摘要 |
A portable purging apparatus that automatically removes air and non-condensable gases from an operating refrigeration system wherein refrigerant gas condenses at a cooling coil disposed in the upper portion of a purge vessel, the condensate falling to the bottom of the vessel where a pickup tube conveys the condensate out of the vessel and to a thermal expansion valve that meters refrigerant into the cooling coil, the outlet of the coil connecting to the suction line of the operating refrigeration system. Non-condensable gases collect in the top of the purge vessel and displace condensable gas around the cooling coil causing less heat load at the coil and a lower suction line temperature whereby a thermostat actuates a purging solenoid valve to discharge non-condensable gases from the purge vessel through a flow restricting orfice to the atmosphere.
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