Gas heat-pump system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11248544-B2
Application number	US-202017111697-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 4, 2020
Priority date	Dec 6, 2019
Publication date	Feb 15, 2022
Grant date	Feb 15, 2022

Abstract

Proposed is a gas heat-pump system capable of supplying recirculation exhaust gas using a motor-driven turbocharger and thus actively controlling an amount of flowing recirculation exhaust gas and pressure thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gas heat-pump system, comprising:
a compressor of an air conditioning module;
a gas engine that generates a drive force of the compressor;
an exhaust pipe through which exhaust gas is discharged to an outside of the gas engine;
an exhaust gas turbocharger that supplies at least a portion of the exhaust gas in the exhaust pipe, as recirculation exhaust gas, to the gas engine;
an exhaust bypass pipe that branches off from the exhaust pipe, and configured to guide the recirculation exhaust gas to the exhaust gas turbocharger; and
a controller that controls operation of the exhaust gas turbocharger, wherein the exhaust gas turbocharger comprises:
a turbocharger impeller that applies a pressure to the recirculation exhaust gas and supplies the resulting recirculation exhaust gas to the gas engine; and
a turbocharger motor that rotates the turbocharger impeller, and wherein the controller performs control in such a manner that an rpm of the turbocharger motor is adjusted according to a concentration of harmful substances contained in the exhaust gas.

2. The gas heat-pump system of claim 1 , wherein the gas heat-pump system further comprises:
an exhaust gas sensor attached to the exhaust pipe, wherein the exhaust gas sensor is configured to sense the concentration of the harmful substances contained in the exhaust gas in the exhaust pipe, wherein the exhaust bypass pipe branches off from the exhaust pipe upstream from a position at which the exhaust gas sensor is attached, and wherein the controller receives a signal associated with the concentration of the harmful substances from the exhaust gas and measures the concentration of the harmful substances.

3. The gas heat-pump system of claim 2 , wherein the harmful substances comprise at least one of carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, or hydrocarbon.

4. The gas heat-pump system of claim 2 , wherein the controller compares the measured concentration with a first reference concentration and determines whether or not the measured concentration exceeds the first reference concentration, and wherein when the measured concentration is equal to or higher than the first reference concentration, the controller increases the rpm of the turbocharger motor, thereby increasing a turbocharge amount of the recirculation exhaust gas.

5. The gas heat-pump system of claim 4 , further comprising:
an intake manifold that supplies a fuel-to-air mixture to the gas engine;
an intake manifold pressure sensor that senses a pressure of the fuel-to-air mixture within the intake manifold; and
a recirculation exhaust gas pressure sensor that senses a turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust gas turbocharger, wherein the controller receives a signal associated with the pressure of the fuel-to-air mixture from the intake manifold pressure sensor and measures the pressure of the fuel-to-air mixture, and a signal associated with the turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exhaust gas from the recirculation exhaust gas pressure sensor and measures the turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exhaust gas supplied to the intake manifold.

6. The gas heat-pump system of claim 5 , wherein the controller computes a pressure difference between the measured pressure of the fuel-to-air mixture and the measured turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exhaust gas, and computes a target turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exhaust gas.

7. The gas heat-pump system of claim 6 , wherein the controller computes a current rpm of the turbocharger motor and increases the rpm of the turbocharger motor to a target rpm that is obtained by adding a predetermined increase to the computed current rpm.

8. The gas heat-pump system of claim 7 , wherein the predetermined increase is 1,000 rpm.

9. The gas heat-pump system of claim 7 , wherein the controller remeasures the turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exhaust gas through the recirculation exhaust gas and determines whether or not the remeasured turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exhaust gas reaches the target turbocharger pressure, and wherein when it is determined that the remeasured turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exhaust gas is equal to or higher than the target turbocharger pressure, the controller maintains the target rpm to which the rpm of the turbocharger motor is increased.

10. The gas heat-pump system of claim 9 , wherein when it is determined that the remeasured turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exhaust gas is lower than the target turbocharger pressure, the controller increases the rpm of the turbocharger motor to an rpm that is obtained by adding the predetermined increase to the target rpm.

11. The gas heat-pump system of claim 2 , wherein the controller compares the measured concentration of the harmful substances with a first reference concentration and determines whether or not the measured concentration of the harmful substances exceeds the first reference concentration, and wherein when it is determined that the measured concentration of the harmful substances is lower than the first reference concentration, the controller compares the measured concentration of the harmful substances with a second reference concentration that is lower than the first reference concentration.

12. The gas heat-pump system of claim 11 , wherein when it is determined that the measured concentration of the harmful substances is equal to or higher than the second reference concentration, the controller maintains the rpm of the turbocharger motor, thereby maintaining the turbocharge amount of the recirculation exhaust gas.

13. The gas heat-pump system of claim 11 , wherein when it is determined that the measured concentration of the harmful substances is lower than the second reference concentration, the controller decreases the rpm of the turbocharger motor, thereby decreasing the turbocharge amount of the recirculation exhaust gas.

14. The gas heat-pump system of claim 13 , further comprising:
an intake manifold that supplies a fuel-to-air mixture to the gas engine;
an intake manifold pressure sensor that senses a pressure of the fuel-to-air mixture within the intake manifold; and
a recirculation exhaust gas pressure sensor that senses a turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust gas turbocharger, wherein the controller receives a signal associated with the pressure of the fuel-to-air mixture from the intake manifold pressure sensor and measures the pressure of the fuel-to-air mixture, and a signal associated with the turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exhaust gas from the recirculation exhaust gas pressure sensor and measures the turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exhaust gas.

15. The gas heat-pump system of claim 14 , wherein the controller computes a pressure difference between the measured pressure of the fuel-to-air mixture and the measured turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exhaust gas and computes a target turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exhaust gas.

16. The gas heat-pump system of claim 15 , wherein the controller computes a current rpm of the turbocharger motor and decreases the rpm of the turbocharger motor to a target rpm that is obtained by abstracting a predetermined decrease from the computed current rpm.

17. The gas heat-pump system of claim 16 , wherein the predetermined decrease is 1,000 rpm.

18. The gas heat-pump system of claim 16 , wherein the controller remeasures the turbocharger pressure of the recirculation exh

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Jang Heejoong
• Jeong Hojong

Classifications

• F02M26/47

  the characteristics being temperatures, pressures or flow rates · CPC title

• F02D2200/0406

  Intake manifold pressure · CPC title

• F02D41/005 Primary

  according to engine operating conditions · CPC title

• F02B39/10

  electric · CPC title

• F02D41/1459

  the characteristics being a hydrocarbon content or concentration · CPC title