Abstract: A charging device and method for injecting a non-volatile liquid such as oil or stop-leak into a refrigeration system through a service port, uses a hollow pressure container partly filled with the liquid using system refrigerant as the pressurizing gas. The container has a fitting with a Schrader valve that opens when the fitting is coupled to the service port. The liquid is injected by gas pressure created in the container after coupling. The container may inject the liquid through either the high-side service port or the low-side service port.

Abstract: A system for purifying a refrigerant (ammonia, Freon, etc.) puts impure liquid refrigerant into a container with a liquid chemical that reacts chemically with the impurity (water, acid, etc.) to form a solid or liquid. The vaporization temperatures of the chemical and the reaction product is substantially higher than that of the refrigerant. The chemical does not react with the refrigerant. The impure refrigerant is added to the liquid decontaminant in such a way as to cause vigorous mixing so that efficient reaction occurs between the liquid decontaminant and one or more of the impurities. The refrigerant is allowed to evaporate out of the container. Since the reaction product stays in the container, the refrigerant vapor is very pure. The vaporization temperature of the reaction product is higher than that of the impurity, so that the purity of the refrigerant vapor is much greater than the vapor resulting from straight distillation.