Refrigeration system pressure control using a gas volume
US6530237B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 2, 2001 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 2, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B2700/1933
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus and method are provided for controlling a system pressure in a refrigeration system based on a variable load, which includes sensing return pressure and high side pressure in the system, and adjusting the low pressure to optimize a gas flow rate in the system by adding or removing gas from the system through an operating range of pressures in response to the sensed return pressure and the sensed high side pressure. The method further includes calculating a pressure difference between the return pressure and the high side pressure. A second pressure difference is calculated, and if the pressure difference decreases, gas is added to system and if the pressure difference increases, gas is removed from the system.
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