The present invention provides a scroll expander and an operation method thereof, and a
fluid circulation system and an operation method thereof, the scroll expander comprising: a housing enclosing an internal space of the scroll expander, the internal space being divided into a
high pressure region and a low pressure region; the expansion mechanism is arranged in the shell and comprises a fixed vortex and a movable vortex, a central air inlet cavity, an exhaust cavity and a middle expansion cavity are formed between the fixed vortex and the movable vortex, an air
inlet channel and a sealing piece are further arranged on the side, opposite to the cavities, of the expansion mechanism, the air
inlet channel is used for communicating a high-pressure area with the central air inlet cavity, and the sealing piece is used for sealing the middle expansion cavity. The sealing element is used for isolating the air
inlet channel from the low-pressure area, the sealing element is at least partially arranged in the sealing element cavity, the vortex expansion
machine further comprises at least one
pressure buildup passage, and the
pressure buildup passage is constructed to be capable of communicating the sealing element cavity with a high-pressure
fluid supply pipeline outside the vortex expansion
machine. According to the vortex expansion
machine, normal starting and normal operation can be achieved.