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Vapor compression system

  • US 10,458,687 B2
  • Filed: 01/05/2017
  • Issued: 10/29/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&

  • R) system comprising;

    a refrigerant loop;

    a compressor disposed along the refrigerant loop and configured to circulate refrigerant through the refrigerant loop, wherein the compressor comprises an inlet extending from an external surface of a housing of the compressor; and

    an evaporator disposed along the refrigerant loop and configured to place the refrigerant in thermal communication with a cooling fluid, wherein the refrigerant surrounds a tube bundle disposed in the evaporator, the tube bundle is configured to flow the cooling fluid, the evaporator comprises a discharge extending from an exterior surface of a shell of the evaporator, wherein the discharge is configured to direct the vapor refrigerant from the evaporator to the inlet of the compressor, and an interface between the discharge and the inlet, wherein the interface, the discharge, and the inlet are without a bend.

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