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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2017
Carrier Corporation, Jupiter, FL (US);
Rajiv Ranjan, South Windsor, CT (US);
Haralambos Cordatos, Colchester, CT (US);
Zissis A. Dardas, Worcester, MA (US);
Georgios S. Zafiris, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Yinshan Feng, Manchester, CT (US);
Parmesh Verma, South Windsor, CT (US);
Michael A. Stark, Mooresville, NC (US);
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a refrigeration system including a heat transfer fluid circulation loop configured to allow a refrigerant to circulate therethrough. A purge gas outlet is in operable communication with the heat transfer fluid circulation loop. The system also includes at least one gas permeable membrane having a first side in operable communication with the purge gas outlet and a second side. The membrane includes a porous inorganic material with pores of a size to allow passage of contaminants through the membrane and restrict passage of the refrigerant through the membrane. The system also includes a permeate outlet in operable communication with a second side of the membrane.