Heat pump, methods of operation and simulation

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 12123634
APP PUB NO 20230122660A1
SERIAL NO

18047811

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There is disclosed heat pump, comprising: an internal heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from refrigerant in a liquid line pathway to refrigerant in a suction line pathway, to superheat the refrigerant upstream of a compressor; and a controller configured to: control an expansion valve to maintain a target superheat of refrigerant at a control location. The target superheat is variable and is determined based on one or more operating conditions of the heat pump. There is also disclosed a method of operating a heat pump and a simulation method to determine a variable superheat.

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THERMO KING LLC314 W 90TH STREET MINNEAPOLIS MN 55420

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Galansky, Martin Rakovnik, CZ 8 7
Houdek, Pavel Kutna Hora, CZ 18 74
Soukup, Martin Tabor, CZ 23 245

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