Compressor-condenser-evaporator Circuit Patents (Class 62/498)
  • Publication number: 20120291470
    Abstract: An air conditioning system. The system includes apparatus for circulating a refrigerant in a path, further having apparatus for compressing the refrigerant and generating heat in the refrigerant. The system further includes apparatus for providing a driving force to the apparatus for compressing in response to the generated heat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventor: Richard J. Cathriner
  • Publication number: 20120291462
    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: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Parmesh Verma, Jinliang Wang, Frederick J. Cogswell, Hans-Joachim Huff, Alexander Lifson, Richard G. Lord
  • Publication number: 20120291478
    Abstract: A condenser may include a main radiating portion including a plurality that is formed by laminating a plurality of plates, a receiver drier portion integrally formed at one side end of the main radiating portion, a supercooling radiator that is integrally formed at a lower portion of the main radiating portion, and an accumulator portion integrally formed with the main radiating portion and the other end portion of the supercooling radiator. An air conditioning system may include an expansion valve, an evaporator, and an electrically driven compressor, a water cooler condenser, and a heat exchanger, wherein a liquid state refrigerant of a middle temperature and high pressure passing the water cooler condenser exchanges heat with a low temperature/pressure refrigerant passing the evaporator in the heat exchanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jae Yeon KIM, Soon-Jong Lee, Wan Je Cho, Man Hee Park, Yoo-Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20120285190
    Abstract: A heat transfer pipe for a heat exchanger including high threads and low threads that are lower than the high threads. The high threads and the low threads are provided at respective prescribed heights in a helical manner in a pipe axial direction on an inner surface of a pipe, the high threads are formed with 11 to 19 threads, the low threads are formed with 3 to 6 threads between each pair of the high threads, the high threads before expansion of the pipe each have a trapezoidal shape in cross-section so that a crest before the expansion of the pipe is flat, and a ratio W1/D of a tip width W1 of the crest portion after the expansion of the pipe to an outer diameter of the heat transfer pipe is 0.011 to 0.040. Further, the high threads before the expansion of the pipe are higher by 0.04 mm or more than the low threads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTIRC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sangmu Lee, Toru Onoda, Takuya Matsuda, Akira Ishibashi
  • Publication number: 20120279251
    Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus includes: a refrigerant circuit to which a compressor is connected, and which performs a refrigerating cycle; an electronic part including a power module; and a cooling member in which a refrigerant of the refrigerant circuit flows, and which contacts the power module so that the power module is cooled by the refrigerant. The cooling member of the refrigeration apparatus is provided with a thermal insulation layer that prevents cold heat of the refrigerant flowing in the cooling member from being transferred to the outside from at least a non-contact surface other than a contact surface of the cooling member with the power module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Inventors: Naohiro Kido, Toshiyuki Maeda
  • Publication number: 20120279239
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for low-temperature cooling/liquefaction of a working fluid, in particular a working fluid including helium or consisting of pure helium by means of a refrigerator/liquefier that includes a working circuit provided with a compressor station and a cold box. The refrigerator/liquefier subjects the working gas within the working circuit to a cycle that includes, in series: compressing the working fluid within the compressor station, cooling and decompressing the working fluid in the cold box, and heating the working fluid with a view to the return thereof to the compressor station. The compressor station includes one or more compression levels, each one using one or more compressors mounted on landings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour L'Etude Et L 'Exploitation Des Procedes Georges Claude
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Bernhardt, Frederic Andrieu, Franck Delcayre, Fabien Durand, Veronique Grabie
  • Patent number: 8297065
    Abstract: A vapor compression cycle system is combined with a Rankine cycle system, with the two systems having a common suction accumulator from which the compressor draws refrigerant vapor for the vapor compression cycle system and from which a pump draws liquid refrigerant for circulation within the Rankine cycle system. The vapor from the Rankine cycle system expander is passed to the compressor discharge to provide a mixture which is circulated within the vapor compression cycle system to obtain improved performance. The heat exchangers are sized so as to obtain a non-complete evaporation, with the resulting two-phase fluid passing to the suction accumulator to provide liquid refrigerant to the Rankine cycle system and vapor refrigerant to the vapor compression cycle system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Igor B. Vaisman, Michael F. Taras, Joseph J. Sangiovanni
  • Publication number: 20120266624
    Abstract: A heat pump cycle includes a compressor having a suction port and a discharge port, a heating heat exchanger which heats air, a gas-liquid separator, and a cooling heat exchanger which cools air upstream of the heating heat exchanger in an air flow direction. The heat pump cycle further includes an intermediate pressure passage which guides gas refrigerant from the gas-liquid separator to the suction port. A variable open-close portion opens the intermediate pressure passage and decompresses the gas refrigerant in the intermediate pressure passage, so that the gas refrigerant is introduced into the suction port when a bypass dehumidifying-heating mode is selected as a dehumidifying-heating mode in which the air having been heated in the heating heat exchanger becomes equal to or higher than air in an air-conditioning target space in temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Inaba, Satoshi Itoh
  • Publication number: 20120266622
    Abstract: When a temperature of feed air blown into a space for air conditioning cannot be increased up to the target temperature in an indoor condenser of a heat pump cycle included in a gas injection cycle, the volume of the feed air flowing into the indoor condenser is decreased. Thus, the temperature of the refrigerant condensed by the indoor condenser is increased, while the amount of a compression work in a high-pressure side compression stage of the compressor is increased, which suppresses the lack of the heating capacity of the feed air blown into the space for air conditioning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsushi Inaba, Satoshi Itoh
  • Publication number: 20120260691
    Abstract: A compression mechanism units include cylinder chambers into which a low-pressure gas is introduced, vanes contained in a vane groove, and a spring body that always causes compression operation in the cylinder chambers by providing an elastic force to a rear-end portion of one of the vanes, includes a pressure switching mechanism that switches to perform compression operation by guiding a high-pressure gas/not to perform the compression operation by guiding a low-pressure gas, is provided with a lubricating oil communication path communicatively connecting a oiling groove and a oil stagnant portion, and opposing the oiling groove to a portion other than the lubricating oil communication path when the vanes are in a top dead center position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventor: Takuya HIRAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20120255323
    Abstract: An air conditioner is provided. The air conditioner may include a compressor that compresses a refrigerant, an outdoor heat-exchanger that heat-exchanges with the refrigerant discharged from the compressor according to a first operation mode, an indoor heat-exchanger that heat-exchanges with the refrigerant discharged from the compressor according to a second operation mode, and an expander that decompresses the refrigerant passing through the outdoor heat-exchanger or the indoor heat-exchanger. The expander may include a first decompression portion disposed at an outlet side or an inlet side of the outdoor heat-exchanger, the first decompression portion having a first inner diameter, and a second decompression portion connected to the first decompression portion in series, the second decompression portion having a second inner diameter greater than the first inner diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Juhyok KIM, Hanchoon Lee, Hongseong Kim, Samchul Ha, Sangyeul Lee
  • Publication number: 20120253735
    Abstract: A system and method can include a motor subject to a change in efficiency as a function of temperature and a motor cooling system. The motor cooling system can be driven to minimize the sum of energy consumed by the motor and the cooling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: SEARETE LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Jordin T. Kare, Thomas A. Weaver, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120247146
    Abstract: A refrigerant distributor includes a body portion defining a swirl space, a refrigerant inflow port, and first and second refrigerant outflow ports which causes refrigerant in the swirl space to flow out and distributes the refrigerant to components of a refrigeration cycle device. When a line connecting swirl centers of refrigerant swirling in the swirl space is taken as a swirl center line, the refrigerant swirls in the swirl space such at a velocity of a swirl flow that more vapor-phase refrigerant exists on an inner radius side than on an outer radius side and the velocity of swirl flow at the swirl center line on both end sides are different from each other. The first refrigerant outflow port is arranged at the one end side, and the second refrigerant outflow port is arranged at the other end side, on an extended line of the swirl center line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Etsuhisa Yamada, Haruyuki Nishijima, Tatsuhiro Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20120247138
    Abstract: In a refrigeration system having a compressor, a heat rejection heat exchanger, a heat absorption heat exchanger, and a controller for controlling the same, embodiments of a system, apparatus and methods for the same can control at least one refrigeration system component such as an expansion valve responsive to dynamic system conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Raymond L. Senf, JR., John R. Reason
  • Publication number: 20120247147
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger system (1) for heat exchange between at least a first medium (M), in particular in the form of a hydrocarbon-rich phase, and a second medium (K), with at least first and second pipe space sections (101, 103; 103, 105) for accommodating the first medium (M), and with a first pipe space section connecting means (102; 104), via which the two pipe space sections (101, 103; 103, 105) are connected to one another in a flow-guiding manner. The first pipe space section (101; 103) is surrounded by a first shell space (201, 203), and the second pipe space section (103; 105) is surrounded by a second shell space (203, 205) for accommodating the second medium (K). The first shell space (201; 203) is defined by a first shell (301; 303) and the second shell space (203; 205) is defined by a second shell (303; 305).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Christiane KERBER, Jurgen SPREEMANN, Norbert REITER, Markus HAMMERDINGER, Manfred STEINBAUER
  • Publication number: 20120247145
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat exchanger for exchanging heat between a first (HP) and a second (BP) fluids. According to the invention, said exchanger comprises a plurality of modules (15,15a,15b,15c) respectively including an upper plate (17) and a lower plate (19) assembled so as to define, between said plates (17,19), an inner cavity (21) forming a first circulating channel for the first fluid (HP), wherein said exchanger further comprises a housing (3) in which said modules (15,15a,15b,15c) are assembled in order to form said exchanger while defining spaces (33) between said modules, said spaces forming second circulation channels for the second fluid (BP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES THERMIQUES
    Inventors: Christophe Denoual, Jimmy Lemee
  • Publication number: 20120240614
    Abstract: A medium voltage power controller box is mounted on a chiller unit with the other components of the chiller system. The power controller box can be positioned on the chiller system unit to permit the power controller box to be close coupled to the motor, and specifically to the main motor lead exit hub without the need for any power conduit connections between the power controller box and the motor. In addition, the power controller box also does not require any control interface and receives controls from a control panel. A short conduit connection between the control panel and the power controller box is used to provide the necessary connections between the control panel and the power controller box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Dean K. NORBECK, John C. HANSEN
  • Publication number: 20120240604
    Abstract: A heat pump system for a vehicle includes a water cooled condenser that uses a coolant as a heat exchange media and uses waste heat generated from a motor and an electronic device to improve heating performance, efficiency, and dehumidifying performance. A control method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Yong Hyun Choi, Jae Yeon Kim, Yong Woong Cha, Wan Je Cho, Jungha Park, Jaesan Kim, Man Hee Park, Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20120234038
    Abstract: A compressor (10, 200) for compressing refrigerant, having a power unit arranged in a power unit space (14) which is delimited at least partially by a power unit housing (12), having a suction gas volume (46) and having a high-pressure volume (48) is in fluid communication with the power unit space (14) via a second fluid connection (74), wherein the compressor furthermore has a first fluid connection (54, 254) which can be placed in or is in fluid communication with an oil-conducting volume (205) of a refrigeration plant or of the compressor (10, 200), wherein an oil seperator (56) is arranged in the first fluid connection (54, 254).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Wolfgang Etter, Arno Goerlich
  • Publication number: 20120227418
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cooling unit for cooling a load having a refrigeration circuit, at least one compressor for compressing a refrigerant that circulates in the refrigeration circuit, several heat exchangers, in which the refrigerant is cooled against itself, and two expansion devices that operate at different temperature levels, in which, at least temporarily, at least one partial stream of the refrigerant is expanded to produce cold. At least one additional expansion device is provided. The latter is connected to the refrigeration circuit in such a way that the refrigerant that can be, at least temporarily, at least partially expanded in the additional expansion device to produce cold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: LUTZ DECKER
  • Publication number: 20120227429
    Abstract: A cooling system having a pumped loop cooling system and an embedded vapor compression loop system for cooling air inside an enclosed space such as a container both when the required air temperature inside container is warmer or cooler than the outside ambient air temperature. The pumped loop cooling system is positioned within the container except for a condenser positioned outside the container. The vapor compression loop system is positioned outside the container and includes a liquid to liquid heat exchanger which cools the fluid in the pumped loop system when the condenser is selectively bypassed when the temperature inside the container is higher than the temperature outside the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: TIMOTHY LOUVAR, MICHAEL TRUMBOWER
  • Publication number: 20120227437
    Abstract: A screw compressor with a volume ratio adjustment mechanism. The volume adjustment mechanism is a penetration in the housing of a screw compressor. The penetration includes one or more apertures. The apertures provide a flow path between the compressor outlet and an interlobe region of the screw compressor rotors. A member resides in the penetration and is movable from a first position in which the apertures are blocked and the flow path is closed and a second position in which the apertures are not blocked and the flow path is open. By unblocking the apertures and opening the flow path, the volume ratio can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: JOHNSON CONTROLS TECHNOLOGY COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul NEMIT, JR., Timothy I. AUMAN
  • Publication number: 20120227438
    Abstract: An upper heat transfer plate and a lower heat transfer plate adjacent to each other are corrugated in a wave pattern. Between these plates, intersection points are formed at intersections of a plurality of bottom edge lines representing bottoms of the wave pattern of the upper heat transfer plate, and the top edge lines representing tops of the wave pattern of the lower heat transfer plate. Each of the bottoms of the wave pattern represented by the bottom edge lines and each of the tops of the wave pattern represented by the top edge lines come into contact with each other at respective intersection points. The intersection point at an end closest to an outer periphery along the long side among the intersection points on one of the bottom edge lines is formed at a distance of 3 to 4.5 mm from the outer periphery along the long side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Daisuke Ito, Takehiro Hayashi
  • Patent number: 8261561
    Abstract: An air conditioning system having a free-cooling mode. The system includes a refrigeration circuit have a compressor, a pump, an expansion device having a variable opening, and a controller. The controller selectively operates the system in the free-cooling mode by circulating the refrigerant through the refrigeration circuit via the pump. The system includes a free-cooling capacity control sequence resident on the controller. The free-cooling capacity control sequence adjusts the cooling capacity of the system at least by adjusting the variable opening based on the temperature difference between a working fluid temperature and a set point temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Philippe Rigal, Pierre Delpech, Batung Pham
  • Patent number: 8261569
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes: a compressor configured to compress refrigerant; an indoor heat exchanger configured to condense the refrigerant compressed by the compressor; an outdoor heat exchanger configured to evaporate the refrigerant condensed by indoor heat exchanger; a heater configured to transfer heat to the refrigerant condensed by the indoor heat exchanger; a first pipe configured to flow fluid towards the heater; a second pipe configured to flow fluid away from the heater; and a bypass pipe configured to flow fluid between the first pipe and the second pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Song Choi, Yun Ho Ryu, Beom Soo Seo
  • Publication number: 20120222446
    Abstract: An air-conditioning system for a vehicle includes an air-conditioning apparatus having a compressor 1 that compresses a first refrigerant 40 and a first heat exchanger 2 that exchanges heat between the first refrigerant 40 and external air and performing temperature regulation; and an equipment cooling apparatus that circulates a second refrigerant 41B between equipment 53, 54, 55 for electrically driving the vehicle and a second heat exchanger 7B to release heat absorbed from the equipment 53, 54, 55 to air in the vehicle interior in the heat exchanger 7B. The system further includes a heat-radiation suppressing structure 60 that suppresses heat dissipation from the equipment 53, 54, 55 to surrounding environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sachio Sekiya, Tadashi Osaka, Itsuro Sawada, Yuto Imanishi
  • Patent number: 8257031
    Abstract: A position adjustment device of a turbo compressor that supports an annular member of which at least a portion is capable of being disposed in a diffuser flow path and that can be disposed in and adjusts the height of the annular member. The position adjustment device has a plurality of lever mechanisms that each have a rod connected to the annular member and are disposed separated from each other in the circumferential direction; and a transmission mechanism that transmits a drive force that at least one of the plurality of lever mechanisms has received to the other lever mechanisms. The transmission mechanism has a substantially circumferential linkage in which an open section is partially provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Tsukamoto, Kentarou Oda
  • Publication number: 20120210746
    Abstract: A plate-type heat exchanger having a first heat exchanger portion configured to receive a refrigerant flow and a hot side coolant flow having a lower temperature than the refrigerant flow, a second heat exchanger portion configured to receive the refrigerant flow exiting from the first heat exchanger portion and a cold side coolant flow having a higher temperature than the refrigerant flow exiting from the first heat exchanger portion, and an internal heat exchanger portion sandwiched between the first heat exchanger portion and the second heat exchanger portion. The refrigerant flow through the plate type heat exchanger is in non-contact thermal communication with the hot side coolant flow and the cold side coolant flow. The cold side coolant flow transfers heat energy to the refrigerant, which in turn transfer that heat energy to the hot side coolant flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: PRASAD SHRIPAD KADLE, GARY SCOTT VREELAND, FREDERICK VINCENT ODDI
  • Patent number: 8245530
    Abstract: An inlet guide vane is turnably installed about an axis line at a suction port into which a fluid is drawn by rotation of an impeller in order to adjust a suction amount and flow direction of the fluid, the inlet guide vane, and includes: a shaft that is turnably supported by inserting a round bar-shaped shaft main body portion thereof in a bearing sleeve; and a plate-shaped vane main body that is joined with the shaft and projects from an inner periphery surface of the suction port to a central portion of the suction port, the shaft including a flange portion that is provided at a distal end side in a direction of the axis line to join with the vane main body and that extends to an outside in a direction perpendicular to the axis line so as to be extended outward in a radial direction of the bearing sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: IHI Corporation
    Inventor: Noriyasu Sugitani
  • Publication number: 20120204595
    Abstract: There is provided a heat exchanger 10 in which each of header tanks 20A and 20B is configured so that each of intermediate plates 60 and 90 is held between a header plate 40 and a tank plate 50. The intermediate plate 60, 90 functions as a reinforcing member, so that the strength of the header tank 20A, 20B is improved. The intermediate plate 60, 90 serving as a reinforcing element comprises bent parts 100 between the central portion and both the end portions in the width direction of the header tank 20A, 20B. By the elastic deformation of the bent parts 100, for example, the stresses developed in brazing of the header tank 20A, 20B, and the stresses at the time when a refrigerant pressure is applied can be prevented from concentrating in the joint portion of the header plate 40, the tank plate 50, and the intermediate plate 60, 90.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Tamaki, Yasunobu Joboji, Koji Nakado
  • Publication number: 20120198883
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for cooling a single-component or multi-component stream, in particular a hydrocarbon-rich fraction, by indirect heat exchange with the refrigerant mixture of a refrigerant mixture circuit. The refrigerant mixture is compressed in at least two stages and is separated into a lower-boiling refrigerant mixture fraction compressed to the ultimate pressure of the refrigerant mixture circuit and at least one higher-boiling refrigerant mixture fraction compressed to an intermediate pressure. The latter is pumped (P11) to the pressure of the former and the two fractions are combined before or immediately on commencement of indirect heat exchange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: LINDE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Heinz BAUER, Andreas Bub
  • Publication number: 20120192586
    Abstract: The compressor, evaporator, and condenser of a conventional refrigerator are integrated in one unit. The present invention separates the compressor and/or condenser from the refrigerator unit and locates them in another package unit. The two units are connected via attachable refrigerant pipes. The new split refrigerator will be quiet, efficient, and safe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventor: Jinchun Feng
  • Publication number: 20120192588
    Abstract: To provide an air-conditioning apparatus capable of achieving energy saving. Pump control of controlling the operating capacity of a pump is performed such that the opening degree of a heat medium flow control device, controlled by control of the heat medium flow control device, approaches a target opening degree, and a refrigeration cycle as a refrigerant circuit is controlled such that the temperature of a heat medium, whose flow rate is controlled by the control of the heat medium flow control device and the pump control, approaches a target temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koji Yamashita, Hiroyuki Morimoto, Takeshi Hatomura, Shinichi Wakamoto, Naofumi Takenaka
  • Publication number: 20120180510
    Abstract: In a heat pump apparatus, switching between high efficiency operation, being efficient, and high capacity operation, having high capacity, is performed according to the state of the load. There are provided a main refrigerant circuit that uses an ejector, a first sub-refrigerant circuit that connects a portion between a heat exchanger and an ejector to a portion between a gas-liquid separator and a heat exchanger, and a second sub-refrigerant circuit that connects a portion between the heat exchanger and the ejector to an injection pipe of a compressor. When the load is about medium, refrigerant is circulated in the main refrigerant circuit to perform an efficient ejector aided operation utilizing the ejector. When the load is large, a high capacity injection operation is performed by flowing refrigerant to the second sub-refrigerant circuit. When the load is small, a simple bypass operation which prevents degradation of efficiency is performed by flowing refrigerant to the first sub-refrigerant circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Okazaki, So Nomoto, Shinya Higashiiue, Hirokazu Minamisako
  • Patent number: 8220277
    Abstract: Recuperation systems and methods are applied to vapor compression cycles in dehumidification, such as in air conditioning. In some embodiments, a method for dehumidification includes introducing a refrigerant from a heating unit to a cooling unit along a first path; introducing the refrigerant from the cooling unit to the heating unit along a second path different from the first path; introducing the refrigerant from the heating unit to the cooling unit along a third path different from the first path; and contacting the cooling unit and the heating unit with a first gas stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Tiax LLC
    Inventors: John T. Dieckmann, Detlef Westphalen
  • Publication number: 20120174620
    Abstract: A closed compressor provided for achieving a wobbling suppressing effect of a rotating shaft by a bearing frame portion and improving a reliability thereof by preventing a bearing frame portion from being deformed due to a gas load includes a bearing member provided between the one end in the axial direction of the closed container and the electric motor and includes a bearing portion pivotally supporting the rotating shaft and a bearing frame portion holding the bearing portion, and the bearing frame portion includes a high rigidity portion and a low rigidity portion in a circumferential direction and the bearing frame portion is arranged in the closed container such that a direction in which a load acting on the bearing portion becomes maximum coincides with a direction in which rigidity of the bearing frame portion is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Kazu Takashima, Kazuhiko Miura
  • Publication number: 20120174604
    Abstract: A method of controlling a refrigeration system with a closed circuit for circulating a refrigerant wherein the closed circuit has a compressor for compressing the refrigerant, a condenser for receiving and condensing at least part of the compressed refrigerant, an evaporator for receiving and evaporating the condensed refrigerant, and a return conduit for returning the refrigerant from the evaporator to the compressor. The evaporator has several evaporator sections with corresponding conduits that may be individually controlled so as to obtain individual refrigeration effects of corresponding individual evaporator sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: THERMO KING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ole Thøgersen, Allan Dyrmose
  • Publication number: 20120174615
    Abstract: According to the present invention, an air conditioner comprises: a first circulation channel which drives a thermodynamic cycle while normally circulating a refrigerant; a second circulation channel which is branched from an outlet of a condenser of the first circulation channel to recover oil from the refrigerant to a compressor and to cause the refrigerant to pass through a supercooling heat exchanger; and a third circulation channel which is directly branched from an evaporator of the first circulation channel, to recover oil from the refrigerant and send the same to the compressor, and to cause the refrigerant to pass through the supercooling heat exchanger, thereby preventing the wet compression of the compressor to achieve improved reliability of the compressor, and preventing the degradation of heat-exchange performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Eun Jun Cho
  • Publication number: 20120174619
    Abstract: A rotary compressor (102) has a shaft (4), a cylinder (5), a piston (8), a first vane (32), and a second vane (33). The first vane (32) divides a space between the cylinder (5) and the piston (8) along a circumferential direction of the piston (8). The second vane (33) further divides the space divided by the first vane (32) along the circumferential direction of the piston (8) so that a first compression chamber (25) and a second compression chamber (26) having a smaller volume than the first compression chamber (25) are formed within the cylinder (5). The piston (8) and the second vane (33) are integrated together, or the piston (8) and the second vane (33) are coupled together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogata, Atsuo Okaichi, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20120174617
    Abstract: A refrigerant compressor includes a compression unit having a roller and a vane for compressing refrigerant. The vane has a film having first to fourth layers on its metallic base member. The first layer is made of chromium. The second layer is made of chromium and tungsten-carbide. The third layer is made of metal-containing amorphous-carbon containing at least tungsten or tungsten-carbide. The fourth layer is made of non-metal-containing amorphous-carbon containing carbon and hydrogen. In the second layer, chromium content-rate on a first-layer side is larger than on a third-layer side, and tungsten-carbide content-rate on the third-layer side is larger than on the first-layer side. In the third layer, content-rate of the at least tungsten or tungsten-carbide on a second-layer side is larger than on a fourth-layer side. The roller with which an end-edge of the vane slidably-contacts is made of flake graphite cast iron containing molybdenum, nickel and chromium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: Toshiba Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Toshimasa Aoki, Koji Satodate, Kazu Takashima
  • Publication number: 20120174618
    Abstract: A rotary compressor (102) has a shaft (4), a cylinder (5), a piston (8), a first vane (32), a second vane (33), a first suction port (19), and a second suction port (20). The first vane (32) divides a space between the cylinder (5) and the piston (8) along a circumferential direction of the piston (8). The second vane (33) further divides the space divided by the first vane (32) along the circumferential direction of the piston (8) so that a first compression chamber (25) and a second compression chamber (26) having a smaller volume than the first compression chamber (25) are formed within the cylinder (5). The first suction port (19) introduces a working fluid into the first compression chamber (25). The second suction port (20) introduces a working fluid into the second compression chamber (26). The second suction port (20) is provided with a suction check valve (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2011
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogata, Atsuo Okaichi, Hiroshi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20120167614
    Abstract: One aspect of this disclosure provides a refrigerant charge compensator having an increased heat transfer surface. The housing has an internal volume and first and second ports for allowing a passage of refrigerant therethrough. The internal volume is partitioned into an indirect refrigerant passageway that extends through the housing and a refrigerant storage area. The refrigerant storage area has a storage access port and is in contact with the indirect refrigerant passageway. Also a heat pump system implementing the compensator is provided and a method of manufacturing the compensator is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: Dae-Hyun Jin
  • Publication number: 20120167618
    Abstract: As described herein, a method and system for operating a refrigeration system are provided. In the present methods and systems, a portion of the refrigerant from the refrigeration system is used for reducing the temperature of inlet air entering the gas turbine. The refrigeration system disclosed herein can be used for LNG production, air separation, food storage, or ice-making.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Stanley H. Huang, Robert C. Havlik
  • Publication number: 20120167607
    Abstract: In the embodiment of my invention, a cooled surface is provided for a dog or other animal to lie upon. The cooled surface is a refrigerated surface. In the embodiment, the surface is the exterior surface of a thermally conductive plate that is one wall of a refrigerated space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: Stephen R. Callender
  • Publication number: 20120167615
    Abstract: The invention relates to a heat transfer method using ternary compositions containing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,1-difluoroethane and difluoromethane, said compositions being especially interesting as a heat transfer fluid in compression refrigeration systems comprising exchangers operation in counterflow mode or in split flow mode with counterflow tendency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Arkema France
    Inventor: Wissam Rached
  • Publication number: 20120167602
    Abstract: A refrigerant system includes at least one compressor (54, 56) that compresses refrigerant and delivers it downstream to a heat rejection heat exchanger (26). The heat rejection heat exchanger is a microchannel heat exchanger. Refrigerant passes from the heat rejection heat exchanger downstream to an expansion device (60), from the expansion device through an evaporator (66), and from the evaporator back to the at least one compressor. A control (58) operates at least one compressor and the expansion device to reduce pressure spikes at transient conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Michael F. Taras, Alexander Lifson
  • Publication number: 20120159984
    Abstract: The motor (1) of the present invention is fed by the mains voltage (Vac), and comprises a main winding (MW), an auxiliary winding (AW), a first triac (2) connected in series to the auxiliary winding (AW) which provides to start up the motor (1) by being actuated at the moment of start up in order to operate the motor (1), a second triac (3) connected in series to the main winding (MW) which provides the motor (1) to continue operating and a control unit (4) which controls the start up and operation of the motor (1) by actuating the triacs (2 and 3) when required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Oner Hatipoglu, Ahmet Ihsan Yuce, Mustafa Yuksel, Mucahit Bacaksiz
  • Publication number: 20120159982
    Abstract: The invention relates to compositions containing 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene and to the uses thereof as heat transfer fluid, expansion agents, solvents and aerosol. The invention specifically relates to compositions essentially containing between 10 and 90 wt. % of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, between 5 and 80 wt. % of HFC-134a and between 5 and 10 wt. % of HFC-32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Arkema France
    Inventor: Wissam Rached
  • Publication number: 20120159983
    Abstract: The efficiency of an induction motor is improved while suppressing the generation of magnetic flux saturation of a rotor core. In an induction motor, “a magnetic path width of a rotor” which is the product of a circumferential width of a rotor tooth formed in the rotor and the number of rotor teeth is equal to or larger than “a magnetic path width of a stator” which is the product of a circumferential width of a stator tooth formed in the stator and the number of stator teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiro Tsutsumi, Koji Yabe
  • Publication number: 20120159986
    Abstract: A cooling system for an electric vehicle, includes: a cooling-medium circulation passage through which a cooling medium circulates to travel to heat exchange target objects mounted in a vehicle that is electrically driven; an electric compressor disposed in the cooling-medium circulation passage to compress the cooling medium; and a heat exchange unit that achieves heat exchange between the cooling medium and outside air, wherein: the electric compressor is disposed at a position outside a primary outflow path through which the outside air, having undergone heat exchange at the heat exchange unit, flows from the heat exchange unit to outside the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuto Imanishi, Tadashi Osaka, Sachio Sekiya