Expressor capacity control
US6595024B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 25, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25B2700/04
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Saturated or sub-cooled liquid is supplied to the expander of an expressor. Starting just prior to the end of the inlet process or just after the completion of the inlet process, high pressure vapor from the expressor compressor discharge is supplied to the cavity defining a trapped volume under going expansion.
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