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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2011
Sascha Hellmann, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE;
Alexander Tambovtsev, Mainz, DE;
Sascha Hellmann, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE;
Alexander Tambovtsev, Mainz, DE;
CARRIER CORPORATION, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
An oil separation device () for separating oil from a refrigerant-oil-mixture in a refrigeration cycle (), the oil separation device () comprises a first refrigerant conduit having at least a first portion () with a first diameter (d); a second refrigerant conduit arranged downstream of and connected to the first refrigerant conduit, the second refrigerant conduit having at least a second portion with a second diameter (d) being smaller than the first diameter (d); wherein the second portion () of the second refrigerant conduit having the second diameter (d) extends into the first portion () of the first refrigerant conduit forming an oil separation pocket () between the outer diameter of the second portion () and the inner diameter of the first portion (); and a suction line () having an inlet end (), which opens into the oil separation pocket () and is configured to suck oil from the oil separation pocket ().