Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Oil return management in a HVAC system
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Application No.: US15583118Application Date: 2017-05-01
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Publication No.: US10309698B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: Zhenhai Lv , Limin Zhang , Wenyong Chen
- Applicant: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. , TRANE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS (CHINA) CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: US NC Davidson CN Taicang, Jiangsu
- Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.,TRANE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS (CHINA) CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.,TRANE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS (CHINA) CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Davidson CN Taicang, Jiangsu
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Main IPC: F25B49/02
- IPC: F25B49/02 ; F25B31/00

Abstract:
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described to help manage oil return such as in a chiller system of a HVAC system. A refrigerant/oil mixture can be directed out of the evaporator into an oil return heat exchanger that is configured to help vaporize a refrigerant portion of the refrigerant/oil mixture. Superheat refrigerant vapor can be directed from a condenser into the oil return heat exchanger as the heat energy to vaporize the refrigerant portion in the refrigerant/oil mixture. The oil return heat exchanger can be positioned lower than the evaporator so that gravity can help the refrigerant/oil mixture to flow into the oil return heat exchanger.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170234586A1 OIL RETURN MANAGEMENT IN A HVAC SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-08-17
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