Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Oil sump for multi-compressor HVAC and R system
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Application No.: US17056327Application Date: 2018-05-18
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Publication No.: US11604012B2Publication Date: 2023-03-14
- Inventor: Charbel Rahhal
- Applicant: Carrier Corporation , Charbel Rahhal
- Applicant Address: US FL Palm Beach Gardens; FR Lyons
- Assignee: Carrier Corporation,Charbel Rahhal
- Current Assignee: Carrier Corporation,Charbel Rahhal
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Palm Beach Gardens; FR Lyons
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- International Application: PCT/IB2018/000913 WO 20180518
- International Announcement: WO2019/220168 WO 20191121
- Main IPC: F25B31/00
- IPC: F25B31/00

Abstract:
A compressor arrangement includes two or more compressors (16a, 16b) arranged in a fluidly parallel configuration and a lubricant sump (38) containing a volume of lubricant operably connected to the two or more compressors. A lubricant sump pressure (P) is greater than a lubricant cavity pressure of each compressor (Pa, Pb, Pc) of the two or more compressors at all operating conditions of the two or more compressors. An equilibrium lubricant line (40) connects the lubricant sump to the two or more compressors to convey lubricant from the lubricant sump to a lubricant cavity (42) of each compressor of the two or more compressors.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210207857A1 OIL SUMP FOR MULTI-COMPRESSOR HVAC&R SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-07-08
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