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Refrigeration apparatus

  • US 7,854,129 B2
  • Filed: 12/14/2006
  • Issued: 12/21/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A refrigeration apparatus comprising:

  • a condensing unit comprising a compressor and a condenser;

    a thermal energy storage unit comprising a tank that contains a storage heat exchanger and at least partially filled with a phase change liquid;

    a load heat exchanger;

    a refrigeration management unit connected to said condensing unit, said thermal energy storage unit and said load heat exchanger; and

    ,a refrigerant management controller in communication with said refrigeration management unit and comprised of operational controllers using environmental data to regulate and control operation of said refrigeration apparatus, wherein said environmental data is a condition variable, consumption variable or cost variable that is derived at a location remote from said thermal energy storage unit and transmitted to said refrigerant management controller of said thermal energy storage unit.

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