Abstract: A test chamber and a method for conditioning air in a test space thereof for receiving test material, the test space being configured to be sealed from an environment and temperature-insulated, a cooling device of a temperature control device of the test chamber, which comprises a cooling circuit with carbon dioxide as a refrigerant, a heat exchanger in the test space, a low-pressure compressor, and a high-pressure compressor, a gas cooler, and an expansion valve downstream of the low-pressure compressor in a flow direction of the refrigerant, being used to establish a temperature between ?20° C. to +180° C. within the test space, a control device of the test chamber being used to control the temperature and/or a relative humidity in the test space. A dehumidifier bypass of the cooling circuit, which comprises a second expansion valve and a second heat exchanger, is used to dehumidify air in the test space.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gas sensor (34) and a method for detecting gas in a test space (37) of a test chamber for conditioning air, in particular a temperature control chamber, a climate chamber or the like, and to a test chamber, the gas sensor having a sensor head (35) configured to be brought into contact with an atmosphere of the test space. The gas sensor is configured to detect a gas, in particular a refrigerant and/or a hydrocarbon, in the test space, the gas sensor having a transport tube (36) configured to transport a measuring gas from the test space to the sensor head.

Abstract: A test chamber and a method for conditioning air in which the test chamber comprises a temperature-insulated test space, which is closable to an environment and serves to receive test material, and a temperature control device for controlling the test space in temperature, a temperature ranging from ?40 ° C. to +180 ° C. being generable within the test space by the temperature control device. The temperature control device comprises a cooling apparatus having a first and second cooling cycle, the first cooling cycle having a first refrigerant, a first heat exchanger, a first compressor, a first condenser and a first expansion element, the first refrigerant being a hydrocarbon or a refrigerant mixture made of hydrocarbons. The second cooling cycle has a heat transfer medium, a second heat exchanger in the test space and a pump, the second cooling cycle being coupled to the first cooling cycle by the first heat exchanger.

Abstract: A method for conditioning air in a temperature-insulated test space of a test chamber and a test chamber serving for receiving test material, in which a temperature ranging from ?20° C. to +180° C. is generated within the test space. A cooling cycle has an internal heat exchanger, which is connected on a high-pressure side of the cooling cycle downstream of a gas cooler and upstream of an expansion valve, the internal heat exchanger being coupled with a medium-pressure bypass of the cooling cycle, the medium-pressure bypass being connected downstream of the internal heat exchanger or the gas cooler and upstream of the expansion valve on the high-pressure side as well as upstream of a high-pressure compressor and downstream of a low-pressure compressor on a medium-pressure side of the cooling cycle, refrigerant being dosed in the medium-pressure side from the high-pressure side via the internal heat exchanger by a second expansion valve.

Abstract: A method and a test chamber for conditioning air, in which the test chamber comprises a temperature-insulated test space, which is closable to an environment and serves for receiving test material, and a temperature control device for controlling the test space in temperature, a temperature ranging from ?40° C. to +180° C. being generable within the test space by the temperature control device. The temperature control device comprises a heating apparatus and a cooling apparatus having a cooling cycle, the cooling cycle having a refrigerant, a heat exchanger disposed in the test space, a compressor, a condenser and an expansion element, the refrigerant being a hydrocarbon or a refrigerant mixture made of hydrocarbons. A stop element is disposed in the cooling cycle downstream of the heat exchanger and upstream of the compressor, the stop element being able to stop reflux of refrigerant in the heat exchanger in the opposite direction of flow.

Abstract: The invention relates to a test chamber and to a method for operating a test chamber for conditioning air, in particular a temperature control chamber, a climate chamber or the like, the test chamber comprising a temperature-insulated test space, which can be sealed from an environment and serves to hold test material, and a temperature control device for controlling the temperature of the test space, the temperature control device being configured to establish a temperature in a temperature range of ?50° C. to +180° C. within the test space, the temperature control device having a heating feature and a cooling feature with a cooling circuit with a refrigerant, a heat exchanger in the test space, a compressor, a condenser and an expansion member, the refrigerant being a hydrocarbon or a refrigerant mixture of hydrocarbons, the test chamber being provided with a machine room physically separated from the test space, the cooling circuit with the compressor being at least partially disposed in the machine room.

Abstract: A temperature chamber for conditioning air includes a temperature-insulated space which receives test material, and a temperature control device for controlling the temperature of the test space. The temperature control device allows a temperature in a range of ?50° C. to +180° C. to be established within the space, and has a cooling device including a cooling circuit with a refrigerant, a heat exchanger, a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion element. A jet device is connected to a low-pressure side of the cooling circuit downstream of the heat exchanger and upstream of the compressor, a first bypass is connected to a high-pressure side of the cooling circuit downstream of the compressor, and the refrigerant is suppliable to the jet device from the high-pressure side via the first bypass as a driving fluid.

Abstract: A method for conditioning air in a test space of a test chamber which receives test material. A temperature in a range of ?20° C. to +180° C. is established within the test space with a cooling device. The cooling device includes a cooling circuit with a refrigerant, a heat exchanger, a compressor, a condenser and an expansion element. An internal heat exchanger of the cooling circuit is connected to a high-pressure side of the cooling circuit upstream of the expansion element and downstream of the condenser and to a low-pressure side of the cooling circuit upstream of the compressor and downstream of the heat exchanger and is used to cool the refrigerant of the high-pressure side. A zeotropic refrigerant is used and the internal heat exchanger is used to cool the refrigerant of the high-pressure side to lower an evaporation temperature at the expansion element.

Abstract: A method for conditioning a fluid in a temperature-insulated test space and a test space of a test chamber for receiving test materials. A cascading cooling device creates a particular temperature range within the test space, and the cooling device has a first cooling circuit comprising a cascading heat exchanger, a first compressor, a condenser and a first expanding element, and a second cooling circuit comprising a heat exchanger, a second compressor, the cascading heat exchanger and a second expanding element. The cascading heat exchanger is cooled by the first cooling circuit, the heat exchanger is cooled by a bypass passing through the heat exchanger and bridging the cascading heat exchanger, the first compressor is turned off, and a first refrigerant is conducted and condensed in a gaseous state in the cascading heat exchanger on a low-pressure side of the bypass.

Abstract: A method for conditioning a fluid in a temperature-insulated test space and a test space of a test chamber for receiving test materials. A cascading cooling device creates a particular temperature range within the test space, and the cooling device has a first cooling circuit including a cascading heat exchanger, a first compressor, a condenser and a first expanding element, and a second cooling circuit including a heat exchanger, a second compressor, the cascading heat exchanger and a second expanding element The cascading heat exchanger is cooled by the first cooling circuit, the heat exchanger is cooled by a bypass passing through the heat exchanger and bridging the cascading heat exchanger, the first compressor is turned off, and a first refrigerant is conducted and condensed in a gaseous state in the cascading heat exchanger on a low-pressure side of the bypass.

Abstract: A refrigerant for a cooling device including a cooling circuit with at least one heat exchanger, the refrigerant undergoing a phase transition in the heat exchanger, the refrigerant being a refrigerant mixture composed of a mass fraction of carbon dioxide, a mass fraction of pentafluoroethane, a mass fraction of difluoromethane and a mass fraction of at least one other component, wherein the mass fraction of carbon dioxide in the refrigerant mixture is 28 to 51 mass percent, the mass fraction of pentafluoroethane being 14.5 to 32 mass percent, the mass fraction of difluoromethane being 14.5 to 38 mass percent, the other component being fluoromethane.

Abstract: A temperature chamber for conditioning air includes a temperature-insulated space which receives test material, and a temperature control device for controlling the temperature of the test space. The temperature control device allows a temperature in a range of ?50° C. to +180° C. to be established within the space, and has a cooling device including a cooling circuit with a refrigerant, a heat exchanger, a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion element. A jet device is connected to a low-pressure side of the cooling circuit downstream of the heat exchanger and upstream of the compressor, a first bypass is connected to a high-pressure side of the cooling circuit downstream of the compressor, and the refrigerant is suppliable to the jet device from the high-pressure side via the first bypass as a driving fluid.

Abstract: A method for conditioning air in a test space of a test chamber which receives test material. A temperature in a range of ?20° C. to +180° C. is established within the test space with a cooling device. The cooling device includes a cooling circuit with a refrigerant, a heat exchanger, a compressor, a condenser and an expansion element. An internal heat exchanger of the cooling circuit is connected to a high-pressure side of the cooling circuit upstream of the expansion element and downstream of the condenser and to a low-pressure side of the cooling circuit upstream of the compressor and downstream of the heat exchanger and is used to cool the refrigerant of the high-pressure side. A zeotropic refrigerant is used and the internal heat exchanger is used to cool the refrigerant of the high-pressure side to lower an evaporation temperature at the expansion element.

Abstract: A refrigerant for a cooling device including a cooling circuit with at least one heat exchanger, the refrigerant undergoing a phase transition in the heat exchanger, the refrigerant being a refrigerant mixture composed of a mass fraction of carbon dioxide, a mass fraction of pentafluoroethane, a mass fraction of difluoromethane and a mass fraction of at least one other component, wherein the mass fraction of carbon dioxide in the refrigerant mixture is 28 to 51 mass percent, the mass fraction of pentafluoroethane being 14.5 to 32 mass percent, the mass fraction of difluoromethane being 14.5 to 38 mass percent, the other component being fluoromethane.

Abstract: A refrigerant for a cooling device includes a cooling circuit with at least one heat exchanger, the refrigerant undergoing a phase transition in the heat exchanger, the refrigerant being a refrigerant mixture composed of a mass fraction of carbon dioxide, a mass fraction of pentafluoroethane, and a mass fraction of at least one other component, wherein the mass fraction of carbon dioxide in the refrigerant mixture is 20 to 74 mass percent, the mass fraction of pentafluoroethane being 8 to 65 mass percent, the other component being fluoromethane.

Abstract: A method for conditioning a fluid in a temperature-insulated test space and a test space of a test chamber for receiving test materials are provided. A particular temperature range within the test space is provided by a cascading cooling device having a first cooling circuit a cascading heat exchanger, a first compressor, a condenser and a first expanding element, and a second cooling circuit, a heat exchanger, a second compressor, the cascading heat exchanger and a second expanding element, said cascading heat exchanger cooled by the first cooling circuit, said heat exchanger subsequently cooled by a bypass passing through the heat exchanger and bridging the cascading heat exchanger, said first compressor being turned off, a first refrigerant conducted and condensed in a gaseous state in the cascading heat exchanger on a low-pressure side of the bypass.