US 12,281,824 B2
Vapor cycle cooling system for high powered devices
Bijan F. Hagh, Newport Beach, CA (US); and Joseph Borghese, Yucca Valley, CA (US)
Assigned to Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Honeywell International Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/805,367.
Prior Publication US 2023/0392840 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. F25B 40/00 (2006.01); F25B 19/00 (2006.01); F25B 43/04 (2006.01)
CPC F25B 43/043 (2013.01) [F25B 19/00 (2013.01); F25B 40/00 (2013.01); F25B 2400/23 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flash tank comprising:
a first inlet configured to receive a superheated vapor refrigerant;
a second inlet configured to receive a two-phase refrigerant;
a vapor outlet;
a liquid collection volume;
a phase separation matrix comprising:
a first fluid path fluidically coupled between the first inlet and the liquid collection volume;
a second fluid path fluidically coupled between the second inlet and the liquid collection volume; and
a third fluid path fluidically coupled between the vapor outlet and the liquid collection volume,
wherein the phase separation matrix is configured to radially distribute thermal mixing of a refrigerant flowing within the first, second, and third fluid paths, and
wherein the phase separation matrix is configured to physically separate fluids flowing within the first fluid path, the second fluid path, and the third fluid path such that fluids flowing within one of the first fluid path, the second fluid path, and the third fluid path do not physically mix with fluids flowing in one other of the first fluid path, the second fluid path, or the third fluid path.