Fluid transport
AssigneeAtofina Chemicals, Inc.
InventorsSivakumar Gopalnarayanan, Scott R. Gaboury
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Abstract
A conduit for transporting non-volatile liquids is provided in which the conduit's internal surfaces have a surface energy lower than that of the nonvolatile liquid.
Claims12
A method for enhancing the transportability of a lubricant in a refrigeration system, the refrigeration system having a compressor, an evaporator heat exchanger, a condenser heat exchanger, and liquid and vapor lines, and wherein the lubricant and a refrigerant are transported through the system, the method comprising providing the internal surfaces of the evaporator heat exchanger with a surface energy lower than that of the lubricant.
A conduit for transporting a non-volatile liquid in which the conduit's internal surfaces have a surface energy lower than that of the non-volatile liquid.
A refrigeration system having a compressor, an evaporator heat exchanger, a condenser heat exchanger, and liquid and vapor lines, wherein a lubricant and a refrigerant are transported through the system, and wherein the evaporator heat exchanger's internal surfaces have a surface energy lower than that of the lubricant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.