Device for improving the efficiency of a heat exchange system
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Abstract
In one aspect of the invention, an apparatus for improving the efficiency of a heat exchange system having a compressor, condenser, expansion valve, evaporator and a flowing refrigerant is provided. The apparatus is a tubular device having a refrigerant entrance and a refrigerant exit and is positioned in the heat exchange system between the expansion valve and the evaporator. The device further comprises a means for removing heat from the refrigerant. According to an embodiment of the invention, the heat removal means is a cylindrical screen coated with diamonds.
Claims8
A heat exchange system with improved efficiency having a compressor, condenser, evaporator, an expansion valve and a circulating refrigerant said system comprising:
- an tubular device having a refrigerant entrance and a refrigerant exit,
- said device positioned between the expansion valve and the evaporator;
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- means associated with said device to remove heat from the refrigerant.
A method of improving the heat transfer efficiency of a heat exchange system comprising a compressor, condenser, evaporator, an expansion valve and a circulating refrigerant, said method comprising the steps of:
- compressing a refrigerant in said compressor;
- passing said refrigerant in said compressor;
- allowing the refrigerant exiting said condenser to flow said expansion valve and into a tubular device;
- wherein said tubular device comprises a means to remove heat from said refrigerant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.