Method of maintaining the flow rate of a refrigerant while maintaining superheat

    公开(公告)号:US10429108B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-01

    申请号:US15792809

    申请日:2017-10-25

    Abstract: A method of maintaining a fluid flow rate in a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC-R) system while maintaining superheat in the HVAC-R system at a desired level includes: continuously measuring an operating fluid temperature of the HVAC-R system and calculating superheat at a pre-determined rate, determining if the calculated superheat is stable, measuring and recording an operating fluid pressure of the system each time the calculated superheat is stable, recording an average operating fluid pressure each subsequent time the superheat is stable, calculating an output PWM and reducing fluid flow through a metering valve when an actual PWM is greater than the calculated output PWM by adjusting a PWM signal to a microvalve in the metering valve, and increasing fluid flow through the metering valve when the actual PWM is less than the calculated output PWM by adjusting the PWM signal to the microvalve.

    Expansion valve
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10145594B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-04

    申请号:US15399792

    申请日:2017-01-06

    Abstract: A two-stage proportional control valve configured for use in a fluid system includes a valve body having a longitudinally extending valve body bore formed therethrough. A first stage microvalve is mounted within the valve body bore, and a second stage spool assembly is mounted within the valve body bore downstream of the microvalve. The second stage spool assembly includes a sleeve and a spool slidably mounted within the sleeve.

    METHOD AND STRUCTURE OF ATTACHMENT LAYER FOR REDUCING STRESS TRANSMISSION TO ATTACHED MEMS DIE

    公开(公告)号:US20180334382A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-22

    申请号:US15896796

    申请日:2018-02-14

    CPC classification number: B81C3/001 B81B7/0048 B81B2201/0264 B81C2203/035

    Abstract: A method of attaching a MEMS die to a base includes selecting an attachment material (x), determining a maximum acceptable change in pressure due to mounting stress (dPtarget) transmitted to a MEMS die, determining a worst-case pressure difference transfer function of the attachment material (x) over a thickness (h) variation of the attachment material (x) using the equation: dPmaxx=h*Bx+Cx, wherein B=pressure variation/thickness (h), and C=pressure variation, substituting dPtarget for dPmaxx in the pressure difference transfer function and solving the equation for h, wherein h=(dPtarget−Cx)/Bx, and attaching the MEMS die to a base using the selected attachment material (x) having at least the calculated thickness (h).

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