Abstract: A control apparatus for a parallel-type chiller provided with multiple shell-and-tube-type heat exchangers and multiple compressors, the control apparatus having an estimation section which estimates a terminal temperature difference in an upstream-side space on the basis of a terminal temperature difference between a saturation temperature of a second fluid and a measured exit temperature value, the saturation temperature being estimated on the basis of a pressure value of the second fluid in a downstream-side space, the measured exit temperature value being a temperature of the first fluid measured at an exit of the heat exchanger, and estimates a temperature of the first fluid in the vicinity of an exit of the upstream-side space on the basis of the terminal temperature difference in the upstream-side space and the saturation temperature of the second fluid in the upstream-side space.

Abstract: A control apparatus for a parallel-type chiller provided with multiple shell-and-tube-type heat exchangers and multiple compressors, the control apparatus having an estimation section which estimates a terminal temperature difference in an upstream-side space on the basis of a terminal temperature difference between a saturation temperature of a second fluid and a measured exit temperature value, the saturation temperature being estimated on the basis of a pressure value of the second fluid in a downstream-side space, the measured exit temperature value being a temperature of the first fluid measured at an exit of the heat exchanger, and estimates a temperature of the first fluid in the vicinity of an exit of the upstream-side space on the basis of the terminal temperature difference in the upstream-side space and the saturation temperature of the second fluid in the upstream-side space.

Abstract: The invention is aimed at making a space necessary for installing an adjusting mechanism for a diffuser small to thereby miniaturize a turbocompressor as well as a refrigerating machine where this turbocompressor is a constituent element. A compressor incorporating a diffuser 34 adopts an adjusting mechanism comprising; a diffuser ring 37 forming one wall 34a, arranged so as to be a concentric circle with the surroundings of a second stage impeller 17b and supported on a casing 25, and which can be rotated in the circumferential direction and which can be moved in an axial direction of the second stage impeller 17b, with a groove 37a formed on an outer peripheral face at an incline to the axial direction of the second stage impeller 17b; a protrusion 40 provided on the casing 25 and fitted into the groove 37a; a shaft 38 axially supported on the diffuser ring 37; and a drive section 39 for driving the shaft 38 in a lengthwise direction.

Abstract: The invention is aimed at making a space necessary for installing an adjusting mechanism for a diffuser small to thereby miniaturize a turbocompressor as well as a refrigerating machine where this turbocompressor is a constituent element.