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Cooling system and method for operating a cooling system

US9188374B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED · DE

Inventors

Markus Piesker · Hamburg, DE
Ahmet Kayihan Kiryaman · Hamburg, DE
Sebastian Roering · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2012
Grant date	Nov 17, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 8, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02B30/70
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A cooling system for cooling food on board an aircraft includes a cooling circuit adapted to supply cooling energy to at least one cooling station, a refrigerant circulating in the cooling circuit selected such that it is convertible at least partially from the liquid to the gaseous state of aggregation on releasing its cooling energy to the at least one cooling station and subsequently convertible back at least partially to the liquid state of aggregation again by an appropriate pressure and temperature control in the cooling circuit, and a refrigerant container including a receiving space arranged in an interior space of the refrigerant container which receives the refrigerant circulating in the cooling circuit, the receiving space of the refrigerant container connected to the cooling circuit by a flow line for discharging the refrigerant from the receiving space and by a return line for returning the refrigerant into the receiving space.

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