Heat Exchange Between Diverse Function Elements Patents (Class 62/513)
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Patent number: 8079229Abstract: An economized refrigerant vapor compression system (10) for water heating includes a refrigerant compression device (20), a refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger (30), an economizer heat exchanger (60), an evaporator (40) and a refrigerant circuit (70) providing a first flow path (OA, 70B, 70C, 70D) connecting the compression device (20), the refrigerant-to-liquid heat exchanger (30), the economizer heat exchanger (60) and the evaporator (40) in refrigerant circulation flow communication and a second flow path (70E) connecting the first flow path (62) through the economizer heat exchanger (60) to the compression device (20). The economizer heat exchanger (60) has a first pass (62) for receiving a first portion of the refrigerant having traversed the refrigerant-to-liquid heat exchanger and a second pass (64) for receiving a second portion of the refrigerant having traversed the refrigerant-to-liquid heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2005Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Alexander Lifson, Michael F. Taras
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Publication number: 20110302941Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus has at least one intermediate heat exchanger that exchanges heat between a refrigerant changing in two phases or a refrigerant in a supercritical state and a heat medium such as water and anti-freezing fluid different from the refrigerant, a refrigeration cycle in which a compressor, a heat-source side heat exchanger, at least one expansion valve, and a refrigerant-side channel of the intermediate heat exchanger are connected via a pipeline through which the refrigerant flows, and a heat-medium circulation circuit in which a heat-medium side channel of the intermediate heat exchanger, a pump, and a use-side heat exchanger are connected via a pipeline through which the heat medium flows, in which in the heat-medium circulation circuit, a fourth temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the heat-medium flowing out of the use-side heat exchanger is provided, and leakage of the heat medium from the heat-medium circulation circuit is detected on the basis of a change amount ofType: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2009Publication date: December 15, 2011Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventor: Shigeo Takata
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Publication number: 20110296856Abstract: A condensing unit has a fan selectively operable to draw air through the condensing unit along an airflow path, a first row of condenser tubes disposed along the airflow path, and a second row of desuperheater tubes disposed along the airflow path downstream relative to the first row of condenser tubes. A condensing unit has an airflow path, a desuperheater heat exchanger disposed along the airflow path, and a condenser heat exchanger disposed along the airflow path. A method of desuperheating a refrigerant includes causing air having a first air temperature to encounter a condenser tube comprising refrigerant having a first refrigerant temperature, raising the temperature of the air to a second air temperature, and causing the air having the second air temperature to encounter a desuperheater tube comprising refrigerant having a second refrigerant temperature higher than the first refrigerant temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventor: Stephen S. Hancock
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Publication number: 20110296855Abstract: A dual mode, thermal management system for use in a vehicle is provided. At a minimum, the system includes a first coolant loop in thermal communication with a battery system, a second coolant loop in thermal communication with at least one drive train component (e.g., electric motor, power electronics, inverter), and a dual mode valve system that provides means for selecting between a first mode where the two coolant loops operate in parallel, and a second mode where the two coolant loops operate in series.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: TESLA MOTORS, INC.Inventors: Vincent George Johnston, Andrew David Baglino, Scott Ira Kohn, Vineet Haresh Mehta, Christopher David Gadda, Curt Raymond O'Donnell, Wulfer Adrijan de Bruijn
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Patent number: 8069684Abstract: Refrigeration circuit (2) for circulating a refrigerant in a predetermined flow direction, having in flow direction a heat rejecting heat exchanger (4), an evaporator throttle valve (8), an evaporator (10), a compressor (22), an internal heat exchanger (16) placed with its “cool side” between the evaporator (10) and the compressor (22), an inlet temperature sensor (24) located between the evaporator (10) and the internal heat exchanger (16) and an outlet temperature sensor (26) located between the internal heat exchanger (16) and the compressor (22), and a control (28) for controlling the evaporator throttle valve (8) based on the inlet and outlet temperature sensor measurement, wherein the control is adapted for controlling the evaporator throttle valve (8) based on an inlet temperature setpoint at the inlet temperature sensor (24); and shifting the inlet temperature setpoint based on the outlet temperature sensor measurement (26).Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2005Date of Patent: December 6, 2011Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Bernd Heinbokel, Urs Schmid
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Publication number: 20110289959Abstract: An air conditioning system having an improved internal heat exchanger (IHX) assembly. The IHX assembly includes an elongated cavity for low pressure refrigerant flow from an evaporator and an interior tube disposed within the cavity for high pressure refrigerant flow from a condenser, and a pressure equalization passage between the low and high pressure sides. The passage is large enough to allow pressures to equalize between the condenser and evaporator while the air conditioning system is inactive, so as to prevent the pressure differential that would otherwise enable the loss of refrigerant oil from the compressor, and small enough not to effect the operation of the air conditioning system. The pressure equalization passage may be a by-pass valve assembly having a reed portion that is normally open when the air conditioning system is inactive and closed when the air conditioning system is active for maximum cooling efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Edward Wolfe, IV, Prasad Shripad Kadle, James Alan Bright, Mingyu Wang
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Patent number: 8056350Abstract: An apparatus for cooling, comprising: a liquid pump for transport of fluid through a heating cycle, an external heat source for heating the fluid in the heating cycle, for example a solar heater directly connected to the heating cycle or connected through a heat exchanger, an expander with an expander inlet and an expander outlet, the expander inlet having a fluid connection to the external heat source for receiving fluid in the gas phase to drive the expander by expanding the fluid, a compressor with a compressor inlet and a compressor outlet, the compressor being driven by the expander for compressing working fluid from a low pressure compressor inlet gas to a high pressure compressor outlet gas, a first heat exchanger with a fluid connection to the compressor outlet and connected to the expander inlet for transfer of heat from the high pressure compressor outlet gas to the fluid in the heating cycle, a second heat exchanger with a condenser for condensing the working fluid from the expander by energy transType: GrantFiled: September 28, 2006Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: AC-Sun ApSInventors: Gunnar Minds, Søren Minds, John Steen Jensen
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Publication number: 20110265506Abstract: An energy efficient and highly versatile electrically-powered air conditioning and heating system for mobile vehicles. Multiple variable-speed compressors operate in series and parallel modes giving an exceptionally wide range of operating capacity making the system suitable for combined on-highway and no-idle use in trucks. In series mode, the single-stage compressors function like a two-stage compressors for increased energy efficiency. A unique power control and storage system has multi-voltage input and output capability without the use of DC-DC or DC-AC converters. A battery management system is incorporated which is compatible with all advanced battery technologies and offers cell-level charge and discharge control.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2010Publication date: November 3, 2011Inventor: Gerald Allen Alston
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Patent number: 8037698Abstract: An air conditioning unit is disclosed for motor vehicles. The air conditioning unit includes with a compression refrigerant circuit where a refrigerant circulates, comprising comprehensively switched in series with respect to fluid flow at least one compressor upstream of a heat-delivering heat exchanger, and an expansion element upstream of a heat-absorbing heat exchanger, whereby into the flow path leading from the outlet of the heat-delivering heat exchanger to the expansion element an additional heat exchanger is integrated thermally coupled to at least one cooling means the temperature of which can be put to values below the temperature of the refrigerant in the compression refrigeration circuit at the position of the refrigerant's outflow from the heat-delivering heat exchanger, and a method for its operation.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2008Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Roman Heckt, Marc Graaf, Tobias Haas
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Patent number: 8037714Abstract: A ground support equipment air conditioning system detachably connects to a port on an airplane. An air conduit connects an air intake and filter to a coupling that is adapted to be connected to one end of an air duct or hose the other end of which is adapted to be connected to an airplane's port. A variable speed blower in the air conduit has its speed varied by a controller to regulate the pressure supplied to an airplane. This controller receives as inputs the pressure sensed by a pressure sensor connected to the air conduit adjacent the coupling to sense the pressure of air passing into the airplane and also a setpoint pressure which can be varied to match the requirements of different types or classes of airplane. First and second air conditioners each include a circular refrigerant conduit channeling refrigerant through a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2008Date of Patent: October 18, 2011Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: James W. Mann, III, Jeffrey E. Montminy, Benjamin E. Newell, Ty A. Newell
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Patent number: 8033127Abstract: An R-410A DX heating/cooling system with: an electrical generating expansion device; with a protective means for refrigerant transport tubing containing dissimilar metals and/or in corrosive environments; with an automatic heating mode expansion device; with a TXV by-pass design; with retractable sub-surface tubing designs; with sub-surface line set sizing at varying depths and lengths; with reciprocal compressor sizing; with a DX Hydronic system design; with an improved oil separator float design; with a mobile DX system design; and with a resting module DX system design.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2008Date of Patent: October 11, 2011Assignee: Earth To Air Systems, LLCInventor: B. Ryland Wiggs
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Publication number: 20110239673Abstract: An appliance includes a water heater storage tank, a heating assembly configured to heat water within the water heater storage tank, and a heat exchange device disposed within the heat storage unit in a fixed relationship relative to a position of the heating assembly. The heat exchange device includes a hollow object and a phase change material within the hollow object.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2010Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventors: Brent Alden Junge, John (Jack) Joseph Roetker, Joseph Anthony Tobbe, Blake Philip Bomar
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Publication number: 20110239666Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention permit the transfer of heat energy from one process fluid to another in an industrial process without the need for an energy field or centralized energy storage. Preferred embodiments include one or more heat transfer modules that draw heat from one process fluid into circulating refrigerant in an evaporator heat exchanger and supply that heat to a different process fluid in a condenser heat exchanger. In some embodiments, adjustments are made to one or more parameters of one or more process fluids to ensure the desired heat transfer is accomplished with the heat transfer module's compressor operating near optimum efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2011Publication date: October 6, 2011Inventors: Jack W. Allen, Hans B. Alwin
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Patent number: 8020405Abstract: An air conditioning apparatus includes a supercooling heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between a high-pressure refrigerant and a low-pressure refrigerant. A high-pressure liquid refrigerant pipe is wound around an external periphery of a low-pressure refrigerant suction pipe. Preferably, the supercooling heat exchanger is disposed inside the indoor unit at a position below an evaporator. Drain water from the evaporator is dispersed over the supercooling heat exchanger or a drain pipe leading from a drain pan of the evaporator is wound together with the high-pressure liquid refrigerant pipe around the low-pressure refrigerant suction pipe. In either case, cold energy of the drain water effectively acts on the high-pressure liquid refrigerant pipe to exchange heat. The supercooling heat exchanger operates with improved efficiency without any increase in the volume of the heat exchanger so that the evaporator can be made as small and compact as possible.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2006Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Takayuki Setoguchi, Makoto Kojima
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Patent number: 8020393Abstract: A heat pump type hot water supply outdoor apparatus, in a compressor, a water heat exchanger, a first expansion valve, a medium pressure receiver, a second expansion valve, and an air heat exchanger are connected circularly, has an injection circuit, which is a bypass for a part of the refrigerant between the medium pressure receiver and the second pressure reduction unit, to inject the part of refrigerant into a compression chamber of the compressor, and has a third expansion valve and an internal heat exchanger for carrying out heat exchange between the refrigerant whose pressure is reduced by the third expansion valve and the refrigerant between the medium pressure receiver and the second expansion valve, a pressure detection sensor for detecting a condensing pressure, and a controller for starting an injection control by the third expansion valve at the time when the condensing pressure detected by the pressure sensor or the condensing temperature calculated from the condensing pressure becomes a first prType: GrantFiled: January 27, 2009Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Kazuki Okada, Takahiro Ushijima, Kengo Takahashi
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Patent number: 8020402Abstract: A heat pump system of the type which re-circulates refrigerant through a fluid circuit between a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger includes a compressor coupled to the fluid circuit and a vapor injection system including a vessel fluidly coupled to the first and second heat exchangers and to a vapor injection port of the compressor. The vessel is operable as a receiver in a cooling mode of the heat pump system and is operable as a flash tank in a heating mode of the heat pump system.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: September 20, 2011Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hung M. Pham, Jean-Luc M. Caillat, Ronald L. Van Hoose
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Publication number: 20110219786Abstract: An aircraft cooling system includes a refrigerant cycle including a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a compressor. A component of the aircraft is in thermal communication with the first heat exchanger. A heat sink fluid passes through the second heat exchanger to absorb heat from the refrigerant cycle. A hydraulic motor is mechanically connected with the compressor and powered by the heat sink fluid, which is circulated by a pump.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2010Publication date: September 15, 2011Inventors: Michael J. Andres, Kris H. Campbell
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Patent number: 8011191Abstract: A two-stage cascade refrigeration system is provided having a first refrigeration stage and a second refrigeration stage. The first refrigeration stage defines a first fluid circuit for circulating a first refrigerant, and has a first compressor, a condenser, and a first expansion device that is in fluid communication with the first fluid circuit. The second refrigeration stage defines a second fluid circuit for circulating a second refrigerant, with the second refrigeration stage having a second compressor, a second expansion device, and an evaporator that is in fluid communication with the second fluid circuit. A heat exchanger is in fluid communication with the first and second fluid circuits to exchange heat between the first and second refrigerants. At least one of the first or second compressors is a variable speed compressor.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2009Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Asheville) LLCInventors: Qi Wang, Todd Swift, Richard Bair
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Publication number: 20110203300Abstract: Modernized refrigeration cycle includes two consecutive expansions with two expansion devices and two condensers, wherein the first condenser liquefies refrigerant after compressor and the second condenser liquefies refrigerant after the first expansion device. The cooling medium for the second condenser is either air to be conditioned in the refrigeration system or another available medium. Invention presents sealed systems of air conditioners, dehumidifiers and heat pumps operating per aforementioned refrigeration cycle that allows enhanced dehumidification with efficiency improvement in cooling mode and heating capacity and efficiency increase in heating mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2010Publication date: August 25, 2011Inventor: Alexander P. Rafalovich
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Publication number: 20110197608Abstract: A refrigeration cycle is configured by connecting a compressor that compresses the refrigerant, a four-way valve that switches the circulation path of the refrigerant, a heat source side heat exchanger that exchanges heat, expansion valves that adjust the pressure of the refrigerant, and two or more intermediate heat exchangers that exchange heat between the refrigerant and the heat medium to heat and cool the heat medium, by piping. A heat medium circulation circuit is configured by connecting two or more intermediate heat exchangers, pumps that pressurize the heat medium, two or more use side heat exchangers that exchange heat between the heat medium and the air in the indoor space, and flow path switching valves that switch paths of the heated heat medium or the cooled heat medium to the use side heat exchangers, by piping.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2008Publication date: August 18, 2011Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORTIONInventors: Koji Yamashita, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Yuji Motomura, Takeshi Hatmoura, Naoki Tanaka, Shinichi Wakamoto, Takashi Okazaki, Yusuke Shimazu
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Publication number: 20110192176Abstract: Disclosed herein is a water-source heat-pump type air conditioner in which a receiver is connected to a super-cooler or economizer, and a control method of the air conditioner to reduce the quantity of liquid refrigerant collected in the receiver during a cooling/heating overload operation. When a cooling/heating overload operation occurs, an electric expansion valve associated with the super-cooler or the economizer is opened by a predetermined opening degree, to bypass high-pressure liquid refrigerant collected in the receiver, thereby preventing a rapid pressure increase due to a great quantity of liquid refrigerant collected in the receiver.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2011Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyoung Rock KIM, Dong Seok Bae, Jae Gil Lee, Chang Seon Lee, Hyung Jin Kwon
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Publication number: 20110192189Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus in which entry of a refrigerant into a living space is suppressed and measures against refrigerant leakage are taken is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2008Publication date: August 11, 2011Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hiroyuki Morimoto, Kouji Yamashita, Takeshi Hatomura, Shinichi Wakamoto, Naofumi Takenaka, Yusuke Shimazu
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Publication number: 20110185756Abstract: In an air-conditioning apparatus, a heat source side heat exchanger 12, intermediate heat exchangers 15a and 15b, and use side heat exchangers 26a to 26d are separately formed and adapted to be disposed at separate locations, respectively. There are provided a defrosting operation function to melt frost attached around the heat source side heat exchanger 12, and a heating function during defrosting operation that drives a pump 21a to circulate a heat medium and supply heating energy to the use side heat exchangers 26a to 26d in need of heating to perform heating operation. The defrosting operation function can be executed by switching a four-way valve 11 to cooling side to introduce a high-temperature high-pressure refrigerant flowed out of the compressor 10 into the heat source side heat exchanger 12.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2008Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Koji Yamashita, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Yuji Motomura, Takeshi Hatomura
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Publication number: 20110185750Abstract: A supplementary air conditioning system includes an indoor heat exchanger and an outdoor heat exchanger. The indoor heat exchanger is fanless and includes indoor tubes installed so as to be inclined to a ceiling of a room. The indoor tubes make diagonal contact with a high-temperature air zone in an upper part of the room and refrigerant inside the indoor tubes is heated by the air zone so as to boil and vaporize and air in the air zone flows down through the indoor heat exchanger. The external heat exchanger includes outdoor tubes installed outside at a higher position than the indoor tubes and are connected to the indoor tubes via connecting pipes with no compressor therebetween. The outdoor tubes condense and liquefy the refrigerant boiled and vaporized in the indoor tubes and return the refrigerant to the indoor tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2010Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: GAC CorporationInventor: Junichi OKI
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Publication number: 20110185757Abstract: A refrigeration system with a multi-function heat exchanger has a first heat exchanger with an internal partition defining a condenser, a subcooler and an evaporator. An expansion device is located external of the heat exchanger and receives condensed refrigerant from the subcooler and provides expanded refrigerant to the evaporator. A compressor circulates the refrigerant through the condenser, the subcooler, and the evaporator. A secondary coolant circulates through the subcooler, the evaporator and the loads. A control system receives refrigerant temperature and pressure signals, and provides a control signal to the expansion device to maintain a temperature of the refrigerant within a predetermined range. A second heat exchanger cools a condensing fluid circulating through the condenser to condense the refrigerant.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2010Publication date: August 4, 2011Inventors: John D. Bittner, Philip A. Stephenson
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Publication number: 20110167865Abstract: An air-conditioning apparatus in which a labor required for system selection is simplified is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2008Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroyuki Morimoto, Kouji Yamashita, Takeshi Hatomura, Shinichi Wakamoto, Naofumi Takenaka, Yusuke Shimazu
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Publication number: 20110167864Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure there is provided an efficient refrigeration system for cooling an environment using ammonia and sodium thiocyanate using a low grade heat source. The refrigeration system comprises a condenser for condensing vaporous ammonia to liquid ammonia coupled to an evaporator. The condenser condenses the ammonia vapour using a heat exchanger. The evaporator evaporates liquid ammonia to vaporous ammonia by absorbing heat from the cooling environment. An absorber absorbs the vaporous ammonia into an ammonia sodium thiocyanate solution and adsorbs vaporous ammonia on to sodium thiocyanate salts. The absorber is coupled to a regenerator through a solution pump for pumping ammonia sodium thiocyanate solution with dissolved ammonia from the absorber to the regenerator. The regenerator regenerates ammonia vapour from the pumped solution and supplies the regenerated ammonia vapour to the condenser and the concentrated solution back to the absorber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2009Publication date: July 14, 2011Applicant: THERMALFROST INC.Inventor: Junjie Gu
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Patent number: 7975727Abstract: An arrangement for guiding a medium, preferably compressed, gaseous hydrogen, is described. The arrangement encompasses a medium line, a cooling medium return line which surrounds the medium line, and a cooling medium feed line. The cooling medium return line and the cooling medium feed line are hereby preferably arranged in direct heat contact. The arrangement can furthermore be surrounded by a jacket tube.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2009Date of Patent: July 12, 2011Assignee: Linde AktiengesellschaftInventors: Robert Adler, Martin Stehrlein
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Publication number: 20110162388Abstract: A magneto-caloric (MC) device is disclosed. The MC device comprise a rotor, a housing disposed about and concentric with the rotor and mechanically coupled to the rotor, wherein the housing comprises at least one axial slot, at least one set of MC elements, wherein each set of MC elements comprises at least one MC element, and at least one MC element of each set of MC elements is disposed within each of the at least one axial slots, and at least one working-segment corresponding to each set of MC elements, wherein each working-segment is disposed axially around the rotor and external to the housing, and wherein each working-segment comprises, a yoke substantially defining an inner volume comprising a first inner volume and a second inner volume, and a magnetic field production (MFP) unit magnetically coupled to the yoke and configured to provide a magnetic field within the first inner volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2010Publication date: July 7, 2011Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Jayeshkumar Jayanarayan Barve, Shishir Chandrasekhar Menon, Ramasamy Anbarasu, Pradip Radhakrishnan Subramaniam, Vijay Kumar, Sudhakar Eddula Reddy, Ravikumar Hanumantha
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Publication number: 20110154840Abstract: An object of the present invention is to keep an appropriate amount of a refrigerant to be circulated through a refrigerant circuit and prevent an overload operation of compression means due to high pressure abnormality in a refrigerating apparatus which obtains a supercritical pressure on a high pressure side.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2010Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuhiko Mihara, Hidetaka Sasaki, Setsu Hasegawa, Ken Kawakubo, Masahisa Otake
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Publication number: 20110146315Abstract: A data centre having a primary power source and a backup power source, wherein the primary power source comprises a gas pressure reduction station driving at least one generator, and the secondary power source comprises a large scale electricity distribution network.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: 2OC Ltd.Inventor: Edward L. Zakrzewski
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Publication number: 20110146308Abstract: Techniques are generally described for devices for cooling using electrocaloric material as refrigerant and methods for cooling using electrocaloric material. An example cooling system may comprise a refrigerant unit having an electrocaloric membrane disposed between a heat sink and a cooling load. The electrocaloric membrane may alternate between thermal contact with the heat sink and cooling load. The electrocaloric membrane may also be subjected to alternating electric fields for polarizing and depolarizing the electrocaloric membrane in a manner that promotes heat transfer from the cooling load to the heat sink.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventor: Vincenzo Casasanta
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Publication number: 20110146339Abstract: In an air-conditioning apparatus, a heat source side heat exchanger, intermediate heat exchangers, and use side heat exchangers are formed in separate bodies respectively and adapted to be disposed at separate locations one another. In a heat medium circulation circuit where the intermediate heat exchanger and the use side heat exchanger are connected, temperature sensors are installed. An anti-freezing operation mode is provided in which, when the detection temperatures of the temperature sensors become equal to or lower than a set temperature Ts while a compressor or pumps are stopped, the heat medium is circulated to perform anti-freezing of the heat medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2008Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Koji Yamashita, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Yuji Motomura, Takeshi Hatomura
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Publication number: 20110146266Abstract: A device for cooling a coolant, for cooling a charging fluid for charging an internal combustion engine is provided that includes a refrigerant guide, particularly a refrigerant circuit, and a coolant guide, particularly a coolant circuit; wherein the refrigerant guide comprises a first evaporator for a refrigerant for cooling an ambient air and a second evaporator for a refrigerant for cooling the coolant, the coolant guide comprises a heat exchanger for the charging fluid, a coolant cooler, and the second evaporator for the refrigerant of the refrigerant guide for cooling the coolant. In a first variant, the first and the second evaporator are disposed in series in the refrigerant guide. In a second variant, the first evaporator and the second evaporator are disposed in parallel in the refrigerant guide, particularly wherein a suction throttle is disposed downstream in the refrigerant flow after the second evaporator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Marcus Weinbrenner, Andreas Kemle, Ottokar Kunberger, Thomas Strauss, Bernd Schäfer
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Publication number: 20110138824Abstract: The invention relates to a method for carrying out a heat transfer between alternately working adsorbers (Ad1, Ad2) in an adsorption refrigeration installation comprising an external cooling circuit (Kw) and an external heating circuit (Hw). The method is characterized by a closed heat transfer circuit, connected between the first and the second adsorber, comprising a heat transfer medium (Wm) circulating therein, a heat transfer with the external cooling circuit (Kw) being carried out in the heat transfer circuit via a first heat contact and a heat transfer with the external heating circuit (Hw) being carried out via a second heat contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: SORTECH AGInventor: Walter Mittelbach
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Publication number: 20110138849Abstract: Provided is an inexpensive and compact cooling device which does not increase the circulation resistance of a refrigerant, filling quantity of a refrigerant in a natural circulation circuit wherein natural convection of the refrigerant is caused by using a thermo-siphon, and cross-sectional areas of individual passages while maintaining a desired cooling efficiency in the circuit. A secondary cooling device (40) includes a secondary heat exchange section (42) of a cascade heat exchanger (HE) which liquifies a gaseous-phase secondary refrigerant, and an evaporator (EP) which vaporizes a liquid-phase secondary refrigerant. The secondary cooling device (40) is provided with a plurality of natural circulation circuits (48) equipped with liquid pipings (44) and gas pipings (46) which connect the secondary heat exchange section (42) and the evaporator (EP). The evaporator (EP) has evaporation passages (52) of the natural circulation circuits (48) provided in layers vertically apart from one another.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2009Publication date: June 16, 2011Applicant: Hoshizaki Denki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Akihiko Hirano, Shinichi Kaga, Kazuyoshi Seki
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Patent number: 7958739Abstract: A system for desuperheating hot gaseous refrigerant using both a heat exchanger and a dispersed Venturi-driven injection of liquid refrigerant is disclosed. Further, a system, relating to cooling at least one compressed superheated refrigerant fluid prior to condensing, relating to extending the life of at least one condenser is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2010Date of Patent: June 14, 2011Inventor: Lawrence D. Leabo
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Publication number: 20110132030Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to integrate and control in one circuit the systems, such as electric power components, a driving motor, a stack, and an AC condenser which have the maximum enthalpy under similar operational temperature and use conditions, by using an integrated radiator. Therefore, it is possible to minimize air-through resistance of the radiator for cooling the stack and the electric power components and ensure smooth and stable cooling performance of the stack, electric power components, and AC condenser while improving fuel efficiency by reducing the condensation pressure of the air conditioner. Further, it is possible to improve cooling efficiency by non-repeatedly arranging heat exchangers, and reduce the weight of a vehicle, volume of the parts, and the manufacturing cost, by avoiding using too many parts, such as a radiator, a water pump, and a reservoir tank.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2010Publication date: June 9, 2011Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Jaeyeon KIM, Manhee Park
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Publication number: 20110132005Abstract: A mechanical refrigeration process in which a refrigerant undergoes a cyclical process of evaporation, compression, condensation, and expansion in order to provide a cooling effect, characterized by the condensation of the refrigerant including: supplying the refrigerant to a first side of a heat exchanger; and supplying an exhaust cryogen fluid from a cryogenic process to a second side of the heat exchanger; wherein the exhaust cryogen fluid is capable of subcooling the refrigerant within the heat exchanger. A mechanical refrigeration apparatus is also included capable of subcooling the refrigerant prior to expansion via the use of a cryogen fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2009Publication date: June 9, 2011Inventors: Thomas Edward Kilburn, Michael D. Newman
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Publication number: 20110126559Abstract: A vapor compression system that circulates a fluid through a closed loop interconnecting a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a flow-restricting expansion device, and a second heat exchanger. The system further includes a vessel in a first fluid communication and a selective second fluid communication with the loop between the compressor and the first heat exchanger with each of the first and second fluid communication configured to receive fluid from the loop. The vessel is in a third fluid communication with the first heat exchanger configured to provide fluid to the first heat exchanger. In response to a predetermined ambient temperature surrounding the system, the second fluid communication is selectively opened to provide an increased fluid flow from the vessel to the first heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2008Publication date: June 2, 2011Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANYInventors: William L. Kopko, Jose Ruel Yalung De La Cruz, Glenn Eugene Nickey
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Publication number: 20110120168Abstract: A combined refrigerating/freezing and air conditioning system is provided. The system may include an air conditioning circuit, a refrigerating circuit, a freezing circuit, a first heat exchanger, and a second heat exchanger. The air conditioning circuit may include a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, and an indoor heat exchanger. The refrigerating circuit may include compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator. The freezing circuit may include a compressor, a condenser, and an evaporator. The refrigerant of the air conditioning circuit may be heat-exchanged with the refrigerant of the refrigerating circuit in the first heat exchanger, and the refrigerant of the refrigerating circuit may be heat-exchanged with the refrigerant of the freezing circuit in the second heat exchanger to improve air conditioning efficiency and refrigerating/freezing efficiency of the system.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventors: Jae Heuk CHOI, Tae Hee KWAK, Yoon Ho YOO, Do Yong HA, Baik Young CHUNG
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Publication number: 20110120179Abstract: A heat pump type cooling/heating apparatus comprises a coolant injection path and a gaseous coolant adjustment valve. The coolant injection path may be split between a cascade heat exchanger and an evaporator of a low-temperature refrigeration cycle to inject coolant into a low pressure side compressor, or between a water coolant heat exchanger and cascade heat exchanger to inject coolant into a high pressure side compressor of a high temperature refrigeration cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Inventors: Sim Won Chin, Eung Yul Lee, Bum Suk Kim, Sang Kyoung Park
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Publication number: 20110120164Abstract: A cooling system is provided that comprises: a refrigerant loop having a pump; an evaporator heat exchanger thermally coupled to a heat source, the evaporator plumbed in the loop; a condensing heat exchanger and a receiver plumbed in the loop; and an equalizing conduit plumbed between an inlet to the condenser and the receiver and comprising a flow regulating valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2011Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: LIEBERT CORPORATIONInventor: Ian Spearing
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Publication number: 20110113796Abstract: A heat-driven adsorption cooling unit, comprising: —a condenser having an input end and an output end; —an evaporator having an input end and an output end, the input end being connected to the output end of the condenser via an operable valve; and —a series of sorption-desorption generators, each of which has input and an output ends for connection to the condenser and evaporator to create a refrigerant flow circuit, and a heat supply for operating each generator at high and low temperatures, the generators being operable to flow refrigerant through the condenser and evaporator to provide a cooling effect at the evaporator; wherein the series of generators comprises two pairs of generators, each pair comprising: —a first generator having an output end connected to the input end of the condenser via a first non-return valve arranged to prevent flow from the condenser to the first generator; and —a second generator having an input end connected to the output end of the evaporator via a second non-return valveType: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2008Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Ayman Adnan Salim Al-Maaitah, Adnan Ayman Al-Maaitah
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Publication number: 20110113795Abstract: Embodiments of a modular air conditioning (AC) unit include a base unit and a blower selected from a group of blowers configured for different cooling capacities. The module AC unit also includes at least one heat exchanger unit selected from a group of substantially identical modular heat exchanger units, the number of heat exchanger units being selected based upon the desired cooling capacity. The at least one heat exchanger unit and the blower are assembled to the base unit to form a modular air conditioning circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: Hobart Brothers CompanyInventors: Jeffrey E. Montminy, Varun Prem Sagar Rajasekaran, Steven Eugene Bivens, Lenim E. Alcantara
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Publication number: 20110113808Abstract: The heat pump according to the present invention comprises a scroll compressor, and injects refrigerant to the scroll compressor by using the first refrigerant injection flow path and the second refrigerant injection flow path. By injecting refrigerant, an efficiency of the heat pump can be improved as compared with non-injection. Thus, a heating performance can be improved also in the extremely cold environmental condition such as the cold area. Also, because refrigerant is injected twice by using the first refrigerant injection flow path and the second refrigerant injection flow path, heating performance can be improved by increasing the injection flow rate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Inventors: Younghwan Ko, Sangkyoung Park, Yonghee Jang, Bumsuk Kim
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Publication number: 20110113800Abstract: A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus, including: a refrigerant circulation channel that flows a refrigerant, the refrigerant circulation channel provided in a refrigeration cycle system including, as connected in a cyclic pattern, a compressor for the refrigerant, an outdoor heat-exchanger exchanging heat between the refrigerant and an outdoor air, an expansion valve reducing pressure of the refrigerant, and an air-conditioning heat-exchange circuit exchanging heat between the refrigerant and air to be introduced into a vehicle interior; and an equipment heat-exchange circuit connected in parallel to the circuit and exchanging heat between the refrigerant and in-vehicle equipment. The circuit includes a cooling heat-transfer medium circulation channel that circulates a heat-transfer medium for cooling.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2010Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.Inventors: Sachio SEKIYA, Tadashi Osaka, Itsuro Sawada, Yuto Imanishi
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Publication number: 20110113822Abstract: The invention relates to a refrigerating circuit (10) adapted to circulate, in operation, a refrigerant in a predetermined flow direction, said refrigerating circuit (10) comprising a compressor stage (12), said compressor stage (12) having a suction side and a pressure side, and at least one heat dissipating heat exchanging unit (14) connected to said pressure side of said compressor stage (12) via a pressure line (24), said heat dissipating heat exchanging unit (14) having an inlet side (14a) and an outlet side (14b) and including a condenser/gas cooler unit (16), and a liquid refrigerant return line (26) connecting said outlet side of said heat dissipating heat exchanging unit (14) to said pressure line (24).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2009Publication date: May 19, 2011Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Christian Douven, Bernd Heinbokel, Markus Hafkemeyer
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Patent number: 7937962Abstract: A refrigerated transport system includes a prioritizing algorithm to limit the maximum amount of refrigerant flow available to at least one limited cooling compartment by holding a delta T (difference between the supply air temperature and return air temperature) instead of a setpoint temperature in the at least one limited cooling compartment when the available cooling capacity is insufficient to hold a substantially constant temperature in all compartments. A method for creating multiple refrigerated compartment spaces having precision temperature control includes the steps of: prioritizing the compartments by identifying at least one priority compartment to be held at a setpoint temperature; and limiting refrigerant flow to all but the priority compartment when there is insufficient cooling capacity to maintain all compartments at their respective setpoint temperatures.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2006Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Eliot W. Dudley, Gilbert B. Hofsdal
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Patent number: RE42908Abstract: The internal heat exchanger 7 is provided which exchanges heat between the refrigerant of low pressure and the refrigerant of high pressure, and the pre-load adjusting mechanism of the expansion valve 5 is abolished. Due to the above structure, the refrigerant flowing into the expansion valve 5 is cooled in the internal heat exchanger 7, and enthalpy of the refrigerant flowing into the evaporator 6 is reduced. On the contrary, the refrigerant sucked into the compressor 1 is heated. Accordingly, a difference in enthalpy between the refrigerant at the inlet and the refrigerant at the outlet of the evaporator 6 can be made large, and the heat absorbing capacity of the evaporator 6 can be enhanced, and further it becomes possible to give the degree of superheat to the refrigerant sucked into the compressor 1. Therefore, even if the pre-load adjusting mechanism is abolished, the vapor-compression-type refrigerating machine can be stably operated.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2005Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Denso CorporationInventors: Shigeki Ito, Teruyuki Hotta, Yasushi Yamanaka