Patent ID: 9207005
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: F25B

Abstract:
1. A device for separating lubricant from a lubricant-refrigerating gas mixture discharged from at least one refrigerant compressor, the separating device comprising: a body delimiting a separating chamber; at least one inlet orifice emerging in the separating chamber and intended to be connected to a discharge orifice of the refrigerant compressor so as to allow the lubricant-refrigerating gas mixture to be introduced into the separating chamber; at least one lubricant outlet orifice emerging in the separating chamber and intended to be connected to a lubricant pan formed in the refrigerant compressor; a first measuring element configured to measure the temperature of the lubricant contained in the lubricant pan formed in the refrigerant compressor; a second measuring element configured to measure the temperature of the separated lubricant in the separating chamber; and a regulating element configured to regulate the temperature of the separated lubricant in the separating chamber to at least a first predetermined value or into a predetermined range of values as a function of the temperatures measured by said first and second measuring elements, wherein the regulating element;