THERMAL CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A system (110) for improving the thermal efficiency of a thermal control loop in which refrigerant after compression and condensation is applied to an evaporator (130) employs a subsidiary counter-current heat exchanger (126) intercepting refrigerant flow to maintain the quality of the refrigerant by exchanging thermal energy between the input flow and the output flow from the evaporator (130). The same principle is effective, with particular advantage when small connections have to be made, in systems using mixed phase media and using the concept of direct energy transfer with saturated fluid.