MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202621090481 A) filed by Tolani Maritime Institute on July 24, 2026, for A Refrigeration Diagnostic Apparatus And Method For Controlled Fault Simulation And Thermodynamic State Reconstruction.

Inventors include Dr. Sanjeet Kanungo; Dr. Ganesh Ingle; and Dr. Sagar Mane Deshmukh.

The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.

Abstract: ABSTRACT A REFRIGERATION DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLED FAULT SIMULATION AND THERMODYNAMIC STATE RECONSTRUCTION The present invention relates to a refrigeration diagnostic apparatus (100) and a method (200) for refrigeration fault diagnosis. The apparatus (100) comprises a refrigeration circuit (102), a plurality of sensors (104) configured to acquire real-time operating parameters, a controllable fault simulation subsystem (106) configured to selectively introduce fault conditions, a processing module (108) configured to reconstruct thermodynamic operating states and generate a real-time pressure-enthalpy cycle, and a diagnostic module (110) configured to identify refrigeration system faults. The method (200) comprises acquiring (202) operating parameters, selectively introducing (204) a fault condition, reconstructing (206) thermodynamic operating states, generating (208) a pressure-enthalpy cycle, and identifying (210) a fault condition based on thermodynamic deviations. The apparatus further enables fault severity determination, thermodynamic parameter analysis, real-time visualization, and multi-evaporator refrigeration system evaluation for improved refrigeration diagnostics and performance assessment. FIG. 1 will be the reference figure.

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