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Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 25, 2012
Applicant:

Carrier Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);

Inventor:

Gregory M. Dobbs, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Assignee:

CARRIER CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 27/00 (2006.01); F25D 1/00 (2006.01); F24F 5/00 (2006.01); F25D 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 1/00 (2013.01); F24F 5/0021 (2013.01); F25D 3/02 (2013.01); Y02E 60/147 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating an air conditioning system includes operating a refrigeration unit to cool a volume of refrigerant and circulating the refrigerant to a heat exchanger. A serviced space is cooled via a thermal energy exchange between the serviced space and the refrigerant at the heat exchanger. Thermal energy generated by operation of the refrigeration unit is stored at a thermal energy storage system. An air conditioning system includes a refrigeration unit and a heat exchanger operably connected to the refrigeration unit. The heat exchanger is configured to transfer thermal energy between a serviced space and the refrigeration unit, thus cooling the serviced space. A volume of thermal energy storage medium is utilized to absorb thermal heat generated by the refrigeration unit for dissipation into the ambient environment at a selected time.


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