Outdoor unit for heat recovery VRF air conditioning system and heat recovery VRF air conditioning system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10260785-B2
Application number	US-201615325892-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 27, 2016
Priority date	May 25, 2015
Publication date	Apr 16, 2019
Grant date	Apr 16, 2019

Abstract

An outdoor unit for a heat recovery VRF air conditioning system and a heat recovery VRF air conditioning system are provided. The outdoor unit comprises: a compressor, having an exhaust port and a gas return port; a reversing assembly, having a first valve port, a second valve port, a third valve port and a fourth valve port; an outdoor heat exchanger, having a first end connected to the first valve port, and a second end connected to the second connector; a plurality of one-way valves, wherein each one-way valve has a circulation end and a stop end, and each one-way valve is opened only in one direction from the circulation end to the stop end; a throttling element; and a gas-liquid separator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An outdoor unit for a heat recovery variable refrigerant flow (VRF) air conditioning system, having a first connector and a second connector, and comprising:
a compressor, having an exhaust port and a gas return port;
a reversing assembly, having a first valve port, a second valve port, a third valve port and a fourth valve port, the first valve port being connected to the exhaust port, the second valve port being connected to the gas return port, and the third valve port being connected to the first connector;
an outdoor heat exchanger, having a first end connected to the fourth valve port, and a second end connected to the second connector;
a plurality of one-way valves, wherein each one-way valve has a circulation end and a stop end, and each one-way valve is opened only in one direction from the circulation end to the stop end; the plurality of one-way valves comprise a first one-way valve, a second one-way valve, a third one-way valve, a fourth one-way valve, a fifth one-way valve and a sixth one-way valve;
the circulation end of the first one-way valve is connected to the fourth valve port, and the stop end of the first one-way valve is connected to the first end of the outdoor heat exchanger; the circulation end of the second one-way valve is connected to the first connector, and the stop end of the second one-way valve is connected to the third valve port; the circulation end of the third one-way valve is connected between the second one-way valve and the first connector, and the stop end of the third one-way valve is connected to the first end of the outdoor heat exchanger; the circulation end of the fourth one-way valve is connected to the second end of the outdoor heat exchanger, and the stop end of the fourth one-way valve is connected to the second connector; the circulation end of the fifth one-way valve is connected between the second one-way valve and the third valve port, and the stop end of the fifth one-way valve is connected between the fourth one-way valve and the second connector; the circulation end of the sixth one-way valve is connected between the fourth one-way valve and the outdoor heat exchanger, and the stop end of the sixth one-way valve is connected between the first one-way valve and the fourth valve port;
a throttling element, connected in series between the third one-way valve and the outdoor heat exchanger; and
a gas-liquid separator, comprising a second inlet and a gas outlet, the second inlet being connected to the second valve port, and the gas outlet being connected to the gas return port.

2. The outdoor unit according to claim 1 , wherein the outdoor heat exchanger comprises a plurality of first heat exchange passages arranged successively in an up-and-down direction, and a first control valve for controlling a refrigerant to flow or stop is connected in series between a first end of each first heat exchange passage and the first one-way valve.

3. The outdoor unit according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a plurality of seventh one-way valves, wherein the plurality of seventh one-way valves are provided in one to one correspondence with the plurality of first heat exchange passages, a circulation end of each seventh one-way valve is connected to a second end of the corresponding first heat exchange passage, and a stop end of each seventh one-way valve is connected to the sixth one-way valve.

4. The outdoor unit according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a gas supplement passage, wherein two ends of the gas supplement passage are connected to the exhaust port and the second connector respectively, and a third control valve for controlling a refrigerant to flow or stop is connected in series to the gas supplement passage.

5. The outdoor unit according to claim 2 , wherein the outdoor heat exchanger further comprises a second heat exchange passage located at the lowest portion thereof, two ends of the second heat exchange passage are connected to the exhaust port and the second connector respectively, and a second control valve for controlling the refrigerant to flow or stop is connected in series between the second heat exchange passage and the exhaust port.

6. The outdoor unit according to claim 5 , further comprising:
a gas supplement passage, wherein two ends of the gas supplement passage are connected to the exhaust port and the second connector respectively, and a third control valve for controlling a refrigerant to flow or stop is connected in series to the gas supplement passage.

7. The outdoor unit according to claim 2 , wherein the throttling element is an electronic expansion valve.

8. The outdoor unit according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a gas supplement passage, wherein two ends of the gas supplement passage are connected to the exhaust port and the second connector respectively, and a third control valve for controlling a refrigerant to flow or stop is connected in series to the gas supplement passage.

9. The outdoor unit according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a gas supplement passage, wherein two ends of the gas supplement passage are connected to the exhaust port and the second connector respectively, and a third control valve for controlling a refrigerant to flow or stop is connected in series to the gas supplement passage.

10. The outdoor unit according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a gas supplement passage, wherein two ends of the gas supplement passage are connected to the exhaust port and the second connector respectively, and a third control valve for controlling a refrigerant to flow or stop is connected in series to the gas supplement passage.

11. The outdoor unit according to claim 10 , wherein the third control valve is a solenoid valve.

12. The outdoor unit according to one of claims 1 , further comprising:
an oil separator, wherein the oil separator comprises a first inlet, a refrigerant outlet and an oil outlet, the first inlet is connected to the exhaust port, the refrigerant outlet is connected to the first valve port, and the oil outlet is connected to the gas return port.

13. A heat recovery variable refrigerant flow (VRF) air conditioning system, comprising:
an outdoor unit for a heat recovery VRF air conditioning system, having a first connector and a second connector, and comprising:
a compressor, having an exhaust port and a gas return port;
a reversing assembly, having a first valve port, a second valve port, a third valve port and a fourth valve port, the first valve port being connected to the exhaust port, the second valve port being connected to the gas return port, and the third valve port being connected to the first connector;
an outdoor heat exchanger, having a first end connected to the fourth valve port, and a second end connected to the second connector;
a plurality of one-way valves, wherein each one-way valve has a circulation end and a stop end, and each one-way valve is opened only in one direction from the circulation end to the stop end; the plurality of one-way valves comprise a first one-way valve, a second one-way valve, a third one-way valve, a fourth one-way valve, a fifth one-way valve and a sixth one-way valve; the circulation end of the first one-way valve is connected to the fourth valve port, and the stop end of the first one-way valve is connected to the first end of the outdoor heat exchanger; the circulation end of the second one-way valve is connected to the first connector, and the stop end of the second one-way valve is connected to the third valve port; the circulation end of the third one-way valve is connected between the second one-way valve and the first connector, and the stop end of the third o

Assignees

• Gd Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Guozhong
• Li Yueming

Classifications

• F25B13/00

  Compression machines, plants or systems, with reversible cycle (defrosting cycles F25B47/02) · CPC title

• F25B29/003

  of the compression type system · CPC title

• F25B41/04

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F25B2313/0253

  in parallel arrangements · CPC title

• F24F3/147

  with both heat and humidity transfer between supplied and exhausted air · CPC title