Compressor and refrigeration cycle device using same

• US 10,215,451 B2
• Filed: 04/27/2015
• Issued: 02/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujitaka, Akira, Sakima, Fuminori, Kawabe, Yoshikazu, Sakuda, Atsushi, Nakai, Hiroaki, Sato, Shigehiro, Takaichi, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): Duke, Emmanuel
• Application Number:
  US15/309,567
• Publication Number:
  US 20170138641A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,401 Days
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2205/122 Halogenated hydrocarbons
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2205/126 Unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbons
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2205/22 All components of a mixture being fluoro compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 2205/32 The mixture being azeotropic
• CPC Class Codes: C09K 5/045 containing only fluorine as halogen
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 171/008 Lubricant compositions compatible with refrigerants
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2203/04 Well-defined cycloaliphatic compounds
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2207/026 with tertiary alkyl groups
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2207/2835 used as base material
• CPC Class Codes: C10M 2223/04 Phosphate esters
• CPC Class Codes: C10N 2020/101 Containing Hydrofluorocarbons
• CPC Class Codes: C10N 2040/30 Refrigerators lubricants or compressors lubricants
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 18/0215 where only one member is moving
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 18/0253 Details concerning the base
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 18/0269 Details concerning the involute wraps
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 18/0292 Ports or channels located in the wrap
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 2210/26 Refrigerants with particular properties, e.g. HFC-134a
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 2240/30 Casings or housings
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 2240/40 Electric motor
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 2240/803 Electric connectors or cables; Fittings therefor
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 23/008 : Hermetic pumps
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 27/005 : Axial sealings for working fluid
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 28/26 : using bypass channels
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 29/0085 : Prime movers
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 29/02 : Lubrication of machines or engines in general F01M; Lubricant separation separation in general B01D
• CPC Class Codes: F04C 29/12 : Arrangements for admission or discharge of the working fluid, e.g. constructional features of the inlet or outlet
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 1/04 : with compressor of rotary type F25B1/005, F25B1/10 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 2600/01 : Timing
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 2600/0262 : internal to the compressor
• CPC Class Codes: F25B 31/002 : Lubrication

Abstract

A compressor uses a refrigerant containing R1123 (1,1,2-trifluoroethylene) as a working fluid, and uses a polyol ester oil as a compressor lubricating oil. In addition, a fixed scroll and a revolving scroll each having a spiral lap rising from an end plate, and a compression chamber which is formed by meshing the fixed scroll and the revolving scroll, are provided. In addition, a discharge hole which is provided at a center position of the end plate of the fixed scroll, and is open to a discharge chamber, a bypass hole which is provided in the end plate of the fixed scroll, and communicates with the compression chamber and the discharge chamber at a timing different from a timing at which the compression chamber communicates with the discharge hole, and a check valve which is provided in the bypass hole, and allows a flow from the compression chamber side to the discharge chamber side.

Claims

1. A compressor which uses a refrigerant containing 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene as a working fluid, and uses a polyol ester oil as a compressor lubricating oil, comprising

a fixed scroll and a revolving scroll each having a spiral lap rising from an end plate;

a compression chamber which is formed by meshing the fixed scroll and the revolving scroll;

a discharge hole which is provided at a center position of the end plate of the fixed scroll, and is open to a discharge chamber;

a bypass hole which is provided in the end plate of the fixed scroll, and communicates with the compression chamber and the discharge chamber at a timing different from a timing at which the compression chamber communicates with the discharge hole; and

a check valve which is provided in the bypass hole, and allows a flow from a compression chamber side to a discharge chamber side,

wherein the working fluid is selected from the group consisting of

a mixed working fluid comprising 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane, the difluoromethane being at least 30% by weight to at most 60% by weight in the mixed working fluid,

a mixed working fluid comprising 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene and tetrafluoroethane, the tetrafluoroethane being at least 30% by weight to at most 60% by weight in the mixed working fluid, and

a mixed working fluid comprising 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane, and tetrafluoroethane, a combination of the difluoromethane and the tetrafluoroethane being at least 30% by weight to at most 60% by weight in the mixed working fluid,

wherein the polyol ester oil is a mixed lubricating oil which is a mixture of an oil additive and a base oil, a viscosity of the oil additive is adjusted to be equivalent to a viscosity of the base oil, and the oil additive is a mixture of;

a terpene type or a terpenoid type additive and a lubricating oil, an amount of the terpene type or the terpenoid type additive is equal to or greater than 1% and less than 50% of the mixed lubricating oil, and the lubricating oil has a higher viscosity than the viscosity of the base oil, or

the terpene type or the terpenoid type additive and the lubricating oil, the amount of the terpene type or the terpenoid type additive is equal to or greater than 1% and less than 50% of the mixed lubricating oil, the lubricating oil has a super-high viscosity, and an amount of the lubricating oil is equal to or greater than the amount of the terpene type or the terpenoid type additive.

2. The compressor of claim 1,

wherein the check valve is a reed valve provided on an end plate surface of the fixed scroll.

3. The compressor of claim 2,

wherein the discharge chamber always communicates with the compression chamber via the discharge hole.

4. The compressor of claim 1,

wherein the discharge chamber always communicates with the compression chamber via the discharge hole.

5. The compressor of claim 1,

wherein the polyol ester oil has at least one type selected from the group of neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol, and dipentaerythritol as a constituent alcohol.

6. The compressor of claim 1,

wherein the polyol ester oil contains a phosphate ester anti-wear agent.

7. The compressor of claim 1,

wherein the polyol ester oil contains a phenolic antioxidant.

8. The compressor of claim 1, further comprising:

a motor portion which drives the revolving scroll,

wherein the motor portion uses an electrical wire which is obtained by coating a conductor with a thermosetting insulating material and baking with an insulating film therebetween, as a coil.

9. The compressor of claim 1, further comprising:

an airtight container which accommodates the compression chamber and the motor portion,

wherein the airtight container includes a power supply terminal which is installed in a mouth portion via an insulating member, a connection terminal for connecting the power supply terminal to a lead wire, and a doughnut-like insulating member which is disposed to adhere to the insulating member on the power supply terminal on an inner side of the airtight container.

10. A refrigeration cycle device comprising:

the compressor of claim 1;

a condenser which cools a refrigerant gas that is compressed by the compressor and has a high pressure;

a throttle mechanism which reduces a pressure of a high-pressure refrigerant which is liquefied by the condenser;

an evaporator which gasifies the refrigerant of which the pressure is reduced by the throttle mechanism; and

piping which links the compressor, the condenser, the throttle mechanism, and the evaporator to each other.

11. The compressor of claim 1,

wherein in the working fluid, a combination of the 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene and the difluoromethane and/or the tetrafluoroethane is 100% by weight.

12. A compressor which uses a refrigerant containing 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene as a working fluid, and uses a polyol ester oil as a compressor lubricating oil, comprising:

a fixed scroll and a revolving scroll each having a spiral lap rising from an end plate;

a compression chamber which is formed by engaging the fixed scroll and the revolving scroll;

a first compression chamber which is formed on an outer wall side of the lap of the revolving scroll; and

a second compression chamber which is formed on an inner wall side of the lap of the revolving scroll,

wherein a suction volume of the first compression chamber is greater than a suction volume of the second compression chamber,

wherein the working fluid is selected from the group consisting of

a mixed working fluid comprising 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene and difluoromethane, the difluoromethane being at least 30% by weight to at most 60% by weight in the mixed working fluid,

a mixed working fluid comprising 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene and tetrafluoroethane, the tetrafluoroethane being at least 30% by weight to at most 60% by weight in the mixed working fluid, and

a mixed working fluid comprising 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene, difluoromethane, and tetrafluoroethane, a combination of the difluoromethane and the tetrafluoroethane being at least 30% by weight to at most 60% by weight in the mixed working fluid,

wherein the polyol ester oil is a mixed lubricating oil which is a mixture of an oil additive and a base oil, a viscosity of the oil additive is adjusted to be equivalent to a viscosity of the base oil, the oil additive is a mixture of;

a terpene type or a terpenoid type additive and a lubricating oil, an amount of the terpene type or the terpenoid type additive is equal to or greater than 1% and less than 50% of the mixed lubricating oil, and the lubricating oil has a higher viscosity than the viscosity of the base oil, or

the terpene type or the terpenoid type additive and the lubricating oil, the amount of the terpene type or the terpenoid type additive is equal to or greater than 1% and less than 50% of the mixed lubricating oil, the lubricating oil has a super-high viscosity, and an amount of the lubricating oil is equal to or greater than the amount of the terpene type or the terpenoid type additive.

13. The compressor of claim 12,

wherein a discharge chamber is provided in the end plate of the fixed scroll, and the discharge chamber always communicates with the compression chamber via a discharge hole.

14. The compressor of claim 12,

wherein the polyol ester oil has at least one type selected from the group of neopentyl glycol, trimethylolpropane, pentaerythritol, and dipentaerythritol as a constituent alcohol.

15. The compressor of claim 12,

wherein the polyol ester oil contains a phosphate ester anti-wear agent.

16. The compressor of claim 12,

wherein the polyol ester oil contains a phenolic antioxidant.

17. The compressor of claim 12, further comprising:

a motor portion which drives the revolving scroll,

wherein the motor portion uses an electrical wire which is obtained by coating a conductor with a thermosetting insulating material and baking with an insulating film therebetween, as a coil.

18. The compressor of claim 12, further comprising:

an airtight container which accommodates the compression chamber and the motor portion,

wherein the airtight container includes a power supply terminal which is installed in a mouth portion via an insulating member, a connection terminal for connecting the power supply terminal to a lead wire, and a doughnut-like insulating member which is disposed to adhere to the insulating member on the power supply terminal on an inner side of the airtight container.

19. A refrigeration cycle device comprising:

the pressor of claim 12;

a condenser which cools a refrigerant gas that is compressed by the compressor and has a high pressure;

a throttle mechanism which reduces a pressure of a high-pressure refrigerant which is liquefied by the condenser;

an evaporator which gasifies the refrigerant of which the pressure is reduced by the throttle mechanism; and

piping which links the compressor, the condenser, the throttle mechanism, and the evaporator to each other.

20. The compressor of claim 12,

wherein in the working fluid, a combination of the 1,1,2-trifluoroethylene and the difluoromethane and/or the tetrafluoroethane is 100% by weight.