Patent ID: 9322584
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: F25B

Claim Text:
1. A cooling system, in particular for use on board an aircraft, the cooling system comprising: a cooling circuit allowing circulation of a two-phase refrigerant therethrough, an evaporator disposed in the cooling circuit and having a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet, a condenser disposed in the cooling circuit and having a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet, a state detector configured to output a signal indicative of the state of aggregation of the refrigerant in a portion of the cooling circuit which connects the refrigerant outlet of the evaporator to the refrigerant inlet of the condenser, and a controller structured to maintain the refrigerant in said portion of the cooling circuit in its gaseous state of aggregation by controlling at least one of increasing the temperature of the refrigerant in said portion of the cooling circuit and decreasing the pressure of the refrigerant in said portion of the cooling circuit, in an event that the signal output by the state detector indicates an undesired condensation of the refrigerant in said portion of the cooling circuit.