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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
May. 23, 2017
Carrier Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Matthew Austin, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Mark W. Shoemaker, Brownsburg, IN (US);
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
A vapor compression system includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger, an expansion valve and a second heat exchanger arranged serial refrigerant flow path; a first fan configured to direct air over the first heat exchanger; a controller coupled to the first fan and the compressor, the controller configured to: set a compressor discharge superheat limit; determine a compressor discharge superheat; compare the compressor discharge superheat to the compressor discharge superheat limit; and when the compressor discharge superheat is less than the compressor discharge superheat limit, the controller reducing at least one of a compressor speed and a first fan speed.