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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Hung M. Pham, Dayton, OH (US);
Jean-luc M. Caillat, Dayton, OH (US);
Ronald L. Van Hoose, Huber Heights, OH (US);
Hung M. Pham, Dayton, OH (US);
Jean-Luc M. Caillat, Dayton, OH (US);
Ronald L. Van Hoose, Huber Heights, OH (US);
Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc., Sidney, OH (US);
Abstract
A heat pump system of the type which re-circulates refrigerant through a fluid circuit between a first heat exchanger and a second heat exchanger includes a compressor coupled to the fluid circuit and a vapor injection system including a vessel fluidly coupled to the first and second heat exchangers and to a vapor injection port of the compressor. The vessel is operable as a receiver in a cooling mode of the heat pump system and is operable as a flash tank in a heating mode of the heat pump system.