Patent ID: 7810351

Claim:
An oil separator for separating the oil and refrigerant gas from the high pressure mixture thereof discharged from the compressor in a refrigeration/chiller system having multiple condenser circuits, said oil separator comprising: a housing having an upper section defining an upper oil separation chamber and a lower section defining a lower oil reservoir, the housing having an upper end cap closing an upper end of the housing, means for creating a turbulent circulating flow of the mixture in the upper chamber and for filtering the oil therefrom, baffle means between the oil separation chamber and the oil reservoir—and being constructed and arranged for producing substantially non-turbulent flow of liquid oil into the lower oil reservoir, and at least two separate refrigerant gas outlet ports in fluid communication with the oil separation chamber adapted to deliver exclusively refrigerant gas to at least two separate condenser circuits in the refrigeration/chiller system, the refrigerant gas outlet ports having no intersection with each other and extending through the upper cap of the upper section of the housing at spaced apart locations in the upper cap.