Muffler for a refrigeration system and the refrigeration system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11079121-B2
Application number	US-201816637212-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 8, 2018
Priority date	Aug 9, 2017
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

Provided in the present invention are a muffler (2) for use in a refrigerating device and a refrigerating device. The muffler comprises an outer casing (23), an inner wall (24), and a sound absorbing material (26) provided between the inner wall and the outer casing, the inner wall defining a fluid inlet (21), a fluid outlet (22), and a fluid passage deflected between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, wherein at least a partial region of the inner wall is provided with perforations (241, 242, 243, 244), and the inner wall has a higher perforation rate at the inner side of the fluid passage than that at the outer side of the fluid passage. The muffler according to the embodiment of the present invention significantly reduces the sound and vibration of the refrigerating device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A muffler for use in a refrigerating device, comprising an outer casing, an inner wall, and a sound absorbing material provided between the inner wall and the outer casing, the inner wall defining a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a fluid passage deflected between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet, wherein at least a partial region of the inner wall is provided with perforations, and the inner wall has a higher perforation rate at the inner side of the fluid passage than that at the outer side of the fluid passage.

2. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein the inner wall defines the fluid passage deflected in the form of an arc.

3. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid passage is deflected in the range of 75 degrees to 105 degrees.

4. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid passage has a larger cross-sectional area at the fluid outlet than that at the fluid inlet, the cross-sectional area of the fluid passage gradually increasing from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet.

5. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein the outer casing and the inner wall are made of a metal material, and the sound absorbing material is glass fiber.

6. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of partition walls for partitioning the sound absorbing material are provided between the outer casing and the inner wall.

7. The muffler according to claim 1 , wherein the inner wall at the outer side of the fluid passage comprises two end portions near the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet and a middle portion between the two end portions, the inner wall at the outer side of the fluid passage having a larger perforation rate at the two end portions than that at the middle portion.

8. The muffler according to claim 7 , wherein the perforation rate of the inner wall at the two end portions of the outer side of the fluid passage is in the range of 5-10%.

9. The muffler according to claim 7 , wherein the perforation rate of the inner wall at the middle portion of the outer side of the fluid passage is in the range of 0-5%.

10. The muffler according to claim 7 , wherein the perforation rate of the inner wall at the inner side of the fluid passage is in the range of 10-20%.

11. A refrigerating device, comprising the muffler as claimed in claim 1 .

12. The refrigerating device according to claim 11 , comprising a compressor, a condenser, a throttling device, and an evaporator which form a loop, wherein the muffler is arranged between the compressor and the condenser.

13. The refrigerating device according to claim 11 , wherein the fluid inlet of the muffler is directly connected to an outlet of the compressor, and/or the fluid outlet of the muffler is directly connected to an inlet of the condenser.

Assignees

• Carrier Corp

Inventors

• Li Hongyi
• Shi Yuling

Classifications

• F04D29/4213

  suction ports · CPC title

• F01N2310/02

  Mineral wool, e.g. glass wool, rock wool, asbestos or the like · CPC title

• F25B2500/12

  Sound · CPC title

• F01N1/24 Primary

  by using sound-absorbing materials (F01N1/04, F01N1/06, F01N1/10, F01N1/14, F01N1/16 take precedence) · CPC title

• F04D29/4206

  especially adapted for elastic fluid pumps · CPC title