Patents by Inventor Guangyu SHEN
Guangyu SHEN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11913680Abstract: A heat pump system includes a first unit; a second unit connected to a first flow path of the first unit; and a third unit connected to a second flow path of the first unit and connected to the second unit. The heat pump system can operate in a cooling and water heating mode and a heating and water heating mode, wherein, in the cooling and water heating mode, the heat pump system is configured to switch a switching assembly to a first position and connect the at least one first heat exchangers and the second heat exchanger in series; in the heating and water heating mode, the heat pump system is configured to switch the switching assembly to a second position and connect the second heat exchanger and the at least one third heat exchangers in parallel.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Hui Zhai, Guangyu Shen
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Patent number: 11892214Abstract: The present application provides an outdoor unit and a heat pump system. The outdoor unit includes a compressor, a valve assembly, an outdoor heat exchanger, a first pipeline port and a second pipeline port; a first branch that connects the valve assembly and the first pipeline port, the first branch being provided with the outdoor heat exchanger and a first switch valve assembly; a second branch that connects the mode switch valve assembly and the first pipeline port, wherein the second branch is provided with a second switch valve assembly; a third branch that connects the second pipeline port and the refrigerant inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger. The first and second switch valve assemblies control the on and off of the first branch and the second branch so that the refrigerant flows through the refrigerant inlet and the refrigerant outlet of the outdoor heat exchanger.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Guangyu Shen, Hui Zhai
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Patent number: 11852390Abstract: A heat exchanger, a heat pump system, and a heat exchange method. The heat exchanger operates in a cooling mode or a heating mode. A heat exchange medium flows through via a first flow path within the heat exchanger in the cooling mode, and flows through via a second flow path within the heat exchanger in the heating mode. A diversion component is disposed within the heat exchanger. The diversion component is configured such that the length of the first flow path is different from the length of the second flow path; moreover, a partial segment of the first flow path and a partial segment of the second flow path overlap with each other, and flow directions of the heat exchange medium therein are identical.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Chunpeng Zhou, Shuang Lu, Guangyu Shen, Shuguang Zhang
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Patent number: 11732939Abstract: An apparatus and a method for detecting refrigerant leakage in an air source heat pump system. The method for detecting refrigerant leakage in an air source heat pump system includes the following steps in a cooling mode: S110: obtaining a running parameter of an air source heat pump system, wherein the running parameter at least includes a compressor rotational speed; S120: comparing the running parameter with a preset running parameter range; S130: updating a cumulative score when the running parameter falls within the preset running parameter range; and S140: when the cumulative score exceeds a predetermined cumulative score, determining that refrigerant leakage occurs, and when the cumulative score does not exceed the predetermined cumulative score, return to step S110.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Hui Zhai, Runfu Shi, Xiangyu Gao, Guangyu Shen, YuHui Kuang, Yu Zhu
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Publication number: 20230235943Abstract: A heat pump system and a control method thereof. The heat pump system includes: a compressor; an indoor heat exchanger; an outdoor heat exchanger configured as an interlaced heat exchanger having at least two refrigerant flow paths; a plurality of throttling elements; and a first type four-way valve and a second type four-way valve; in a local defrosting mode, refrigerant flows sequentially from the exhaust port of the compressor through at least one of the at least two refrigerant flow paths of the outdoor heat exchanger, the throttling element, at least another of the at least two refrigerant flow paths of the outdoor heat exchanger and the suction port of the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Guangyu Shen, Guang Zhang, Hui Zhai
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Publication number: 20230235932Abstract: A heat pump system includes a compressor; an indoor heat exchanger; an outdoor heat exchanger configured as an interlaced heat exchanger having at least two refrigerant flow paths; a plurality of throttling elements; and a first type four-way valve and a second type four-way valve, with ports thereof respectively connected to the inlet and the outlet of the compressor, the indoor heat exchanger, and one of the at least two refrigerant flow paths of the outdoor heat exchanger; in a local defrosting mode, refrigerant from the outlet of the compressor flows respectively through the indoor heat exchanger and at least one of the at least two refrigerant flow paths of the outdoor heat exchanger, and then sequentially through the throttling elements, at least the other of the at least two refrigerant flow paths of the outdoor heat exchanger, and the inlet of the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Guangyu Shen, Guang Zhang, Hui Zhai
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Publication number: 20230228470Abstract: A heat pump system and a control method thereof. The heat pump system includes a compressor; a heat storage heat exchanger, the pipeline connection of which is configured to be disconnectable from the heat pump system; an indoor heat exchanger and an outdoor heat exchanger; a plurality of throttling elements; and a first type four-way valve and a second type four-way valve, the ports of which are respectively connected to the air inlet and the air outlet of the compressor; the unconnected ports of the first type four-way valve are respectively connected to the outdoor heat exchanger and the heat storage heat exchanger; and the unconnected ports of the second type four-way valve are respectively connected to the indoor heat exchanger and connected to the port connected to the air inlet through a capillary or on-off valve; in a combined defrosting mode, the refrigerant dissipates heat from the indoor heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Guangyu Shen, Guang Zhang, Hui Zhai
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Publication number: 20230228468Abstract: A heat pump system and control method thereof. The heat pump system includes: a main flow path with a compressor, a reversing valve, a first heat exchanger, a first throttling device and a second heat exchanger; the heat pump system further includes an ejector comprising a high-pressure fluid inlet, a fluid suction inlet and a fluid outlet, the high-pressure fluid inlet of the ejector is connected between the second heat exchanger and the first throttling device on the main flow path through a second throttling device, the fluid suction inlet of the ejector is connected to the reversing valve, and the fluid outlet of the ejector is connected to a separator, and a gas phase outlet of the separator is connected to the compressor, and a liquid phase outlet of the separator is connected between the first heat exchanger and the first throttling device on the main flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Chaojie Wang, Guangyu Shen
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Patent number: 11598549Abstract: A heat cycle system and a control method. The heat cycle system includes: driving devices, one or a plurality of outdoor units, and a plurality of indoor units, which are connected by pipelines; a bypass pipeline for the plurality of indoor units, a bypass valve being disposed in the bypass pipeline; a pressure sensor that senses a pressure difference ?Po across the plurality of outdoor units; and a controller that is preset with a pressure difference set value ?Pset, wherein the controller calculates a pressure offset parameter ?P=?Po??Pset and adjusts an opening degree of the bypass valve based on the pressure offset parameter ?P so that the pressure offset parameter ?P approaches zero, and wherein the controller is preset with a first pressure offset threshold P1, and the controller is configured such that closed indoor units enter a bypass mode one by one when ?P>P1, until ?P?P1.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Xiaohong Wang, Jian Ni, Liang Chang, Hui Zhai, Guangyu Shen, Qing Lu
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Patent number: 11543148Abstract: An air conditioning system and a control method thereof. The air conditioning system includes: a plurality of indoor units connected in parallel; a plurality of outdoor units connected in parallel; and a coolant circulation circuit which circulates coolant through each of the indoor units connected in parallel and each of the outdoor units connected in parallel respectively, and which exchanges heat with each of the indoor units and each of the outdoor units; wherein the air conditioning system further includes a controller which, based on a number of actively operating indoor units, a total number of the indoor units and a total number of the outdoor units, defines an upper limit of a number of actively operating outdoor units, so that the flow rate of the coolant flowing through the actively operating outdoor units is not lower than a preset flow rate.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Xiaohong Wang, Hui Zhai, Jian Ni, Qing Lu, Liang Chang, Guangyu Shen
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Publication number: 20220252280Abstract: An air purification includes a body portion, having a first installation space, a second installation space and a third installation space; a positive/negative ion module, removably mounted in the first installation space and controlled to generate positive ions and/or negative ions; a plasma module, removably mounted in the second installation space and controlled to generate plasmas; and a power supply module, removably mounted in the third installation space and configured to supply power for the positive/negative ion module and the plasma module.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Shuguang Zhang, Yuhui Kuang, Hui Zhai, Guangyu Shen, Hongsheng Liu, Michael J. Birnkrant
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Publication number: 20220228785Abstract: A receiver, a receiver assembly and a heat pump system. The receiver includes a first pipe, a second pipe and a third pipe leading to the cavity of the receiver, wherein the first pipe, the second pipe and the third pipe connect to a first load unit, a second load unit and a cold and heat source unit, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Xingye Zhou, Shuguang Zhang, Guangyu Shen, Xi Feng, Jinxiang Wang
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Publication number: 20220221199Abstract: A heat pump system includes a first unit; a second unit connected to a first flow path of the first unit; and a third unit connected to a second flow path of the first unit and connected to the second unit. The heat pump system can operate in a cooling and water heating mode and a heating and water heating mode, wherein, in the cooling and water heating mode, the heat pump system is configured to switch a switching assembly to a first position and connect the at least one first heat exchangers and the second heat exchanger in series; in the heating and water heating mode, the heat pump system is configured to switch the switching assembly to a second position and connect the second heat exchanger and the at least one third heat exchangers in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Hui Zhai, Guangyu Shen
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Publication number: 20220196299Abstract: A centrifugal compressor and a refrigerating device. The centrifugal compressor includes: a shell, which has a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet; a motor assembly including a stator and a rotor, the rotor including a vertically arranged rotor shaft; a centrifugal compression mechanism, an impeller of which is connected with the rotor shaft so as to be driven by the motor assembly, wherein the centrifugal compression mechanism is arranged downstream of the fluid inlet to receive fluid, compress and pressurize the fluid, and output the pressurized fluid in a direction away from the motor assembly; and a guide member, which receives the pressurized fluid from the centrifugal compression mechanism, and which defines a flow passage alone or together with a part of the shell, wherein the flow passage is configured such that the pressurized fluid from the centrifugal compression mechanism passes through and cools the motor assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Inventors: Tingcan Mi, Kai Deng, Lei Yu, Guangyu Shen, Fei Xie, Yuhui Kuang
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Patent number: 11313597Abstract: The present invention provides a heat pump system which comprises a compressor (110), a mode switch valve assembly (120), a mode switch flow path, and a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger and a heat recovery heat exchanger respectively connected between the mode switch valve assembly and the mode switch flow path, wherein the mode switch flow path is provided with a first flow path (160), a second flow path (170) and a third flow path (180) which converge at an intersection point, and at least the first flow path and the second flow path are respectively provided with a throttling section (161,171), and the first flow path, the second flow path and the third flow path are controllably switched on/off to realize different function modes. Therefore, a heat pump unit having a heat recovery function is provided, which has advantages of simple structure and high operational reliability, etc.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2018Date of Patent: April 26, 2022Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Guangyu Shen, Jingkai Weng
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Publication number: 20220049859Abstract: The present application provides a heat exchange device, which includes: a fluid passage; and two or more heat exchangers, each heat exchanger having a thermal connection with the fluid passage and having an input pipeline and an output pipeline respectively, wherein each input pipeline and each output pipeline are configured to be selectively communicated and closed, and wherein each input pipeline is connected to all other input pipelines through input branch pipe(s), and each output pipeline is connected to all other output pipelines through output branch pipe(s); each input branch pipe and each output branch pipe are configured to be selectively communicated and closed. The heat exchange device of the present application has the advantages such as simple in structure, easy for manufacturing, and convenience in use. The efficiency of heat exchange can be effectively improved, and additional operating modes are provided, thereby improving the user experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Guangyu Shen, Jinxiang Wang, Keqiao Li, Shen Li, Tingting Wang
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Publication number: 20220049881Abstract: An air conditioning system including a four-way valve including a first port, a second port, a third port and a fourth port, at least the first port and the third port are fluidly isolated; a compressor, an output end and an input end of which are in communication with the first port and the third port respectively; a first evaporator, a first end of which is in communication with the third port; a second evaporator and a condenser, first ends of which are in communication with one of the second port and the fourth port respectively; wherein a second end of the condenser, a second end of the first evaporator, and a second end of the second evaporator are in communication at a first node, and a first throttling valve, a second throttling valve and a third throttling valve are respectively disposed between the condenser and the first node.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2020Publication date: February 17, 2022Inventors: Guangyu Shen, Tingting Wang, Keqiao Li, Shen Li, Jinxiang Wang
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Publication number: 20220034565Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heat pump system and a control method. The heat pump system includes a compressor, a first flow path, a second flow path and a third flow path. The second end of the first flow path, the second end of the second flow path and the second end of the third flow path are connected. Two of the first end of the first flow path, the first end of the second flow path and the first end of the third flow path are connected to the inlet and outlet of the compressor in specific modes through a switching assembly so that the heat pump system can operate in one or more of a cooling mode, a heating mode, a hot water preparing mode and a cooling heat recovery mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2020Publication date: February 3, 2022Inventors: Jingkai Weng, Guangyu Shen
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Patent number: 11236919Abstract: A heat exchange unit, a heat exchange system, and a method of determining the failure of a control valve in the heat exchange system. The heat exchange unit includes: a first flow path; and a second flow path at least partially located within the first flow path to exchange heat with the first flow path, one of the inlet and the outlet of the second flow path being connected to the main flow path of the external heat exchange system through a control valve; a first temperature sensor at the inlet of the first flow path to sense a first temperature T1; a second temperature sensor at the outlet of the first flow path or the second flow path within the first flow path to sense a second temperature T2; and a processor configured to determine whether the control valve fails.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 1, 2022Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATIONInventors: Hui Zhai, Guangyu Shen, Qing Liu
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Publication number: 20210318045Abstract: The present application provides an outdoor unit and a heat pump system. The outdoor unit includes a compressor, a valve assembly, an outdoor heat exchanger, a first pipeline port and a second pipeline port; a first branch that connects the valve assembly and the first pipeline port, the first branch being provided with the outdoor heat exchanger and a first switch valve assembly; a second branch that connects the mode switch valve assembly and the first pipeline port, wherein the second branch is provided with a second switch valve assembly; a third branch that connects the second pipeline port and the refrigerant inlet of the outdoor heat exchanger. The first and second switch valve assemblies control the on and off of the first branch and the second branch so that the refrigerant flows through the refrigerant inlet and the refrigerant outlet of the outdoor heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Guangyu Shen, Hui Zhai