A method for controlling a refrigerating system using a non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant is provided. The refrigerating system may include a first evaporator configured to supply cold air to a freezer compartment located upstream and a second evaporator configured to supply cold air to a refrigerating compartment located downstream, based on a flow direction of the non-azeotropic mixed refrigerant. The method may include a first operation comprising operating a compressor, a freezer compartment fan to blow air to the first evaporator, and a refrigerating compartment fan to blow air to the second evaporator; a second operation comprising when the freezer compartment reaches a target temperature or the refrigerating compartment reaches a target temperature, continuously operating the compressor, and stopping the freezer compartment fan or the refrigerating compartment fan corresponding to one of the freezer compartment or the refrigerating compartment that reaches the target temperature; and a third operation comprising when both the freezer compartment and the refrigerating compartment reach the target temperatures, turning off both of the refrigerating compartment fan and the freezer compartment fan and stopping the compressor.

An outdoor unit is connected to a refrigerator and has two compressors that are connected in series, and a control method thereof. The outdoor unit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a low pressure side compressor for compressing a refrigerant; a high pressure side compressor for compressing the refrigerant compressed by the low pressure side compressor; an outdoor heat exchanger for condensing the refrigerant compressed by the high pressure side compressor; a heat recovery unit for cooling the refrigerant condensed in the outdoor heat exchanger by exchanging heat with the refrigerant evaporated in the air conditioner; and a supercooler for expanding a part of the refrigerant cooled in the heat recovery unit to cool another part of the refrigerant cooled in the heat recovery unit, so that the discharge temperature of the low pressure side compressor and/or the high pressure side compressor can be reduced.

A temperature chamber for conditioning air includes a temperature-insulated space which receives test material, and a temperature control device for controlling the temperature of the test space. The temperature control device allows a temperature in a range of −50° C. to +180° C. to be established within the space, and has a cooling device including a cooling circuit with a refrigerant, a heat exchanger, a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion element. A jet device is connected to a low-pressure side of the cooling circuit downstream of the heat exchanger and upstream of the compressor, a first bypass is connected to a high-pressure side of the cooling circuit downstream of the compressor, and the refrigerant is suppliable to the jet device from the high-pressure side via the first bypass as a driving fluid.

In a heat pump cycle device, a flow passage switching portion includes a flow passage switching valve body configured to open and close a cooling side flow passage. A refrigerant circulation circuit includes a low-pressure flow passage through which a low-pressure refrigerant decompressed by a first decompressor flows toward a compressor in a heating mode, and a pre-evaporator flow passage provided between the flow passage switching valve body and a refrigerant inlet of an evaporator. The flow passage switching portion causes a pre-evaporator flow passage to communicate with the low-pressure flow passage while bypassing the evaporator when a refrigerant pressure in the low-pressure flow passage is lower than a refrigerant pressure in the pre-evaporator flow passage, in the heating mode.

An outdoor expansion valve is provided for a liquid side pipe of an outdoor circuit. The outdoor circuit is provided with a liquid side bypass pipe that allows the liquid side pipe to communicate with a suction side of a compressor. Receiving a signal indicating that a refrigerant has leaked from an indoor circuit, an outdoor controller executes a refrigerant recovery control operation of operating the compressor with a liquid side control valve closed, and executes a valve control operation of opening a liquid side bypass valve of the liquid side bypass pipe in the refrigerant recovery control operation. As a result, the refrigerant can be recovered from an utilization-side circuit to a heat-source-side circuit while avoiding damage to the compressor, and the amount of refrigerant leaking from the utilization-side circuit can be reduced.

A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a heating refrigerant circulation circuit, a heat pump cycle and a heat-discharge refrigerant circulation circuit A heating circulation section of the heating refrigerant circulation circuit, a recovery circulation section of the heat pump cycle, and a heat-discharge circulation section of the heat-discharge refrigerant circulation circuit are integrally configured as a combined heat exchanger that is capable of performing heat transfers at least between the cycle refrigerant and the heating refrigerant and between the heat-discharge refrigerant and the heating refrigerant. Furthermore, the heating refrigerant, the cycle refrigerant and the heat-discharge refrigerant are heat mediums each of which has a phase change during the heat transfer.

A dynamic receiver is included in parallel to an expander of a heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) system. The dynamic receiver allows control of the refrigerant charge of the HVACR system to respond to different operating conditions. The dynamic receiver can be filled or emptied in response to the subcooling observed in the HVACR system compared to desired subcooling for various operating modes. The HVACR system can include a line directly conveying working fluid from compressor discharge to the dynamic receiver to allow emptying of the dynamic receiver to be assisted by injection of the compressor discharge.

A flash gas bypass system includes a separation assembly having an inlet configured to receive a refrigerant flow from an expansion valve. A bypass conduit is coupled to a first port of the separation assembly and configured to receive a first portion of the refrigerant flow via the first port, where the first portion of the refrigerant flow includes flash gas. A second port of the separation assembly is coupled to an outlet conduit in fluid communication with an evaporator. The outlet conduit is configured to receive the second portion of the refrigerant flow via the second port and direct the second portion of the refrigerant flow toward the evaporator, where the second portion of the refrigerant flow includes liquid refrigerant. A filter is configured to redirect droplets captured by the filter from the first portion of the refrigerant flow into the second portion of the refrigerant flow.

A refrigeration cycle device includes a compressor, an upstream branch portion, a heating portion, a decompression portion, a bypass passage, a bypass flow adjustment portion, and a mixing portion. The mixing portion mixes a bypass side refrigerant flowing out from the bypass flow adjustment portion with a decompression-portion side refrigerant flowing out from the decompression portion, and causes the mixed refrigerant to flow to a suction port side of the compressor. The mixing portion mixes the bypass side refrigerant and the decompression-portion side refrigerant such that an enthalpy difference obtained by subtracting an enthalpy of an ideal homogeneously mixed refrigerant from an enthalpy of a suction side refrigerant actually sucked into the compressor is equal to or less than a predetermined reference value.

A system has a first compressor and a second compressor. A heat rejection heat exchanger is coupled to the first and second compressors to receive refrigerant compressed by the compressors. The system includes an economizer for receiving refrigerant from the heat rejection heat exchanger and reducing an enthalpy of a first portion of the received refrigerant while increasing an enthalpy of a second portion. The second portion is returned to the compressor. The ejector has a primary inlet coupled to the means to receive a first flow of the reduced enthalpy refrigerant. The ejector has a secondary inlet and an outlet. The outlet is coupled to the first compressor to return refrigerant to the first compressor. A first heat absorption heat exchanger is coupled to the economizer to receive a second flow of the reduced enthalpy refrigerant and is upstream of the secondary inlet of the ejector. A second heat absorption heat exchanger is between the outlet of the ejector and the first compressor.