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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 22, 2022
Applicant:

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, VA (US);

Inventors:

Igor Vaisman, Carmel, IN (US);

Joshua Peters, Knoxville, TN (US);

Assignee:

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 9/00 (2006.01); F25B 19/00 (2006.01); F28D 20/02 (2006.01); F25B 5/04 (2006.01); F25B 41/31 (2021.01); F25B 39/00 (2006.01); F25B 43/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 20/021 (2013.01); F25B 5/04 (2013.01); F25B 9/008 (2013.01); F25B 19/005 (2013.01); F25B 39/00 (2013.01); F25B 41/31 (2021.01); F25B 43/043 (2013.01); F25B 2309/061 (2013.01); F25B 2400/16 (2013.01); F25B 2400/19 (2013.01); F25B 2400/23 (2013.01); F25B 2400/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A thermal management system includes a closed-circuit refrigeration system (CCRS) that includes a vapor cycle system (VCS). The VCS includes a receiver configured to store a refrigerant fluid; a liquid separator; a compressor; a condenser; at least one evaporator configured to extract heat from at least one heat load that is in thermal conductive or convective contact with the evaporator; and a thermal energy storage (TES) that stores a phase change material. The thermal management system further includes a liquid pumping system (LPS) that includes the TES, the at least one evaporator, and the liquid separator, with the LPS further including a pump. The VCS is configured to operate one at a time in at least one of three operational modes that are a TES cooling mode, a heat load cooling mode, or a pump-down mode. The LPS is configured to operate in the heat load cooling mode.


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