Variable economizer injection position

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10837445-B2
Application number	US-201715648565-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2017
Priority date	Jul 13, 2016
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

A compressor includes a bore, a rotor disposed within the bore, a compressor inlet, a compressor outlet and a compression chamber defined between the bore and the rotor. A volume of the compression chamber gradually reduces from the compressor inlet to the compressor outlet. An economizer is configured to fluidically connect to the compression chamber. The economizer is configured to inject a working fluid into the compression chamber at an injection position. The injection position is changeable according to a working condition of the compressor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A compressor, comprising
a bore,
a rotor disposed within the bore,
a shaft supporting the rotor, the shaft extending in an axial direction,
a compressor inlet,
a compressor outlet,
a compression chamber defined between the bore and the rotor,
an injection port having a variable injection position along the axial direction,
a manifold fluidically connecting an economizer and the compression chamber, the manifold further including:
a manifold inlet,
a plurality of manifold outlets disposed downstream of the manifold inlet, the manifold outlets disposed upstream of the compression chamber, wherein each manifold outlet is disposed at a different location along the axial direction,
a valve disposed downstream of the manifold inlet and upstream of the manifold outlets, wherein the valve is configured to be movable along the axial direction such that only one manifold outlet is fluidically connected to the manifold inlet allowing the injection position to be changed.

2. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the injection port is configured to fluidically connect to the economizer to receive a working fluid from the economizer to the compression chamber.

3. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the valve is moved by a spring, a fluid pressure, or a motor.

4. The compressor according to claim 1 , further comprising a slide valve, wherein the compressor inlet is disposed on the slide valve, the slide valve is configured to be movable along the axial direction.

5. The compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the variable injection position of the injection port is changed based on a working condition of the compressor.

6. The compressor according to claim 5 , wherein the working condition is one or more of a pressure of the compressor inlet, a pressure of the compressor outlet, and a pressure difference between the compressor outlet and the compressor inlet.

7. A refrigeration circuit, comprising
a compressor disposed upstream of a condenser,
the condenser disposed upstream of an expansion device,
the expansion device disposed upstream of an evaporator, and
an economizer fluidically connected to the compressor,
the compressor further including:
a bore,
a rotor disposed within the bore,
a shaft supporting the rotor, the shaft extending in an axial direction,
a compressor inlet,
a compressor outlet,
a compression chamber defined between the bore and the rotor, and
an injection port having a variable injection position along the axial direction,

wherein the compression chamber is fluidically connected to the economizer through the injection port,
the refrigeration circuit further comprising a manifold fluidically connecting the economizer and the compression chamber, the manifold further including:
a manifold inlet disposed downstream of the economizer,
a plurality of manifold outlets disposed downstream of the manifold inlet, the manifold outlets disposed upstream of the compression chamber, wherein each manifold outlet is disposed at a different location along the axial direction,
a valve disposed downstream of the manifold inlet and upstream of the manifold outlets, wherein the valve is configured to be movable along the axial direction such that only one manifold outlet is fluidically connected to the manifold inlet allowing the injection position to be changed.

8. The refrigeration circuit according to claim 7 , wherein the economizer is configured to inject a working fluid into the compression chamber through the injection port.

9. The refrigeration circuit according to claim 7 , wherein the valve is moved by one of a spring, a fluid pressure, and a motor.

10. The refrigeration circuit according to claim 7 , further comprising a slide valve, wherein the compressor inlet is disposed on the slide valve, the slide valve is configured to be movable along the axial direction, the output capacity of the compressor being regulated by a movement of the slide valve such that the compressor is unloadable.

Assignees

• Trane Int Inc

Inventors

• Johnson Jay H

Classifications

• F25B1/047

  of screw type · CPC title

• F25B31/006

  Cooling of compressor or motor · CPC title

• F25B2600/2507

  Flow-diverting valves · CPC title

• F04C29/12

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

• F04C28/12 Primary

  using sliding valves · CPC title