Method and apparatus for controlling a refrigerant expansion valve in a refrigeration system
CA 1233656 A · Owner: Carrier Corporation · Inventors: Lord, Richard G.
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A refrigeration system is disclosed which may have multiple compression and condenser stages, in which an electronic refrigerant expansion valve is controlled by the digital output of a microcomputer which adjust the expansion valve in response to a valve change signal which is a function of a fraction of the deviation of the sensed refrigerant superheat from a desired superheat added to a multiple of the computed rate of change of the refrigerant superheat.
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- Granted March 8, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 8, 2005.
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