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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Applicant:
Hans-joachim Huff, Mainz-Kostheim, DE;
Inventor:
Hans-Joachim Huff, Mainz-Kostheim, DE;
Assignee:
CARRIER CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 1/00 (2006.01); F25B 1/10 (2006.01); F25B 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 1/10 (2013.01); F25B 9/008 (2013.01); F25B 2309/061 (2013.01); F25B 2400/13 (2013.01); F25B 2400/23 (2013.01); F25B 2500/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerant vapor compression system () includes a plurality of components, including a flash tank (), connected in a refrigerant flow circuit by a plurality of refrigerant lines (). The system internal volume equals to the sum of the internal volumes of the plurality of components and the internal volume of the plurality of refrigerant lines. The internal volume of the flash tank ranges from at least 10% to about 30% of the total system internal volume.