A refrigeration or climate-control system may include a housing, an evaporator, a drain pan, and a fan. The evaporator may be disposed within the housing and may include a coil positioned in a horizontal orientation. The drain pan may be disposed within the housing and may include an inclined lower wall disposed vertically beneath the coil. The lower wall may define an airflow path underneath the coil. The fan may force the air through the housing and airflow path.

An apparatus includes a captured carbon dioxide input. The captured carbon dioxide input is coupled to receive captured carbon dioxide from a direct air capture system. The apparatus uses the captured carbon dioxide as a low global warming refrigerant to provide cooling functionality in automotive, commercial, and industrial applications, or other operations involving low global warming refrigerants. In various embodiments, the apparatus is a refrigeration apparatus or a heat pump apparatus. Low global warming carbon dioxide refrigerant is natural, non-toxic, non-flammable, and abundant when obtained from a direct air capture system. Moreover, carbon dioxide refrigerant has a high heat transfer coefficient and has a global warming potential (GWP) of one. Carbon dioxide refrigerant is a more sustainable and efficient coolant option than common refrigerants, such as R22, R152, R404a, and R1234yf refrigerants.

A refrigerant composition comprising carbon dioxide (CO.sub.2; R-744) and from 1 to 32 weight % difluoromethane (R-32) based on the total weight of the composition is described. Also described is the use of the refrigerant composition for providing heating and cooling and a refrigeration, air-conditioning or heat pump system comprising the refrigerant composition.

A system includes a pressure exchanger (PX). The PX is coupled to a motor that controls an operating speed of the PX. The system further includes a first pressure gauge configured to generate first pressure data indicative of a pressure of a fluid of a condenser. A first controller is to generate a first control signal based on the first pressure data. The motor of the PX is configured to adjust the operating speed of the PX based on the first control signal. The system further includes a pump. The system further includes a fluid density sensor for generating fluid density data associated with a first output fluid of the PX. A second controller is to generate a second control signal based on at least the fluid density data. The pump is to adjust an operating speed of the pump based on the second control signal.

Disclosed are a carbon dioxide overlapping type heating system and a control method therefor. The heating system comprises a low-temperature stage loop, a high-temperature stage loop and a heat supply loop, wherein a low-temperature stage compressor (3) and a high-temperature stage compressor (7) are both variable-frequency compressors; and a water pump (10) is a variable-frequency water pump.

This disclosure relates to cold-chain transportation, and more particularly to a refrigerated container refrigeration system capable of preventing freezing of container door, including compressors, oil separators, gas coolers, regenerators, electronic expansion valves, gas-liquid separators, an evaporator, suction pressure regulating valves, oil-level solenoid valves, gas cooler pressure regulating valves, differential pressure regulating valves, an evaporation pressure regulating valve, solenoid valves, check valves, flow meters, pressure sensors, temperature sensors, a door anti-freezing area, a refrigerated container shell, refrigerated container doors, a refrigeration unit, an anti-freezing pipeline and fastening components. Carbon dioxide is selected as refrigerant. A flow two-stage cycle compression refrigeration system with switchable operation pipeline is adopted, and the outlet pipeline of a high-pressure compressor is extended for preventing freezing of container door.

A thermal management system includes a closed-circuit refrigeration system that includes a vapor cycle system (VCS) and a liquid pumping system (LPS). The VCS includes a receiver that stores a refrigerant fluid and a liquid separator. The vapor cycle system is configured to operate in one or more operational modes including at least one of a TES cooling mode, a heat load cooling mode, or a pump-down mode. The LPS includes a thermal energy storage (TES) that stores a phase change material (PCM) and a pump fluidly coupled to at least one evaporator. The evaporator is configured to extract heat from a heat load that is in thermal conductive or convective contact to the evaporator to transfer heat to the refrigerant fluid and provide the refrigerant fluid from an evaporator outlet to the TES.

A flow path switch is provided with a first opening to a fourth opening. A discharge side of a compressor is connected to the first opening. A first end of a first heat exchange unit is connected to the fourth opening. A first end of the second inner flow path is connected to the second opening. A first branching portion is connected to a first end of the second valve and the third opening. When an operation mode of an air conditioning apparatus is a first mode, the second valve is open, the first opening is connected to the fourth opening, and the second opening is connected to the third opening. When the operation mode of the air conditioning apparatus is a second mode, the second valve is closed, the first opening is connected to the third opening, and the second opening is connected to the fourth opening.

A system includes a pressure exchanger (PX). The PX is coupled to a motor that controls an operating speed of the PX. The system further includes a first pressure gauge configured to generate first pressure data indicative of a pressure of a fluid of a condenser. A first controller is to generate a first control signal based on the first pressure data. The motor of the PX is configured to adjust the operating speed of the PX based on the first control signal. The system further includes a pump. The system further includes a fluid density sensor for generating fluid density data associated with a first output fluid of the PX. A second controller is to generate a second control signal based on at least the fluid density data. The pump is to adjust an operating speed of the pump based on the second control signal.

A refrigerant cycle device includes a compressor, a radiator, a first expansion valve, a second expansion valve, a first evaporator, a second evaporator, and a controller. The controller is configured to switch between a first evaporator priority control and a second evaporator priority control. During the first evaporator priority control, the controller controls a throttle opening of the second expansion valve based on at least one of a temperature of a first evaporator, a temperature of a refrigerant flowing through the first evaporator, and a temperature of an air having exchanged heat in the first evaporator. During the second evaporator priority mode, the controller controls the throttle opening based on a refrigerant state of the second evaporator. When the at least one of the temperatures is equal to or greater than a switching temperature, the second priority mode is switched to the first priority mode.