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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
Applicant:
Trane International Inc., Davidson, NC (US);
Inventor:
Lee L. Sibik, Onalaska, WI (US);
Assignee:
TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC., Davidson, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 45/00 (2006.01); F25D 1/00 (2006.01); F25B 49/00 (2006.01); F25B 41/00 (2006.01); F25B 49/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 45/00 (2013.01); F25B 41/00 (2013.01); F25B 49/005 (2013.01); F25B 49/02 (2013.01); F25D 1/00 (2013.01); F25B 2345/002 (2013.01); F25B 2345/003 (2013.01); F25B 2600/05 (2013.01); F25B 2600/2513 (2013.01); F25B 2700/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of an accumulator for charge management are described. A fluid compression system, comprising an accumulator fluidly connected to an evaporator via a spillover port. The spillover port directs working fluid received from the evaporator to be collected and stored in the accumulator, where the stored working fluid is stored and released from the accumulator in response to an operating condition of the evaporator.