Rotary expansible chamber devices – With plural working fluid inlet or outlet passages
Reexamination Certificate
1997-07-17
2001-08-14
Vrablik, John J. (Department: 3748)
Rotary expansible chamber devices
With plural working fluid inlet or outlet passages
C418S055100, C418S055200, C418S055400
Reexamination Certificate
active
06273691
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a bypass of a scroll gas compressor.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
In the case of a scroll gas compressor provided with low-vibration and low-noise characteristics, a suction chamber is present at the outer boundary of a swirl for forming a compressed space and the discharge port is provided for the center of the swirl. Moreover, the scroll gas compressor has a characteristic that the compression ratio is constant so that the volume ratio determined between the volume at completion of suction and the volume at completion of compression becomes constant.
Therefore, when the suction pressure and the discharge pressure are almost constant, a high efficiency can be realized by optimizing a set compression ratio.
When variable-speed motion is performed or air-conditioning load fluctuates by using the scroll gas compressor as a refrigerant compressor for air conditioning, the suction pressure and discharge pressure of the refrigerant are changed. Then, insufficient compression or excessive compression occurs due to the difference between actual compression ratio and set compression ratio.
In the case of insufficient compression, the high-pressure refrigerant gas in a discharge chamber intermittently flows backward from a discharge port to a compression chamber to cause the input to increase. In the case of excessive compression, compression power more than necessary power is required. As means for reducing excessive compression, it is known to form a bypass hole. A scroll gas compressor provided with the above bypass hole is disclosed in JP B8-30471.
To optimize the efficiency by the scroll gas compressor provided with the bypass hole as described above, it is necessary that the bypass hole makes the compression chamber communicate with the discharge chamber at an equal compression ratio in a pair of symmetric compressed spaces formed by the engagement between fixed and revolving scrolls.
For example, when manufacturing a fixed scroll with a casting and a revolving scroll with an aluminum alloy, a difference may be observed between scroll wrap shapes due to a difference between thermal expansion coefficients because the temperature of a scroll wrap portion rises during operation. When this phenomenon occurs, the gap between scroll wraps during operation changes, a difference occurs between leak gaps under the compression process, and a difference is observed between pressure rises under the compression process also in a pair of symmetric compressed spaces. Bypass holes are symmetrically arranged in general. When symmetrically arranging the bypass holes, however, the bypass holes communicate with each other at a point where a compression ratio differs in a pair of compressed spaces. To optimize the efficiency, it is necessary to make bypasses communicate with each other at an equal compression rate in a pair of symmetric compressed spaces.
Also in the case of a structure in which a spiral sealing member is set to the front end of a revolving scroll, a difference may be observed between compression rises under the compression process in a pair of symmetric compressed spaces. Therefore, the same consideration is necessary.
JP B8-30471 discloses the position of a bypass hole to optimize the efficiency but the positional relation between bypass holes in a pair of symmetric compressed spaces is not specified.
It is conventional to form a fixed scroll of a cast material to improve its durability, and to form a revolving scroll of an aluminum alloy to reduce its centrifugal force. However, there is a substantial difference in thermal expansion coefficient between a cast material and an aluminum alloy. Therefore, the wrap form differs from the revolving scroll to the fixed scroll, when they are operated and thus heated. As shown in
FIG. 4
, the compression chambers differ from each other in the degree of sealing effect. In the conventional devices, the bypass holes do not function optimally under such conditions. The main object of the present invention is, therefore, to solve these problems by providing asymmetrical arrangement of the bypass holes.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to operate a bypass at an optimum compression ratio and optimize the efficiency by asymmetrically forming bypass holes in a pair of symmetric compressed spaces by a scroll gas compressor.
The invention for solving the above problem is constituted by forming a fixed scroll and a revolving scroll with different materials and asymmetrically arranging at least one pair of bypass holes whose one ends are opened in a compression chamber currently performing compression nearby a discharge port and whose other ends communicate with a discharge chamber on a panel board.
By using the above structure, it is possible to operate a bypass at an optimum compression ratio and optimize the efficiency even when a difference is observed between pressure rises under the compression process in a pair of symmetric compressed spaces.
Furthermore, when the operating compression ratio is smaller than the set compression ratio, it is possible to operate a bypass at an optimum position in a pair of compression chambers, prevent excessive compression by discharging some of gas currently compressed to the discharge chamber, reduce the compression input, and prevent the compressor from being damaged.
Furthermore, according to the above structure, it is possible to constitute a fixed scroll with a casting and a revolving scroll with an aluminum alloy, improve the friction and abrasion resistances of the scrolls on a slide surface, decrease the mass of the revolving scroll, and reduce the centrifugal force.
The invention in a second embodiment is constituted by loosely setting a spiral sealing member to a spiral groove provided for the front end of a revolving scroll and asymmetrically arranging at least one pair of bypass holes whose first ends are opened in a compression chamber currently performing compression nearby a discharge port and whose second ends communicate with a discharge port on a panel board.
According to the above structure, when the operating compression rate is larger than a set compression rate, it is possible to accelerate the discharge of some of the gas in the compression chamber to the discharge chamber immediately before the opening of the discharge port, control excessive compression when discharging the gas from the discharge port, and decrease the compression input.
Moreover, when the operating compression ratio is smaller than the set compression ratio, it is possible to operate a bypass at an optimum position in a pair of compression chambers, prevent excessive compression by discharging some of gas currently compressed to the discharge chamber, reduce the compression input, and prevent the compressor from being damaged.
The invention in a third embodiment is constituted by forming a bypass hole into a shape and dimension so that either wall forming a sealing member or the sealing member and a spiral groove can fully close the bypass hole. This structure makes it possible to prevent gas from leaking to a compression chamber adjacent to the bypass hole, spiral groove, and sealing member and further improve the compression effect.
The invention in a fourth embodiment is constituted by forming a bypass hole at a position where a compression chamber closest to a discharge port can communicate with the discharge port while the chamber communicates with the bypass hole. According to the above structure, when the operating compression ratio is larger than a set compression ratio, it is possible to acclerate the discharge of some of the gas in the compression chamber to the discharge chamber immediately before opened at the discharge port, control excessive compression when discharging the gas from the discharge port, and decrease the compression input.
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Parkhurst & Wendel L.L.P.
Vrablik John J.
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