A cryocooler diagnostic system includes a cryocooler including a pressure sensor that measures a pressure inside the cryocooler, a calculation processing device configured to receive a measured pressure waveform indicating the pressure inside the cryocooler measured by the pressure sensor, and calculate an amplitude of a drive frequency of the cryocooler or of a frequency component that is an integer multiple of the drive frequency from the measured pressure waveform, and a diagnostic device configured to receive the amplitude calculated by the calculation processing device and diagnose the cryocooler based on the amplitude.

The present disclosure discloses a system and a method for controlling an operation of a vapor compression cycle based on a hybrid model of dynamics of the vapor compression cycle including a physics-based model and a data driven model. The method comprises executing a constrained Kalman smoother over the observed variables collected over multiple instances of time to jointly estimate the parameters of the physics-based model and states of the vapor compression cycle, and updating the data driven model to minimize a difference between the states estimated by executing the constrained Kalman smoother and the states predicted by the physics-based model. The method further comprises updating the hybrid model with the estimated parameters of the physics-based model and the updated data driven model, and controlling the operation of the vapor compression cycle using the updated hybrid model.

Provided are a refrigeration heat reclaim unit and method, comprising a heat exchanger, comprising a refrigerant inlet that receives a flow of refrigerant having a first state; a refrigerant outlet that outputs the flow of refrigerant having a second state; a water loop inlet that receives a flow of liquid at a first temperature; a water loop outlet that outputs the flow of liquid from the reclaim heat exchanger at a second temperature that is greater than the first temperature in response to the flow of refrigerant. The refrigeration reclaim unit also comprises a refrigerant flow control device having outputs to the refrigerant inlet and an air-cooled condenser, respectively for controlling the flow of refrigerant to at least one of the refrigerant inlet and the air-cooled condenser for maintaining a predetermined flow quality value at the refrigerant outlet.

A temperature controller for a sorption system having an evaporator to produce a gas, a sorber containing a sorption material to sorb the gas during a sorption phase, a flow channel extending between the evaporator and sorber to provide a gas pathway connecting them, a valve to control the rate of gas flow in the flow channel, and a temperature sensor positioned to measure the temperature of an evaporator surface or the air adjacent thereto indicative of an evaporator surface temperature, and generate a temperature signal. The controller includes an inflatable member having first and second inflation states, and a control unit configured to evaluate the temperature signal and in response control the state of inflation of the inflatable member and thereby the operation of the valve to control the rate of gas flow between the evaporator and sorber through the gas pathway.

An apparatus includes a first compressor, a first load, a second compressor, a second load, and a heat exchanger. The first compressor compresses a first refrigerant. The first load uses the first refrigerant to remove heat from a space proximate the first load. The first load sends the first refrigerant to the first compressor. The second compressor compresses a second refrigerant. The second load uses the second refrigerant to remove heat from a space proximate the second load. The second load sends the second refrigerant to the second compressor. The heat exchanger receives the first refrigerant from the first compressor and receives the second refrigerant from the second compressor. The heat exchanger transfers heat from the first refrigerant to the second refrigerant. The heat exchanger discharges the first refrigerant to the first load and discharges the second refrigerant to the second compressor.

A system for conditioning air circulated from an interior of a building includes a refrigerant path, an air-cooled condenser in the refrigerant path, a water-cooled condenser in the refrigerant path that transfers heat from refrigerant in the refrigerant path to the building water, an evaporator in the refrigerant path, and a control system. The control system moves the system between operation of the air-cooled condenser and the water-cooled condenser based upon predetermined system conditions.

An air conditioner may include an outdoor unit having a compressor; at least one indoor unit having an indoor heat exchanger, an indoor expansion valve, and a leak sensor that senses leakage of the refrigerant; a gaseous line; a liquid line; a first shut-off valve disposed adjacent to the at least one indoor unit that opens and closes the gaseous line; a second shut-off valve disposed adjacent to the at least one indoor unit that opens and closes the liquid line; a subcooling pipe branched from the liquid line and connected to an inlet of the compressor; a subcooling expansion valve that expands refrigerant, flowing through the subcooling pipe; and a controller configured to control operation of the compressor and to control opening and closing of the first shut-off valve, the second shut-off valve, the indoor expansion valve, and the subcooling expansion valve.

The present invention aims to alleviate the risk of leakage of refrigerant from a refrigerant circuit and particularly at the utilization side of the refrigerant circuit without the need to provide a dedicated bypass for refrigerant leakage prevention. A refrigerant system is configured such that, when a refrigerant leakage detection sensor detects refrigerant leakage, a controller is configured to adjust a opening degree of a bypass expansion valve independently of a pressure and/or temperature value detected by a sensor. A method of controlling a refrigerant system is also provided.

A method for loading refrigerant fluid in a A/C system from an apparatus for recovering and regenerating refrigerant fluid comprises a step of hydraulically connecting the apparatus with the A/C system by a high pressure duct and a low pressure duct and a step of loading refrigerant fluid present into a storage container of the apparatus into the A/C system. The loading step comprises the steps of setting a value Q of total amount of refrigerant to load, loading in the A/C system an amount of refrigerant in liquid phase equal to Qx, changing value Q with a value Q depending to the loading speed of the refrigerant in the A/C system. Furthermore, there is a step of iterating for a number i of cycles the steps of measuring the amount of refrigerant fluid contained in the storage container obtaining a value T.sub.i of the amount of fluid discharged to the i-th cycle, computing an amount .sub.i=QT.sub.i of refrigerant still to load to the i-th cycle and loading in the A/C system an amount of refrigerant in liquid phase equal to .sub.i/2. The step of iterating ends when .sub.i becomes less than a predetermined value .

A packaged, pumped liquid, evaporative-condensing recirculating ammonia refrigeration system with charges of 10 lbs or less of refrigerant per ton of refrigeration capacity. The compressor and related components are situated inside the plenum of a standard evaporative condenser unit, and the evaporator is close coupled to the evaporative condenser. Prior art large receiver vessels may be replaced with a single or dual phase cyclonic separator also housed in the plenum of the evaporative condenser.