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Condensing unit performance simulator and method
Assignee: Copeland Corp LLC
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Filing: 2003-05-13
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Granted: 2004-08-17
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Expires: 2023-05-13
Abstract
Abstract A method of determining thermal performance of a condenser and a condensing unit within a cooling system includes selecting the condenser and the condensing unit from a condensing unit database. A compressor is selected from a compressor database based on at least one of capacity, electrical characteristics and refrigerant flowing through the cooling system. Simulation points for the cooling system are determined and condensing unit characteristics and compressor characteristics are processed based on user-specified simulation points to provide thermal performance data for the condenser or condensing unit.
Inventors
- 👤 Vijay Bahel
- 👤 Altaf Hossain
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 13:58
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F30/00; G06F30/20; G06F2119/00; G06F2119/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
71 words
A method of determining thermal performance of a condensing unit within a cooling system, comprising: selecting a condensing unit from a condensing unit database; selecting a compressor from a compressor database; selecting characteristics of said condensing unit from said condensing unit database; determining simulation points; processing condensing unit characteristics based on said simulation points, said selected condensing unit and said selected compressor; and outputting thermal performance data for said condensing unit.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
71 words
A method of determining thermal performance of a condensing unit within a cooling system, comprising: selecting a condensing unit from a condensing unit database; selecting a compressor from a compressor database; selecting characteristics of said condensing unit from said condensing unit database; determining simulation points; processing condensing unit characteristics based on said simulation points, said selected condensing unit and said selected compressor; and outputting thermal performance data for said condensing unit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein selecting a compressor includes selecting based on at least one of capacity, electrical characteristics and refrigerant type.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 1 wherein selecting a condensing unit from a condensing unit database further includes at least one of: selecting a condenser; selecting a fan motor; selecting a fan blade; and selecting air flow rate.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 further including toning simulation with actual test data by scaling condenser and compressor performance.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1 wherein selecting said condensing unit is achieved by inputting part numbers of condensing unit components and cross referencing said part numbers in said database.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 5 wherein said part numbers comprise a condenser part number.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 6 wherein said part numbers further comprise a fan motor part number and a fan blade part number.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said simulation points are temperatures of an evaporator of the cooling system.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 8 wherein determining said simulation points comprises selecting an application type for an evaporator of said cooling system.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 9 wherein said application type includes one of a low temperature range, a medium temperature range, an extended medium temperature range and a high temperature range.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said outputting includes outputting said thermal performance data in at least one of a graphical format, a spreadsheet format and a tabulated format.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said thermal performance data includes condensing unit capacity across each of said simulation points for a given ambient temperature at which said condensing unit operates.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said condensing unit is an air-cooled condensing unit.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 13 wherein said condensing unit characteristics include component geometries, air temperature and flow rate through said condensing unit and condenser temperature characteristics.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said condensing unit is a water-cooled condensing unit.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising flagging thermal performance data that falls outside of a design envelope of said compressor.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising striking thermal performance data that falls outside of an operating envelope of said compressor.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising scaling said thermal performance data based on compressor frequency.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said outputting includes displaying said thermal performance data.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said outputting includes reporting said thermal performance data.
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