, in particular with a refrigeration function

US6397621B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 2000
Grant dateJun 4, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 24, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25B1/053
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The refrigeration cycle uses an evaporation zone prior to compression and a condensation zone after the latter, in which the thermodynamic fluid used in the cycle as well as the fluid used in the cold-exchange and heat-exchange cycles is water. The installation is operated on the basis of dynamic compression in two separate compression stages linked to one another by at least one zone with de-superheating and enclosed in a hermetically sealed and heat-insulated enclosure confining the vapor at very low pressure; the wheels of these two stages are mounted directly on the opposite ends of the shaft of a common, sealed, variable speed electric motor disposed inside the enclosure between these stages.

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