Expansion Valve

Abstract

An expansion valve relating to the field of air conditioning technology. The present expansion valve comprises a housing, a cylindrical valve body with an inner cavity fixed inside the housing. In the inner cavity, there is a matched set of the first valve core and the second valve core sliding along it. A retaining ring is fixed in the inner cavity between the two valve cores. At both ends of the inner cavity there are spring assemblies driving the valve cores towards the retaining ring. A damping structure is also installed between the first valve core and the second valve core. In this manner, a cushioning effect is provided when the first valve core approaches the second valve core, which lightens the impacts to valve cores and thereby extend the service life of the expansion valve.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of Invention[0002]The present invention relates generally to the field of air conditioning technology, and more particularly to a mechanical and automatic valve for use in inverter air conditioning and refrigeration.[0003]2. Related Art[0004]The expansion valve is an important component of refrigeration systems, generally installed between the condenser and the evaporator. It enables the gas evaporated by the evaporator passing through the compressor, being pressurized and liquefied into liquid refrigerant at high temperature and high pressure, passing through its throttle orifice and getting throttled into atomized liquid refrigerant at low temperature and low pressure, and, then, the refrigerant absorbs heat in the evaporator to realize a cooling effect. The expansion valve controls the flow rate according to changes in superheat at the end of the evaporator, so as to prevent under utilization of the evaporator surface due to over restrict...

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Benefits of technology

The invention is an expansion valve that has several technical effects. It is simple, efficient, durable, and cost-effective. It can be adjusted to the flow rate of the refrigerant and the size of the throttle clearance to reduce flow resistance and improve the energy efficiency ratio of the air conditioner.

Problems solved by technology

However, due to its higher cost, electronic expansion valve, sometimes, may be replaced by capillary tubes, and normal compressors by inverter compressors.

However, although this type of two-way expansion valve does entertain two-way flow, it is actually not meant for two-way flow.

When the flow is backwards, the refrigerant could only pass through the throttle orifice in the valve core, and the valve aperture doesn't change, which increases unnecessary resistance for the refrigerant flow, as well as increased energy waste for the air conditioner.

Hence, the valve core is subject to frequent impacts under the spring force, reducing the valve service life.

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