Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Suction conduit flow control for lubricant management
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Application No.: US16543973Application Date: 2019-08-19
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Publication No.: US11112157B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: James P. Crolius , Matthew Cambio
- Applicant: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Applicant Address: US NC Davidson
- Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee: TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Davidson
- Agency: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.
- Main IPC: F25B31/00
- IPC: F25B31/00 ; F25B49/02 ; F25B1/04 ; F25B41/00 ; F25B43/02

Abstract:
A system includes first and second compressors arranged in parallel, a condenser, expansion device, evaporator, and flow control device fluidly connected. The first compressor includes a first lubricant sump and the second compressor including a second lubricant sump. A lubricant transfer conduit fluidly connects the first lubricant sump and the second lubricant sump. The flow control device is disposed between the evaporator and the first and second compressors, and includes a fluid inlet and two fluid outlets. A first of the two fluid outlets is fluidly connected to the first compressor, a second of the two fluid outlets is fluidly connected to the second compressor. The second fluid outlet includes a nozzle disposed within a flow passage of the flow control device such that a space is maintained between an outer surface of the nozzle and an inner surface of the flow passage.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200256603A1 SUCTION CONDUIT FLOW CONTROL FOR LUBRICANT MANAGEMENT Public/Granted day:2020-08-13
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