Overheat preventing method for prescribed displacement type compressor and apparatus for the same

• US 5,243,827 A
• Filed: 04/21/1992
• Issued: 09/14/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/1989
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Shimizu Engineering Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Shimizu Engineering Company Limited
• Inventors: Hagita, Naomi, Mizuno, Takao
• Primary Examiner(s): Sollecito, John M.
• Application Number:
  US07/870,770
• Time in Patent Office: 511 Days
• Field of Search: 62/505, 62/197, 62/196.1, 62/196.2, 62/196.3, 62/86, 62/113, 62/119, 418/84, 418/87, 418/97, 418/100
• US Class Current: 62/113
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 29/042 by injecting a fluid injection of fluid for sealing, cooling or lubrication F04C29/0007
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 1/04 with compressor of rotary type F25B1/005, F25B1/10 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 31/008 by injecting a liquid
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 41/20 Disposition of valves, e.g. of on-off valves or flow control valves expansion valves F25B41/31

Abstract

An overheating prevention method for a fixed displacement type compressor having an overheating prevention device for introducing a part of high pressure liquefied coolant, liquefied in a compressor of a refrigeration cycle, into a compression chamber maintained under a compression stroke of the compressor through a connecting pipe, and for controlling a flow rate of the liquefied coolant flowing through the communication pipe to thereby cool the compressor. The connecting pipe is communicated with the compressor so that an average pressure within the compressor is reduced relative to a condensed pressure under a minimum operational pressure ratio condition at which the introduction of the liquefied coolant is required for cooling the compressor, within an operational pressure range in which the condensed pressure and evaporation pressure are respectively variable. The high pressure liquefied coolant may be introduced into the compression chamber, kept under the compression stroke, from a plurality of positions.

Claims

1. A method for preventing an overheating of a fixed displacement type compressor, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a connecting pipe having a first end in communication with an outlet of a condenser and a second end in communication with an interior of a compression chamber of the compressor at a position thereof wherein a pressure ratio of gas to an evaporation pressure is in a range of 3.0 to 3.5;

introducing a portion of high pressure liquified coolant liquified in the condenser of a refrigeration cycle;

detecting a temperature of discharged gas from the compressor by a thermostat;

controlling a flow rate of the introduced high pressure liquified coolant in dependence upon a detected temperature of the discharge gas by the thermostat by selectively interrupting a flow of the introduced high pressure liquified coolant so as to maintain the discharge gas at a predetermined temperature while preventing an overheating of the compressor over an operational range of the compressor; and

introducing a flow of the high pressure liquid coolant through the connecting pipe when the evaporation temperature is reduced to below a predetermined evaporation temperature.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of providing the second connecting pipe includes communicating the second end of the second connecting pipe to the compression chamber at a higher pressure side than a position at which the second end of the first connecting pipe communicates with the compression chamber.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of controlling includes providing an electromagnetic valve in the connecting pipe, and operating said electromagnetic valve so as to selectively open and close the same in dependence upon the detected temperature by the thermostat.

4. An overheat preventing apparatus for a fixed displacement compressor comprising:

a condensor of a refrigeration cycle;

a connecting pipe for introducing a part of a high pressure coolant liquified in said condensor into a compression chamber for controlling a flow rate of the liquified coolant through said connecting pipe to thereby cool the compressor, said connecting pipe having a first end communicating with an outlet of the condensor and a second end communicating with the compression chamber at a position thereof wherein a pressure ratio of the gas to an evaporation pressure is in a range of 3.0 to 3.5;

means for controlling the flow of the high pressure liquefied coolant through said connecting pipe in dependence upon a detected temperature of an evaporator; and

a second connecting pipe in fluid communication with a higher pressure side of the compressor than said first mentioned connecting pipe,

wherein said connecting pipes are controlled in accordance with a temperature of the evaporator, and

wherein said second connecting pipe is in fluid communication in a low evaporation temperature region within the operational pressure range, while said first-mentioned connecting pipe is in fluid communication in a high evaporation temperature region within the operational pressure range.

5. The overheat preventing apparatus of claim 4, wherein said means for controlling includes a first electromagnetic valve selectively operable to be opened and closed in dependence upon said detected temperature of an evaporator, and wherein a second electromagnetic valve is provided in the second connecting line and is operable to be opened and closed in dependence upon a temperature of the evaporator.

6. A method for preventing an overheating of a fixed displacement type compressor, the compressor including a compressor overheat preventing means including a connecting pipe for introducing a part of high pressure liquified coolant, liquified in a condenser of a refrigeration cycle, into a compression chamber maintained under a compression stroke of the compressor and for controlling a flow rate of the liquified coolant flowing through the connecting pipe to cool the compressor at a level of an operational pressure value not less than 3.5, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a electromagnetic valve within said connecting pipe;

communicating said connecting pipe with an interior of the compression chamber of the compressor at a position thereof wherein a pressure in the compression chamber is always less than a condensing pressure in an operational range of the refrigeration cycle;

detecting a temperature of discharged gas from the compressor by a thermostat mounted on the compressor; and

controlling said electromagnetic valve according to the detected temperature so as to maintain the temperature of discharge gas lower than a predetermined temperature of 110°

C.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the steps of controlling includes providing an electromagnetic valve in said connecting pipe, and operating said electromagnetic valve so as to selectively open and close the same in dependence upon the detected temperature by the thermostat.

8. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the steps of connecting a first end of said connecting pipe with an outlet of the compressor and a second end with an interior of the compression chamber of the compressor at a position thereof, and wherein a maximum value of an evaporation pressure is in a range of 3.0 to 3.5.

9. The method according to claim 6, further comprising the steps of:

providing a second connecting pipe having a electromagnetic valve within the second connecting pipe in addition to said first-mentioned connecting pipe; and

communicating the second connecting pipe to the compression chamber at a higher pressure side than a position at which the first-mentioned connecting pipe communicates with the compression chamber.

10. The method according to the claim 9, further comprising the steps of communicating said second connecting pipe with a low evaporation temperature side of the compression chamber and said first connecting pipe with a high evaporation temperature side of the compression chamber.

11. An overheat preventing apparatus for a fixed displacement compressor including a connecting pipe for introducing a part of a high pressure coolant liquefied in a condenser of a refrigeration cycle into a compression chamber maintained under a compression stroke of the compressor, the compressor being cooled by controlling a flow rate of the high pressure coolant flowing through said connecting pipe,

wherein said connecting pipe has an electromagnetic valve located within the connecting pipe, said electromagnetic valve is provided with means to control said electromagnetic valve in accordance with values detected by a thermostat mounted on the compressor so as to be opened to introduce liquified coolant into the compression chamber when a discharge gas temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature of 110°

C., and said electromagnetic valve communicates the connecting pipe with a portion of the compressor, and wherein said means to control further provides that a mean pressure in the compression chamber maintained under the compression stroke is always less than a condensing pressure of the refrigeration cycle in an operational pressure condition in which said electromagnetic valve is controlled to open.

12. The overheat preventing apparatus of claim 11, wherein said electromagnetic valve selectively operable to be opened and closed in dependence upon the detected temperature of the discharged gas.

13. The overheat preventing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein said connecting pipe comprises a first connecting pipe and a second connecting pipe, said second connecting pipe in fluid communication with a higher pressure side of the compression chamber than that of said first connecting pipe, said first and second connecting pipes are controlled in accordance with one of a cooled box temperature, an evaporation temperature and evaporation pressure, said second connecting pipe being in fluid communication in a low evaporation temperature region within the operation pressure condition, while said first connecting pipe is in fluid communication in a high evaporation temperature region within the operation pressure condition.