Trane International Inc.

Elyse M Sorenson

Morgan Elizabeth Herried Leehey

Todd Wayne Smith

Daniel A Strange

Russell T Abbott

Curtis E Everson

Mohammad Akram

Michael T Siegersma

Stephen Anthony Kujak

Kenneth J Schultz

A compressor including a housing, a shaft configured to be rotated relative to the housing to compress a refrigerant, a motor configured to drive the shaft, a lubrication system configured to supply lubricant to the compressor, and a bearing configured to support the shaft. The shaft includes a wear-resistant sleeve-like treatment on at least a portion of an outer surface of the shaft adjacent the bearing. The lubricant is POE oil or a lubricant blend composition that includes two or more lubricants, the two or more lubricants including a first lubricant and a second lubricant.

Refrigerant compressor with wear sleeve and lubricant blends for handling debris-laden fluids

A compressor including a housing, a shaft configured to be rotated relative to the housing to compress a refrigerant, a motor configured to drive the shaft, a lubrication system configured to supply lubricant to the compressor, and a bearing configured to support the shaft. The shaft includes a wear-resistant sleeve-like treatment on at least a portion of an outer surface of the shaft adjacent the bearing. The lubricant is a lubricant blend composition that includes two or more lubricants, the two or more lubricants including a first lubricant and a second lubricant. The first lubricant is present at a higher volume percentage than the second lubricant, and the first lubricant includes a higher viscosity than the second lubricant.

A heat transfer circuit that includes a main flow path for a working fluid that extends through a compressor, a condenser, an expander, and an evaporator. The working fluid includes CFI. The heat transfer circuit also includes an additive stream configured to supply additive for the CFI to the working fluid in the main flow path based on a discharge temperature of the compressor. A method for operating a heat transfer circuit that includes directing a working fluid including CFI through a main flow path of the heat transfer circuit. The method also includes changing a concentration of additive for the CFI based on a discharge temperature of the working fluid from the compressor.

Heat transfer circuit with targeted additive supply

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Stoddard, WI, United States of America

Elyse M Sorenson