System for monitoring the performance of a gas absorption cooling unit and related method
OwnerDavid Leistner, Wayne A. Schneider +2inventors
InventorsDavid Leistner, Wayne A. Schneider, Carl Onken, Santosh Nerur
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Abstract
The present teachings provide control systems and methods for monitoring the performance of an absorption refrigerator. The system includes a temperature sensor that senses the temperature of a generator of a cooling arrangement. The circuit may communicate with the sensor and turn off a heat source of the cooling unit if a sensed temperature condition of the generator exceeds a predetermined temperature condition.
Claims20
A control system for a refrigerator having an absorption cooling arrangement with a generator, the control system having:
- a temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature proximate the generator;
- a control device selectively operative to turn off a heat source of the control system;
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- a circuit in communication with the sensor and the control device, the circuit adapted to determine a sensed temperature condition and control the control device to turn off the heat source if the sensed temperature condition exceeds a predetermined temperature condition.
An absorption refrigerator comprising:
- an interior volume;
- an absorption system to cool the interior volume, the absorption cooling system including a generator;
- a heat source to provide the energy to drive the absorption cooling system by heating the generator;
- a temperature sensor adapted to sense a temperature of the generator;
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- a circuit in communication with the sensor and the control device, the circuit adapted to determine a sensed temperature condition and control the control device to turn off the heat source if the sensed temperature condition exceeds a predetermined temperature condition.
A method of controlling a cooling system of an absorption refrigerator, the method comprising:
- sensing a temperature of a generator of the cooling system;
- determining a sensed temperature condition;
- comparing the sensed temperature condition to a predetermined temperature condition;
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- turning off a heat source of the cooling system when the sensed temperature condition is above the predetermined temperature condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.