Jet Powered By Circuit Fluid Patents (Class 62/500)
  • Patent number: 11965530
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of energy and power, in particular to an ejector with a core needle cooled by cooling medium. In the ejector with a core needle cooled by cooling medium, a cooling section is arranged between a stepping motor and a nozzle; the stepping motor, the cooling section and the nozzle are arranged coaxially, a partition plate and a sealing element are used to isolate the cooling medium from the primary flow medium, and the cooling medium is introduced into the cooling section to effectively cool the core needle therein, without affecting the adjustment function of the core needle for an area of the nozzle throat, so as to effectively improve the performance of the ejector. As the core needle is cooled, the adjustable ejector can be used in the primary flow fields with high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Yinhai Zhu, Peixue Jiang
  • Patent number: 11852391
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling pressure in a CO2 refrigeration system are provided. The pressure control system includes a pressure sensor, a gas bypass valve, a parallel compressor, and a controller. The pressure sensor is configured to measure a pressure within a receiving tank of the CO2 refrigeration system. The gas bypass valve is fluidly connected with an outlet of the receiving tank and arranged in series with a compressor of the CO2 refrigeration system. The parallel compressor is fluidly connected with the outlet of the receiving tank and arranged in parallel with both the gas bypass valve and the compressor of the CO2 refrigeration system. The controller is configured to receive a pressure measurement from the pressure sensor and operate both the gas bypass valve and the parallel compressor, in response to the pressure measurement, to control the pressure within the receiving tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Hill Phoenix, Inc.
    Inventors: Kim G. Christensen, Jeffrey Newel, John D. Bittner
  • Patent number: 11781791
    Abstract: A method for operating a heat pump (20; 300) includes operating in a cooling mode wherein heat is absorbed by refrigerant in the indoor heat exchanger (26) and rejected by refrigerant in the outdoor heat exchanger (24). The heat pump switches to operation in a heating mode wherein heat is rejected by refrigerant in the indoor heat exchanger, heat is absorbed by refrigerant in the outdoor heat exchanger, and there is an ejector (60) motive flow and ejector secondary flow. In the heating mode a refrigerant pressure (PH) or temperature (TL) is measured and, responsive to the measured refrigerant pressure or temperature, at least one of a fan speed is changed and a needle (132) of the ejector is actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Ahmad M. Mahmoud, Jinliang Wang, Frederick J. Cogswell, Parmesh Verma
  • Patent number: 11698210
    Abstract: A thermal management system includes an integrated open-circuit refrigeration system and closed-circuit heat pump system. The thermal management system includes a receiver having a first receiver port and a second receiver port, the receiver configured to store a refrigerant fluid, an evaporator having a first evaporator port and a second evaporator port, the heat pump circuit having a closed-circuit fluid path with the receiver and the evaporator and an open-circuit refrigeration system configured to receive refrigerant from the receiver, with the open-circuit refrigeration system having an open-circuit fluid path that includes the receiver and the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Vaisman, Joshua Peters
  • Patent number: 11692742
    Abstract: A thermal management system is described. The thermal management system includes a receiver configured to store a refrigerant, the receiver having a receiver inlet and a receiver outlet, a closed-circuit refrigeration system including a vapor compression closed-circuit system that includes the receiver, and a closed-circuit system that includes the receiver, wherein the closed-circuit refrigeration system is configurable to receive refrigerant from the receiver through one or both of the vapor compression closed-circuit system and the closed-circuit system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
    Inventors: Igor Vaisman, Joshua Peters
  • Patent number: 11656004
    Abstract: A cooling system implements various processes to improve efficiency in high ambient temperatures. First, the system can flood one or more low side heat exchangers in the system. Second, the system can direct a portion of vapor refrigerant from a low side heat exchanger to a flash tank rather than to a compressor. Third, the system can transfer heat from refrigerant at a compressor suction to refrigerant at the discharge of a high side heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
    Inventor: Shitong Zha
  • Patent number: 11573035
    Abstract: An air conditioning device includes a plurality of ejectors which have a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator, are connected in parallel to the refrigerant circuit, and are formed so as to each have a different maximum refrigerant flow, and a control unit which, according to a driving condition of the air conditioning device, controls so that the refrigerant flows to one ejector among the plurality of ejectors, and the refrigerant does not flow to the rest of the ejectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: You-seop Lee, Hee-moon Jeong, Seong-ho Kil, Bo-heum Kim, Seok-uk Kim, Sun-soo Kim, Yong-taek Hong
  • Patent number: 11530854
    Abstract: An ejector refrigeration cycle includes a compressor, a radiator, a branch portion, an ejector, a suction side decompressor, a windward evaporator, and a leeward evaporator. The ejector includes a nozzle portion and a pressure increasing portion. The windward evaporator and the leeward evaporator include at least one outflow side evaporation portion. The leeward evaporator includes a suction side evaporation portion. An outflow side evaporation temperature is a refrigerant evaporation temperature in the at least one outflow side evaporation portion of the leeward evaporator. A suction side evaporation temperature is a refrigerant evaporation temperature in the suction side evaporation portion of the leeward evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Maeda, Hiroshi Oshitani, Yoichiro Kawamoto, Yohei Nagano, Daisuke Sakurai, Masahiro Ito, Hang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11480197
    Abstract: When an ejector having a variable nozzle and a variable throttle mechanism are integrated together as an ejector module, a nozzle-side central axis CL1 and a decompression-side driving mechanism have a twisted positional relationship, if the nozzle-side central axis CL1 is defined as a central axis of a nozzle-side driving mechanism in a displacement direction in which the nozzle-side driving mechanism of the ejector having the variable nozzle displaces a needle valve, and the decompression-side central axis CL2 is defined as a central axis of a decompression-side driving mechanism in a displacement direction in which the decompression-side driving mechanism of the variable throttle mechanism displaces a throttle valve. When viewed from the central axis direction of one of the nozzle-side central axis CL1 and the decompression-side central axis CL2, a driving portion corresponding to the one central axis is disposed to overlap with the other central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoichiro Kawamoto, Gota Ogata, Hiroshi Oshitani, Ryu Fukushima, Teruyuki Hotta, Tatsuhiro Suzuki, Hang Yuan, Daisuke Sakurai, Masahiro Ito, Hiroshi Maeda
  • Patent number: 11460230
    Abstract: A method for controlling a vapour compression system (1) is disclosed, the vapour compression system (1) comprising at least one expansion device (8) and at least one evaporator (9). For each expansion device (8), an opening degree of the expansion device (8) is obtained, and a representative opening degree, ODrep, is identified based on the obtained opening degree(s) of the expansion device(s) (8). The representative opening degree could be a maximum opening degree, ODmax, being the largest among the obtained opening degrees. The representative opening degree, ODrep, is compared to a predefined target opening degree, ODtarget, and a minimum setpoint value, SPrec, for a pressure prevailing inside a receiver (7), is calculated or adjusted, based on the comparison. The vapour compression system (1) is controlled to obtain a pressure inside the receiver (7) which is equal to or higher than the calculated or adjusted minimum setpoint value, SPrec.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Danfoss A/S
    Inventors: Jan Prins, Frede Schmidt, Kenneth Bank Madsen, Kristian Fredslund
  • Patent number: 11448464
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger apparatus comprising at least one metal sheet (10) (e.g. aluminium), and preferably a plurality in a stack. Each metal sheet (10) has a corrugated surface, with fabric covering at least a portion of one surface of the metal sheet to promote evaporation. A wetting agent (e.g. LiCl/Polyvinyl-Alcohol (PVA) solution) is provided in the fabric to promote wetting of the fabric, and also acts as an anti-microbial agent. The fabric preferably covers all of the corrugated surface, and two planar portions are provided above and below the corrugated surface respectively. In use, the heat exchanger apparatus is disposed with a long side vertical and the corrugated surface is disposed on a middle portion, the upper planar portion is contiguous with an air outlet, and/or the lower planar portion is contiguous with an air inlet. In a preferred embodiment, the corrugated surface has in cross-section a profile of a periodic waveform, wherein the peak-to-peak distance is 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF HULL
    Inventors: Xudong Zhao, Peng Xu, Xiaoli Ma, Kevin Fancey, Junming Li
  • Patent number: 11408647
    Abstract: A refrigerated system includes a heat recovery system defining a heat recovery fluid flow path. The heat recovery system includes an ejector having a primary inlet and a secondary inlet and a first heat exchanger within which heat is transferred between a heat recovery fluid and a secondary fluid. The first heat exchanger is located upstream from the primary inlet of the ejector. A second heat exchanger within which heat is transferred from a heat transfer fluid to the heat recovery fluid is upstream from the secondary inlet of the ejector. At least one recovery heat exchanger is positioned along the heat recovery fluid flow path directly upstream from the first heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frederick J. Cogswell, Yinshan Feng, Parmesh Verma, Hongsheng Liu, Dhruv Chanakya Hoysall
  • Patent number: 11346589
    Abstract: A refrigeration machine control device according to an embodiment of the present invention serves to control a turbo refrigeration machine and is equipped with a pressure reduction rate identification unit for identifying a pressure reduction rate at which foaming does not occur in an oil tank, and a pressure adjustment unit for adjusting the pressure of an evaporator on the basis of the identified pressure reduction rate. The pressure reduction rate identification unit is equipped with: a refrigerant precipitation gas volume calculation unit for calculating the volume of refrigerant gas precipitated from lubricating oil when the pressure is reduced at a prescribed pressure reduction rate; and a determination unit for determining whether or not foaming is permissible on the basis of a comparison between the calculated volume and the volume on the surface of the oil in the oil tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshie Togano, Yasushi Hasegawa, Ryosuke Suemitsu
  • Patent number: 11047604
    Abstract: An ejector-based cryogenic refrigeration system for cold energy recovery includes a first cryogenic refrigeration loop connected by a helium compressor and a cryogenic refrigerator and a second cryogenic refrigeration loop connected by the helium compressor, a regenerator, an ejector, a cold head of the cryogenic refrigerator, an end to be cooled and a pressure regulating valve. The cryogenic refrigerator is separated from the end to be cooled. The cryogenic refrigerator and the cryogenic helium cooling loop share a helium compressor, which improves the utilization efficiency of the device and reduces the cost. The ejector allows a part of fluids to circulate in the cryogenic loop, so as to maintain a required cryogenic condition, recover the pressure of the fluids, reduce the gas flowing though the compressor loop, and thus reduce the power consumption of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Cui Li, Yuhan Zhuang, Yiwei Cheng, Jiamin Shi, Yanzhong Li
  • Patent number: 11029068
    Abstract: Systems and methods for controlling pressure in a CO2 refrigeration system are provided. The pressure control system includes a pressure sensor, a gas bypass valve, a parallel compressor, and a controller. The pressure sensor is configured to measure a pressure within a receiving tank of the CO2 refrigeration system. The gas bypass valve is fluidly connected with an outlet of the receiving tank and arranged in series with a compressor of the CO2 refrigeration system. The parallel compressor is fluidly connected with the outlet of the receiving tank and arranged in parallel with both the gas bypass valve and the compressor of the CO2 refrigeration system. The controller is configured to receive a pressure measurement from the pressure sensor and operate both the gas bypass valve and the parallel compressor, in response to the pressure measurement, to control the pressure within the receiving tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Hill Phoenix, Inc.
    Inventors: Kim G. Christensen, Jeffrey Newel, John D. Bittner
  • Patent number: 10900500
    Abstract: An ejector for a refrigerating machine having a main body crossed by a conduit for passage of refrigerant fluid and having a compartment which includes a seating, which is in communication with the conduit, and a mouth for inlet of refrigerant fluid; a nozzle which can be coupled with the seating and has an internal hole for passage of the refrigerant fluid, and a shutter having an end which can be coupled with the hole to close the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: CAREL INDUSTRIES S.P.A.
    Inventors: Luigi Nalini, Davide Scarabottolo, Daniele Cazzin, Filippo Ponchia
  • Patent number: 10816245
    Abstract: A method for controlling a vapour compression system in an energy efficient and stable manner, the vapour compression system (1) including at least two evaporator groups (5a, 5b, 5c), each evaporator group (5a, 5b, 5c) including an ejector unit (7a, 7b, 7c), at least one evaporator (9a, 9b, 9c) and a flow control device (8a, 8b, 8c) controlling a flow of refrigerant to the at least one evaporator (9a, 9b, 9c). For each evaporator group (5a, 5b, 5c) the outlet of the evaporator (9a, 9b, 9c) is connected to a secondary inlet (12a, 12b, 12c) of the corresponding ejector unit (7a, 7b, 7c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: DANFOSS A/S
    Inventors: Jan Prins, Frede Schmidt, Kenneth Bank Madsen, Kristian Fredslund
  • Patent number: 10801741
    Abstract: In an air-conditioning system, a gaseous refrigerant remaining in a reservoir can be discharged from the reservoir even when a cooling operation has started and the reservoir is being filled with a liquid refrigerant. Therefore, the reservoir can be filled with the liquid refrigerant at a faster speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Il Kim, Mun Sub Kim, Tae Woo Kang, Hyeon U Park, Wang Byung Chae, Kyung Hoon Kim, Sung Goo Kim, Hyeong Joon Seo, Hyun Wuk Kang, Jin Yong Mo, Il Yong Cho
  • Patent number: 10801757
    Abstract: A refrigeration system (1) has A) an ejector circuit (3) comprising: Aa) a high pressure compressor unit (2) comprising at least one compressor (2a, 2b, 2c, 2d); Ab) a heat rejecting heat exchanger/gas cooler (4); Ac) an ejector (6); Ad) a receiver (8) having a gas outlet (8b) which is connected to an inlet of the high pressure compressor unit (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sascha Hellmann
  • Patent number: 10759258
    Abstract: An ejector refrigeration cycle device includes: a decompressor that decompresses a refrigerant heat-exchanged in a radiator; a first exterior heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the refrigerant decompressed by the decompressor and outside air; an ejector that decompresses the refrigerant flowing out of the radiator in a nozzle portion and draws another refrigerant heat-exchanged in the first exterior heat exchanger; a branch portion in which the refrigerant heat-exchanged in the radiator branches to a side of the decompressor and a side of the nozzle portion; a second exterior heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the refrigerant pressurized in the ejector and the outside air; a bypass portion that causes the refrigerant heat-exchanged in the radiator to flow to the first exterior heat exchanger while bypassing the decompressor and the nozzle portion; and an opening/closing portion that opens or closes the bypass portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Oshitani, Hiroshi Mieda
  • Patent number: 10603985
    Abstract: A refrigerant that has flowed out of a liquid ejector radiates heat in a radiator, and a liquid-phase refrigerant that has radiated heat in the radiator flows into an ejection refrigerant passage of the liquid ejector. A discharged refrigerant of a compressor that suctions the refrigerant that has flowed out of a low-pressure evaporator flows into an inflow refrigerant passage of the liquid ejector. An ejector adopted as the liquid ejector is one in which an ejection refrigerant is ejected from the ejection refrigerant passage to a gas-liquid mixing portion, and the ejection refrigerant is ejected on an outer circumferential side of the inflow refrigerant flowing from the inflow refrigerant passage into the gas-liquid mixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruyuki Nishijima, Gouta Ogata, Yoshiaki Takano
  • Patent number: 10533783
    Abstract: An air conditioner including an outdoor device that includes a bypass path connecting a discharge side of the compressor and a suction side of the compressor, an on-off valve configured to open/close the bypass path, and a control device configured to control the compressor, the decompression device, and the on-off valve. The control device opens the on-off valve in a state in which the compressor is stopped to execute such bypass opening that refrigerant circulates, through the bypass path, from the discharge side of the compressor in a refrigerant storage state in which refrigerant is stored to the suction side of the compressor in a substantially vacuum state, and evaluates a volume of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi-Johnson Controls Air Conditioning, Inc.
    Inventors: Jun Xue, Koji Naito, Atsuhiko Yokozeki
  • Patent number: 10527329
    Abstract: In an ejector-type refrigeration cycle device provided with a first compression mechanism and a second compression mechanism, a refrigerant outlet of a suction side evaporator is coupled to a refrigerant suction port of the ejector, and a second compression mechanism is provided between the suction side evaporator and the refrigerant suction port of the ejector. Thus, even in an operation condition in which suction capacity of the ejector is decreased in accordance with a decrease of the flow amount of a drive flow of the ejector, the suction capacity of the ejector can be supplemented by the operation of the second compression mechanism. Accordingly, even when a variation in the flow amount of the drive flow is caused, the ejector-type refrigeration cycle device can be stably operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Oshitani, Kenichi Fujiwara, Haruyuki Nishijima, Etsuhisa Yamada, Tooru Ikemoto, Youhei Nagano
  • Patent number: 10442274
    Abstract: An ejector refrigeration cycle device includes: a radiator that dissipates heat from a refrigerant discharged from a compressor; an ejector module that decompresses the refrigerant cooled by the radiator; and an evaporator that evaporates a liquid-phase refrigerant separated in a gas-liquid separation space of the ejector module. A grille shutter is disposed as an inflow-pressure increasing portion between the radiator and a cooling fan blowing the outside air toward the radiator. The grille shutter is operated to decrease the volume of the outside air to be blown toward the radiator when an outside air temperature is equal to or lower than a reference outside air temperature, thereby increasing the pressure of the inflow refrigerant to flow into a nozzle passage of the ejector module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tashiro, Masahiro Yamada, Makoto Kume, Haruyuki Nishijima, Youhei Nagano, Yoshiyuki Yokoyama, Yoshinori Araki
  • Patent number: 10352592
    Abstract: A vapor compression system (200; 300; 400) has: a compressor (22); a first heat exchanger (30); a second heat exchanger (64); an ejector (38); separator (48); and an expansion device (70). A plurality of conduits are positioned to define a first flowpath sequentially through: the compressor; the first heat exchanger; the ejector from a motive flow inlet through (40) an outlet (44); and the separator, and then branching into: a first branch returning to the compressor; and a second branch passing through the expansion device and second heat exchanger to a secondary flow inlet (42). The plurality of conduits are positioned to define a bypass flowpath (202; 302; 402) bypassing the motive flow inlet and rejoining the first flowpath at essentially separator pressure but away from the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Lifson, Zuojun Shi, Hans-Joachim Huff, Parmesh Verma, Thomas D. Radcliff, Frederick J. Cogswell, Jinliang Wang, Hongsheng Liu
  • Patent number: 10344777
    Abstract: In an ejector, formed in a body is a swirling space which lets a high-pressure refrigerant flowing from a refrigerant inlet port swirl and introduces the swirling high-pressure refrigerant into a depressurizing space in which the swirled high-pressure refrigerant is depressurized and expanded. A passage formation member that defines a nozzle passage and a diffuser passage is shaped to have a cross-sectional area increasing with distance from the depressurizing space. Further, a temperature sensing unit of a drive device that displaces the passage formation member is housed in the body, and the temperature sensing unit and a diaphragm have annular shapes to surround at least the axial line of the passage formation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eitaro Tanaka, Toru Takahashi, Satoshi Inoue, Haruyuki Nishijima, Etsuhisa Yamada, Yoichiro Kawamoto
  • Patent number: 10323863
    Abstract: An ejector refrigeration circuit, which is configured for circulating a refrigerant, includes at least two controllable ejectors, which are connected in parallel and respectively comprise a primary high pressure input port, a secondary low pressure input port and an output port; and a control unit, which is configured for operating the ejector refrigeration circuit employing a method which includes a) operating a first ejector by controlling the opening of its high pressure port until the maximum efficiency of said first ejector has been reached or the actual refrigeration demands are met; b) operating at least one additional ejector by opening its primary high pressure input port for increasing the refrigeration capacity of the ejector refrigeration circuit in case the actual refrigeration demands are not met by operating the first ejector alone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: CARRIER KÄLTETECHNIK DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Jan Siegert, Heinz Gassen
  • Patent number: 10316865
    Abstract: An ejector has a nozzle, a body, a passage defining member and a drive portion. The body has a refrigerant suction port and a pressure increasing portion. A nozzle passage is defined between an inner surface of the nozzle and an outer surface of the passage defining member and has a minimum sectional area portion, a tapered portion, and an expansion portion. The minimum sectional area portion has a smallest passage sectional area. The tapered portion is located upstream of the minimum sectional area portion in a refrigerant flow direction and has a passage sectional area decreasing toward the minimum sectional area portion gradually. The expansion portion is located downstream of the minimum sectional area portion in the refrigerant flow direction and has a passage sectional area increasing gradually. The passage defining member has a groove that is recessed to increase the passage sectional area of the nozzle passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Yokoyama, Haruyuki Nishijima, Etsuhisa Yamada, Ryota Nakashima, Yoshiaki Takano, Kazunori Mizutori, Yorito Kohara, Hiroshi Shintani
  • Patent number: 10233785
    Abstract: In a steam turbine power generation system according to the present invention, a regenerator and an ejector are selectively operated according to outdoor air temperature so that the effects of the outdoor air temperature can be minimized and thus an increase in back pressure of a turbine is prevented and thus the operating efficiency of the steam turbine power generation system can be guaranteed. In addition, when the outdoor air temperature is lower than a set temperature, only a steam condenser and an air cooling condenser are used, and when the outdoor air temperature is equal to or higher than the set temperature, the regenerator and the ejector are operated so that the condensation efficiency of the air cooling condenser is improved and thus the cooling efficiency of the steam turbine power generation system can be maximized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH
    Inventors: Gil Bong Lee, Beom Joon Lee, Chul Woo Roh, Ho Sang Ra, Young Jin Baik
  • Patent number: 10131203
    Abstract: An ejector draws a refrigerant on a downstream side of an exterior heat exchanger serving as an evaporator, from a refrigerant suction port by a suction effect of an injection refrigerant injected from a nozzle portion for decompressing a part of the refrigerant discharged from a compressor, and mixes the injection refrigerant with the suction refrigerant to pressurize the mixed refrigerant at a diffuser. The refrigerant flowing out of the diffuser is drawn into the compressor. In this way, the density of the refrigerant drawn into the compressor can be increased, thereby suppressing reduction in flow amount of the refrigerant flowing into an interior condenser serving as a radiator. Thus, even if the temperature of the outside air (heat-absorption target fluid) is decreased, the interior condenser is prevented from degrading its heating capacity for the ventilation air (heating target fluid).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Suzuki, Gouta Ogata, Yuichi Shirota
  • Patent number: 10113776
    Abstract: A packaged terminal air conditioner unit is provided. The packaged terminal air conditioner unit includes a casing. A compressor, an interior coil, an exterior coil and a reversing valve are positioned within the casing. The reversing valve is configured for selectively reversing a flow direction of compressed refrigerant from the compressor. The packaged terminal air conditioner also includes at least one ejector for combining a stream of refrigerant from a primary loop with a stream of refrigerant from an auxiliary cooling loop, thereby improving system efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Gunaranjan Chaudhry, Brent Alden Junge
  • Patent number: 10094577
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a solar energy system that comprises a solar collector for providing energy generated from incident solar radiation. The solar energy system also comprises a first heat exchange system that has an ejector that is arranged to operate using at least a portion of the energy provided by the solar energy collector. Further, the solar energy system comprises a second heat exchange system arranged to operate using energy from an energy source other than a solar energy source. The solar energy system is arranged for transfer of thermal energy between the first heat exchange system and a region, and between the second heat exchange system and the region. The solar energy system is arranged to control a relative contribution of the first and second heat exchange systems to the transfer of the thermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Endless Solar Corporation Ltd
    Inventor: Michael Dennis
  • Patent number: 10018386
    Abstract: A swirl space forming member that forms a swirl space in which a refrigerant flowing into a nozzle portion of an ejector swirls around an axis of the nozzle portion. In this way, even when the refrigerant flowing out of a first evaporator is a gas-phase refrigerant, pressure of the refrigerant on a swirling center axis side in the swirl space is reduced to be able to start condensation by swirling the refrigerant, and a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant in which a condensation nucleus is generated can flow into the nozzle portion. Thus, occurrence of a condensation delay in the refrigerant in the nozzle portion can be restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruyuki Nishijima, Kenta Kayano, Yoshiaki Takano
  • Patent number: 9989074
    Abstract: A mixing portion that is formed in an area from a refrigerant injection port of a nozzle portion to an inlet section of a diffuser portion in an internal space of a body portion of an ejector, that mixes an injection refrigerant injected from the refrigerant injection port and a suction refrigerant suctioned from a refrigerant suction port is provided. A distance from the refrigerant injection port to the inlet section in the mixing portion is determined such that a flow velocity of the refrigerant flowing into the inlet section of the diffuser portion becomes lower than or equal to a two-phase sound velocity. A shock wave that is generated at a time that a mixed refrigerant is shifted from a supersonic velocity state to a subsonic velocity state is generated in the mixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haruyuki Nishijima, Kenta Kayano, Yoshiaki Takano
  • Patent number: 9982924
    Abstract: An ejector includes an atomization mechanism that is disposed at an end of a first nozzle and that atomizes a working fluid in a liquid phase while maintaining the liquid phase. The atomization mechanism includes an orifice and a collision plate. When the collision plate is orthographically projected onto a projection plane, in a projection of the collision plate, at least one point on a contour of the collision surface is disposed closer to a reference point than a second reference line, which is a line including the collision end point and perpendicular to the first reference line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bunki Kawano, Tomoichiro Tamura
  • Patent number: 9897363
    Abstract: The present application provides a carbon dioxide based refrigeration system. The carbon dioxide based refrigeration system may include a mid temperature cycle with a mid temperature ejector, a low temperature cycle with a low temperature ejector, and a gas cooler/condenser in communication with the mid temperature cycle and the low temperature cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Heatcraft Refrigeration Products LLC
    Inventor: Augusto J. Pereira Zimmermann
  • Patent number: 9857101
    Abstract: A system (170) has a compressor (22). A heat rejection heat exchanger (30) is coupled to the compressor to receive refrigerant compressed by the compressor. A non-controlled ejector (38) has a primary inlet coupled to the heat rejection exchanger to receive refrigerant, a secondary inlet, and an outlet. The system includes means (172, e.g., a nozzle) for causing a supercritical-to-subcritical transition upstream of the ejector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas D. Radcliff, Parmesh Verma, Jinliang Wang, Frederick J. Cogswell
  • Patent number: 9759462
    Abstract: A system has a compressor, a heat rejection heat exchanger, first and second ejectors, first and second heat absorption heat exchangers, and a separator. The ejectors each have a primary inlet coupled to the heat rejection exchanger to receive refrigerant. A second heat absorption heat exchanger is coupled to the outlet of the second ejector to receive refrigerant. The separator has an inlet coupled to the outlet of the first ejector to receive refrigerant from the first ejector. The separator has a gas outlet coupled to the secondary inlet of the second ejector to deliver refrigerant to the second ejector. The separator has a liquid outlet coupled to the secondary inlet of the first ejector via the first heat absorption heat exchanger to deliver refrigerant to the first ejector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Jiang Zou, Hongsheng Liu, Parmesh Verma, Thomas D. Radcliff, Jinliang Wang
  • Patent number: 9738133
    Abstract: A refrigeration cycle device includes an air heat exchanger that heats air to be blown into an interior of a vehicle compartment using refrigerant discharged from a compressor, a high-stage side expansion valve decompressing the refrigerant flowing out of the air heat exchanger, and a battery heat exchanger that heats air to be blown to a battery using the refrigerant decompressed by the high-stage side expansion valve. In an air heating-warming up mode of heating the air for the interior and the air for the battery, a refrigerant discharge capacity of the compressor is controlled such that an air temperature for the interior approaches a target air temperature, and an opening degree of the high-stage side expansion valve is controlled such that a battery temperature becomes within a predetermined reference temperature range. A selector switch allows a passenger to select which operation of air conditioning or warming-up is prioritized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seiji Inoue, Masayuki Takeuchi, Takashi Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 9719529
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods for variable flow rate fuel ejection are disclosed. A variable flow rate ejector comprises primary and secondary inlets, primary and secondary nozzles, and a needle. The primary nozzle is connected to receive a first fluid from the first inlet chamber and transmit the first fluid through a primary nozzle opening. The needle is disposed within the primary nozzle opening and is axially movable to vary an area of primary nozzle opening. The primary nozzle opening and the needle are sized to make the flow of the first fluid have a supersonic speed. The secondary inlet opens into a second inlet chamber positioned outside the primary nozzle opening. A portion of the second fluid is entrained in the flow of the first fluid from the primary nozzle. The secondary nozzle opening is sized to make the flow of the first and second fluids have a subsonic speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: University of Delaware
    Inventors: Douglas Brunner, Manish W. Bajpai, John Adam C. Kinzey, Shane Marcks, Ajay K. Prasad, Suresh G. Advani
  • Patent number: 9625191
    Abstract: The condensing apparatus 71 includes: a compressor 10 which has a compression part 20 compressing a working fluid; a condenser 13 which condenses the working fluid compressed by the compression part 20; and a spray mechanism 81 including a nozzle 82 which sprays a cooling fluid into a fluid passage 91 to cool the working fluid flowing through the fluid passage 91 between a discharge opening CS2 of the compression part 20 and an inlet 13a of the condenser 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated, Chubu Electric Power Company, Incorporated, THE KANSAI ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC., Kobe Steel, Ltd., DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, JOHNSON CONTROLS DENMARK APS
    Inventors: Ryo Fujisawa, Masatake Toshima, Yoshihiro Nakayama, Yoshitaka Baba, Satoshi Ide, Koichiro Iizuka, Kunihiko Suto, Hiroshi Egawa, Ichirou Sakuraba, Daisuke Hayashi, Keiji Sugano, Hans Madsboll, Klaus Damgaard Kristensen
  • Patent number: 9464826
    Abstract: A hybrid system including an absorption heat pump and a compression chiller is provided. The absorption heat pump includes a generator, a first condenser, a first evaporator and an absorber connected in series. A first refrigerant is cooled by the first condenser and releases a first heat capacity, evaporated in the first evaporator and receives a second heat capacity, and mixed with a sorbent in the absorber and releases a third heat capacity. The compression chiller includes a compressor, a condensing module and a second evaporator connected in series. A second refrigerant is cooled by the condensing module and releases the second heat capacity, and evaporated in the second evaporator and receives a fourth heat capacity, wherein the condensing module is connected to the first evaporator, so that the second heat capacity released by the second refrigerant is transmitted to the first refrigerant in the first evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Inventor: Jen-Huang Tsai
  • Patent number: 9453668
    Abstract: In a refrigeration cycle apparatus, a compressor, a condenser, a first flow control valve, a refrigerant storage container, a second flow control valve, and a first evaporator are connected in this order, and a third flow control valve, an ejector, a second evaporator, and the compressor are connected in this order so as to branch from an outlet of the condenser. A driving refrigerant inlet of the ejector is connected to the third flow control valve, a suction refrigerant inlet of the ejector is connected to an outlet of the first evaporator, and a mixed refrigerant outlet of the ejector is connected to a refrigerant inlet of the second evaporator. The refrigeration cycle apparatus has a bypass circuit which branches from a refrigerant pipe connecting the condenser and the second flow control valve and is connected to the mixed refrigerant outlet of the ejector via a fourth flow control valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shinya Higashiiue, So Nomoto
  • Patent number: 9372014
    Abstract: An ejector-type refrigeration cycle device is provided with a first ejector (15) which draws refrigerant from a refrigerant suction port (15b, 24b) by using a high-speed refrigerant flow jetted from a nozzle part (15a, 24a), and a first suction-side evaporator (19) connected to the refrigerant suction port (15b) of the first ejector (15), and a second suction-side evaporator (27) connected to a refrigerant suction port (24b) of a second ejector (24). A flow amount of the refrigerant in the second ejector (24) is smaller than a flow amount of the refrigerant in the first ejector (15). The refrigerant branched at a branch part (Z2) that is positioned on a downstream refrigerant side of a radiator (13) and on an upstream refrigerant side of the first ejector (15) flows into the second ejector (24), and the refrigerant branched on a downstream refrigerant side of the second ejector (24) flows into the second suction-side evaporator (27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youhei Nagano, Mika Gocho, Yoshiaki Takano, Etsuhisa Yamada, Kazunori Mizutori
  • Patent number: 9261298
    Abstract: A system has a compressor (22, 412). A heat rejection heat exchanger (30) is coupled to the compressor to receive refrigerant compressed by the compressor. The system has a heat absorption heat exchanger (64). The system includes a separator (170) comprising a vessel having an interior. The separator has an inlet, a first outlet, and a second outlet. An inlet conduit may extend from the inlet and may have the conduit outlet positioned to discharge an inlet flow into the vessel interior to cause the inlet flow to hit a wall before passing to a liquid refrigerant accumulation in the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Jinliang Wang, Parmesh Verma, David P. Martin, Frederick J. Cogswell
  • Patent number: 8991201
    Abstract: An ejector cycle system with a refrigerant cycle through which refrigerant flows includes an ejector disposed downstream of a radiator, a first evaporator that evaporates refrigerant flowing out of the ejector, a throttling unit located in a branch passage and depressurizes refrigerant to adjust a flow rate of refrigerant, and a second evaporator located downstream of the throttling unit. In the ejector cycle system, a flow ratio adjusting means adjusts a flow ratio between a first refrigerant flow amount depressurized and expanded in a nozzle portion of the ejector and a second refrigerant flow amount drawn into a refrigerant suction port of the ejector, based on a physical quantity related to at least one of a state of refrigerant in the refrigerant cycle, a temperature of a space to be cooled by the first and second evaporators, and an ambient temperature of the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Ikegami, Hiroshi Oshitani, Etsuhisa Yamada, Naohisa Ishizaka, Hirotsugu Takeuchi, Takeyuki Sugiura, Takuo Maehara
  • Patent number: 8978399
    Abstract: A heat pumping unit includes a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger and a pump. An outlet of the first heat exchanger is connected to a vapor inlet of a liquid jet-ejector. A liquid outlet of the ejector is connected to an inlet of the second heat exchanger. An outlet of the second heat exchanger is connected at the same time to an inlet of the pump and through a pressure reducing device to an inlet of the first heat exchanger. The pump outlet is connected to the liquid-jet ejector liquid inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventor: Serguei A. Popov
  • Patent number: 8973394
    Abstract: In an evaporator unit, a first evaporator is coupled to an ejector to evaporate refrigerant flowing out of the ejector, a second evaporator is coupled to a refrigerant suction port of the ejector to evaporate the refrigerant to be drawn into the refrigerant suction port, a flow amount distributor is located to adjust a flow amount of the refrigerant distributed to the nozzle portion and a flow amount of the refrigerant distributed to the second evaporator, and a throttle mechanism is provided between the flow amount distributor and the second evaporator to decompress the refrigerant flowing into the second evaporator. The flow amount distributor is adapted as a gas-liquid separation portion and as a refrigerant distribution portion for distributing separated refrigerant into the nozzle portion and the second evaporator. Furthermore, the flow amount distributor and the ejector are arranged in line in a longitudinal direction of the ejector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Etsuhisa Yamada, Haruyuki Nishijima, Tomohiko Nakamura, Gouta Ogata, Hiroshi Oshitani, Ryoko Awa, Tatsuhiko Nishino, Mika Gocho
  • Publication number: 20150052928
    Abstract: A cooling system includes: a compressor; a first condenser; a cooling portion; a heat exchanger; a first line; a second line; a switching device; and an ejector. The first line forms a vapor compression refrigeration cycle by flowing refrigerant in order of the heat exchanger, the compressor, the first condenser and the cooling portion. The second line forms a heat pipe by circulating refrigerant between the first condenser and the cooling portion. The switching device flows refrigerant through the first line when air conditioning is performed, and flows refrigerant through the second line when air conditioning is stopped. The ejector is configured to, when refrigerant flows from the compressor to the first condenser via the ejector, draw refrigerant from the second line and join the drawn refrigerant into refrigerant from the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuhide Uchida, Yuichi Ohnu, Yoshiaki Kawakami
  • Patent number: 8955343
    Abstract: A system has a compressor. A heat rejection heat exchanger is coupled to the compressor to receive refrigerant compressed by the compressor. An ejector has a primary inlet coupled with heat rejection heat exchanger to receive refrigerant, a secondary inlet, and an outlet. The system has a heat absorption heat exchanger. The system includes means for providing at least of a 1-10% quality refrigerant to the heat absorption heat exchanger and an 85-99% quality refrigerant to at least one of the compressor and, if present, a suction line heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Parmesh Verma, Jinliang Wang, Frederick J. Cogswell, Hans-Joachim Huff, Alexander Lifson, Richard G. Lord