摘要 |
<p>In a method for operating a cooling system (10) which is suitable, in particular, for cooling food on board an aircraft, on starting the cooling system (10) a partial amount of a refrigerant, which, in the rest state of the cooling system (10), is stored in a receiving space (18) of a refrigerant container (16) in the gaseous state of aggregation, is discharged from the receiving space (18) of the refrigerant container (16) into a cooling circuit (12) of the cooling system (10). The partial amount of the refrigerant is directed into a liquefier (38) arranged in the cooling circuit (12) and converted to the liquid state of aggregation. The partial amount of the refrigerant liquefied by the liquefier (38) is directed through a heat exchanger (30) arranged in the receiving space (18) of the refrigerant container (16). The remaining refrigerant, stored in the receiving space (18) of the refrigerant container (16) in the gaseous state of aggregation, is converted to the liquid state of aggregation by heat energy transfer to the partial amount of the refrigerant flowing through the heat exchanger (30).</p> |