Scroll compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10227984-B2
Application number	US-201415320373-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 19, 2014
Priority date	Sep 19, 2014
Publication date	Mar 12, 2019
Grant date	Mar 12, 2019

Abstract

A scroll compressor in which a winding angle of a first lap is larger than a winding angle of a second lap, a plurality of compression chambers are formed between the first lap and the second lap, the compression chambers include at least a first compression chamber and a second compression chamber that has a volume smaller than the first compression chamber, a first base plate is provided with a first injection port 16 a for injection of refrigerant into the first compression chamber and a second injection port for injection of refrigerant into the second compression chamber, and an injection flow rate of the second injection port is higher than an injection flow rate of the first injection port.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A scroll compressor comprising:
a shell configured as a hermetic container forming an enclosure;
a compression mechanism section provided in the shell and configured to compress refrigerant; and
an injection pipe configured to inject the refrigerant to inside of the shell,
the compression mechanism section including a stationary scroll and an orbiting scroll, the stationary scroll including a first base plate and a first wrap, the first wrap being provided to erect along an involute curve on one surface of the first base plate, the orbiting scroll including a second base plate and a second wrap, the second wrap being provided to erect along an involute curve on one surface of the second base plate,
the first wrap having a winding angle larger than a winding angle of the second wrap,
the first wrap and the second wrap being configured to form a plurality of compression chambers between the first wrap and the second wrap, each of the compression chambers having a volume smaller than volumes of compression chambers formed radially outward thereof,
the compression chambers including at least a first compression chamber and a second compression chamber, the second compression chamber having a volume smaller than a volume of the first compression chamber,
the first base plate being provided with a first injection port through which the refrigerant injected from the injection pipe into the shell passes in midway of being guided into the first compression chamber and a second injection port through which the refrigerant injected from the injection pipe into the shell passes in midway of being guided into the second compression chamber, and
the second injection port being configured to provide an injection flow rate higher than an injection flow rate of the first injection port.

2. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein an area of the second injection port is larger than an area of the first injection port.

3. A The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the first compression chamber is an outermost chamber of the compression chambers formed between an inward surface of the first wrap and an outward surface of the second wrap, and the second compression chamber is an outermost chamber of the compression chambers formed between an outward surface of the first wrap and an inward surface of the second wrap.

4. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein, when a closing completion angle is 0 degrees, a rotation angle at which the first injection port is open is larger than a rotation angle at which the second injection port is open.

5. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein
the first injection port has a length in a radial direction relative to a center of the stationary scroll, the second injection port has a length in the radial direction relative to the center of the stationary scroll, and the second wrap of the orbiting scroll has a thickness in the radial direction relative to the center of the stationary scroll, and
the length of the first injection port and the length of the second injection port are both smaller than the thickness of the second wrap of the orbiting scroll.

6. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein
a first gap extending in a height direction is formed between the first wrap and the second base plate, and a second gap extending in a height direction is formed between the second wrap and the first base plate, and
a stationary scroll tip seal configured to seal the first gap is mounted at a tip of the first wrap, and an orbiting scroll tip seal configured to seal the second gap is mounted at a tip of the second wrap.

7. The scroll compressor of claim 6 , wherein
the orbiting scroll tip seal has a thickness in a radial direction relative to a center of the stationary scroll, the first injection port has a length in the radial direction relative to the center of the stationary scroll, and the second injection port has a length in the radial direction relative to the center of the stationary scroll, and
the thickness of the orbiting scroll tip seal is larger than the length of the first injection port and the length of the second injection port.

8. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein the refrigerant is a single-component refrigerant expressed by a molecular formula: C 3 H m F n , where m and n are integers of 1 or more and 5 or less and a relationship of m+n=6 establishes, and containing one double bond in a molecular structure, or a mixed refrigerant containing the single-component refrigerant.

9. The scroll compressor of claim 8 , wherein the single-component refrigerant is 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoro-1-propene.

10. The scroll compressor of claim 8 , wherein the mixed refrigerant includes difluoromethane.

11. The scroll compressor of claim 8 , wherein the mixed refrigerant includes 1,1,2-trifluoroethene.

12. The scroll compressor of claim 1 , wherein in a compression process, the refrigerant is injected simultaneously into the first compression chamber and into the second compression chamber.

13. A scroll compressor comprising:
a shell configured as a hermetic container forming an enclosure;
a compression mechanism section provided in the shell and configured to compress refrigerant; and
an injection pipe configured to inject the refrigerant to inside of the shell,
the compression mechanism section including a stationary scroll and an orbiting scroll, the stationary scroll including a first base plate and a first wrap, the first wrap being provided to erect along an involute curve on one surface of the first base plate, the orbiting scroll including a second base plate and a second wrap, the second wrap being provided to erect along an involute curve on one surface of the second base plate,
the first wrap having a winding angle larger than a winding angle of the second wrap,
the first wrap and the second wrap being configured to form a plurality of compression chambers between the first wrap and the second wrap, each of the compression chambers having a volume smaller than volumes of compression chambers formed radially outward thereof,
the compression chambers including at least a first compression chamber and a second compression chamber, the second compression chamber having a volume smaller than a volume of the first compression chamber,
the first base plate being provided with a first injection port through which the refrigerant injected from the injection pipe into the shell passes in midway of being guided into the first compression chamber and a second injection port through which the refrigerant injected from the injection pipe into the shell passes in midway of being guided into the second compression chamber, and
the second injection port being configured to provide an injection flow rate higher than an injection flow rate of the first injection port,
wherein the second injection port comprises a plurality of second injection ports, the first injection port comprises one or more first injection ports, and a number of the second injection ports is larger than a number of the first injection ports.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Koyama Shuhei
• Ishigaki Takashi

Classifications

• F04C18/0215

  where only one member is moving · CPC title

• F04C2240/30

  Casings or housings · CPC title

• F04C29/042 Primary

  by injecting a fluid (injection of fluid for sealing, cooling or lubrication F04C29/0007) · CPC title

• F04C18/0261

  Details of the ports, e.g. location, number, geometry · CPC title

• F04C29/12 Primary

  Arrangements for admission or discharge of the working fluid, e.g. constructional features of the inlet or outlet · CPC title