Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a purge system (100) for a vapor compression system (14) including an emission canister (164). The emission canister (164) includes a load cell (194) disposed in an interior of the emission canister (164), a base supported (192) by the load cell (194), and an adsorbent material (166) disposed on the base (192). The adsorbent material (166) is configured to adsorb a refrigerant flowing through the emission canister (164), and the load cell (194) is configured to monitor a weight of the adsorbent material (166) and the refrigerant within the emission canister (164).
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a purge system for a vapor compression system, where the purge system includes an emission canister configured to receive a gas flow. The gas flow includes a mixture of non-condensable gases and refrigerant of the vapor compression system. An adsorbent material is disposed within the emission canister and configured to adsorb the refrigerant and enable the non-condensable gases to flow toward an exhaust of the emission canister, where the adsorbent material is a silica gel.
Abstract:
An electronics cooling system (42) with an electronics enclosure (40) that is hermetically sealed. The system (42) includes a heat exchanger (116) that exchanges heat between a first cooling fluid (108) within the electronics enclosure (40) and a second cooling fluid (118) of a vapor compression system (14). A fan (124) circulates the first cooling fluid (108) within the electronics enclosure (40). The electronics cooling system (42) may also include a baffle system (126) within the electronics enclosure (40) that directs the first cooling fluid (108) over one or more electronic components (114) disposed within the electronics enclosure (40) to cool the one or more electronic components (114).
Abstract:
A plug launching system includes a main body and a plug canister (102) disposed within the main body. The plug canister includes a liner (200), a first rotational assembly (120) disposed about the liner, wherein the first rotational assembly is configured to support a first plug disposed within the liner and selectively enable fluid flow from an annulus between the main body and the plug canister (102) to a central passage of the liner (200), and a second rotational assembly (118) disposed about the liner (200), wherein the second rotational assembly is configured to support a second plug disposed within the liner (200) and selectively enable fluid flow from the annulus between the main body and the plug canister to the central passage of the liner, wherein the first and second rotational assemblies are configured to be actuated independently from one another.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a heat exchange device (200) that includes a condenser (201) configured to receive a refrigerant, an evaporator (203) having an evaporation tube bundle (215,216), a throttling device (208) configured to receive a first portion of the refrigerant from the condenser and to expand the first portion of the refrigerant before directing the first portion to the evaporator, and an ejector (202) having a high pressure conduit (211), a low pressure conduit (219), and an outlet conduit (217), the ejector is configured to receive the first portion from the throttling device or a second portion of the refrigerant from the condenser via the high pressure conduit, receive a third portion of the refrigerant from the evaporator via the low pressure conduit, mix the first portion or the second portion with the third portion to form a mixed refrigerant, and direct the mixed refrigerant to the evaporator via the outlet conduit.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system that includes a refrigerant loop, a compressor disposed along the refrigerant loop and configured to circulate refrigerant through the refrigerant loop, a heat exchanger (38) disposed along the refrigerant loop and configured to place the refrigerant in thermal communication with a cooling fluid flowing through tubes (142) of a tube bundle (106) within the heat exchanger, an inlet (110) of the heat exchanger (100) configured to direct the refrigerant (108) into the heat exchanger (100), a trough of the heat exchanger (100) configured to receive the refrigerant (108) from the inlet (110), and a perforated baffle (104) of the heat exchanger disposed downstream of the trough (102) and configured to direct the refrigerant from the trough over the tubes (142) of the tube bundle (106).
Abstract:
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a first electrical enclosure that has a main drive line variable speed drive (VSD) configured to drive operation of a compressor motor of the HVAC system and a second electrical enclosure that has a power distribution component. The power distribution component is configured to receive electrical power from a power source and to supply the electrical power to the main drive line VSD.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a cooling system of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system. The cooling system includes an enclosure defining a fluid chamber, and the enclosure includes an evaporating surface configured to be in thermal communication with a liquid fluid in the fluid chamber and with an electronic component coupled to the enclosure, where the evaporating surface is configured to transfer thermal energy from the electronic component to the liquid fluid, such that the liquid fluid transitions to a vapor fluid within the fluid chamber, and includes a condensing surface configured to absorb thermal energy from the vapor fluid, such that the vapor fluid condenses into the liquid fluid within the fluid chamber. The cooling system also includes a heat rejection system coupled to an exterior surface of the enclosure, where the heat rejection system is configured to absorb thermal energy from the condensing surface.
Abstract:
A compressor for a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes an impeller that has a hub defining an impeller tip, a plurality of blades coupled to the hub and defining a plurality of flow paths configured to direct a primary flow of working fluid therethrough, and a shroud coupled to the plurality of blades. The shroud includes a shroud tip disposed upstream of the impeller tip relative to a flow direction of the primary flow of working fluid through the plurality of flow paths.
Abstract:
A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and/or refrigeration (HVAC&R) system (10) includes one or more sensors (40) configured to acquire feedback (42) indicative of an operational parameter of a component (14) of the HVAC&R system (10). The HVAC&R system (10) includes a control unit (32) of the component (14) that is configured to receive the feedback (42) from the one or more sensors (40). The control unit (32) is configured to analyze the feedback (42) in accordance with a first control scheme to generate a first control output and to operate the component (14) based on the first control output. The HVAC&R system (10) includes a remote server (44) configured to provide a cloud computing environment (48), where the remote server (44) is communicatively coupled to the control unit (32) via a network (46). The remote server (44) is configured to receive and analyze the feedback (42) in accordance with a second control scheme to generate a second control output and to operate the component (14) based on the second control output.