313results about "Compression machines using turbines" patented technology

A refrigeration apparatus (7200) includes a heat pump circuit (7201) and a power generation circuit (7100). The power generation circuit (7100) includes an evaporator (701) including a first and a second heat exchanger (710a, 710b), a turbine (702), a condenser (703) and a pump (704). The first heat exchanger (710a) absorbs heat rejected from the heat pump circuit (7201) into a power generation circuit (7100) while the second heat exchanger (710b) further heats the fluid. The power generation circuit (7100) includes a bypass (707) which allows a portion of working liquid to enter the turbine (702) without passing through the evaporator (701). A heat pump (704) with similar bypass is also disclosed. Also disclosed are dual stage turbine design and a nozzle (10300) for a turbine which includes two fluid paths (1011, 1014) that adapted to receive and mix the liquid and vapour streams of working fluid, so that the liquid working fluid is vaporized by the heat from the vapour working fluid.

A control method and apparatus for critical rotational speed avoidance in a compressor-expander set in a gas refrigeration system. By varying an opening of an antisurge or recycle valve, a shaft power used by the compressor in the compressor-expander set may be varied, thereby varying the rotational speed of the compressor-expander set to move it away from its critical speed zone. Additionally, a feedforward signal may be provided by a compressor-expander set control system to cause an antisurge valve for a recycle compressor to open upon a trip or shutdown of one compressor-expander set.

The invention relates to micro distributed solar-driven combined cooling heating and power system belonging to field of energy technology. The invention includes: solar collection system, organic Rankine cycle thermal power generation system, adsorption refrigeration system, heating and hot water system, hot water distribution system, control system, secondary combustion device. The solar collection system is connected to the pipe of the hot water distribution and control system via the secondary combustion device, and the organic Rankine cycle thermal power generation system and the adsorption refrigeration system and the heating and hot water system are parallel connected to downstream of the hot water distribution and control system via pipes. The invention provides hot water by employing the vacuum tube solar water heater, and provides electricity by using ORC generation system, and provides cold water used by air conditioner and hot water by using the adsorption refrigeration system; the regulation and control on the hot water distribution system is user-oriented, and the system generates electricity, refrigerates, heats based on user requirement, and the system prepares the secondary combustion device to suffice the requirement when illumination is inadequate or user requirement is overlarge.

Disclosed herein is a refrigerator. In the refrigerator, a water purifying unit including a filter unit to purify water supplied from a water supply source is arranged adjacent to a drawer type storage container in an otherwise useless space of a storage compartment.

The present invention includes an adsorbent sub-system to concentrate water vapor from an incoming pressurized air stream to a level that allows efficient water condensation with ambient air as the single cooling source. The heat released when condensing the water is transferred to the ambient air, without affecting the cooling capacity of the system.

A high temperature heat pump comprising a low temperature heat exchanger to produce vapor of a first fluid from heat transferred from a second fluid to a mixture of liquid and vapor of the first fluid; a compressor to increase the pressure and temperature of the produced vapor; a high temperature heat exchanger to heat the second fluid to useful, high temperatures from the condensation of the first fluid; and an expander to lower the pressure and temperature of the first fluid producing a mixture of vapor and liquid.

A control system and method are provided for the automatic startup and shutdown of a steam turbine driven chiller unit. The chiller unit includes an integrated central control panel to control operation of both the steam turbine system and the refrigerant system. The central control panel has a startup control system to automatically start the steam turbine driven chiller unit while performing necessary protective actions and a shutdown control system to automatically stop the steam turbine driven chiller unit while performing necessary protective actions.

Thermoelectric energy storage system and an associated method are disclosed. The thermoelectric energy storage system includes a first refrigeration system, a power system, a first thermal storage unit, and a second thermal storage unit. The first refrigeration system includes a first heat exchanger, a first compressor, a second heat exchanger, and a first expander. The first heat exchanger is disposed upstream relative to the first compressor. The power system includes a third heat exchanger, a second compressor, a fourth heat exchanger, a fifth heat exchanger, and a second expander. The third heat exchanger is disposed upstream relative to the fourth heat exchanger. The fifth heat exchanger is disposed downstream relative to the second expander. The first thermal storage unit is coupled to the first heat exchanger and the fifth heat exchanger. The second thermal storage unit is coupled to the first refrigeration system and the power system.

A system for utilizing waste heat from a vehicle has a Rankine circuit, and the Rankine circuit includes a fluid machine. A generating unit of the fluid machine has a third rotating body that is disposed coaxially with a first rotating body of a pump unit and a second rotating body of an expansion unit. The fluid machine has a drive shaft that is integrally connected at least to the first rotating body, among the first, second and third rotating bodies, and a power transmission unit that is connected to the drive shaft and transmits external power to the drive shaft.

A control system for a steam turbine driven chiller unit is provided. The control system automatically utilizes the full range of the governor, compressor pre-rotation vanes, and hot gas bypass valve capabilities to control the capacity of the chiller and provide anti-surge and override control functions to prevent undesirable operational ranges while maintaining maximum efficiency of operation.

A refrigerant circuit (10) of a refrigeration apparatus is filled up with carbon dioxide as a refrigerant. In the refrigerant circuit (10), a first compressor (21) and a second compressor (22) are arranged in parallel. The first compressor (21) is connected to both an expander (23) and a first electric motor (31), and is driven by both of the expander (23) and the first electric motor (31). On the other hand, the second compressor (22) is connected only to a second electric motor (32), and is driven by the second electric motor (32). In addition, the refrigerant circuit (10) is provided with a bypass line (40) which bypasses the expander (23). The bypass line (40) is provided with a bypass valve (41). And, the capacity of the second compressor (22) and the valve opening of the bypass valve (41) are regulated so that the COP of the refrigeration apparatus is improved after enabling the refrigeration apparatus to operate properly in any operation conditions.

The present disclosure provides for a method and apparatus of providing air conditioning from a waste heat source. A vapor state expander is provided producing mechanical work, and a compressing unit is at least partially operative responsive to the mechanical work output of the vapor state expander. In another exemplary embodiment a second liquid state expander producing mechanical work is further provided, the compressing unit operative further responsive to the mechanical work of the liquid state expander. The apparatus disclosed is further capable of providing backup heating and cooling from an additional power source when the waste heat source is insufficient.

A control system for a steam turbine driven chiller unit is provided. The control system automatically utilizes the full range of the governor, compressor pre-rotation vanes, and hot gas bypass valve capabilities to control the capacity of the chiller and provide anti-surge and override control functions to prevent undesirable operational ranges while maintaining maximum efficiency of operation.

It is an object of the present invention to reduce the constraint that the density ratio is constant as small as possible, and to obtain high power recovering effect in a wide operation range by using an expander which is operated in accordance with a flowing direction of refrigerant. A determining method of a high pressure of a refrigeration cycle apparatus in which a refrigeration cycle uses carbon dioxide as refrigerant and has a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expander and an indoor heat exchanger, and the refrigeration cycle including a bypass circuit provided in parallel to said expander, and a control valve which adjusts a flow rate of refrigerant flowing through said bypass circuit, said compressor being driven by power recover by said expander, wherein if an optimal high pressure of a first refrigeration cycle flowing through said expander and a second refrigeration cycle flowing through said bypass circuit is defined as Ph, and a bypass amount ratio flowing through said bypass circuit in said Ph is defined as Rb0, and a maximum refrigeration cycle efficiency of said first refrigeration cycle in said Ph is defined as COPe, and a maximum refrigeration cycle efficiency of said second refrigeration cycle in said Ph is defined as COPb, the optimal high pressure Ph which maximizes (1-Rb0)xCOPe+Rb0xCOPb is determined.

An air conditioner for motor vehicles has a refrigerant circuit in which the refrigerant is brought into a wet vapor state. The refrigerant circuit is comprised among other things of at least one compressor (37) and a pressure ramming machine (14') which serves as an expansion device. By means of the pressure ramming machine (14'), energy is recovered during the expansion process which can be used in the circuit for compressing the refrigerant. In addition, a method for operating an air conditioner for motor vehicles is described, according to which a pressure ramming machine is integrated into the refrigerant circuit and refrigerant is brought into a wet vapor state in the pressure ramming machine (14').

An integrated power plant cooling system for an electrical generating power plant driven by a gas turbine to cool power plant components is provided. The integrated cooling system includes a heat source extracted from the power plant and an absorption chiller utilizing energy from the heat source to cool a chilling medium. An integrated cooling skid includes heat removal devices for a plurality of power plant components. The chilling medium output from the absorption chiller is circulated to the heat removal devices for the power plant components of the integrated cooling skid. Plant cooling water may remove heat from the absorption chiller.

A refrigeration system includes an internal heat exchanger (23) capable of controlling the temperature of refrigerant flowing towards an expander (12). Upon change of the operating conditions, the internal heat exchanger (23) controls the temperature of the refrigerant to control the specific volume or the flow rate of the refrigerant, thereby eliminating imbalance between the flow rate through a compressor (11) and the flow rate through the expander (12). In a cooling operation in which the refrigerant circulation amount is larger than in a heating operation, the cooling capacity of the internal heat exchanger (23) is enhanced as compared to that in the heating operation, thereby increasing the flow rate of refrigerant into the expander (12) without part of the refrigerant bypassing the expander (12). This prevents the COP of the refrigeration system from being deteriorated.

It is an object of the present invention to reduce the constraint that the density ratio is constant as small as possible, and to obtain high power recovering effect in a wide operation range. A refrigeration cycle apparatus uses carbon dioxide as refrigerant and has a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expander and an indoor heat exchanger. An injection circuit for introducing high pressure refrigerant is provided in a halfway of an expansion process of said expander.

The invention relates to an energy storage device and method based on carbon dioxide gas-liquid phase change. The energy storage device based on carbon dioxide gas-liquid phase change comprises a gas store, a liquid storage tank, an energy storage assembly, an energy release assembly, a heat exchange assembly, and a heat recovery assembly, wherein the energy storage assembly is arranged between the gas store and the liquid storage tank, the carbon dioxide is changed from the gas state to the liquid state through the energy storage assembly, the energy release assembly is arranged between the gas store and the liquid storage tank, the carbon dioxide is changed into a gas state from a liquid state through the energy release assembly, the energy storage assembly and the energy release assembly are both connected with the heat exchange assembly, the heat exchange assembly can transfer part of energy generated in the energy storage assembly to the energy release assembly, at least one of the energy released when the carbon dioxide is changed into the liquid state from the gas state, the energy released when the carbon dioxide is cooled before entering the gas store and the energy released when a heat exchange medium is cooled can be recovered by the heat recovery assembly and is used for evaporation of the carbon dioxide. The energy storage device can reduce energy waste in the storage and release process and improve the energy utilization rate.

The invention relates to a method is provided which allows the generation of high temperatures, e.g. above 120° C. and maximum 200° C. and low temperatures, e.g. below minimum minus 20° C., from waste heat or geothermal heat or similar heat sources having a temperature of between 20 and 70° C. The method may use essentially pure carbon dioxide as primary working fluid in an essentially closed loop as described in previous disclosures, alternatively low boiling solvents are employed. The common feature of different embodiments is that the system operates at least partly, specifically in the absorber or cold side of the process, below atmospheric pressure (1 bar). In the method a heat pump or heat transformer is realized within the technical boundaries mentioned above. The invention also relates to the use of the method in combination with a district heating system for elevating the temperature of the district heating medium or for electricity production on demand.

A refrigeration cycle device includes: a compressor that constitutes a refrigeration cycle and compresses a supplied refrigerant; a refrigerant-retaining container that retains the refrigerant into which lubricating oil for the compressor is mixed, and which separates the gas refrigerant from the liquid refrigerant, and sends out the gas refrigerant to the compressor; a refrigerant conveying pump that conveys a fluid mixture including the liquid refrigerant and the lubricating oil retained in the refrigerant-retaining container; and an internal heat exchanger that changes the liquid refrigerant conveyed out from the refrigerant-retaining container by the refrigerant conveying pump to the gas refrigerant, and provides the compressor with the gas refrigerant together with the lubricating oil. Since the refrigerant conveying pump conveys the fluid mixture containing the liquid refrigerant and the lubricating oil retained in a refrigerant-retaining container, stable operation is possible.

The invention relates to the central air-conditioning control system, in particular involving the detection of the modular cold unit water flow switch and its control method. The invention discloses a control system of DC signal detect the water flow and its control method. The technology program is, the cold unit control system includes the MCU and water flow detection circuit, and its characteristics are that the DC output signal of water flow detection circuit connects the MCU. Based on the closed signal of the water flow detection switch and the work condition of the pump, the invention method judges whether the circulating water system fault, or water flow switch fault. The beneficial effects of the invention is that reduced the complexity and cost structure of the control system, can provided the accurate fault information of the circulating water system to the control system, reduced the loss of the manmade downtime, improved the reliability of the system.

A compressor system has a compression stage, a coolant circuit and a refrigerant circuit. The compression stage compresses ambient air and generates compressed air and heat. A coolant removes heat from the compression stage and the heat is transferred from the coolant to a refrigerant. A refrigerant expansion device is incorporated into the refrigerant circuit. The expansion device expands the pressurized refrigerant utilizing a rotary expander. Energy generated during refrigerant expansion is captured and used to drive components of the cooling system.

The techniques of electromagnetism suspension and frequency conversion drive make the unit of refrigeration and air-condition possess the features of high speed, large press ratio, small volume, light weight, high efficiency and no pollution etc. Two refrigeration processes, one heating process and two different forms of heat exchanging process of the air-conditioning cold air are adopted in the unit. The air as the refrigeration working-medium from atmosphere enters into the turbo-expander directly to obtain the cooled air in low temperature. The cooled air through the air heat exchanger reaches the turbo centrifugal compressor where the absorption refrigeration is carried out. The refrigerant produced is circulated through water between the heat exchanger and the evaporator.

A system for depressurizing a gas in a pipeline is described. The system com-prises an expander configured and arranged for generating mechanical power by expanding gas from a first pressure to a second pressure. The system further comprises a heat pump and a heat transfer circuit containing a heat transfer fluid circu-lating therein, for receiving heat from the heat pump and delivering heat to the gas through a heat exchanger. A controller is further provided, configured and arranged for modulating a flow rate of the heat transfer fluid circulating in the heat transfer circuit as a function of a heat rate to be transferred from the heat transfer fluid to the gas, particularly as a function of temperature differentials between the gas and the heat transfer fluid at a gas inlet side and a gas outlet side of the heat exchang-er.