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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2010
Ramachandran Narayanamurthy, Loveland, CO (US);
Robert Scott Hicks, LaPorte, CO (US);
Robert K. Kerrigan, Berthoud, CO (US);
Christopher A. Kay, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Ramachandran Narayanamurthy, Loveland, CO (US);
Robert Scott Hicks, LaPorte, CO (US);
Robert K. Kerrigan, Berthoud, CO (US);
Christopher A. Kay, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Ice Energy, Inc., Windsor, CO (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and device to efficiently regulate flow of refrigerant while maintaining a sealed chamber in systems providing stored thermal energy for use during peak electrical demand. A mixed-phase regulator replaces the thermostatic expansion valve used in conventional air-conditioning systems that, along with capillary tubes and orifices, regulates the refrigerant fed from the compressor to the heat load.