Cooling fan for refrigerant cooled motor

    公开(公告)号:US11578901B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-14

    申请号:US17200083

    申请日:2021-03-12

    发明人: Joseph M. Heger

    摘要: An electric motor for a vapor compression system is disclosed. The electric motor is provided with a working fluid. The electric motor includes a housing forming cavity therein. The housing includes a rotor, a stator, and a shaft. The rotor is secured to the shaft and the stator surrounds at least a portion of the rotor. An airgap is formed between the rotor and the stator. An inlet of the housing receives the working fluid and is in fluid communication with the airgap. An outlet of the housing is in fluid communication with the airgap and receives the working fluid from the airgap. The electric motor further includes an impeller that induces flow of the working fluid between the inlet and the outlet.

    HEAT TRANSFER CIRCUIT WITH INCREASED BEARING LUBRICANT TEMPERATURE, AND METHOD OF SUPPLYING THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20200378657A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-12-03

    申请号:US16427763

    申请日:2019-05-31

    IPC分类号: F25B31/00 F25B13/00 F25B39/02

    摘要: A heat transfer circuit that includes a compressor with a gas bearing, a condenser, an expander, an evaporator, a lubricant stream, and a heat source. The lubricant stream receives a portion of the working fluid and supplies the portion of the working fluid to the gas bearing of the compressor. A method of supplying lubricant to a gas bearing of a compressor in a heat transfer circuit includes compressing and further heating at least a portion of the working fluid heated in the evaporator, and supplying the compressed and further heated working fluid to the gas bearing of the compressor. A method of the supplying lubricant to a gas bearing of a compressor in a heat circuit includes generating compressed gaseous working fluid within a lubricant stream.

    REFRIGERANT GAS COOLING OF MOTOR AND MAGNETIC BEARINGS

    公开(公告)号:US20190063461A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-28

    申请号:US15873560

    申请日:2018-01-17

    IPC分类号: F04D29/58 F04D29/058

    摘要: A variable orifice flow device controls the flow of refrigerant into a compressor motor housing in a compressor. The variable orifice flow device may include, for example, an electronic expansion valve, a thermal expansion valve, or a shuttling valve controlling the flow of refrigerant into a compressor motor housing. One or more flows of refrigerant may be through a fixed orifice, a valve seat of the variable orifice flow device, or leakage through a seal of the compressor motor housing, providing a baseline refrigerant flow to the inside of the compressor motor housing in addition to the flow through the variable orifice flow device.