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US 6,470,693 B1Granted
Compressed air refrigeration system
AssigneeIngersoll-Rand Company
InventorJames R. Dickey
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Abstract
A gas compressor refrigeration system including a chiller for cooling gas, a separator for separating condensate from the gas, and a reheater for heating the gas. The system also includes a closed refrigerant system which passes a charge of refrigerant in series, through a compression unit, then through the reheater in which the refrigerant exchanges heat with the gas, then through a condenser in which the refrigerant exchanges heat with ambient air, and then through the chiller.
Claims14
A gas compressor refrigeration system comprising:
- a gas system through which a gas passes, said gas system including in series,
- a chiller for cooling said gas,
- a separator for separating condensate from said gas, and
- a reheater for heating said gas;
- a closed refrigerant system which passes a charge of refrigerant in series,
- through a compression unit for compressing said refrigerant, then
- through said reheater in which the refrigerant exchanges heat with said gas, then
- through a condenser in which the refrigerant exchanges heat with ambient air, and then
- through said chiller.
6 more elements
A method for removing condensable material from a gas, the method comprising:
- passing said gas in series through a chiller for cooling said gas, then through a separator to separate said condensable material from said gas, then through a reheater to heat said gas;
- passing a charge of refrigerant in series through said chiller to cool said gas by absorbing heat from said gas, then through a compression unit to compress said refrigerant and add energy to said refrigerant, then through said reheater to exchange heat from said refrigerant to said gas, then through a condenser to exchange heat from said refrigerant to ambient air, then back to said chiller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.