Methods of freezeout prevention and temperature control for very low temperature mixed refrigerant systems
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F25B-041/00
F25B-049/00
F25J-001/00
출원번호
US-0349060
(2006-02-07)
등록번호
US-7478540
(2009-01-20)
발명자
/ 주소
Flynn,Kevin P.
Boiarski,Mikhail
Podtcherniaev,Oleg
출원인 / 주소
Brooks Automation, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds PC
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초록▼
Refrigerant freezeout is prevented, and temperature is controlled, by the use of a controlled bypass flow that causes a warming of the lowest temperature refrigerant in a refrigeration system that achieves very low temperatures by using a mixture of refrigerants comprising at least two refrigerants
Refrigerant freezeout is prevented, and temperature is controlled, by the use of a controlled bypass flow that causes a warming of the lowest temperature refrigerant in a refrigeration system that achieves very low temperatures by using a mixture of refrigerants comprising at least two refrigerants with boiling points that differ by at least 50° C. This control capability enables reliable operation of the very low temperature system.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A very low temperature refrigeration system utilizing mixed refrigerants, the system comprising: a compressor in fluid communication with a refrigeration process, the refrigeration process including a high pressure line on a high pressure side of the refrigeration system betw
What is claimed is: 1. A very low temperature refrigeration system utilizing mixed refrigerants, the system comprising: a compressor in fluid communication with a refrigeration process, the refrigeration process including a high pressure line on a high pressure side of the refrigeration system between the compressor and an evaporator, a low pressure line on a low pressure side of the refrigeration system in a refrigerant return path between the evaporator and the compressor, and at least one heat exchanger cooling refrigerant in the high pressure line from refrigerant in the low pressure line; and a bypass circuit connected either: a) from a point in the refrigeration process where high pressure refrigerant flows, prior to where the high pressure line exits a cold end of the refrigeration process, and to a point in the refrigeration process where the coldest low pressure refrigerant in the system flows, the bypass circuit including a valve controlling bypass flow of bypassed refrigerant, the result of the bypass flow being to achieve warming of the coldest low pressure refrigerant; or b) from a compressor high-pressure refrigerant line between the compressor and an entrance to the high pressure line of the refrigeration process, and to a suction line of the compressor; or c) from a point in the refrigeration process where high pressure refrigerant is at its coldest temperature, and to a point in the refrigeration process where low pressure refrigerant exits the coldest of the at least one heat exchangers in the refrigeration process, bypassed refrigerant not passing through a heat exchanger between the point where high pressure refrigerant is at its coldest temperature and the point where low pressure refrigerant exits the coldest of the at least one heat exchanger. 2. The refrigeration system of claim 1, wherein the bypass circuit is used to control the temperature of the evaporator. 3. The refrigeration system of claim 2, wherein the bypass circuit is used to make the refrigerant destined for the evaporator warmer. 4. The refrigeration system of claim 2, wherein the bypass circuit is a freezeout prevention circuit. 5. The refrigeration system of claim 1 wherein the bypass circuit comprises a bypass loop connected from the compressor high-pressure refrigerant line between the compressor and the entrance to the high pressure line of the refrigeration process, and to the suction line of the compressor. 6. The refrigeration system of claim 1 wherein the bypass circuit includes a means of controlling fluid flow through the circuit and wherein the fluid flow is controlled utilizing an on-off valve and a flow-metering device. 7. The refrigeration system of claim 6, wherein the fluid flow is controlled utilizing a proportional control valve. 8. The refrigeration system of claim 6 wherein the fluid flow is controlled automatically. 9. The refrigeration system of claim 1 wherein the mixed refrigerant comprises one or more refrigerants selected from the group consisting of R-123, R-245fa, R-236fa, R-124, R-134a, propane, R-125, R-23, ethane, R-14, methane, argon, nitrogen, and neon. 10. The refrigeration system of claim 9 wherein the mixed refrigerant is selected from the group consisting of the following blends each comprising the listed components by range of molar fractions: Blend A comprising R-123 (0.01 to 0.45); R-124 (0.0 to 0.25), R-23 (0.0 to 0.4), R-14 (0.05 to 0.5), and argon (0.0 to 0.4); Blend B comprising R-236fa (0.01 to 0.45), R-125 (0.0 to 0.25), R-23 (0.0 to 0.4), R-14 (0.05 to 0.5) and argon (0.0 to 0.4); Blend C comprising R-245fa (0.01 to 0.45), R-125 (0.0 to 0.25), R-23 (0.0 to 0.4), R-14 (0.05 to 0.5) and argon (0.0 to 0.4); Blend D comprising R-236fa (0.0 to 0.45), R-245fa (0.0 to 0.45), R-134a (greater than 0.0), R-125 (0.0 to 0.25), R-218 (0.0 to 0.25), R-23 (0.0 to 0.4), R-14 (0.05 to 0.5), argon (0.0 to 0.4), nitrogen (0.0 to 0.4) and Neon (0.0 to 0.2); and Blend E comprising at least one non-zero molar fraction of propane (0.0 to 0.5), ethane (0.0 to 0.3), methane (0.0 to 0.4), argon (0.0 to 0.4), nitrogen (0.0 to 0.5), and neon (0.0 to 0.3). 11. The refrigeration system of claim 1 wherein the bypass circuit is connected from the point in the refrigeration process where warm high pressure refrigerant flows, prior to where the high pressure line exits the refrigeration process, and to a point in the refrigeration process where the coldest low pressure refrigerant in the system flows, the bypass circuit including a valve controlling bypass flow of bypassed refrigerant, the result of the bypass flow being to achieve warming of the coldest low pressure refrigerant. 12. The refrigeration system of claim 1 wherein the bypass circuit is connected from the point in the refrigeration process where high pressure refrigerant is at its coldest temperature, and to the point in the refrigeration process where low pressure refrigerant exits the coldest of the at least one heat exchangers in the refrigeration process, bypassed refrigerant not passing through a heat exchanger between the point where high pressure refrigerant is at its coldest temperature and the point where low pressure refrigerant exits the coldest of the at least one heat exchangers. 13. A refrigeration system, the system comprising: a compressor; a refrigeration process in fluid communication with the compressor, the refrigeration process including a high pressure line on a high pressure side of the refrigeration system between the compressor and an evaporator, a low pressure line on a low pressure side of the refrigeration system in a refrigerant return path between the evaporator and the compressor, and at least one heat exchanger cooling refrigerant in the high pressure line from refrigerant in the low pressure line; an expansion device receiving high pressure refrigerant from the refrigeration process; and a bypass circuit bypassing at least a portion of the refrigeration process and being connected to flow refrigerant into a point in the refrigeration process, the bypass circuit including a valve controlling bypass flow of bypassed refrigerant, the result of the bypass flow being to achieve warming of the coldest low pressure refrigerant in the system; the system using the mixed refrigerant to provide refrigeration at temperatures below 183K. 14. A refrigeration system according to claim 13, wherein the bypass circuit is used to control the temperature of the evaporator. 15. A refrigeration system according to claim 14, wherein the bypass circuit is used to make the refrigerant destined for the evaporator warmer. 16. A refrigeration system according to claim 14, wherein the bypass circuit is a freezeout prevention circuit. 17. A refrigeration system according to claim 13, wherein the bypass circuit is to a cold point at a lower pressure in the refrigeration process, from a warmer point at a higher pressure. 18. A refrigeration system according to claim 17, wherein the bypass circuit includes a flow restriction. 19. A refrigeration system according to claim 13, wherein the system uses the mixed refrigerant to provide refrigeration at temperatures above 65 K. 20. A refrigeration system according to claim 13, wherein the mixed refrigerant comprises at least two component refrigerants having widely spaced normal boiling points. 21. A refrigeration system according to claim 20, wherein the mixed refrigerant comprises at least two component refrigerants whose normal boiling points differ by at least 50° C.
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