Cooling apparatus and cooling method

    公开(公告)号:US11821667B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17520901

    申请日:2021-11-08

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    IPC分类号: F25B49/02 F25B39/00 F25B43/04

    摘要: A cooling apparatus includes a heat receiver that evaporates a low pressure heat transfer medium. The apparatus includes a compressor that compresses the evaporated heat transfer medium in a gas phase state, and a condenser that condenses the compressed heat transfer medium. The apparatus includes a receiver tank that receives and stores at least one of the heat transfer medium from any place in a flow path of the medium in the gas phase state that returns the medium to the heat receiver and the condensed medium in a liquid phase state. The apparatus includes an air storage tank that air separated from the heat transfer medium. The apparatus includes a liquid level controller that controls a liquid level in the receiver tank such that the heat transfer medium is stored in the receiver tank at a predetermined liquid level height.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A PURGE UNIT OF A VAPOR COMPRESSION SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230228467A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-20

    申请号:US18189055

    申请日:2023-03-23

    IPC分类号: F25B39/04 F25B43/04

    摘要: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward purge units of vapor compression systems, and methods of control thereof, that improve efficiency by selectively activating and deactivating the purge unit in response to one or more conditions to, for example, enable refrigerant-to-air ratios within the purge unit within certain industry standards while still minimizing the durations of the purge cycles. For example, in certain embodiments, these conditions may include conditions within the chiller condenser, time since last purge activation, time since last venting of non-condensables, and combinations thereof. By reducing an amount of time that the purge unit would be active without removing a substantial amount non-condensables from the vapor compression system, present embodiments reduce the power consumption of the purge unit, as well as the vapor compression system as a whole, while still being responsive to prevent or mitigate a loss of efficiency due to a substantial accumulation of non-condensables in the condenser of the vapor compression system.

    Systems and methods for controlling a purge unit of a vapor compression system

    公开(公告)号:US11635238B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US16652581

    申请日:2018-10-04

    IPC分类号: F25B39/04 F25B43/04 F25B49/02

    摘要: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward purge units of vapor compression systems, and methods of control thereof, that improve efficiency by selectively activating and deactivating the purge unit in response to one or more conditions to, for example, enable refrigerant-to-air ratios within the purge unit within certain industry standards while still minimizing the durations of the purge cycles. For example, in certain embodiments, these conditions may include conditions within the chiller condenser, time since last purge activation, time since last venting of non-condensables, and combinations thereof. By reducing an amount of time that the purge unit would be active without removing a substantial amount non-condensables from the vapor compression system, present embodiments reduce the power consumption of the purge unit, as well as the vapor compression system as a whole.

    Purge system for closed-cycle absorption heat pumps

    公开(公告)号:US11519648B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US16958812

    申请日:2018-12-31

    IPC分类号: F25B43/04 F25B15/06 F25B30/04

    摘要: A high-efficiency, motorless purge system for closed-cycle absorption heat pumps, adapted for both absorption heat transformers and absorption chillers, using a series of valves to control the entry and exit of absorbent solution into a low-pressure, secondary absorption vessel. A small percentage of the total circulating solution is forced under pressure into the secondary absorption vessel via a spray nozzle, causing adiabatic absorption of absorbate vapor by the solution. Non-condensable gases accumulate in the secondary absorber until a certain vapor pressure is reached, upon which, gas, and possibly liquid, are transferred to an exhaust vessel having an exit vent for non-condensable gases. In an absorption chiller system, the secondary absorber has an internal heat exchanger to lower the temperature of the solution within, to facilitate the absorption process.

    RESERVOIR TANK
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220307744A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-29

    申请号:US17687000

    申请日:2022-03-04

    发明人: Hideo Nishioka

    IPC分类号: F25B43/04 F25B43/00 B01D19/00

    摘要: A reservoir tank includes a first chamber, a second chamber, an inflow port coupled to the first chamber, an outflow port coupled to the second chamber, a partition wall provided to separate the first chamber and the second chamber from each other, and a refrigerant flow port provided in the partition wall to connect the first chamber and the second chamber to each other. When the reservoir tank is viewed in a plan view, at least a portion of a range of an inner wall of the first chamber facing the inflow port is curved in an arc shape.