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A transport refrigeration system, and method of operating same, in which a maximum operating pressure expansion valve and a secondary condenser are used to enhance hot gas heating cycles initiated to hold a predetermined temperature set point, and hot gas defrost cycles. The secondary condenser is d

A transport refrigeration system, and method of operating same, in which a maximum operating pressure expansion valve and a secondary condenser are used to enhance hot gas heating cycles initiated to hold a predetermined temperature set point, and hot gas defrost cycles. The secondary condenser is disposed in an evaporator section of the refrigeration system, with hot discharge gas from a compressor being directed to the secondary condenser during heating and defrost cycles. A sufficient supply of refrigerant for heating and defrost cycles is ensured by injecting refrigerant from a receiver and condenser into an active heat cycle refrigerant circuit, when the active refrigerant is insufficient to build the pressure on the low pressure side of the refrigeration system to a value sufficient to close the maximum operating pressure expansion valve and the compressor suction pressure is less than the receiver/condenser pressure.

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A method of enhancing a heating cycle of a refrigeration system which maintains a predetermined set point temperature of a served space via cooling and heating cycles which condition air passed through an air conditioning path of an evaporator section of a refrigeration system which includes a refri

A method of enhancing a heating cycle of a refrigeration system which maintains a predetermined set point temperature of a served space via cooling and heating cycles which condition air passed through an air conditioning path of an evaporator section of a refrigeration system which includes a refrigerant disposed in a closed refrigerant circuit having a first active circuit effective during a cooling cycle which includes a compressor, a hot gas line, a condenser, a receiver, a liquid line, an evaporator, an accumulator, and a suction line, and a second active circuit effective during a heating cycle which excludes the condenser and receiver, comprising the steps of: providing an expansion device between the liquid line and the evaporator to divide the refrigeration system into a high pressure side which includes the condenser and receiver, and a low pressure side which includes the evaporator, accumulator and the suction line which has a suction pressure, providing a secondary condenser in the air conditioning path of the evaporator section, directing hot gas from the compressor to the secondary condenser during a heating cycle, increasing the pressure of the low pressure side, closing the expansion device in response to low side pressure, when there is sufficient refrigerant in the second active circuit to cause the pressure of the low side to increase to a predetermined closing value, and injecting refrigerant into the evaporator from the receiver and condenser via the expansion device when the refrigerant in the second active circuit is insufficient to close the expansion device and the suction pressure is lower than the high side pressure