PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15939644
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-03
Publication Date: 2018-08
Patent Classification: ["062", "113000"]

Abstract:
A multi-step method is disclosed for exchanging heat in a vapor compression heat transfer system having a working fluid circulating therethrough. The method includes the step of circulating a working fluid comprising a fluoroolefin to an inlet of a first tube of an internal heat exchanger, through the internal heat exchanger and to an outlet thereof. Also disclosed are vapor compression heat transfer systems for exchanging heat. The systems include an evaporator, a compressor, a dual-row condenser and an intermediate heat exchanger having a first tube and a second tube. A disclosed system involves a dual-row condenser connected to the first and second intermediate heat exchanger tubes. Another disclosed system involves a dual-row evaporator connected to the first and second intermediate heat exchanger tubes.

Claim (Index 1):
A method for exchanging heat in a vapor compression heat transfer system having a working fluid circulating therethrough, comprising the steps of:\n (a) circulating a working fluid comprising a fluoroolefin to an inlet of a first tube of an internal heat exchanger, through the internal heat exchanger and to an outlet thereof; (b circulating the working fluid from the outlet of the first tube of the internal heat exchanger to an inlet of an evaporator, through the evaporator to evaporate the working fluid and convert it into a gas, and through an outlet of the evaporator; (c) circulating the working fluid from the outlet of the evaporator to an inlet of a second tube of the internal heat exchanger to transfer heat from the liquid working fluid from the condenser to the gaseous working fluid from the evaporator, through the internal heat exchanger, and to an outlet of the second tube; (d) circulating the working fluid from the outlet of the second tube of the internal heat exchanger to an inlet of a compressor, through the compressor to compress the working fluid gas, and to an outlet of the compressor; (e) circulating the working fluid from the outlet of the compressor to an inlet of a condenser and through the condenser to condense the compressed working fluid gas into a liquid, and to an outlet of the condenser; (f) circulating the working fluid from the outlet of the condenser to an inlet of the first tube of the intermediate heat exchanger to transfer heat from the liquid from the condenser to the gas from the evaporator, and to an outlet of the second tube; and (g) circulating the working fluid from the outlet of the second tube of the internal heat exchanger back to the evaporator.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 53.0
- Percentile: 90.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.50943
- Patent Class: 62.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['14878381', '15860106', '12796696', '13241540', '12696793']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.893893152358768
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5860164040999352
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.8631054775328847
- Mean Citation Score: 558.787818
- Max Citation Score: 578.9484
- Similarity Product: 408.7933182342052

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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