Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Turbo refrigeration apparatus
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Application No.: US15571075Application Date: 2016-08-04
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Publication No.: US10408500B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Naoya Miyoshi , Kenji Ueda , Noriyuki Matsukura
- Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Current Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: JP2015-169270 20150828
- International Application: PCT/JP2016/073012 WO 20160804
- International Announcement: WO2017/038376 WO 20170309
- Main IPC: F25B1/10
- IPC: F25B1/10 ; F25B41/04 ; F25B1/053

Abstract:
The purpose of the present invention is to install an economizer having a sufficient internal volume in a compact turbo refrigeration apparatus specifically using a low-pressure refrigerant, and reduce refrigerant pressure loss and enhance efficiency in the turbo refrigeration apparatus. The turbo refrigeration apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a turbo compressor which compresses a refrigerant; a condenser which condenses the compressed refrigerant; a control valve which causes the condensed refrigerant to expand; an evaporator which causes the expanded refrigerant to evaporate; and an economizer which is installed in such a manner as to be sandwiched between the condenser and the evaporator, and separates the refrigerant expanded by the control valve into gas and liquid. The economizer is installed adjacent to a curved wall, having a drum shell shape, of the condenser and/or the evaporator, the curved wall being shared with the structural wall of the economizer. The economizer has a height (H) greater than the maximum width (W) thereof when viewed in the longitudinal direction thereof.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180135893A1 TURBO REFRIGERATION APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-05-17
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