Carrier Corporation

Aaron J Foran

KeonWoo Lee

A refrigerant vapor compression system includes a refrigerant circuit having a compressor, a heat rejection heat exchanger, a heat absorption heat exchanger and a main expansion device arranged between the heat rejection heat exchanger and the heat absorption heat exchanger relative to a flow of refrigerant. A secondary expansion device is disposed downstream from the heat rejection heat exchanger and a flash tank assembly is disposed downstream from the heat rejection heat exchanger. The flash tank assembly includes a first header arranged downstream from and in fluid communication with the second expansion device, a second header arranged upstream from and in fluid communication with the main expansion device, and a plurality of tanks connected at a first end to the first header and at a second end to the second header. A load of the flash tank assembly is equally balanced between each of the plurality of tanks.

Flash volume system

A transport refrigeration system includes a compressor, a heat rejection heat exchanger, a flash tank, an expansion device and a heat absorption heat exchanger arranged in a serial refrigerant flow order to circulate a refrigerant; a controller configured to: determine a presence of at least one condition of the transport refrigeration system; and initiate a low refrigerant charge detection process in response to detecting the presence of the at least one condition of the transport refrigeration system.

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Cicero, NY, United States of America

Aaron J Foran