Split heating and cooling systems

Patent · 18 December 2018

OSTI ID:1497697

Booten, Charles William; Winkler, Jonathan Michael; Roberts, David Ross

The present disclosure relates to air conditioning systems and methods. An aspect of the present disclosure is a device that includes a housing having an external surface and defining an interior volume, a heat exchanger positioned within the interior volume, a fluid line partially positioned within the interior volume, a sleeve extending from the external surface and terminating at a distal end of the sleeve, and a fluid connector. The sleeve has an outside wall spanning a length of the sleeve and defining an internal cavity, the fluid connector is positioned at or near the distal end, a portion of the fluid line is positioned within the internal cavity, and the fluid line provides a fluid connection between the heat exchanger and the fluid connector.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
• Patent Number(s): 10,156,369
• Application Number: 15/805,357
• OSTI ID: 1497697
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English