Patent ID: 9581367
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: B60H,F25B,F28D,F28F

Claim:
1. A refrigeration system comprising: a first fluid including a refrigerant; a second fluid; a third fluid; a heat exchanger including, inflow and outflow ducts formed by the apertures in the plurality of stacked plates for the first, second, and third fluids; and an expansion element for the first fluid operatively connected to the heat exchanger, wherein in the first heat exchange section the first fluid is in heat-exchanging contact with the second fluid, and wherein in the second heat exchange section the first fluid is in heat-exchanging contact with the third fluid, wherein the heat exchanger includes a third heat exchange section configured as an intermediate heat exchanger, wherein the third heat exchange section includes at least one of the first flow ducts and at least one of the second flow ducts, wherein the first fluid in the at least one first flow duct of the third heat exchange section is at a high temperature and in heat exchanging contact with the first fluid at a low temperature in the at least one second flow duct of the third heat exchange section.