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US 2006/0123833 A1Published application
Refrigerant/oil separator
AssigneeCarrier Corporation
InventorsPaul Flanigan, Stephen Shoulders
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Abstract
An apparatus for separating an oil from a refrigerant has a housing, an inlet conduit for receiving a refrigerant/oil mixture, a separator medium, a refrigerant outlet conduit, and an oil outlet conduit. The inlet conduit has an inlet external to the housing and an outlet within the housing and provides means for limiting external sounds transmitted by the housing.
Claims14
An apparatus for separating an oil from a refrigerant comprising:
- a housing;
- an inlet conduit having an inlet and having an outlet within the housing and providing means for limiting external sounds transmitted by the housing;
- a separator medium;
- a refrigerant outlet conduit;
- and
- an oil outlet conduit.
3 more elements
An apparatus for separating an oil from a refrigerant comprising:
- a housing;
- a conduit having an outlet within the housing for discharging a stream of the refrigerant mixed with the oil;
- a surface within the housing for directly receiving the stream discharged from the conduit outlet and deflecting the stream partially oil-depleted;
- a separator medium for receiving the stream deflected and separating a further portion of the oil and passing the stream further oil-depleted;
- a refrigerant outlet conduit for discharging the stream;
- and
- an oil outlet conduit,
- wherein the inlet conduit outlet is positioned to essentially minimize external sounds transmitted by the housing.
5 more elements
A method for remanufacturing a refrigerant/oil separator or reengineering a configuration of the separator comprising:
- providing an initial such separator or configuration having:
- a housing;
- an inlet conduit;
- a separator medium;
- and
- a refrigerant outlet;
- and
- selecting at least one geometric parameter of a positioning of an outlet of the inlet conduit within the housing to provide a desired control of external sound transmitted by the housing in a remanufactured or reengineered configuration.
5 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.