Patent ID: 6422035
Filing Date: 2002-07-23
Classification: F25B

Abstract:
For use with a heat exchange system having a compressor, condenser, evaporator, refrigerant, and refrigerant carrying lines, an efficiency enhancing apparatus comprising a refrigerant cooling module positioned in the heat exchange system between the compressor and the condenser, wherein said refrigerant cooling module comprises:a) a secondary condenser that transfers and cools a portion of the refrigerant from a main refrigerant carrying line exiting the compressor, thereby leaving a remaining portion of non-cooled refrigerant in said main refrigerant carrying line and b) a refrigerant mixing vessel having means for simultaneously receiving both said transferred and cooled portion of the refrigerant and said non-cooled portion of the refrigerant and a -refrigerant exit port leading from said mixing vessel to the condenser for carrying mixed refrigerant.