Refrigeration – Refrigeration producer – With refrigerant treater
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-25
2005-10-25
Doerrler, William C. (Department: 3744)
Refrigeration
Refrigeration producer
With refrigerant treater
C062S259200, C062S085000, C165S104330
Reexamination Certificate
active
06957550
ABSTRACT:
A cooling technique involves: reducing a pressure of a cooling fluid to a subambient pressure at which the cooling fluid has a boiling temperature less than a temperature of a heat-generating structure; bringing the cooling fluid at the subambient pressure into thermal communication with the heat-generating structure, so that the coolant absorbs heat, boils and vaporizes; thereafter removing heat from the coolant so as to condense substantially all of the coolant to a liquid; and thereafter extracting a selected portion of the cooling fluid that has been cooled, the selected portion being a vapor that includes a non-condensable gas.
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Weber Richard M.
Wyatt William Gerald
Baker & Botts L.L.P.
Doerrler William C.
Raytheon Company
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