Refrigeration – Processes – Compressing – condensing and evaporating
Patent
1989-02-27
1989-11-07
Wayner, William E.
Refrigeration
Processes
Compressing, condensing and evaporating
62212, 62222, 62505, F25B 4100
Patent
active
048783552
ABSTRACT:
A method for improving cooling of a compressor element used in an air conditioning system and having a refrigerant compressor and associated drive motor hermetically sealed in a fluid-tight shell includes the steps of detecting an excessive increase in the temperature of the compressor element, intermittently operating the system during the excessive temperature detection with a superheat of a refrigerant in the system below zero superheat degrees to concurrently allow liquid refrigerant to enter the shell to enhance the cooling of the compressor apparatus by the latent heat of vaporization of the liquid refrigerant and terminating the intermittent operation and the admittance of the liquid refrigerant into the compressor element upon a detection of a desired temperature of operation of the compressor element. An air conditioning apparatus utilizing this method includes a device for introducing an intermittent perturbation into the control of an expansion valve located in a refrigerant flow line in the air conditioning apparatus. The control of this valve is based on a desired superheat of the refrigerant. The device may include either the introduction of a cyclic or sinusoidal variation in a superheat setpoint used for control of the expansion valve or the introduction of a cyclic variation in the gain of a superheat controller having an output signal controlling the expansion valve.
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Beckey Thomas J.
Nelson Lorne W.
Blinn Clyde C.
Halista Mitchell J.
Honeywell Inc.
Medved Albin
Wayner William E.
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