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Apparatus for separating and removing contaminants from refrigerant of a vapour compression refrigeration system. The apparatus has a primary separation chamber, a refrigerant inlet through which contaminated refrigerant is introduced into the primary separation chamber, and a refrigerant outlet through which de-contaminated refrigerant is removed from the apparatus. The contaminants separated from the refrigerant are discharged through a contaminant outlet. Heating means vapourizes the contaminated refrigerant so that vapourized refrigerant in the primary separation chamber separates from solid contaminants and liquid contaminants having a boiling point higher than the refrigerant. The de-contaminated refrigerant being removed through the refrigerant outlet while the separated contaminates accumulate within the apparatus for subsequent discharge through the contaminant outlet.
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