Liquefaction promoting apparatus having vibrable and oscillable spring
Solution Overview
Problem
Current heat pump systems face inefficiencies in fluid liquefaction due to incomplete mixing of refrigerant and refrigerator oil, leading to energy wastage and reduced operating efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A liquefaction promoting apparatus is introduced, featuring a cylindrical housing with a large coil spring that vibrates and oscillates, and a small coil spring that also oscillates, designed to uniformly mix refrigerant and refrigerator oil within the heat pump system's pipeline, enhancing fluid mixing and liquefaction through kinetic energy and varying pitch configurations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a conventional stirring device with helical groove or coil spring is used, then fluid mixing is achieved, but the mixing effectiveness is insufficient leading to incomplete liquefaction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a coil spring that vibrates and oscillates under the kinetic energy of flowing fluid to enhance mixing effectiveness. The vibration frequency and amplitude are controlled by the spring's physical parameters (diameter 1-10mm, pitch 10-50mm, length 50-200mm) to optimize liquefaction efficiency and reduce energy wastage.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention transitions from static stirring structures to dynamic vibrating structures. The coil spring is designed to be unfixed at its middle part, allowing it to vibrate and oscillate freely in response to fluid flow, creating more effective mixing action compared to fixed helical grooves or springs.
2Productivity
If the coil spring is completely unfixed for maximum vibration, then mixing effectiveness improves, but structural stability and positioning control deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The coil spring is segmented into fixed ends and an unfixed middle part. This segmentation allows the spring to maintain structural stability at its ends while enabling vibration and oscillation in its middle section, resolving the contradiction between stability and mixing effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
Different parts of the coil spring have different degrees of freedom: the ends are fixed for stability, while the middle part is unfixed for vibration. This local differentiation of constraints optimizes both structural stability and mixing effectiveness simultaneously.
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 apparatus effectively reduces energy consumption by ensuring thorough mixing and liquefaction of refrigerant and refrigerator oil, thereby improving the operating efficiency of heat pump systems.
Implementation Method 1
The middle part of the large coil spring is allowed to vibrate and oscillate by kinetic energy of the flowing fluid, thereby stirring the fluid
Implementation Method 2
The middle part of the large coil spring is allowed to vibrate and oscillate by kinetic energy of the flowing fluid
Data Source
AI summary
A fluid stirring and liquefaction promoting apparatus is coupled to a pipeline of a heat pump system to enable uniform mixture of refrigerator oil with refrigerant to improve the heat exchange efficiency of the heat pump system and to reduce the energy consumption. The liquefaction promoting apparatus is configured with a cylindrical housing, a system of tubes fluidly coupled between the pipeline and the interior of the cylindrical housing, as well as large and a small coil springs disposed in the cylindrical housing. Being actuated by the kinetic energy of the fluids circulating in the cylindrical housing, the large and small coil springs vibrate and oscillate to stir and mix the fluids to result in their uniform mixture.