Air conditioning system, compression system with gas secondary injection and judgment and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10330350-B2
Application number	US-201616060695-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 12, 2016
Priority date	Dec 10, 2015
Publication date	Jun 25, 2019
Grant date	Jun 25, 2019

Abstract

Provided herein is a compression system including a compressor, an intermediate air compensation pipeline, and an air compensation valve disposed on the intermediate air compensation pipeline. According to a flow direction of a refrigerant, a first pressure detection device and a first temperature detection device are disposed at the inlet end of the air compensation valve on the intermediate air compensation pipeline; a second temperature detection device is disposed at the outlet end of the air compensation valve. The system also includes a second pressure detection device and a third temperature detection device disposed on an exhaust pipeline of the compressor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A compression system with gas secondary injection, comprising a compressor, a gas secondary injection pipeline and a gas secondary injection valve disposed on the gas secondary injection pipeline, wherein, a first pressure detecting device and a first temperature detecting device are disposed at an inlet port of the gas secondary injection valve, and a second temperature detecting device is disposed at an outlet port of the gas secondary injection valve, the inlet port and the outlet port of the gas secondary injection valve are determined based on flowing direction of refrigerant in the gas secondary injection pipeline,
the compression system further comprising a second pressure detecting device and a third temperature detecting device disposed on an air discharge pipeline of the compressor, wherein whether or not liquid is carried in the secondary injected gas is determined based on a superheat degree of the secondary injected gas, a temperature difference of the secondary injected gas before and after the gas secondary injection valve and a superheat degree of the discharged air; and wherein the superheat degree of the secondary injected gas is detected and calculated by the first pressure detecting device and the first temperature detecting device, the temperature difference is detected and calculated by the first temperature detecting device and the second temperature detecting device, and the superheat degree of the discharged air is detected and calculated by the second pressure detecting device and the third temperature detecting device.

2. The compression system with gas secondary injection according to claim 1 , wherein the first temperature detecting device is a first temperature-sensing package for secondary injected gas, the second temperature detecting device is a second temperature-sensing package for secondary injected gas, and the third temperature detecting device is a temperature-sensing package for discharged air.

3. The compression system with gas secondary injection according to claim 1 , wherein the first pressure detecting device is a medium pressure sensor, and the second pressure detecting device is a high pressure sensor.

4. The compression system with gas secondary injection according to claim 1 , wherein the gas secondary injection valve is a two-way valve.

5. The compression system with gas secondary injection according to claim 1 , wherein the gas secondary injection valve is an electromagnetic expansion valve.

6. The compression system with gas secondary injection according to claim 1 , wherein one end of the gas secondary injection pipeline is connected to a medium pressure suction port of the compressor.

7. The compression system with gas secondary injection according to claim 6 , wherein the compression system further comprises a flash-tank, and the other end of the gas secondary injection pipeline is connected to the flash-tank.

8. The compression system with gas secondary injection according to claim 1 , wherein the compressor is a two-stage compressor.

9. An air conditioning system comprising a compression system with gas secondary injection according to claim 1 .

10. A judgment and control method for a compression system with gas secondary injection, wherein an gas secondary injection control is performed for the compression system with gas secondary injection according to claim 1 .

11. The judgment and control method according to claim 10 , wherein the superheat degree of the secondary injected gas (SH1), the superheat degree of the discharged air (SH2) and the temperature difference of the secondary injected gas before and after the gas secondary injection valve (TH) are respectively calculated as below:
SH 1= Tm 1− Tmc;

SH 2= Td−Tdc;
TH=Tm 1− Tm 2;

wherein, Tm1, Tm2 and Td represent temperature values detected by the first temperature detecting device, the second temperature detecting device and the third temperature detecting device respectively, Tmc represents a saturated steam temperature corresponding to a pressure value (Pm) detected by the first pressure detecting device, and Tdc represents a saturated steam temperature corresponding to a pressure value (Pd) detected by the second pressure detecting device.

12. The judgment and control method according to claim 11 , wherein:
the values of SH1, SH2, and TH are detected and calculated at a time interval of T1 minutes during the running of the compressor,
in case of SH2≥a, SH1 and TH are further judged:
in the case that SH1>b and TH<c, it is determined that liquid is not carried in the secondary injected gas of the compressor;
in the case that SH1≤b or TH≥c, it is determined that a small amount of liquid is carried in the secondary injected gas of the compressor without influence on the reliability of the compressor;
in the case of SH2<a, SH1 and TH are further judged:
in the case that SH1>b and TH<c, it is determined that liquid is not carried in the secondary injected gas of the compressor and liquid is carried in suctioned air of the compressor;
in the case that SH1≤b or TH<c, it is determined that a small amount of liquid is carried in the secondary injected gas without influence on the reliability of the compressor;
in the case that SH1≤b and TH≥c, it is determined that a large amount of liquid is carried in the secondary injected gas;
wherein, a represents a predetermined superheat degree for the discharged air, b represents a predetermined superheat degree for the secondary injected gas, c represents a predetermined temperature difference of the secondary injected gas before and after the gas secondary injection valve, T1 represents a predetermined time interval, and a, b, c and T1 are all predetermined constants.

13. The judgment and control method according to claim 12 , wherein: the gas secondary injection valve is further accurately controlled based on the determination result on whether or not liquid is carried in the secondary injected gas.

14. The judgment and control method according to claim 13 , wherein: in the case that the gas secondary injection valve is a two-way valve, the two-way valve will be closed immediately based on considerations of reliability when it is determined that a small amount of liquid is carried in the secondary injected gas.

15. The judgment and control method according to claim 13 , wherein: in the case that the gas secondary injection valve is an electronic expansion valve, an opening degree of the electronic expansion valve will be reduced when it is determined that a small amount of liquid is carried in the secondary injected gas; and the electronic expansion valve will be closed immediately when it is determined that a large amount of liquid is carried in the secondary injected gas.

Assignees

• Gree Electric Appliances Inc Zhuhai

Inventors

• Zhao Huan
• Tan Feng
• Li Pengfei
• Liang Youxuan

Classifications

• F25B2500/02

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• F25B2400/23

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• F24F11/83

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• F25B1/10 Primary

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