Abstract: a First gap (15) in a thrust direction between teeth bottoms of a fixed mirror plate (2b) and teeth tips of an orbiting lap (4a), and a second gap (16) in the thrust direction between teeth bottoms of an orbiting mirror plate 4b and teeth tips of a fixed lap (2a) are formed such as to gradually increase from an outer peripheral side to an inner peripheral side of a scroll compressor, the first gap (15) is made greater than the second gap (16). Contact surface pressures of the laps (2a) and (4a) are kept low with respect to pressure formation, contact pressure of the teeth tips of the fixed scroll part (2) and the teeth bottoms of the orbiting scroll part (4)are equally maintained. With this loads applied to the scroll parts (2) and (4)are equally received by a thrust surface.

Abstract: A lap (201) of an orbiting scroll (21) and a lap (202) of a stationary scroll (22) are meshed with each other to form an inner wall side expansion chamber (203a) on the side of a lap inner wall (201a) of the orbiting scroll (21) and an outer wall side expansion chamber (203b) on the side of a lap outer wall (201a) of the orbiting scroll (21). The volumetric capacity of the inner wall side expansion chamber (203a) and that of the outer wall side expansion chamber (203b) are equal to each other when suction is completed, and different from each other when discharge starts, and their expansion ratios are different from each other.

Abstract: A scroll compressor in which a scroll fixed lap rising from a fixed plate of a fixed scroll and a scroll orbiting lap rising from an orbiting plate of an orbiting scroll are combined with each other to form compression chambers therebetween, the fixed scroll is made of iron-based material, the orbiting scroll is made of aluminum-based material, at least the plate back surface of the orbiting scroll is subjected to surface processing.

Abstract: A back pressure chamber (12) provided on a back surface of an orbiting scroll (5) is divided into an inner region (12a) and an outer region (12b) by an annular seal (11). A diameter d of the annular seal (11) is set 0.5 times or more of a diameter D of an orbiting mirror plate (5a). With this, plus thrust force can be applied to the orbiting scroll (5) irrespective of magnitude of a discharge pressure Pd applied to the inner region (12a). Therefore, it is possible to push the orbiting scroll (5) against the fixed scroll (4) only by back pressure of discharge pressure. A set pressure Pm of the outer region (12b) is reduced to a value close to a suction pressure Ps, a pressure adjusting mechanism (20) is swiftly opened after a scroll compressor is started. With this, lubricant oil is supplied from the outer region (12b) to the suction space (9) without a time lag.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an oil supply passage is formed in a suction space of a fixed scroll part, and an oil collision part is provided in the suction space. The oil collision part is provided in the suction space, an amount of oil to be supplied is controlled, refrigerant and lubricant oil are sufficiently mixed with each other. Tangents of ends of the oil collision part are made acute angle to smoothen the flow of the refrigerant.

Abstract: A back pressure chamber 12 provided on a back surface of an orbiting scroll 5 is divided into an inner region 12a and an outer region 12b by an annular seal 11. A diameter d of the annular seal 11 is set 0.5 times or more of a diameter D of an orbiting mirror plate 5a. With this, plus thrust force can be applied to the orbiting scroll 5 irrespective of magnitude of a discharge pressure Pd applied to the inner region 12a. Therefore, it is possible to push the orbiting scroll 5 against the fixed scroll 4 only by back pressure of discharge pressure. A set pressure Pm of the outer region 12b is reduced to a value close to a suction pressure Ps, a pressure adjusting mechanism 20 is swiftly opened after a scroll compressor is started. With this, lubricant oil is supplied from the outer region 12b to the suction space 9 without a time lag.

Abstract: A scroll compressor in which a scroll fixed lap rising from a fixed plate of a fixed scroll and a scroll orbiting lap rising from an orbiting plate of an orbiting scroll are combined with each other to form compression chambers therebetween, the fixed scroll is made of iron-based material, the orbiting scroll is made of aluminum-based material, at least the plate back surface of the orbiting scroll is subjected to surface processing.

Abstract: According to the present invention, an oil supply passage is formed in a suction space of a fixed scroll part, and an oil collision part is provided in the suction space. The oil collision part is provided in the suction space, an amount of oil to be supplied is controlled, refrigerant and lubricant oil are sufficiently mixed with each other. Tangents of ends of the oil collision part are made acute angle to smoothen the flow of the refrigerant.

Abstract: a First gap 15 in a thrust direction between teeth bottoms of a fixed mirror plate 2b and teeth tips of an orbiting lap 4a, and a second gap 16 in the thrust direction between teeth bottoms of an orbiting mirror plate 4b and teeth tips of a fixed lap 2a are formed such as to gradually increase from an outer peripheral side to an inner peripheral side of a scroll compressor, the first gap 15 is made greater than the second gap 16. Contact surface pressures of the laps 2a and 4a are kept low with respect to pressure deformation, contact pressure of the teeth tips of the fixed scroll part 2 and the teeth bottoms of the orbiting scroll part 4 are equally maintained. With this loads applied to the scroll parts 2 and 4 are equally received by a thrust surface.

Abstract: In a scroll compressor, an outer wall curve of a scroll lap of a fixed scroll and an inner wall curve of a scroll lap of an orbiting scroll are formed of involute curves whose basic circle radius is defined as “a”, an inner wall curve of the scroll lap of the fixed scroll and an outer wall curve of the scroll lap of the orbiting scroll are formed of involute curves whose basic circle radius is defined as “b”, and a value of a/b which is a ratio of the basic circle radius a and the basic circle radius b is set to a value exceeding 1.0 and less than 1.5. With this structure, a compression chamber formed on the side of the inner wall of the scroll lap of the orbiting scroll is compressed faster than a compression chamber formed on the side of the outer wall of the scroll lap of the orbiting scroll, and leakage loss during compression process can be reduced.

Abstract: A surface of a fixed scroll which is opposed to a end plate of an orbiting scroll existing outside of a lap of the fixed scroll is formed with: a substantially annular seal portion which extends such as to have an outer wall surface of the fixed scroll outwardly extending from an inner wall surface of outermost periphery of the lap substantially along the inner wall surface, and which comes into slide contact with the end plate of the orbiting scroll; a substantially annular recess located outside of the substantially annular seal portion; and a recess which is brought into communication with an intake port of the fixed scroll independently from the substantially annular recess. With this, back pressure of the orbiting scroll is increased, and turning-over phenomenon of the orbiting scroll can be suppressed.

Abstract: A surface of a fixed scroll which is opposed to a end plate of an orbiting scroll existing outside of a lap of the fixed scroll is formed with: a substantially annular seal portion which extends such as to have an outer wall surface of the fixed scroll outwardly extending from an inner wall surface of outermost periphery of the lap substantially along the inner wall surface, and which comes into slide contact with the end plate of the orbiting scroll; a substantially annular recess located outside of the substantially annular seal portion; and a recess which is brought into communication with an intake port of the fixed scroll independently from the substantially annular recess. With this, back pressure of the orbiting scroll is increased, and turning-over phenomenon of the orbiting scroll can be suppressed.

Abstract: In a scroll compressor, an outer wall curve of a scroll lap of a fixed scroll and an inner wall curve of a scroll lap of an orbiting scroll are formed of involute curves whose basic circle radius is defined as “a”, an inner wall curve of the scroll lap of the fixed scroll and an outer wall curve of the scroll lap of the orbiting scroll are formed of involute curves whose basic circle radius is defined as “b”, and a value of a/b which is a ratio of the basic circle radius a and the basic circle radius b is set to a value exceeding 1.0 and less than 1.5. With this structure, a compression chamber formed on the side of the inner wall of the scroll lap of the orbiting scroll is compressed faster than a compression chamber formed on the side of the outer wall of the scroll lap of the orbiting scroll, and leakage loss during compression process can be reduced.

Abstract: A refrigeration cycle apparatus using carbon dioxide as a refrigerant has a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expander, an indoor heat exchanger and an auxiliary compressor. The auxiliary compressor is driven by power recover by the expander. When refrigerant flows using the indoor heat exchanger as an evaporator, a discharge side of the auxiliary compressor becomes a suction side of the compressor, and when refrigerant flows using the indoor heat exchanger as a gas cooler, a discharge side of the compressor becomes a suction side of the auxiliary compressor.

Abstract: A scroll compressor, whose back pressure is easily controlled and compression efficiency is high, is provided. The scroll compressor includes a plurality of compression chambers formed by engaging a fixed-scroll wrap and an orbiting-scroll wrap, and a back pressure chamber formed at an opposite side of the orbiting-scroll wrap of a orbiting-scroll. The scroll compressor additionally includes a high pressure chamber and a middle pressure chamber, which are formed by dividing the back pressure chamber using a seal. Moreover, the scroll compressor includes a first path for supplying lube oil from the high pressure chamber to the middle pressure chamber, and a second path for supplying the lube oil from the middle pressure chamber to an suction chamber of the compression chambers. The first path is intermittently opened by orbit of the orbiting-scroll.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to reduce the constraint that the density ratio is constant as small as possible, and to obtain high power recovering effect in a wide operation range. A refrigeration cycle apparatus uses carbon dioxide as refrigerant and has a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expander and an indoor heat exchanger. An injection circuit for introducing high pressure refrigerant is provided in a halfway of an expansion process of said expander.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to reduce the constraint that the density ratio is constant as small as possible, and to obtain high power recovering effect in a wide operation range by using an expander which is operated in accordance with a flowing direction of refrigerant. An expander used in a refrigeration cycle uses carbon dioxide as refrigerant and has a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger and an indoor heat exchanger. The expander comprises a cylindrical cylinder, a rotor which rotates in the cylinder, a vane which divides an expansion space formed between an inner peripheral surface of the cylinder and an outer peripheral surface of the rotor into a plurality of spaces, and a vane groove provided in the rotor for accommodating the vane therein. The vane groove is provided with a back pressure chamber which pushes the vane against the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder, and the refrigerant in the supercritical state is introduced into the back pressure chamber.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to reduce the constraint that the density ratio is constant as small as possible, and to obtain high power recovering effect in a wide operation range by using an expander which is operated in accordance with a flowing direction of refrigerant.

Abstract: According to a scroll compressor of the present invention, lubricant is supplied to a compression chamber in the proportions of 2% by weight or more and less than 20% by weight of the lubricant to the sucked refrigerant amount. With this, it is possible to provide an efficient scroll compressor even when carbon dioxide is used as the refrigerant.

Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to reduce the constraint that the density ratio is constant as small as possible, and to obtain high power recovering effect in a wide operation range. A refrigeration cycle apparatus uses carbon dioxide as refrigerant and has a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger evaporator, an expander and an indoor heat exchanger a radiator. An injection circuit for introducing high pressure refrigerant is provided in a halfway of an expansion process of said expander.