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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2015
Carrier Corporation, Jupiter, FL (US);
Michael Swab, Acworth, GA (US);
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
A refrigerated transportation cargo container includes a container and a refrigeration unit to provide a flow of refrigerated supply air for the container. The refrigeration unit has refrigerant flowing there through and includes a compressor and an engine () powered by a flow of fuel and driving the compressor. A regeneration heat exchanger () gasifies the fuel prior to the fuel entering the engine via a thermal energy exchange with the refrigerant flowing through the regeneration heat exchanger. A method of operating a refrigeration unit includes connecting an engine to a compressor and enabling a flow of refrigerant through the refrigeration unit. The refrigerant is directed through a regeneration heat exchanger as a flow of liquid fuel. The fuel is gasified at the regeneration heat exchanger via a thermal energy exchange with the refrigerant. The gasified fuel is directed to the engine to power the engine.