Patents by Inventor Runfu Shi

Runfu Shi 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).

  • Patent number: 11732939
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui Zhai, Runfu Shi, Xiangyu Gao, Guangyu Shen, YuHui Kuang, Yu Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230064418
    Abstract: A refrigeration system configured for controlling operation of a compressor is disclosed. The refrigeration system comprises an electronic expansion device operatively coupled with the compressor. The refrigeration system comprises a controller operatively coupled with the electronic expansion device. The controller is configured to control the electronic expansion valve based on a superheat setpoint range. The controller is further configured to adjust the superheat setpoint range in response to an operating point of the compressor being within a threshold distance from a boundary of an operational envelope for the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Clark, Larry D. Burns, Jun Pyo Lee, Keyu Li, Runfu Shi
  • Patent number: 11137170
    Abstract: A heat pump system comprises: a main heat exchange circuit, comprising a two-stage compressor (100a,100b), a condenser (200), a throttle element (300a,300b) and an evaporator (400), which are connected in sequence to form a circuit; an economizer, disposed between the condenser and the evaporator; a gas supplement branch, connecting a gas outlet of the economizer to a gas supplement port of the compressor, with an economizer regulating valve (600) for controlling the opening and closing of a flow path being arranged on the gas supplement branch; and a control device, wherein the control device controls the opening and closing of the economizer regulating valve based on a refrigerant state feature in the evaporator during a start-up stage of the heat pump system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Runfu Shi
  • Patent number: 11079300
    Abstract: A refrigerant leak detecting method for an air-cooling heat pump system in a heating mode comprises S110, S210, obtaining a leak indication parameter set, wherein the leak indication parameter set at least includes a refrigerant level in a liquid reservoir and/or a supercooling degree; S120, S220, comparing each leak indication parameter in the leak indication parameter set with a corresponding preset indication parameter interval; S130, S230, when each leak indication parameter falls within a corresponding preset indication parameter interval, obtaining and recording a corresponding evaluated refrigerant leak amount; S140, S240, when a cumulative value of the evaluated refrigerant leak amount falls within a preset refrigerant leak interval, determining that a refrigerant leak occurs in the air-cooling heat pump system; when the cumulative value of the evaluated refrigerant leak amount does not fall within the preset refrigerant leak interval, returning to the step S110, S210.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Runfu Shi, Hui Zhai, Xiangyu Gao, Guangyu Shen, Yu Zhu, YuHui Kuang
  • Patent number: 10941956
    Abstract: A steady-state data processing method includes resetting a cumulative change of target determination data and a data detection period as 0; obtaining the detected target data; calculating the cumulative change of the target data. When the calculated cumulative change of the target data is less than a preset threshold, adjusting the data detection period, or when the calculated cumulative change of the target data is not less than the preset threshold, recording a data detection period. When the recorded data detection period is less than a preset time threshold, determining a target data result obtained in the period as unsteady-state data of the device; or when the recorded data detection period is not less than the preset time threshold, determining the target data obtained in the data detection period as steady-state data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Xiangyu Gao, Hui Zhai, Runfu Shi, Guangyu Shen, YuHui Kuang, Yu Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190323917
    Abstract: A refrigerant leak detecting method for an air-cooling heat pump system in a heating mode comprises S110, S210, obtaining a leak indication parameter set, wherein the leak indication parameter set at least includes a refrigerant level in a liquid reservoir and/or a supercooling degree; S120, S220, comparing each leak indication parameter in the leak indication parameter set with a corresponding preset indication parameter interval; S130, S230, when each leak indication parameter falls within a corresponding preset indication parameter interval, obtaining and recording a corresponding evaluated refrigerant leak amount; S140, S240, when a cumulative value of the evaluated refrigerant leak amount falls within a preset refrigerant leak interval, determining that a refrigerant leak occurs in the air-cooling heat pump system; when the cumulative value of the evaluated refrigerant leak amount does not fall within the preset refrigerant leak interval, returning to the step S110, S210.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Runfu Shi, Hui Zhai, Xiangyu Gao, Guangyu Shen, Yu Zhu, YuHui Kuang
  • Publication number: 20190316800
    Abstract: A steady-state data processing method includes: S110, resetting a cumulative change of target determination data and a data detection period as 0; S120, obtaining the detected target data; S130, calculating the cumulative change of the target data; S140, when the calculated cumulative change of the target data is less than its preset threshold, adjusting the data detection period and returning to S120; or recording a data detection period when a cumulative change of any of the target data is not less than its preset threshold; S150, when the recorded data detection period is less than its preset time threshold, determining a target data result obtained in the period as unsteady-state data of the device; or when the recorded data detection period is not less than the preset time threshold, determining the target data obtained in the data detection period as steady-state data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Xiangyu Gao, Hui Zhai, Runfu Shi, Guangyu Shen, YuHui Kuang, Yu Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190316821
    Abstract: A device and a method for detecting a refrigerant leakage of an air source cooling-only system, wherein the detection method comprises S1: obtaining an operating parameter of an air-cooled cooling-only air source cooling-only system, wherein the operating parameter comprises at least a compressor speed or capacity; S2: comparing the operating parameter with a preset operating parameter interval; S3: updating a cumulative score when the operating parameter falls within the preset operating parameter interval; and S4: determining that a refrigerant leakage has occurred when the cumulative score exceeds a predefined cumulative score, and returning to step S1 when the cumulative score does not exceed the predefined cumulative score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Hui Zhai, Runfu Shi, Xiangyu Gao, Guangyu Shen, YuHui Kuang, Yu Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190316820
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Hui Zhai, Runfu Shi, Xiangyu Gao, Guangyu Shen, YuHui Kuang, Yu Zhu
  • Publication number: 20190285317
    Abstract: A heat pump system comprises: a main heat exchange circuit, comprising a two-stage compressor (100a,100b), a condenser (200), a throttle element (300a,300b) and an evaporator (400), which are connected in sequence to form a circuit; an economizer, disposed between the condenser and the evaporator; a gas supplement branch, connecting a gas outlet of the economizer to a gas supplement port of the compressor, with an economizer regulating valve (600) for controlling the opening and closing of a flow path being arranged on the gas supplement branch; and a control device, wherein the control device controls the opening and closing of the economizer regulating valve based on a refrigerant state feature in the evaporator during a start-up stage of the heat pump system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventor: Runfu Shi
  • Publication number: 20120022706
    Abstract: A method and system for operating a CO2 refrigeration system is provided. Two pressures are controlled by two controllers through two valves in this system. A first valve is actuated by a first controller using a first transfer function in response to the first measured pressure. A second valve is actuated by a second controller using a second transfer function in response to the second measured pressure. When it is determining the second valve failed to operate correctly, the first valve is actuated by a third controller using a third transfer function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junqiang Fan, Stevo Mijanovic, Yinshan Feng, Degang Fu, Runfu Shi, Zheng O'Neill