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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2023
Heatcraft Refrigeration Products Llc, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Shitong Zha, Snellville, GA (US);
Douglas S. Cole, Columbus, GA (US);
Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC, Stone Mountain, GA (US);
Abstract
The disclosure provides a method of operating a refrigeration system. The method includes operating a first low-temperature evaporator in a refrigeration mode, where the first low-temperature evaporator receives refrigerant from a flash tank. The method includes operating a second low-temperature evaporator in a refrigeration mode, where the first low-temperature evaporator receives refrigerant from the flash tank. The method includes causing the first low-temperature evaporator to operate in the defrost mode by: closing a first controllable valve in a refrigerant conduit that couples the first low-temperature evaporator to a low-temperature compressor of the refrigeration system, and directing the refrigerant exiting the first low-temperature evaporator to be received by the second low-temperature evaporator.