Refrigerant management in a HVAC system

Methods and systems to manage refrigerant levels in a chiller system are provided. An evaporator of the chiller system may be configured to have a spill over port allowing oil containing refrigerant to spill over through the spill over port. The spill over port may be positioned at a place that corr...

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Main Authors Harry Kenneth Ring, Lee L. Sibik, Jon Phillip Hartfield, Benjamin Elias Dingel
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.10.2017
Subjects
BLASTING
COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS
HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
HEATING
LIGHTING
LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS
REFRIGERATION OR COOLING
WEAPONS
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Summary:Methods and systems to manage refrigerant levels in a chiller system are provided. An evaporator of the chiller system may be configured to have a spill over port allowing oil containing refrigerant to spill over through the spill over port. The spill over port may be positioned at a place that corresponds to a desired refrigerant level in the evaporator. The spill over refrigerant may be directed into a heat exchanger that is configured to substantially vaporize refrigerant of the spill over refrigerant to a slightly superheat temperature. A method of maintaining a proper refrigerant level in the evaporator may include regulating a refrigerant flow to the evaporator so that the vaporized refrigerant of the spill over refrigerant is maintained at the slightly superheat temperature.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB20170004435