Refrigerant filtration apparatus and method
AssigneeAirSept, Inc.
InventorsAaron Becker, Charles B. Abbott, John Hancock
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Abstract
A device and method for removal of contaminants from refrigerant distributes admitted refrigerant to each of a plurality of reactor collectors, heats each collector to vaporize the refrigerant, whereupon the vaporized refrigerant flows through a filter and then through an outlet. The device includes a housing, a fluid distribution manifold with a plurality of lines, each line directing refrigerant to one of a plurality of collectors, each collector being associated with a line to supply refrigerant, a heating element to heat the collectors and a filter disposed between an outlet and the collectors.
Claims20
A device for removal of contaminants from refrigerant comprising
- a housing assembly including an inlet port and outlet port;
- a reactor assembly contained in the housing assembly, the reactor assembly comprising a vertical tube, and a plurality of collectors in a spaced apart concentric arrangement, the vertical tube extending through the center of each collector, and a heating element within the vertical tube;
- a fluid delivery assembly fluidly coupling each collector to the inlet port of the housing;
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- a filter assembly fluidly coupled to the outlet port of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.