Referigerant-to-air device
AssigneeEarthlinked Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRussell W. Bath, James M. McDuffie, Robert W. Cochran
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Abstract
A refrigerant system includes a compressor, an evaporator, an expansion valve, an accumulator or equivalent, one or more earth loops, and auxiliary heat removal means. The auxiliary means comprises a fan and fan coil and the fan forces air between multiple tubes of the fan coil to remove unwanted heat from the hot vapor exiting the compressor.
Claims10
A refrigerant system including a compressor, an evaporator, an expansion valve, an accumulator or equivalent, one or more earth loops, and auxiliary heat removal means, wherein said auxiliary means comprises a fan and fan coil wherein the fan forces air between multiple tubes of the fan coil to remove unwanted heat from the hot vapor exiting the compressor.
A refrigerant system comprising a compressor, an evaporator, a condenser, a Liquid Flow Control (LFC), an Active Charge Control (ACC), an ACM, and an EMCU, and one or more of a refrigerant earth loop or a water earth loop, wherein the ACM and EMCU serve to prevent the temperature or pressure from exceeding the desired limit, and wherein the LFC serves to maintain the condenser, herein consisting of the earth loop(s), in a fully condensing condition, and wherein the ACC serves to maintain the evaporator in a “fully wetted” condition, with the result that the LFC and ACC, working in concert serve to collect and store all inactive, non-circulating liquid refrigerant within the ACC, to provide that the optimum amount of refrigerant is in active circulation under all operating conditions, which in turn provides improved system efficiency.
A refrigerant system comprising a compressor, an evaporator, an expansion valve, an accumulator, an Auxiliary Cooling Module (ACM), a heat exchanger, a pump, and one or more water loops buried within the earth, and further comprising a conventional electronic control module (ECMU) to automatically control the speed of the fan in the ACM to modulate the amount of heat to be removed, and wherein a pressure sensor and/or a temperature sensor mounted on the hot vapor conduit leaving the compressor sends pressure and/or temperature signals to the ECMU, to regulate the electrical power input to the fan in the ACM in response to the pressure or temperature signals, to regulate the amount of heat removed by the Auxiliary Cooling Module, to thereby prevent exceeding the desired pressure or temperature limit.
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