Heat pump system and regulating method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10473364-B2
Application number	US-201615542222-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 7, 2016
Priority date	Jan 8, 2015
Publication date	Nov 12, 2019
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019

Abstract

A heat pump system comprises a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a mode switching valve, a throttling element and a reservoir, wherein the throttling element is arranged on a flow path between the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger; and which further comprises a mode switching flow path in which a first flow path and a second flow path are arranged, the reservoir is arranged on the second flow path and each flow path is controllably opened or closed to realize different functional modes.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A heat pump system, wherein the heat pump system comprises a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a heat recovery heat exchanger, a mode switching valve, a throttling element and a reservoir, wherein the throttling element is arranged on a flow path between any two of the first heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger and the heat recovery heat exchanger; and the heat pump system further comprises:
a mode switching flow path, wherein a first flow path, a second flow path, a third flow path and a fourth flow path are arranged in the mode switching flow path, the reservoir is arranged on the second flow path and/or the third flow path and/or the fourth flow path and each of the first flow path, the second flow path, the third flow path and the fourth flow path is controllably opened or closed to realize different functional modes, wherein,
in a refrigeration mode, a refrigeration medium circulating flow direction is from a gas outlet of the compressor to a gas suction port of the compressor through the mode switching valve, the first heat exchanger, the first flow path, the second heat exchanger and the mode switching valve; and
in a heating mode, the refrigeration medium circulating flow direction is from the gas outlet of the compressor to the gas suction port of the compressor through the mode switching valve, the second heat exchanger, the second flow path, the first heat exchanger and the mode switching valve; and
in a refrigeration heat recovery mode, the refrigeration medium circulating flow direction is from the gas outlet of the compressor to the gas suction port of the compressor through the mode switching valve, the heat recovery heat exchanger, the third flow path, the second heat exchanger and the mode switching valve; and
in a hot water production mode, the refrigeration medium circulating flow direction is from the gas outlet of the compressor to the gas suction port of the compressor through the mode switching valve, the heat recovery heat exchanger, the fourth flow path, the first heat exchanger and the mode switching valve.

2. The heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein: the second flow path, the third flow path and the fourth flow path are provided with a first common flow path and the reservoir is arranged on the first common flow path.

3. The heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein: the first flow path, the second flow path, the third flow path and the fourth flow path are provided with a second common flow path and the throttling element is arranged on the second common flow path.

4. The heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the mode switching flow path comprises a first three-way port, a second three-way port, a third three-way port, a fourth three-way port and a multi-way port, wherein, the first flow path is a flow path from the first three-way port to the third three-way port through the second three-way port, the throttling element and the multi-way port; and/or
the second flow path is a flow path from the third three-way port to the first three-way port through the fourth three-way port, the reservoir, the second three-way port, the throttling element and the multi-way port; and/or
the third flow path is a flow path from the fourth three-way port to the third three-way port through the reservoir, the second three-way port, the throttling element and the multi-way port; and/or
the fourth flow path is a flow path from the fourth three-way port to the first three-way port through the reservoir, the second three-way port, the throttling element and the multi-way port.

5. The heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein:
the mode switching valve is provided with a first switching position, a second switching position, a third switching position and a fourth switching position;
at the first switching position, the mode switching valve respectively communicates the gas outlet of the compressor with the first heat exchanger and the gas suction port of the compressor with the second heat exchanger; and/or at the second switching position, the mode switching valve respectively communicates the gas outlet of the compressor with the second heat exchanger and the gas suction port of the compressor with the first heat exchanger; and/or
at the third switching position, the mode switching valve respectively communicates the gas outlet of the compressor with the heat recovery heat exchanger and the gas suction port of the compressor with the second heat exchanger; and/or
at the fourth switching position, the mode switching valve respectively communicates the gas outlet of the compressor with the heat recovery heat exchanger and the gas suction port of the compressor with the first heat exchanger.

6. The heat pump system according to claim 5 , wherein:
the mode switching valve comprises a first four-way valve and a second four-way valve; the first four-way valve is provided with a port a 1 , a port b 1 , a port c 1 and a port d 1 , and the second four-way valve is provided with a port a 2 , a port b 2 , a port c 2 and a port d 2 , wherein the port a 1 is connected with the gas outlet of the compressor, the port b 1 is connected with the heat recovery heat exchanger, the port c 1 is connected with the gas suction port of the compressor, the port d 1 is connected with the port a 2 , the port b 2 is connected with the first heat exchanger, the port c 2 is connected with the gas suction port of the compressor and the port d 2 is connected with the second heat exchanger;
at the first switching position, the portal is communicated with the port d 1 , the port b 1 is communicated with the port c 1 , the port a 2 is communicated with the port b 2 and the port c 2 is communicated with the port d 2 ; and/or
at the second switching position, the port a 1 is communicated with the port d 1 , the port b 1 is communicated with the port c 1 , the port a 2 is communicated with the port d 2 and the port b 2 is communicated with the port c 2 ; and/or
at the third switching position, the portal is communicated with the port b 1 , the port c 1 is communicated with the port d 1 , the port a 2 is communicated with the port b 2 and the port c 2 is communicated with the port d 2 ; and/or
at the fourth switching position, the portal is communicated with the port d 1 , the port b 1 is communicated with the port c 1 , the port a 2 is communicated with the port d 2 and the port b 2 is communicated with the port c 2 .

7. A heat pump system, wherein the heat pump system comprises a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a heat recovery heat exchanger, a mode switching valve, a throttling element and a reservoir, wherein the throttling element is arranged on a flow path between any two of the first heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger and the heat recovery heat exchanger; and the heat pump system further comprises:
a mode switching flow path, wherein a first flow path, a second flow path, a third flow path and a fourth flow path are arranged in the mode switching flow path, the reservoir is arranged on the second flow path and/or the third flow path and/or the fourth flow path and each of the first flow path, the second flow path, the third flow path and the fourth flow path is controllably opened or closed to realize different functional modes, wherein,
in a refrigeration mode, a refrigeration medium circulating flow direction is from a gas outlet of the compressor to a gas suction port of the compressor through the mode switching valve, the first heat exchanger, the first flow path, the second heat exchanger and the mode switching valve; and/or
in a heating mode, the refrigeration medium circulating flow direction is from the gas outlet of the compressor

Assignees

• Carrier Corp

Inventors

• Wang Weijuan
• Li Haijun
• Shen Guangyu
• Fu Yingzheng

Classifications

• F25B2400/16

  Receivers · CPC title

• F25B2400/0415

  for receivers · CPC title

• F25B6/02

  arranged in parallel · CPC title

• F25B2339/047

  Water-cooled condensers · CPC title

• F25B13/00 Primary

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