Heat pump air-conditioning system and method for controlling the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9453667-B2
Application number	US-201213727399-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 26, 2012
Priority date	Nov 16, 2012
Publication date	Sep 27, 2016
Grant date	Sep 27, 2016

Abstract

A heat pump air-conditioning system includes a four-way valve provided with a first opening, a second opening, a third opening and a fourth opening communicated with each other. The first opening, a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a first expansion device and the second opening are sequentially connected in series. The third opening, a second heat exchanger, a second expansion device, a third heat exchanger and the fourth opening are sequentially connected in series. A first bypass valve is connected in parallel with the first expansion device and is connected between the first heat exchanger and the second opening. A second bypass valve is connected in parallel with the second expansion device and the third heat exchanger and is connected between the third heat exchanger and the fourth opening. A liquid supply system is connected to the first heat exchanger.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A heat pump air-conditioning system, comprising:
a refrigerant circulation system, comprising a four-way valve, a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a third heat exchanger, a first expansion device, a second expansion device, a first three-way pipe and a second three-way pipe, the four-way valve comprising a first opening, a second opening, a third opening and a fourth opening,
the first opening, the compressor, the first heat exchanger, the first expansion device and the second opening being sequentially connected in series,
and the third opening, the second heat exchanger, the first three-way pipe, the second expansion device, the third heat exchanger, the second three-way pipe and the fourth opening being sequentially connected in series,
wherein in the four-way valve, the first opening is directly connectable to the third opening or the fourth opening, the first opening is indirectly connected to the second opening, the second opening is directly connectable to the third opening or the fourth opening, the third opening is indirectly connected to the fourth opening, the second opening is directly connected to the fourth opening when the first opening is directly connected to the third opening, and the second opening is directly connected to the third opening when the first opening is directly connected to the fourth opening;
a first bypass valve, connected in parallel with the first expansion device, wherein two opposite ends thereof are directly connected to the first heat exchanger and directly connected to the second opening respectively;
a second bypass valve, connected to the first three-way pipe and the second three-way pipe, the second bypass valve connected in parallel with the second expansion device and the third heat exchanger; and
a liquid supply system, connected to the first heat exchanger.

2. The heat pump air-conditioning system according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid supply system further comprises a pump and a liquid inlet pipe and a liquid outlet pipe connected to the pump, the liquid outlet pipe penetrating the first heat exchanger.

3. The heat pump air-conditioning system according to claim 2 , wherein the liquid supply system further comprises a liquid storage device, the liquid inlet pipe and the liquid outlet pipe being respectively connected to the liquid storage device.

4. The heat pump air-conditioning system according to claim 3 , wherein the liquid supply system further comprises a three-way valve and an auxiliary liquid outlet pipe, the three-way valve being connected to the liquid outlet pipe and located between the pump and the first heat exchanger, one end of the auxiliary liquid outlet pipe being connected to the three-way valve, and the other end of the auxiliary liquid outlet pipe being connected to the liquid outlet pipe located between the first heat exchanger and the liquid storage device.

5. The heat pump air-conditioning system according to claim 4 , further comprising a control device, electrically connected to the four-way valve, the compressor, the first heat exchanger, the second heat exchanger, the third heat exchanger, the first expansion device, the second expansion device, the first bypass valve, the second bypass valve, the pump and the three-way valve.

6. The heat pump air-conditioning system according to claim 1 , wherein the second heat exchanger comprises an outdoor fan, and the third heat exchanger comprises an indoor fan.

7. The heat pump air-conditioning system according to claim 1 , wherein the liquid supply system further comprises a pump, a liquid storage device, a liquid inlet pipe and a liquid outlet pipe, the liquid inlet pipe and the liquid outlet pipe being both connected to the pump and the liquid storage device, and the liquid outlet pipe penetrating the first heat exchanger.

8. A method for controlling a heat pump air-conditioning system, comprising:
providing the heat pump air-conditioning system according to claim 1 ;
turning off the liquid supply system, the first expansion device and the second bypass valve; and
enabling the refrigerant to flow from the compressor sequentially through the first heat exchanger, the first bypass valve, the four-way valve, the second heat exchanger, and the second expansion device to the third heat exchanger, and then flow from the third heat exchanger through the four-way valve back to the compressor, the refrigerant releasing heat at the second heat exchanger and absorbing heat at the third heat exchanger.

9. The method for controlling the heat pump air-conditioning system according to claim 8 , wherein the second heat exchanger comprises an outdoor fan, and the third heat exchanger comprises an indoor fan.

10. A method for controlling a heat pump air-conditioning system, comprising:
providing the heat pump air-conditioning system according to claim 1 ;
turning off the liquid supply system, the first expansion device and the second bypass valve; and
enabling the refrigerant to flow from the compressor sequentially through the first heat exchanger, the first bypass valve, the four-way valve, the third heat exchanger, and the second expansion device to the second heat exchanger, and then flow from the second heat exchanger through the four-way valve back to the compressor, the refrigerant absorbing heat at the second heat exchanger and releasing heat at the third heat exchanger.

11. The method for controlling the heat pump air-conditioning system according to claim 10 , wherein the second heat exchanger comprises an outdoor fan, and the third heat exchanger comprises an indoor fan.

12. A method for controlling a heat pump air-conditioning system, comprising:
providing the heat pump air-conditioning system according to claim 1 ;
turning off the first bypass valve and the second expansion device; and
enabling the refrigerant to flow from the compressor sequentially through the first heat exchanger, the first expansion device, the four-way valve, and the second bypass valve to the second heat exchanger, and then flow from the second heat exchanger through the four-way valve back to the compressor, the liquid supply system absorbing heat of the refrigerant from the first heat exchanger, and the refrigerant absorbing heat at the second heat exchanger.

13. The method for controlling the heat pump air-conditioning system according to claim 12 , wherein the liquid supply system further comprises a pump, a liquid storage device, a liquid inlet pipe and a liquid outlet pipe, the liquid inlet pipe and the liquid outlet pipe being both connected to the pump and the liquid storage device, the liquid outlet pipe penetrating the first heat exchanger, and the pump operating to enable a liquid in the liquid storage device to flow through the first heat exchanger to absorb the heat of the refrigerant.

14. The method for controlling the heat pump air-conditioning system according to claim 13 , wherein the second heat exchanger comprises an outdoor fan, and the third heat exchanger comprises an indoor fan.

15. A method for controlling a heat pump air-conditioning system, comprising:
providing the heat pump air-conditioning system according to claim 1 ;
turning off the first expansion device and the second bypass valve; and
enabling the refrigerant to flow from the compressor sequentially through the first heat exchanger, the first bypass valve, the four-way valve, the second heat exchanger, and the second expansion device to the third heat exchanger, and then flow from the third heat exchanger through the four-way valve back to the compressor, the liquid supply system abs

Assignees

• Ind Tech Res Inst

Inventors

• Nian Shy-Her
• Chao Ling-Yu

Classifications

• F24F11/65

  for selecting an operating mode · CPC title

• F25B41/04 Primary

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F24F2011/0064

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F25B2341/0662

  Mechanical Engineering · mapped topic

• F24D17/02

  using heat pumps · CPC title