Epta S.p.a.

Ignacio Varela Chaparro

Daniele Mazzola

Stefano Trabucchi

A vapour compression refrigeration system has a main refrigerant circuit having a main gas cooler or condenser arranged in a high pressure branch, a first main evaporator arranged in a first low pressure branch, a main compressor fluidically connecting the first low pressure branch to the high pressure branch, and an expansion device connecting the high pressure branch to an intermediate pressure branch. The system has a by-pass branch connecting the high-pressure branch to the intermediate pressure branch and provided with a by-pass valve, a secondary refrigerant circuit having a secondary gas cooler or condenser arranged in a secondary high pressure branch, a secondary evaporator arranged in a secondary low pressure branch, and a secondary expansion device connecting the secondary high pressure branch to the secondary low pressure branch. A rotary pressure exchanger is fluidically connected to the by-pass branch downstream of the by-pass valve and the secondary refrigerant circuit.

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Milan, Italy

Ignacio Varela Chaparro