High pressure compressor and refrigerating machine having a high pressure compressor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10731647-B2
Application number	US-201615345561-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2016
Priority date	Feb 26, 2016
Publication date	Aug 4, 2020
Grant date	Aug 4, 2020

Abstract

A high pressure compressor according to the present disclosure and a refrigerating cycle device to which the high pressure compressor is applied may include a casing having a sealed inner space; drive motor provided in the inner space of the casing; a compression unit provided in the inner space of the casing, and provided with a compression space for compressing refrigerant, and provided with a suction port for guiding refrigerant into the compression space, and provided with a discharge port for guiding refrigerant compressed in the compression space into the inner space of the casing a discharge valve provided in the compression unit to selectively open or close the discharge port according to a difference between a pressure of the inner space of the casing and a pressure of the compression space of the compression unit; a first valve configured to suppress refrigerant discharged from the inner space of the casing from flowing backward into the inner space of the casing; a bypass pipe connected between a discharge side and a suction side of the compression unit based on the compression unit; and a second valve provided at the bypass pipe to selectively open or close the bypass pipe.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A high pressure compressor, comprising:
a casing having a sealed inner space, the inner space communicating with a discharge pipe;
a drive motor provided in the inner space of the casing;
a compression unit provided in the inner space of the casing, and provided with a compression space that compresses refrigerant, a suction port that guides refrigerant into the compression space, and a discharge port that guides refrigerant compressed in the compression space into the inner space of the casing;
a discharge valve provided in the compression unit to selectively open or close the discharge port according to a difference between a pressure of the inner space of the casing and a pressure of the compression space of the compression unit;
a discharge muffler disposed between the drive motor and the compression unit, and coupled to one side of the compression unit to accommodate the discharge valve;
a first valve provided at the discharge pipe, the first valve configured to suppress refrigerant discharged from the inner space of the casing from flowing backward into the inner space of the casing;
a bypass pipe connected between a discharge side and a suction side of the compression unit based on the compression unit, wherein a first end of the bypass pipe communicates with the inner space of the casing so as to provide communication between the discharge valve and the first valve, and wherein the inner space is positioned outside of the discharged muffler; and
a second valve configured to be switched on/off in association with whether the motor is driven, and provided at the bypass pipe to selectively open or close the bypass pipe so as to resolve a pressure difference between the suction side and the discharge side based on the compression unit when the drive motor is stopped, wherein the second valve is electrically connected to a controller, that controls the drive motor to close the bypass pipe during operation of the drive motor but open the bypass pipe when the drive motor is stopped, wherein the controller checks a switching state of the second valve prior to restarting the drive motor so as to prevent the restart of the drive motor prior to closing the second valve, and wherein the controller checks the switching state of the second valve, and then delays the restart of the drive motor when a pressure difference between the suction side and the discharge side based on the compression unit is above a reference value.

2. The high pressure compressor of claim 1 , wherein the second valve closes the bypass pipe when a compression load occurs on the compression unit but opens the bypass pipe when the compression load is removed from the compression unit.

3. The high pressure compressor of claim 1 , wherein the second valve opens the bypass pipe at the same time the drive motor is stopped.

4. The high pressure compressor of claim 1 , wherein the second valve closes the bypass pipe at the same time that the drive motor is restarted.

5. The high pressure compressor of claim 1 , wherein a second end of the bypass pipe provides communication between the first valve and the suction port of the compression unit.

6. The high pressure compressor of claim 1 , wherein an accumulator provided with an inner space, the inner space communicating with the suction port of the compression unit, is provided at one side of the casing, and wherein the second end of the bypass pipe provides communication between the inner space of the accumulator and the suction port of the compression unit.

7. A high pressure compressor, comprising:
a casing having a sealed inner space, the inner space communicating with a discharge pipe;
a drive motor provided in the inner space of the casing;
a compression unit provided in the inner space of the casing, and provided with a compression space that compresses refrigerant, a suction port that guides refrigerant into the compression space, and a discharge port that guides refrigerant compressed in the compression space into the inner space of the casing;
a discharge valve provided in the compression unit to selectively open or close the discharge port according to a difference between a pressure of the inner space of the casing and a pressure of the compression space of the compression unit;
a discharge muffler disposed between the drive motor and the compression unit, and coupled to one side of the compression unit to accommodate to receive the discharge valve;
an accumulator provided on one side of the casing and having an inner space that communicates with the compression space through a suction pipe;
a first valve provided at the discharge pipe, the first valve configured to suppress refrigerant discharged from the inner space of the casing from flowing backward into the inner space of the casing;
a bypass pipe connected between a discharge side and a suction side of the compression unit based on the compression unit, wherein a first end of the bypass pipe communicates with the inner pace of the casing and a second end of the bypass pipe provides communication between the inner space of the accumulator and the suction port of the compression unit, and wherein the inner space is positioned outside of the discharged muffler;
a second valve configured to be switched on/off in association with whether the motor is driven, and provided at the bypass pipe to selectively open or close the bypass pipe; and
a controller configured to open or close the second valve, wherein the controller controls the second valve to be closed when the drive motor is being driven, and controls the second valve to be opened when the drive motor is stopped so as to allow the pressure of the inner space of the casing and the pressure of the compression space to form an equilibrium pressure, and wherein the second valve is electrically connected to the controller, which controls the drive motor, to close the bypass pipe during operation of the drive motor but open the bypass pipe during a stop of the drive motor, wherein the controller checks a switching state of the second valve prior to restarting the drive motor so as to prevent the restart of the drive motor prior to closing the second valve, and wherein the controller checks the switching state of the second valve, and then delays the restart of the drive motor when a pressure difference between the suction side and the discharge side based on the compression unit is above a reference value.

8. The high pressure compressor of claim 7 , wherein the first end of the bypass pipe provides communication between the discharge valve and the discharge pipe.

9. The pressure compressor of claim 7 , wherein the second end of the bypass pipe communicates with the suction pipe.

10. The high pressure compressor of claim 7 , wherein the second valve opens the bypass pipe while at a same time stopping the drive motor.

11. The high pressure compressor of claim 7 , wherein the second valve closes the bypass pipe while at a same time restarting the drive motor.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Jingyu
• Park Jeonghyeon
• Ko Yeongcheol

Classifications

• F04C28/26

  using bypass channels · CPC title

• F04C18/3564

  the surfaces of the inner and outer member, forming the working space, being surfaces of revolution · CPC title

• F04C2240/811

  Actuator for control, e.g. pneumatic, hydraulic, electric · CPC title

• F04C2240/804

  Accumulators for refrigerant circuits · CPC title

• F04C23/008

  Hermetic pumps · CPC title