초록

A method for providing refrigeration such as to an insulated enclosure wherein a defined multicomponent refrigerant fluid undergoes a phase change coupled with Joule-Thomson expansion to generate refrigeration over a wide temperature range which may comprise from ambient to low temperatures.

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[ We claim:] [1.] A method for providing refrigeration comprising:(A) compressing a multicomponent refrigerant fluid comprising at least one component from the group consisting of fluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons and fluoroethers and at least one atmospheric gas;(B) cooling and at least partially c

[ We claim:] [1.] A method for providing refrigeration comprising:(A) compressing a multicomponent refrigerant fluid comprising at least one component from the group consisting of fluorocarbons, hydrofluorocarbons and fluoroethers and at least one atmospheric gas;(B) cooling and at least partially condensing the compressed multicomponent refrigerant fluid;(C) expanding the at least partially condensed multicomponent refrigerant fluid to generate refrigeration; and(D) warming and at least partially vaporizing the refrigeration bearing multicomponent refrigerant fluid and employing refrigeration from the multicomponent refrigerant fluid in an enclosure.