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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2014
Trane International Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Daoud Ali Jandal, La Crosse, WI (US);
Brian Thomas Sullivan, La Crosse, WI (US);
Steven Erwin Meloling, La Crosse, WI (US);
Reginald Loyd Berry, Onalaska, WI (US);
Ronald Allen Boldt, Stoddard, WI (US);
Matthew Aron Witt, La Crosse, WI (US);
Damion Scott Plymesser, De Soto, WI (US);
TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC., Davidson, NC (US);
Abstract
Generally, apparatuses, systems, and methods are described to vent refrigerant vapor from the refrigerant pump line using a vent line, such as during priming of the pump and/or during a startup of the compressor, directed to a relatively reduced volute casing mass of the refrigerant pump, and/or directed to returning refrigerant to an economizer or chiller component other than the condenser.