Liquid over-feeding air conditioning system and method
Abstract
A refrigeration air conditioning system utilizing a liquid over-feeding operation is described. A liquid refrigerant accumulator-heat exchanger is placed in the system to provide a heat exchange relationship between hot liquid refrigerant discharged from condenser and a relatively cool mixture of liquid and vaporous refrigerant discharged from the evaporator. This heat exchange relationship substantially sub-cools the hot liquid refrigerant which undergoes little or no evaporation across the expansion device and provides a liquid over-feeding operation through the evaporator for effectively using 100 percent of evaporator for cooling purposes and for providing the aforementioned mixture of liquid and vaporous refrigerant.
- Inventors:
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- Oak Ridge, TN
- Knoxville, TN
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 868927
- Patent Number(s):
- 5245833
- Assignee:
- Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. (Oak Ridge, TN)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F25 - REFRIGERATION OR COOLING F25B - REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- liquid; over-feeding; air; conditioning; method; refrigeration; utilizing; operation; described; refrigerant; accumulator-heat; exchanger; placed; provide; heat; exchange; relationship; hot; discharged; condenser; relatively; cool; mixture; vaporous; evaporator; substantially; sub-cools; undergoes; evaporation; expansion; device; provides; effectively; 100; percent; cooling; purposes; providing; aforementioned; liquid over-feeding; air conditioning; heat exchange; heat exchanger; exchange relationship; liquid refrigerant; expansion device; exchange relation; hot liquid; over-feeding operation; relatively cool; refrigerant discharge; cooling purposes; /62/
Citation Formats
Mei, Viung C, and Chen, Fang C. Liquid over-feeding air conditioning system and method. United States: N. p., 1993.
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@article{osti_868927,
title = {Liquid over-feeding air conditioning system and method},
author = {Mei, Viung C and Chen, Fang C},
abstractNote = {A refrigeration air conditioning system utilizing a liquid over-feeding operation is described. A liquid refrigerant accumulator-heat exchanger is placed in the system to provide a heat exchange relationship between hot liquid refrigerant discharged from condenser and a relatively cool mixture of liquid and vaporous refrigerant discharged from the evaporator. This heat exchange relationship substantially sub-cools the hot liquid refrigerant which undergoes little or no evaporation across the expansion device and provides a liquid over-feeding operation through the evaporator for effectively using 100 percent of evaporator for cooling purposes and for providing the aforementioned mixture of liquid and vaporous refrigerant.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1993},
month = {1}
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