Multifunctional refrigerant container and method of operating such a refrigerant container

摘要

A refrigerant container, which is in particular suitable for use in a cooling system designed for operation with a two-phase refrigerant, includes a receiving space for receiving a refrigerant that is disposed in an interior of the refrigerant container. Disposed in the receiving space of the refrigerant container is a heat exchanger allowing passage of a further refrigerant therethrough and being configured to remove heat from refrigerant in the liquid and/or gaseous state of aggregation that is received in the receiving space in order to supercool the refrigerant and/or convert the refrigerant to the liquid state of aggregation.

主权项

1. A refrigerant container arranged in a cooling system designed for operation with a first refrigerant and comprising a receiving space for receiving the first refrigerant that is disposed in an interior of the refrigerant container, comprising:
a heat exchanger disposed in the receiving space of the refrigerant container, the heat exchanger allowing passage of a further refrigerant therethrough and being configured to remove heat from the first refrigerant in at least one of liquid and gaseous states of aggregation that is received in the receiving space in order to at least one of subcool the first refrigerant and convert the first refrigerant to the liquid state of aggregation, wherein the heat exchanger comprises a first portion and a second portion,
the first portion of the heat exchanger being configured to remove heat from the first refrigerant in the liquid state of aggregation that is received in a sump of the receiving space, andthe second portion of the heat exchanger being configured to remove heat from the first refrigerant in a gaseous state of aggregation that is received in a region of the receiving space situated above the sump, wherein the heat exchanger is connected to a first heat-exchanger line for feeding the further refrigerant into the heat exchanger and to a second heat-exchanger line, wherein the second heat-exchanger line branches into a first line branch, which leads out of the receiving space of the refrigerant container, and a second line branch, which opens into the receiving space of the refrigerant container.