Orifice set and chiller system having it

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12467667-B2
Application number	US-202318178985-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 6, 2023
Priority date	Mar 10, 2022
Publication date	Nov 11, 2025
Grant date	Nov 11, 2025

Abstract

A throttling device, including a tank for accommodating liquid refrigerant, with an orifice plate arranged at an outlet of the tank; a floating ball capable of floating on a liquid surface of the refrigerant; a pivot rod pivotally fixed on the tank through a pivot shaft; a connecting rod, with one end thereof fixedly connected with the floating ball, and the other end thereof fixedly connected with the pivot rod; a valve plate fixed on the pivot rod and located near an orifice of the orifice plate, wherein the valve plate is capable of adjusting a flow area of the orifice under the action of the pivot rod; and a limit piece located above the valve plate and being movable to limit the valve plate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A throttling device, comprising:
a tank for accommodating liquid refrigerant, with an orifice plate arranged at an outlet of the tank; a floating ball capable of floating on a liquid surface of the refrigerant; a pivot rod pivotally fixed on the tank through a pivot shaft; a connecting rod, with one end thereof fixedly connected with the floating ball, and the other end thereof fixedly connected with the pivot rod; a valve plate fixed on the pivot rod and located near an orifice of the orifice plate, wherein the valve plate is capable of adjusting a flow area of the orifice under action of the pivot rod; and a limit piece located above the valve plate and being movable, the limit piece configured to limit a position of the valve plate to establish a minimum flow area of the orifice; wherein the limit piece is a positioning bolt capable of moving up and down along a chute; wherein the chute has an arc shape.

2 . The throttling device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting rod and the pivot rod are fixedly connected by bolts.

3 . The throttling device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting rod, the pivot rod and the valve plate are made of metal.

4 . The throttling device according to claim 1 , wherein the valve plate has an arc-shaped cross section.

5 . The throttling device according to claim 1 , wherein the floating ball is a hollow metal ball or a solid non-metallic ball.

6 . A throttling device, comprising:
a tank for accommodating liquid refrigerant, with an orifice plate arranged at an outlet of the tank; a floating ball capable of floating on a liquid surface of the refrigerant; a pivot rod pivotally fixed on the tank through a pivot shaft; a connecting rod, with one end thereof fixedly connected with the floating ball, and the other end thereof fixedly connected with the pivot rod; a valve plate fixed on the pivot rod and located near an orifice of the orifice plate, wherein the valve plate is capable of adjusting a flow area of the orifice under action of the pivot rod; and a limit piece located above the valve plate and being movable, the limit piece configured to limit a position of the valve plate to establish a minimum flow area of the orifice; wherein a height of the chute is between the highest position and the lowest position of the orifice of the orifice plate.

7 . A refrigeration system, comprising:
a centrifugal compressor, a condenser, an economizer, an evaporator and a throttling device, the throttling device including: a tank for accommodating liquid refrigerant, with an orifice plate arranged at an outlet of the tank; a floating ball capable of floating on a liquid surface of the refrigerant; a pivot rod pivotally fixed on the tank through a pivot shaft; a connecting rod, with one end thereof fixedly connected with the floating ball, and the other end thereof fixedly connected with the pivot rod; a valve plate fixed on the pivot rod and located near an orifice of the orifice plate, wherein the valve plate is capable of adjusting a flow area of the orifice under action of the pivot rod; and a limit piece located above the valve plate and being movable to limit the valve plate, the throttling device being communicated with the condenser through an inlet pipe, and with the economizer through the orifice of the orifice plate, wherein the limit piece of the throttling device moves when preset surge conditions of the centrifugal compressor are met, so as to adjust a minimum flow area of the orifice.

8 . The refrigeration system according to claim 7 , wherein the preset surge conditions are related to current stability, motor speed or inlet guide vane opening during operation of the centrifugal compressor.

Assignees

• Carrier Corp

Inventors

• Yu Yang
• Yang Lihui
• Ding Haiping
• Ma Qunyi
• Ma Rui
• Yu Lei

Classifications

• F25B41/315

  actuated by floats · CPC title

• F25B2500/12

  Sound · CPC title

• F25B1/053

  of turbine type · CPC title

• F25B2500/13

  Vibrations · CPC title

• F25B41/20

  Disposition of valves, e.g. of on-off valves or flow control valves (expansion valves F25B41/31) · CPC title