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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2008
William W. Cowans, Fullerton, CA (US);
Glenn W. Zubillaga, Canyon Lake, CA (US);
Kenneth W. Cowans, Fullerton, CA (US);
William W. Cowans, Fullerton, CA (US);
Glenn W. Zubillaga, Canyon Lake, CA (US);
Kenneth W. Cowans, Fullerton, CA (US);
BE Aerospace, Inc., Wellington, FL (US);
Abstract
A system for improving the thermal efficiency of a thermal control loop in which refrigerant after compression and condensation is applied to an evaporator employs a subsidiary counter-current heat exchange intercepting refrigerant flow to maintain the quality of the refrigerant by exchanging thermal energy between the input flow and the output flow from the evaporator. The same principle is effective, with particular advantage when small connections have to be made, in systems using mixed phase media and using the concept of direct energy transfer with saturated fluid.