Separator
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsRajiv Ranjan, Parmesh Verma, Haralambos Cordatos, Biswajit Mitra, Subhrajit Chakraborty, Ying She
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Abstract
A separator for removing contamination from a fluid of a heat pump includes a housing having a hollow interior, a header plate arranged within the hollow interior and having at least one mounting hole, and a separation module mounted within the hollow interior. The separation module includes a connector for forming an interface with the at least one mounting hole. A sealant is located at the interface between the connector and the mounting hole.
Claims18
A separator for removing contamination from a fluid of a heat pump comprising:
- a housing having a hollow interior;
- a header plate arranged within the hollow interior, the header plate having at least one mounting hole;
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- a separation module mounted within the hollow interior, the separation module including:
- a degassing tube having at least one membrane including a porous surface through which gas, but not refrigerant passes, the at least one membrane being configured such that gas passes radially inwardly into an interior of the at least one degassing tube;
- a connector for forming an interface with the at least one mounting hole;
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- a sealant located at the interface between the connector and the mounting hole.
A heat pump comprising:
- a vapor compression loop;
- a purge system in communication with the vapor compression loop, the purge system including at least one separator including:
- a housing;
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- at least one separation module for separating contaminants from a refrigerant purge gas provided from the vapor compression loop to the separator when a driving force is applied to the at least one separation module, the at least one separation module being mounted within the housing and including a connector formed from a non-permeable material arranged at an interface with an adjacent component;
- wherein the adjacent component includes a header plate having at least one mounting opening formed therein, the at least one mounting opening being associated with the at least one separation module.
A separator for removing contamination from a fluid of a heat pump comprising:
- a housing having a hollow interior;
- a header plate arranged within the hollow interior, the header plate having at least one mounting hole;
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- a separation module mounted within the hollow interior, the separation module including a connector for forming an interface with the at least one mounting hole;
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- a sealant located at the interface between the connector and the mounting hole, wherein the connector and the sealant in combination form a vibration isolator arranged between the separation module and the header plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.