Patent ID: 9726404
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: F25B

Claim:
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, a condenser disposed in the cooling circuit, a plurality of subcoolers arranged in series in the cooling circuit downstream of the condenser, and a heat sink comprising a chiller having a primary circuit, wherein at least one of the plurality of subcoolers is associated with the condenser and with the heat sink, the heat sink being common to the at least one subcooler and the condenser, so as to form a condenser/subcooler/heat sink assembly unit to enable the assembly unit to be disconnected from the cooling system in a unitary fashion without opening the primary cooling circuit of the chiller.