Inside air control system, refrigeration apparatus, and transport container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11951437-B2
Application number	US-202318381812-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2023
Priority date	Apr 20, 2021
Publication date	Apr 9, 2024
Grant date	Apr 9, 2024

Abstract

In an inside air control system, a first pump supplies treatment target air to an adsorption vessel, and a second pump sucks gas from the adsorption vessel. In an adjustment operation of adjusting the composition of air in a storage, the inside air control system alternately performs a first action and a second action. When a stop condition for stopping the adjustment operation is satisfied, a controller performs stop control. In the stop control, the controller controls the second pump to suck the gas from the adsorption vessel to which the first pump supplies the treatment target air when the stop condition is satisfied, and controls the second pump to stop after the second pump has operated for a first time T 1.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An inside air control system for performing an adjustment operation of adjusting a composition of inside air in a storage, comprising:
a first adsorption vessel and a second adsorption vessel each having an adsorbent for adsorbing nitrogen and water;
a first pump configured to supply treatment target air to the first adsorption vessel and the second adsorption vessel;
a second pump which is an oilless pump configured to suck gas from the first adsorption vessel and the second adsorption vessel and supply the gas into the storage;
a switching mechanism configured to switch a flow path of the treatment target air discharged by the first pump and a flow path of the gas sucked into the second pump; and
a controller configured to control the first pump, the second pump, and the switching mechanism,
wherein, in the adjustment operation, the controller is configured to control the switching mechanism to alternately perform a first action in which the first pump supplies the treatment target air to the first adsorption vessel and the second pump sucks the gas from the second adsorption vessel and a second action in which the first pump supplies the treatment target air to the second adsorption vessel and the second pump sucks the gas from the first adsorption vessel, and
is further configured to, when a stop condition for stopping the adjustment operation is satisfied, the controller control the switching mechanism such that the second pump sucks the gas from one of the first adsorption vessel or the second adsorption vessel, to which the first pump supplies the treatment target air, when the stop condition is satisfied, and perform stop control for stopping the second pump after having operated the second pump for a predetermined first time.

2. The inside air control system of claim 1 , wherein
in the adjustment operation, the controller controls the switching mechanism such that each of the first action and the second action is alternately performed for a predetermined second time, and
the first time is longer than the second time.

3. The inside air control system of claim 2 , wherein
when the stop condition is satisfied, the controller starts the stop control when a duration of one of the first action or the second action performed when the stop condition is satisfied reaches the second time.

4. The inside air control system of claim 1 , wherein
in the stop control, the controller controls the switching mechanism such that the second pump sucks the gas from both the first adsorption vessel and the second adsorption vessel.

5. The inside air control system of claim 2 , wherein
in the stop control, the controller controls the switching mechanism such that the second pump sucks the gas from both the first adsorption vessel and the second adsorption vessel.

6. The inside air control system of claim 3 , wherein
in the stop control, the controller controls the switching mechanism such that the second pump sucks the gas from both the first adsorption vessel and the second adsorption vessel.

7. The inside air control system of claim 1 , wherein
the switching mechanism includes
a first switching valve configured to switch between a state in which the first adsorption vessel is connected to a discharge port of the first pump and a state in which the first adsorption vessel is connected to a suction port of the second pump, and
a second switching valve configured to switch between a state in which the second adsorption vessel is connected to the discharge port of the first pump and a state in which the second adsorption vessel is connected to the suction port of the second pump.

8. The inside air control system of claim 6 , wherein
the switching mechanism includes
a first switching valve configured to switch between a state in which the first adsorption vessel is connected to a discharge port of the first pump and a state in which the first adsorption vessel is connected to a suction port of the second pump, and
a second switching valve configured to switch between a state in which the second adsorption vessel is connected to the discharge port of the first pump and a state in which the second adsorption vessel is connected to the suction port of the second pump.

9. The inside air control system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensor configured to measure a concentration of a specific component in the inside air in the storage, wherein
the controller determines stop and start of the adjustment operation based on a measurement value of the sensor.

10. The inside air control system of claim 8 , further comprising:
a sensor configured to measure a concentration of a specific component in the inside air in the storage, wherein
the controller determines stop and start of the adjustment operation based on a measurement value of the sensor.

11. A refrigeration apparatus comprising:
the inside air control system of claim 1 ; and
a refrigerant circuit configured to perform a refrigeration cycle to adjust an internal temperature of the storage.

12. A transport container comprising:
the refrigeration apparatus of claim 11 ; and
a container body to which the refrigeration apparatus is attached to form the storage.

Assignees

• Daikin Ind Ltd

Inventors

• Ikemiya Makoto
• Yamamoto Kouji
• Kamei Noritaka

Classifications

• B01D53/261

  by adsorption · CPC title

• B01D53/047 Primary

  Pressure swing adsorption · CPC title

• A23B7/148

  in a controlled atmosphere, e.g. partial vacuum, comprising only CO2, N2, O2 or H2O · CPC title

• B65D81/266

  for absorbing gases, e.g. oxygen absorbers or desiccants (B65D51/244, B65D51/30 take precedence) · CPC title

• B65D85/505

  for cut flowers · CPC title