Patent ID: 11927371
Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 17:
18. A coolant cycle system for cooling a structure comprising:
a two stage compressor configured to compress a coolant and having a first stage with a first stage inlet and a first stage outlet and a second stage with a second stage inlet and a second stage outlet. wherein the second stage is a high pressure stage relative to the first stage:
a gas cooler having a coolant inlet fluidly connected to the second stage outlet and having a gas cooler outlet:
the gas cooler outlet being fluidly connected to a heat exchanger and a fluid storage tank, the heat exchanger being configured to cool the fluid storage tank and having a heat exchanger coolant outlet fluidly connected to the second stage inlet, wherein the heat exchanger comprises a heat exchanger tube that surrounds the fluid storage tank;
the fluid storage tank having a fluid storage tank outlet fluidly connected to a coolant inlet of an evaporator:
a coolant outlet of the evaporator being fluidly connected to the first stage inlet of the two stage compressor: and
wherein the first stage outlet of the two stage compressor is fluidly connected to the second stage inlet.