US 11,988,427 B2
Refrigerant cold start system
Andrew Nathan Cole, Bellbrook, OH (US)
Assigned to Vertiv Corporation, Westerville, OH (US)
Filed by Vertiv Corporation, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/730,171.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/181,925, filed on Apr. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349635 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. F25B 45/00 (2006.01); F25B 39/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25B 45/00 (2013.01) [F25B 39/00 (2013.01); F25B 2345/001 (2013.01); F25B 2345/006 (2013.01); F25B 2400/01 (2013.01); F25B 2500/26 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pumped refrigerant system, comprising:
a condenser;
a pump coupled downstream of the condenser;
an evaporator assembly coupled downstream of the pump, the condenser being coupled downstream of the evaporator assembly; and
a refrigerant heating assembly coupled downstream of the pump, the condenser being coupled downstream of the refrigerant heating assembly;
wherein the refrigerant heating assembly is coupled downstream of the pump and upstream of the condenser, in parallel with the evaporator;
wherein refrigerant can flow from the pump, to the evaporator, to the condenser, and back to the pump, in that order; and
wherein refrigerant can flow from the pump, to the refrigerant heating assembly, to the condenser, and back to the pump, in that order.