Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system (14) including a refrigerant loop and a purge system (80) configured to purge the HVAC&R system of non-condensable gases. The purge system includes a liquid pump (84) configured to draw a first refrigerant flow from an evaporator (38), a controllable expansion valve (86) configured to receive the first refrigerant flow from the liquid pump and reduce a temperature of the first refrigerant flow, and a purge heat exchanger (88), which includes a purge coil (108). The purge coil is configured to receive the first refrigerant flow from the controllable expansion valve, a chamber of the purge heat exchanger is configured to draw a mixture of the non-condensable gases and a second refrigerant flow from a condenser (34), and the purge heat exchanger is configured to separate the non-condensable gases from the second refrigerant flow utilizing the first refrigerant flow.
Abstract:
A system includes a material sensor system having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet receives a flow of a material and the outlet outputs the flow of the material. The material sensor system includes an inner cavity having a surface, where the inner cavity receives the flow of the material. The material sensor system also includes a float system having one or more floats, where the one or more floats float within the material of the inner cavity. The material sensor system also includes a switch that sends one or more signals to a control valve system when the float system engages the surface of the inner cavity.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system that includes a variable speed drive (52) configured to provide power to a motor (50) that drives a compressor (32) of the HVAC&R system and a silicon carbide transistor (100) of the variable speed drive (52), where the silicon carbide transistor (100) is configured to adjust a voltage, or a frequency, or both of power flowing through the variable speed drive (52).
Abstract:
A vapor compression system including a motor having a housing and a shaft having an axis, the shaft urgable into rotational movement by the motor for powering a system component. A primary bearing and a secondary bearing are positioned in the housing for rotatably supporting the shaft, the primary bearing rotatably supporting the shaft during normal system operation. A first bearing stop and a second bearing stop are positioned on opposite sides of the secondary bearing for transmitting axial forces generated along the shaft for reaction by the motor housing during abnormal system operation. At least a portion of corresponding surfaces of each of the first bearing stop and the second bearing stop facing the secondary bearing have a protective overlying layer of material applied thereto.
Abstract:
A refrigeration system (12) includes a free cooling system (52) having an air-cooled heat exchanger (56), where the air-cooled heat exchanger includes a fan (60) configured to move air (59) over coils of the air-cooled heat exchanger to remove heat from a coolant (58) flowing through the air-cooled heat exchanger, and a mechanical cooling system (68) with a refrigerant loop that includes an evaporator (66), a compressor (70), and a condenser (72) disposed along the refrigerant loop, where the compressor is configured to circulate a refrigerant through the refrigerant loop, and wherein the evaporator (66) is configured to receive the coolant and transfer heat from the coolant to the refrigerant. The refrigeration system (12) also includes a controller (78) configured to adjust a fan speed of the fan (60) up to a threshold fan speed, to initiate operation of the compressor (70) when the fan speed reaches the threshold fan speed, wherein the fan speed and a compressor speed of the compressor are based at least on an ambient air temperature (89) and a cooling load demand.
Abstract:
A condenser includes a shell defining an inner volume configured to receive and discharge a refrigerant, a condensing section disposed within the shell, where the condensing section includes a plurality of tubes configured to circulate cooling fluid therethrough, and a sub cooler disposed within the shell and configured to receive the refrigerant from the condensing section. The sub cooler includes a first pass having a first set of tubes configured to circulate cooling fluid therethrough, a second pass having a second set of tubes configured to circulate cooling fluid therethrough, where the second pass is disposed downstream of the first pass relative to a flow of refrigerant through the subcooler, and a separation plate disposed between the first set of tubes and the second set of tubes.
Abstract:
A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and/or refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes a first refrigerant circuit having a first evaporator configured to place a first refrigerant in a heat exchange relationship with a conditioning fluid, where the first evaporator includes a first set of first tubes and a second set of first tubes configured to direct the conditioning fluid through the first evaporator. The HVAC&R system also includes a second refrigerant circuit having a second evaporator configured to place a second refrigerant in a heat exchange relationship with the conditioning fluid, where the second evaporator includes a first set of second tubes and a second set of second tubes configured to direct the conditioning fluid through the second evaporator. The HVAC&R system further includes a conditioning fluid circuit configured to circulate the conditioning fluid serially through the first set of first tubes, the second set of first tubes, the first set of second tubes, and the second set of second tubes.
Abstract:
A heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a vessel configured to receive refrigerant from a condenser of the HVAC system, an evaporator configured to receive the refrigerant from the vessel, a first conduit configured to direct a first flow of the refrigerant to a first inlet of the evaporator, and a second conduit configured to direct a second flow of the refrigerant to a second inlet of the evaporator. The second inlet is above the first inlet relative to a vertical axis.
Abstract:
A heat exchanger (100) for a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system (30) includes a header (106) having a longitudinal axis (160), a first plurality (114) of microchannel tubes (102) coupled to the header (106), where each microchannel tube (102) of the first plurality (114) of microchannel tubes (102) has a first width (150), and a second plurality (116) of microchannel tubes (102) coupled to the header (106), where each microchannel tube (102) of the second plurality (116) of microchannel tubes (102) has a second width (152) greater than the first width (150).
Abstract:
A heating, ventilating, and/or air conditioning (HVAC) system (100) includes a variable speed pump (112) configured to direct a chilled fluid through a free cooling circuit (104) of the HVAC system (100). The free cooling circuit (104) is configured to place the chilled fluid in a heat exchange relationship with ambient air. The HVAC system (100) also includes a heat exchanger (110) configured to place the chilled fluid in a heat exchange relationship with a conditioning fluid and a controller (44) configured to operate the variable speed pump (112) based on a parameter of the HVAC system (100).