Linear Compressor Gas Layer Design to Reduce Frame Heat Loss
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Solution Overview
Problem
Linear compressors experience heat loss and reduced compression efficiency due to high temperature and high pressure gases passing through discharge spaces, leading to inefficiencies in refrigerant compression.
Innovation Solution
A compressor design featuring a gas layer formed between the discharge cover assembly and the frame, which includes a series of parallel and vertical portions with low thermal conductivity, minimizing heat transfer and maintaining efficient compression by preventing direct contact between high temperature gases and the frame.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
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If high temperature and high pressure gas passes through the discharge space, then the gas is discharged from the compression chamber, but heat transfer to the frame occurs causing heat loss and reduced compression efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a discharge cover assembly as an intermediary component between the high temperature discharge gas and the frame. This assembly includes a discharge space that guides the gas flow and prevents direct contact between the hot gas and the frame, thereby reducing heat transfer to the frame while maintaining discharge functionality
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the discharge cover assembly as a separate functional component from the frame structure. By separating the discharge gas pathway from the frame, the design eliminates the direct thermal coupling that causes heat loss, allowing the frame to remain cooler while the discharge gas is efficiently routed to the discharge port
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The gas layer effectively reduces heat transfer to the frame, thereby preventing heat loss and enhancing compression efficiency by maintaining a thermal barrier between the high temperature gases and the compressor's frame.
Implementation Method 1
a gas layer is formed between the discharge cover assembly and the frame... a series of parallel and vertical portions with low thermal conductivity, minimizing heat transfer
Data Source
AI summary
A compressor is disclosed. The compressor compressing and discharging a refrigerant sucked inside a cylinder includes a frame configured to support the cylinder, and a discharge cover assembly disposed in front of the frame. A gas layer is formed between the discharge cover assembly and the frame.