Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Safety and protection of systems and devices – Compressor protective circuits
Patent
1985-12-09
1988-01-26
Leung, Philip H.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Safety and protection of systems and devices
Compressor protective circuits
361 29, 361 33, 361 86, 318782, 318445, H02H 307, H02H 708
Patent
active
047220180
ABSTRACT:
Refrigeration system control systems and methods for protecting a refrigerant motor/compressor, for example in an air conditioner, against conditions of excessive loading. The systems and methods of the invention recognize and distinguish between conditions of high operating load and insufficient condenser airflow, and take appropriate action for each. High operating load conditions are responded to by providing a motor/compressor cool-down interval, followed by a restart, so that an air conditioner remains operating at its maximum capacity, consistent with the field conditions. Insufficient condenser airflow conditions are responded to by eventually terminating operation of the motor/compressor until, for example, a service technician is called. Operation is based on a recognition that excessive loading conditions are manifested much sooner when the cause is insufficient condenser airflow than when the cause is a high operating load. In the disclosed embodiments, loading on the motor/compressor is sensed, and the motor/compressor is de-energized when a condition of excessive loading is recognized, whatever the cause. After a cool-down interval, the motor/compressor is re-energized, but a count is maintained of the number of times the motor/compressor is de-energized in response to a recognized condition of excessive loading. In order to distinguish between blocked condenser airflow conditions and conditions of excessive load, operation is terminated permanently when the count reaches a predetermined number such as six, but the count is reset when continuous run time exceeds eight minutes.
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DeBoer Tedd E.
General Electric Company
Houser H. Neil
Leung Philip H.
Reams Radford M.
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