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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1999
Nobuyuki Yuri, Saitama, JP;
Hidetaka Kayanuma, Saitama, JP;
Mitsuru Ishikawa, Saitama, JP;
Toshimitsu Takaishi, Saitama, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabashika Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The purity of a refrigerant liquid can be maintained to an appropriate level without being varied corresponding to a change in the atmospheric condition and the loading state. A portion of the refrigerant liquid in an evaporator is conveyed from the evaporator to the upper end of a rectifier where it is used as a vapor/liquid contact fluid. A temperature sensor T,is provided at the upper end of the rectifier for detecting the temperature at the top of the rectifier or the temperature of the refrigerant vapor. The temperature and the purity of the refrigerant vapor are closely related to each other. The higher the temperature, the lower the purity is deteriorated. When the temperature T detected by the temperature sensor T,is higher than a reference temperature level Tref, a flow control valve V,is actuated to increase the flow of the refrigerant liquid to the rectifier. This recovers the purity of the refrigerant vapor, thus preventing declination of the purity of the refrigerant vapor in the evaporator.