Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vapor injection heat pump and control method
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Application No.: US15801965Application Date: 2017-11-02
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Publication No.: US10465952B2Publication Date: 2019-11-05
- Inventor: Jing He , Loren John Lohmeyer, III , Manfred Koberstein , William Stewart Johnston , Angelo Patti
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: King & Schickli, PLLC
- Agent Vichit Chea
- Main IPC: F25B30/02
- IPC: F25B30/02 ; F25B41/04 ; F25B43/00

Abstract:
A vapor injection heat pump includes a coolant loop and a refrigerant loop. The refrigerant loop includes a compressor, a valve directing a refrigerant of the compressor to a first or second heat exchanger dependent upon a mode of operation, an expansion device receiving the refrigerant from at least one of the heat exchangers, a separator receiving an expanded liquid/vapor refrigerant mix from the expansion device and directing a vapor component to a first input port of the compressor and a liquid component to a second valve. The second valve directs the liquid component to the heat exchangers, dependent upon the mode, and an accumulator receives an output refrigerant of the heat exchangers dependent upon the mode and directs a vapor component to a second input port of the compressor. A control module controls a pump in the coolant loop and the first and second valves dependent upon the mode.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190128573A1 VAPOR INJECTION HEAT PUMP AND CONTROL METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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