Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Refrigerant outlet device of a condenser
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Application No.: US15793344Application Date: 2017-10-25
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Publication No.: US10782077B2Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: Todd Smith , Frederic Byron Hamm, Jr. , Steven Joseph Pitts
- Applicant: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Applicant Address: US NC Davidson
- Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Davidson
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Main IPC: F28F1/00
- IPC: F28F1/00 ; F25B39/04 ; F28F17/00

Abstract:
A condenser equipped with a refrigerant outlet configured to receive and store liquid refrigerant during an off-cycle is described. The refrigerant outlet may include an outflow pipe surrounded by a weir. The weir may include a port, through which liquid refrigerant in the weir can be directed to, for example, moving parts of the chiller for lubrication. The outflow pipe may extend vertically relative to the bottom of the condenser. In some embodiments, a first opening of the outflow pipe may be positioned higher than the bottom of the condenser in the vertical direction, while the weir may be positioned lower than the bottom of the condenser. Liquid refrigerant in the condenser can flow to and stay in the weir in an off-cycle. During a subsequent start-up, the liquid refrigerant in the weir can be directly quickly to moving parts of the chiller.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180045470A1 REFRIGERANT OUTLET DEVICE OF A CONDENSER Public/Granted day:2018-02-15
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