Refrigeration – Reversible – i.e. – heat pump – With flow control or compressor details
Patent
1997-08-18
1998-09-29
Sollecito, John M.
Refrigeration
Reversible, i.e., heat pump
With flow control or compressor details
138 44, 62511, F25B 1300
Patent
active
058132449
ABSTRACT:
A device for controlling or metering fluid flow in either direction through a conduit. The device comprises an elongated body having two end walls forming an internal chamber therebetween. One end wall of the device has a first metering orifice. The other end wall has one or more bypass openings. Disposed within the chamber is a free piston having a rod portion extending therefrom and disposed within the first metering orifice. The free piston and rod portion has a second metering orifice axially extending therethrough and in axial alignment with the first metering orifice. Fluid flow through the device urges piston against the end wall in the direction of fluid flow. In one position, fluid flowing into the device passes through the bypassing the opening(s) of the opposite end wall. Fluid flowing out of the device passes through the second metering orifice in the piston. Upon a flow reversal, the piston is urged against the opposite end wall. In this position, fluid flows through the metering orifice in the end wall then flows in serial fashion through the metering orifice in the piston. The device is adapted for use in a reversible vapor compression air conditioning system. In this application, the metering orifice in the end wall is sized to provide proper metering for heating mode operation. The metering orifice in the piston, in combination with the metering orifice in the end wall, is sized to provide proper metering for cooling mode operation.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4653291 (1987-03-01), Moeller et al.
patent: 5341656 (1994-08-01), Rust, Jr. et al.
Carrier Corporation
Sollecito John M.
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