Gas heat pump system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11460223-B2
Application number	US-201816626475-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 11, 2018
Priority date	Jun 26, 2017
Publication date	Oct 4, 2022
Grant date	Oct 4, 2022

Abstract

A gas heat pump system including an outdoor unit having a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, and an expansion device; an indoor unit having an indoor heat exchanger; a refrigerant pipe to connect the outdoor unit and the indoor unit; an engine to combust mixed fuel in which fuel and air are mixed; a coolant tank to store a coolant; a radiator to emit, to an outside, heat which is transferred from the engine to the coolant; and a coolant pipe to connect the coolant tank and the radiator to allow the coolant to circulate therethrough, whereby the gas heat pump system has a cooling capability between 71 kW and 85 kW, the refrigerant is a mixed refrigerant having at least 50% R32, and the refrigerant pipe is a ductile stainless steel pipe having a delta ferrite matrix structure of 1% or less based on grain area.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gas heat pump system comprising:
an outdoor unit comprising a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, and an expansion device;
an indoor unit comprising an indoor heat exchanger;
a refrigerant pipe configured to connect the outdoor unit and the indoor unit so as to allow a refrigerant to circulate through the outdoor unit and the indoor unit;
an engine configured to combust mixed fuel in which fuel and air are mixed so as to provide power for driving the compressor;
a coolant tank configured to store a coolant for cooling the engine;
a coolant pump configured to allow the coolant stored in the coolant tank to forcibly flow;
a radiator configured to emit, to an outside, heat which is transferred from the engine to the coolant; and
a coolant pipe configured to connect the coolant tank, the coolant pump, and the radiator so as to allow the coolant to circulate therethrough,
wherein the gas heat pump system has a cooling capability between 71 kW and 85 kW,
wherein a mixed refrigerant containing R32 of 50% or more is used as the refrigerant, and
wherein the refrigerant pipe comprises a ductile stainless steel pipe having an austenite matrix structure of 99% or more and a delta ferrite matrix structure of 1% or less on the basis of a grain area,
wherein the stainless steel comprises, percent by weight, C: 0.03% or less, Si: exceeding 0 to 1.7% or less, Mn: 1.5 to 3.5%, Cr: 15.0 to 18.0%, Ni: 7.0 to 9.0%, Cu: 1.0 to 4.0%, Mo: 0.03% or less, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.04% or less, and N: 0.03% or less,
wherein the stainless steel has a yield strength of 160 MPa, a tensile strength of 480 MPa, a hardness of 120 Hv, and an elongation of at least 60%.

2. The gas heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein a filling amount of the refrigerant is 10.5 kg.

3. The gas heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein the ductile stainless steel pipe has an austenite matrix structure and an average grain size of 30 μm to 60 μm, and
an American Society for Testing and Material (ASTM) grain size No. of the ductile stainless steel pipe is 5.0 to 7.0.

4. The gas heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein the refrigerant pipe comprises a suction pipe configured to guide suction of the refrigerant to the compressor, and
the suction pipe has an outer diameter of 25.40 mm and an inner diameter of 24.10 mm.

5. The gas heat pump system according to claim 4 , wherein the suction pipe is provided with a wrinkle part, and
the wrinkle part comprises a plurality of mountain portions and a plurality of valley portions, which are alternately disposed.

6. The gas heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein the refrigerant pipe comprises a discharge pipe configured to guide discharge of the refrigerant from the compressor, and
the discharge pipe has an outer diameter of 19.05 mm and an inner diameter of 18.07 mm.

7. The gas heat pump system according to claim 6 , wherein the discharge pipe is provided with a wrinkle part, and
the wrinkle part comprises a plurality of mountain portions and a plurality of valley portions, which are alternately disposed.

8. The gas heat pump system according to claim 1 , wherein the compressor is an inverter scroll compressor.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Hong Seokpyo

Classifications

• C21D8/10

  during manufacturing of tubular bodies · CPC title

• F25B41/42

  Arrangements for diverging or converging flows, e.g. branch lines or junctions · CPC title

• F25B2327/001

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• C21D6/004

  containing Cr and Ni · CPC title

• C22C38/42

  with copper · CPC title