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Heat pump unit

a heat pump and unit technology, applied in the direction of heat pumps, positive displacement liquid engines, lighting and heating apparatus, etc., can solve the problems of reducing the volumetric efficiency of the compressor, affecting the cooling capacity of the refrigeration device, and inevitably rising temperature of the intake gas before reaching the cylinder, so as to maintain the performance of the heat pump unit, and cause no damage to the environment.

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-06-11
MAYEKAWA MFG CO LTD
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The present invention provides a heat pump unit that prevents the temperature rise of the intake gas before being drawn into the cylinder, which leads to decreased volumetric efficiency and cooling capacity of the refrigeration device. The invention achieves this by introducing a refrigerant liquid to a refrigerant gas space of high temperature, which lowers the temperature of the refrigerant gas being discharged. The heat pump unit is applicable to all kinds of reciprocating compressors and is cost-effective and environmentally friendly. The technical effects of the invention include improved performance and efficiency of the heat pump and refrigeration device.

Problems solved by technology

Therefore, as the discharge gas is not cooled, there is heat exchange between the intake gas and the discharge gas via the wall surface of the casing and the temperature of the intake gas before reaching the cylinder inevitably rises.
This brings decreased volumetric efficiency in the compressor and decline in cooling capacity of the refrigeration device in which the reciprocating compressor is integrated, or heating capacity of the heat pump unit.
Moreover, the cavities to which the refrigerant is introduced are provided around the cylinder room, resulting in a larger and heavier compressor, and a large amount of refrigerant is introduced to the cavities, resulting in decreasing the capacity of the heat pump device such as refrigeration device with the compressor.

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[0072]A first embodiment of the present invention which is applied to the refrigeration unit is explained in reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3. FIG. 1 is a system diagram of a refrigeration unit relating to first embodiment of the present invention (a reciprocating compressor 3 being a single-stage compressor).

[0073]In FIG. 1 a refrigeration unit 1 is equipped with a refrigerant circulating passageway for refrigerant MH3, and on the passageway the reciprocating compressor 3, from there down, an oil separator 4, a condenser 5, a liquid receiver 6, an expansion valve 7, an evaporator 8 are interposed so as to configure a cooling cycle.

[0074]The reciprocating compressor 3 has a discharge chamber 303 being connected to the cylinder 301 via a discharge valve 302 and an intake chamber 305 being connected to the cylinder via a intake valve 304. The discharge chamber 303 is provided at an immediate exit side of the discharge valve 302 and being connected to the refrigerant circulating passagewa...

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[0096]Next, a second embodiment of the present invention (the reciprocating compressors 3a, 3b are combined two stage compressor or individual two stage compressors without an intercooler in the refrigerant path 2a between a liquid receiver 6 and an expander 7 in the two-stage compression and the single-stage expansion) is explained in reference to FIG. 4. In FIG. 4, a refrigeration unit 1 has a two-stage reciprocating compressor consisting of a lower stage compressor 3a and an upper stage compressor 3b. The configuration of the cylinder top assembly of the lower and upper stage compressors 3a and 3b are the same as that of the compressor of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3.

[0097]The refrigerant liquid from the liquid receiver 6 passes through the refrigerant circulating path 2a and reaches the expansion valve 7. The refrigerant liquid is decompressed by the expansion valve 7, the decompressed refrigerant liquid evaporating in the evaporation unit 8 by taking the evap...

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[0107]Next, a third embodiment of the present invention (Case 1 of a single stage expansion and the two stage reciprocating compressors 3a, 3b with an intercooler. The intercooler 61 feeds the refrigerant liquid in the side of the liquid receiver 6 to the expansion valve 7 and the evaporation unit 8 via a heat-transfer pipe 61 and the refrigerant liquid is not decompressed in the intercooler 61) is explained in reference to FIG. 5. In FIG. 5, a heat exchanger 61 for liquid gas is provided in the refrigerant circulating path 2a in the downstream side of the liquid receiver 6, and to the heat exchanger, connected is the refrigerant circulating path 2b of the downstream side of the oil separator 4a. And heat exchange take place in the heat exchanger 61 between the refrigerant liquid from the liquid receiver 6 and the discharged refrigerant gas in the downstream side of the oil separator 4a, and the refrigerant liquid is cooled by the discharge refrigerant gas.

[0108]The refrigerant liqu...

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Abstract

To prevent the decline in the volumetric efficiency and the decline in the performance of the heat pump having the reciprocating compressor integrated therein by decreasing the temperature of discharge gas in the reciprocating compressor with a simple construction, a heat pump unit 1 constituting a heat pump cycle in which the reciprocating compressor 3, a condenser 5, an expansion valve 7 and an evaporator 8 are interposed in a refrigerant circulating path 2,comprises a refrigerant-liquid returning path 9 for returning a portion of the refrigerant liquid having been condensed by the condenser 5 to a discharge chamber provided in a cylinder top assembly 20 of the reciprocating compressor 3 so that a portion of the refrigerant liquid is supplied to the discharge chamber 36 via the refrigerant-liquid returning path 9 and a discharge gas passageway 36a is cooled by evaporative latent heat of the refrigerant liquid.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation-in-part of prior application Ser. No. 12 / 712,553, filed on Feb. 25, 2010, the disclosure of which, in its entirety, including the drawings, claims, and the specification, is incorporated herein by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention relates to a heat pump unit and a reciprocating compressor which avoids temperature rise of refrigerant gas being discharged from the reciprocating compressor integrated in a heat pump unit such as a refrigeration unit so as to improve volumetric efficiency of the reciprocating compressor and further enhance capacity of the heat pump unit. The present invention also relates to a heat pump unit (including a refrigeration unit) using a reciprocating type compressor for NH3 which is applicable to all kinds of reciprocating compressors regardless of whether it is a single-stage compressor or a two-stage compressor.DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART[0003]A reciprocati...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): F25B1/00F25B30/02
CPCF25B30/02F25B1/005F04B39/062F04B53/08F25B1/02F25B1/10F25B31/008F25B2400/13F25B2400/23
Inventor SATO, HIDEAKIYAMAMOTO, ATSUSHIYAMADA, KAZUYA
Owner MAYEKAWA MFG CO LTD