Gas-liquid separator and air conditioning system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11892212-B2
Application number	US-201917270857-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2019
Priority date	Aug 23, 2018
Publication date	Feb 6, 2024
Grant date	Feb 6, 2024

Abstract

A gas-liquid separator includes a first cylinder, a second cylinder and a heat exchange assembly. The first cylinder is surrounded by the second cylinder at a predetermined distance. The heat exchange assembly is arranged between the first cylinder and the second cylinder. The heat exchange assembly includes a collecting pipe. An extension direction of the collecting pipe is parallel to an axial direction of the first cylinder. At least a part of a side wall surface of the first cylinder is formed with an avoidance portion recessed inwardly. At least a part of the collecting pipe is arranged between the avoidance portion and the second cylinder.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gas-liquid separator, comprising:
a first cylinder;
a second cylinder surrounded around the first cylinder at a predetermined distance, an interlayer space being formed between the first cylinder and the second cylinder; and
a heat exchange assembly, the heat exchange assembly being arranged between the first cylinder and the second cylinder, the heat exchange assembly comprising a collecting pipe, a flat tube disposed in the interlayer space, and a heat dissipation member; the collecting pipe comprising a first collecting pipe and a second collecting pipe disposed in parallel to the first collecting pipe; the first collecting pipe defining a first chamber, a refrigerant inlet communicating with the first chamber, a second chamber, a refrigerant outlet communicating with the second chamber, and a separator separating the first chamber from the second chamber; the second collecting pipe defining a third chamber and a fourth chamber communicating with the third chamber; the flat tube being connected between the first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe; the flat tube comprising a first C-shaped portion communicating the first chamber and the third chamber and a second C-shaped portion communicating the second chamber and the fourth chamber; the heat dissipation member residing in the interlayer space; the heat dissipation member being in contact with the flat tube and at least one of the first cylinder and the second cylinder; an extension direction of the first collecting pipe being parallel to an axial direction of the first cylinder; wherein
at least a part of a side wall surface of the first cylinder is formed with an avoidance portion recessed inwardly, the avoidance portion defines a receiving space communicating with the interlayer space, the first collecting pipe and the second collecting pipe are disposed adjacent to each other, and at least part of the first collecting pipe and at least part of the second collecting pipe are disposed in the receiving space; and
wherein the first collecting pipe is longer than the second collecting pipe along the extension direction in a manner that the refrigerant inlet is disposed at a position lower than a bottom end of the second collecting pipe, and the refrigerant outlet is disposed at a position higher than a top end of the second collecting pipe.

2. The gas-liquid separator according to claim 1 , wherein the gas-liquid separator further comprises a first end cover covering upper ends of the first cylinder and the second cylinder, the first end cover is provided with a bend channel communicating with an internal cavity of the collecting pipe, the bend channel extends through upper and lower surfaces of the first end cover, the bend channel comprises a first opening located on the upper surface of the first end cover and a second opening located on the lower surface of the first end cover, an end of the collecting pipe is disposed at the second opening, a central axis of the first opening and a central axis of the second opening are not in a same straight line, and the first opening is closer to a center of the first end cover than the second opening.

3. The gas-liquid separator according to claim 2 , wherein the first end cover comprises a body portion connected with the second cylinder and a pressing cover disposed on a side of the body portion away from the second cylinder, the bend channel comprises a first section extending vertically and downwardly from the first opening, a second section extending vertically and upwardly from the second opening, and a third section communicating the first section and the second section, the first section extends through upper and lower surfaces of the pressing cover, the third section is disposed at the body portion and extends through the upper surface of the body portion, and the second section is disposed at the body portion and extends through the lower surface of the body portion.

4. The gas-liquid separator according to claim 3 , wherein:
the third section is an inclined channel, the gas-liquid separator comprises an intermediate space connected between the first section and the second section, and a block installed in the intermediate space, the block comprises an inclined surface facing the inclined channel, and the inclined surface forms an inclined side wall of the inclined channel; or
the third section is an inclined channel, the third section comprises an inclined step surface, the inclined step surface and/or an inclined surface provided on a protrusion of the pressing cover forms an inclined side wall of the inclined channel; or
the third section comprises a strip groove extending in a radial direction of the first end cover, the strip groove comprises a first groove portion and a second groove portion, the first groove portion is closer to the center of the first end cover than the second groove portion; and wherein the first groove portion communicates with the first section, and the second groove portion communicates with the second section.

5. The gas-liquid separator according to claim 4 , wherein a welding boss corresponding to the second section is provided below the second section, and an upper end of the collecting pipe is disposed in the welding boss.

6. The gas-liquid separator according to claim 2 , wherein the gas-liquid separator further comprises a second end cover covering a lower end of the second cylinder, a bend passage is provided in the second end cover, the bend passage communicates with another end of the collecting pipe, the another end of the collecting pipe is provided with a second joint, and the second joint is at least partially disposed in an opening of a lower surface of the second end cover.

7. The gas-liquid separator according to claim 1 , wherein the avoidance portion extends from one end of the first cylinder to the other end of the first cylinder in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the first cylinder, and opposite ends of the avoidance portion are respectively provided with openings.

8. The gas-liquid separator according to claim 7 , wherein the one end of the first cylinder is open, the other end of the first cylinder is provided with a blocking portion, the blocking portion comprises a first avoidance portion and a second avoidance portion, the first avoidance portion extends from an open end of the first cylinder to the other end of the first cylinder along a direction parallel to the axial direction of the first cylinder, and the second avoidance portion is located in the blocking portion and corresponding to the first avoidance portion.

9. The gas-liquid separator according to claim 7 , wherein the avoidance portion comprises a first groove extending in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the first cylinder; or
the avoidance portion comprises a second groove and a third groove which are arranged adjacently and extend parallel to the axial direction of the first cylinder, and the second groove and the third groove have a common rib; or
the avoidance portion comprises a first straight wall which extends in a direction parallel to the axial direction of the first cylinder.

10. The gas-liquid separator according to claim 1 , wherein the avoidance portion comprises a first plane which is formed by extending a preset distance from one end of the first cylinder to the other end of the first cylinder and a slope surface connected with the first plane.

11. The gas-liquid separator according to claim 1 , wherein the gas-liquid separator further comprises a baffle sleeved on an outside of the collecting pipe, the heat dissipation member is arranged on a side of the flat tube facing an outer wall of the first cylinde

Assignees

• Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Li
• Wang Mei
• Dong Junqi

Classifications

• F25B43/006 Primary

  Accumulators · CPC title

• F25B13/00

  Compression machines, plants or systems, with reversible cycle (defrosting cycles F25B47/02) · CPC title

• F25B2400/23

  Separators · CPC title