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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2022
Filed:
May. 13, 2020
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Raphael Muller, Lyons, FR;
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
This refrigeration apparatus () includes a main refrigerant circuit () including a positive displacement compressor (), a condenser (), an expansion valve (), and an evaporator (), through which a refrigerant circulates successively in a closed loop circulation, and a lubrication refrigerant line () connected to the main refrigerant circuit () between the condenser () and the expansion valve () or to the condenser (), in which circulates a portion of the refrigerant of the main refrigerant circuit () and connected to the compressor () for lubrication of said compressor () with the refrigerant. The refrigeration apparatus includes a lubrication refrigerant tank () connected to the lubrication refrigerant line () upstream the compressor (), the lubrication tank () being configured to store liquid refrigerant for lubrication of the compressor () and the lubrication refrigerant tank () comprises means () to cool down the refrigerant.