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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2021
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Anthony S. Molavi, Mooresville, NC (US);
Scott T. McDonough, Charlotte, NC (US);
William T. Slay, Chickamauga, GA (US);
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
A vapor compression system including: a compressor having a compressor suction port and a compressor discharge port configured to circulate a working fluid through a flow circuit; a first heat exchanger operably coupled to the compressor discharge port; a second heat exchanger operably coupled to the compressor suction port; a heat recovery heat exchanger operably coupled to the first and second heat exchangers wherein the heat recovery heat exchanger is configured to: receive the working fluid in a first phase from the first heat exchanger; receive the working fluid in a second phase from the second heat exchanger; exchange heat between the working fluid in the first phase and the second phase; and a bypass valve positioned between the heat recovery heat exchanger discharge and the second heat exchanger and defining a first flow path and a second flow path.