Whirlpool S.a.

Universidade Federal De Santa Catarina (ufsc), Autarquia Federal De Regime Especial

Augusto Jose Pereira Zimmermann

Fabricio Caldeira Possamai

Joaquim Manoel Goncalves

Otavio Santini, Jr

A refrigeration system includes a compressor; a condenser connected to a first inlet of a separator which has: a vapor outlet connected to the compressor and a liquid outlet connected to an evaporator; a selecting valve having: a first vapor inlet connected to the evaporator; a second vapor inlet connected to the separator; and a vapor outlet connected to the compressor, the selecting valve being operated to selectively and alternatively communicate its first and second vapor inlets with its vapor outlet, so as to allow the compressor to draw vapor from the separator and from the evaporator; and a control unit for controlling the operation of the selecting valve.

Refrigeration system with intermediate pressure vapor supply valve

The docking station () comprises a casing () presenting an air inlet () and a cooled air outlet () and housing a refrigeration system () for cooling an air flow which is caused to pass through the interior of the casing (), from the air inlet () to the cooled air outlet (). The refrigeration system () comprises: a compressor () pumping refrigerant fluid through a refrigeration circuit comprising a condenser () and an evaporator () and, preferably, a ventilation means () producing said air flow which is conducted through the evaporator () to be cooled thereby and released, through said cooled air outlet (), to the interior of a computer () seated against the docking station ().

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Gaspar-SC, Brazil

Augusto Jose Pereira Zimmermann