Patent ID: 9068765
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: F25B

Abstract:
1. A refrigerant vapor compression system comprising a plurality of components connected in a refrigerant flow circuit by a plurality of refrigerant lines, said components including at least a compression device, a refrigerant heat rejection heat exchanger, a primary expansion device, a refrigerant heat absorption heat exchanger, and a flash tank; each of said components defining an internal volume and the plurality of refrigerant lines defining an internal volume, the system volume equal to the sum of the internal volumes of said component volumes and the internal volume of the plurality of refrigerant lines, and the internal volume of the flash tank ranging from at least 10% to about 30% of the system volume; wherein the flash tank is disposed in the refrigerant flow circuit between the refrigerant heat rejection heat exchanger and the refrigerant heat absorption heat exchanger.