Abstract:
The present invention is an air conditioner which includes a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an outdoor expansion valve, and an indoor heat exchanger that have been successively connected by a pipeline, and in which a hydrofluoroolefin-containing refrigerant is to be used, the air conditioner being characterized in that an oxygen adsorption device in which a synthetic zeolite is used as an adsorbent has been disposed somewhere in the pipeline, the synthetic zeolite having a pore diameter which is larger than the size of the oxygen molecule but smaller than the size of the hydrofluoroolefin molecule.
Abstract:
A purging apparatus for removing a non-condensable gas from a refrigeration system is described and which includes a low temperature liquid refrigerant storage tank for enclosing refrigerant, which is supplied by the refrigeration system, and a condenser having a main body, which lies in conductive heat transferring relation relative to an exterior facing surface of the storage tank and progressively to the low temperature liquid refrigerant within, and wherein the condenser, is maintained at a reduced temperature by the low temperature liquid refrigerant enclosed within the storage tank, and wherein foul gas generated by the refrigeration system is processed by the condenser in a manner so as to remove non-condensed refrigerant, and return the condensed refrigerant to the storage tank while releasing non-condensable gases to the ambient environment.
Abstract:
A gas recovery system for a compressor, said gas recovery system being equipped with: a distillation column that brings a supply gas in a liquid state into contact with a mixed gas, thereby cooling and liquefying a process gas in the mixed gas, and heating and gasifying the liquid supply gas; a process gas recovery line that is connected to the lower part of the distillation column and recovers the liquid process gas discharged from the distillation column; and a supply gas recovery line that is connected to the upper part of the distillation column and recovers the gaseous supply gas discharged from the distillation column.
Abstract:
When the temperatures of outdoor heat exchangers 23a and 23b detected by outdoor heat exchanger temperature sensors 57a and 57b become equal to or higher than 5 degrees C. and the sucking superheating degrees of compressors 21a and 21b become equal to or lower than 0 degrees C. while an air conditioning apparatus 1 is performing the reverse defrosting operation, the reverse defrosting operation is stopped and the heating dominant operation is resumed. At this time, the total operating times of the compressors 21a and 21b are reset. The sucking superheating degrees of the compressors 21a and 21b are obtained by subtracting the low pressure saturation temperatures calculated from the sucking pressures of the compressors 21a and 21b, from the temperatures of the refrigerants sucked into the compressors 21a and 21b which temperatures are detected by the sucking temperature sensors 54a and 54b.
Abstract:
A refrigerant recovery system includes a first oil separator including a chamber configured to receive refrigerant from an air conditioning system, a heat exchanger disposed within the first oil separator, and a compressor fluidly connected to the chamber and the heat exchanger. A first valve is disposed in a first flow line that is fluidly connected between an inlet of the first oil separator and a source of refrigerant and a second valve is disposed in a second flow line that fluidly connects the compressor and the heat exchanger. A controller is configured to open the first valve to enable refrigerant to pass into the chamber of the first oil separator, open the second valve so that a flow loop for refrigerant is formed between the heat exchanger and the compressor, activate the compressor to heat the refrigerant flowing through the flow loop, and subsequently commence a refrigerant recovery operation.
Abstract:
An industrial refrigeration system has a purger for removing non-condensable content extracted from a volume of refrigerant. The purger separates a quantity of refrigerant from a mixture of refrigerant and air and purges the air and a portion of the refrigerant. The purger includes a control unit and an algorithm that estimates the purged quantity of refrigerant from measured and stored refrigeration and purger operating parameters.
Abstract:
A bubble-removal device (100) includes a main body (100a) having a cylindrical barrel part (110a) and end wall parts (110b, 110c) that close both end parts of the barrel part (110a), and a pipe part extending along a center axis of the barrel part (110a), one end side of which is attached to the end wall part (110c), and the other end side of which is located inside the main body and extends toward the end wall part (110b), wherein in the main body (110), an opening H1 to introduce a refrigerant is formed and an inner surface of the barrel part (110a) has a spiral groove (116) extending spirally relative to the center axis at least on the opening H1 side.
Abstract:
A purging device for a system accumulating condensable and non-condensable gases. The purging device comprises: a purge tank; apparatus receiving the condensable and non-condensable gases from the system and directing said gases into the purge tank; apparatus condensing the non-condensable gases into a condensed form; apparatus accumulating the non-condensable gases in a header space; apparatus returning the condensed gases from the purge tank to the system; apparatus controllably removing the accumulated non-condensable gases from the header space; and apparatus generating controlled flow in the condensable and non-condensable gases.
Abstract:
The improved refrigeration system also includes a tee having a stem portion extending horizontally from the condenser of the system, and a pair of upper and lower arms connected in a vertical orientation to the stem. The tee lower arm is connected to the receiver and the upper arm is connected to a purge connection.
Abstract:
A refrigerant purge system for use with a chiller including a condenser and evaporator to remove noncondensables from the refrigerant comprising a refrigerant separation stage to separate noncondensables from the refrigerant coupled to the chiller by a refrigerant/noncondensables input stage to receive refrigerant and noncondensables from the chiller when noncondensables therein reach a predetermined level and a refrigerant output stage to feed condensed refrigerant to the chiller when condensed refrigerant within the refrigerant separation stage reaches a predetermined level and a noncondensable output stage to release noncondensables to the atmosphere when the noncondensables within the refrigerant separation stage reach a predetermined level.