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公开(公告)号:US20190242632A1
公开(公告)日:2019-08-08
申请号:US16342351
申请日:2017-10-17
发明人: Satoru SAKAE , Takahito NAKAYAMA , Takenori MEZAKI
IPC分类号: F25B49/02
CPC分类号: F25B49/02 , F25B1/00 , F25B2500/222 , F25B2600/11 , F25B2700/1933 , F25B2700/21152 , F25D11/00 , F25D13/00
摘要: Provided is a refrigeration apparatus that secures safety while suppressing an increase in cost. A refrigeration apparatus performs a refrigeration cycle in a refrigerant circuit including a compressor, a heat source-side heat exchanger, and a usage-side heat exchanger. The refrigeration apparatus comprises a usage-side fan providing an air flow, and a controller. The usage-side fan is disposed in a target space where inside air is cooled. The controller performs a refrigerant leak determination process to determine whether a refrigerant leak occurs, based on a state of a refrigerant in the refrigerant circuit. When the controller performs the refrigerant leak determination process to determine that a refrigerant leak occurs, then the controller performs leakage refrigerant agitation control to operate the usage-side fan so as to suppress local emergence of a region where the refrigerant leaks at a high concentration in the target space.
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公开(公告)号:US20190203997A1
公开(公告)日:2019-07-04
申请号:US16329972
申请日:2017-09-01
发明人: Satoru SAKAE , Azuma KONDOU , Masaaki TAKEGAMI , Kazuyoshi NOMURA
IPC分类号: F25B49/02
CPC分类号: F25B49/022 , F25B1/00 , F25B49/02 , F25B2500/222 , F25B2600/0253 , F25B2600/111 , F25B2600/2513
摘要: Provided is a refrigeration apparatus capable of, even in occurrence of a refrigerant leak, suppressing the extent of the refrigerant leak in continuously operating a usage unit other than a usage unit at which the refrigerant leak occurs. When one of a first usage unit and a second usage unit connected in parallel via a liquid-refrigerant connection pipe and a gas-refrigerant connection pipe is in a refrigerant leak situation satisfying a predetermined condition, a controller closes an on-off valve of a leak unit, the on-off valve being disposed on the side of the liquid-refrigerant connection pipe with respect to a usage-side heat exchanger, continues to open an on-off valve of a non-leak unit, the on-off valve being disposed on the side of the liquid-refrigerant connection pipe with respect to a usage-side heat exchanger, and reduces a refrigerant pressure at a portion on the side of the liquid-refrigerant connection pipe with respect to each on-off valve below a refrigerant pressure at the portion at a time when the refrigerant leak situation satisfies the predetermined condition.
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公开(公告)号:US20180283718A1
公开(公告)日:2018-10-04
申请号:US15562399
申请日:2016-03-28
发明人: Masahiro HONDA , Shigeki KAMITANI
CPC分类号: F24F11/36 , F24F11/52 , F24F11/74 , F24F11/76 , F24F11/77 , F24F11/89 , F24F2110/10 , F24F2110/50 , F24F2140/00 , F25B13/00 , F25B49/005 , F25B49/02 , F25B2313/0233 , F25B2313/0293 , F25B2313/0314 , F25B2500/222 , F25B2700/00 , F25B2700/2104
摘要: An air-conditioning apparatus includes at least one indoor unit with intake and blow-out ports, a refrigerant gas sensor disposed in an air flow path inside the indoor unit; and a control device. The indoor unit has an indoor fan drawing indoor air in from the intake port and blowing conditioned air out from the blow-out port, an indoor temperature sensor detecting temperature of the indoor air, an indoor-side refrigerant circuit circulating a refrigerant having a greater specific gravity when gasified than air and producing conditioned air from the indoor air, and at least one refrigerant temperature sensor detecting refrigerant temperature in the refrigerant circuit. The control device drives the indoor fan in accordance with at least one of an operation mode and a detection value of the at least one refrigerant temperature sensor, and detects refrigerant leakage using the refrigerant gas sensor.
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公开(公告)号:US10024590B2
公开(公告)日:2018-07-17
申请号:US15418851
申请日:2017-01-30
申请人: Xergy Inc.
发明人: Bamdad Bahar
CPC分类号: F25B49/005 , C25B9/00 , F04B39/121 , F25B31/00 , F25B41/02 , F25B49/022 , F25B2500/222
摘要: An electrochemical compressor system, such as an electrochemical refrigeration system includes a sealed vessel that reduces leak issues related to the electrochemical cell. The sealed vessel may be molded or formed from a polymer or a composite polymer having reinforcing materials, such as fibers therein. The sealed vessel may be plated with metal to reduce gas permeation through the wall of the vessel and to accommodate and improve the attachment of conduits, including metal conduits thereto. A metal conduit may be brazed onto a vessel and the brazing material may be selected for polymer to metal joining and for reduced contamination potential of the system. The electrochemical compressor system incorporates a leak sensor configured at least partially within the sealed rigid vessel that measures the pressure within the vessel.
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公开(公告)号:US20180180338A1
公开(公告)日:2018-06-28
申请号:US15738396
申请日:2016-06-15
发明人: Masahiro HONDA , Shigeki KAMITANI
CPC分类号: F25B49/02 , F24F11/89 , F25B13/00 , F25B41/04 , F25B2313/006 , F25B2313/0314 , F25B2500/221 , F25B2500/222 , F25B2600/23 , F25B2600/2501 , F25B2600/2519 , F25B2700/2104
摘要: As a shut-off valve inspection process for checking operation of a liquid side shut-off valve and a gas side shut-off valve, an air conditioning system operates a compressor in a cooling cycle state, performs opening and closing operation of the liquid side shut-off valve and the gas side shut-off valve, and determines whether the liquid side shut-off valve and the gas side shut-off valve properly operate on the basis of a temperature value detected by a temperature sensor provided in an indoor unit.
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公开(公告)号:US20180142931A1
公开(公告)日:2018-05-24
申请号:US15576207
申请日:2016-06-29
发明人: Motoki TAKAGI
CPC分类号: F25B49/022 , F24F11/36 , F25B1/04 , F25B9/004 , F25B13/00 , F25B41/04 , F25B49/005 , F25B49/02 , F25B2400/12 , F25B2500/222 , F25B2600/2519
摘要: An air conditioning machine is provided by which a refrigerant collected into an outdoor heat exchanger can be suppressed from counter-flowing through a discharge hole of a compressor toward a side of an indoor heat exchanger in a refrigerant circuit after an end of a pump down operation. The air conditioning machine includes a refrigerant circuit, a refrigerant leakage sensing unit that senses leakage of the flammable refrigerant from the refrigerant circuit, and a pump down operation control unit that carries out the pump down operation for accumulating the flammable refrigerant in the outdoor heat exchanger in the refrigerant circuit when the refrigerant leakage sensing unit senses the leakage of the flammable refrigerant. The compressor includes a cylinder chamber, a compression member that is placed in the cylinder chamber and that compresses the flammable refrigerant, and a discharge hole through which the flammable refrigerant compressed in the cylinder chamber is discharged. At the end of the pump down operation, the pump down operation control unit controls the compressor so that the compression member stops at a position where the compression member overlaps at least a portion of the discharge hole when viewed in an axial direction of the cylinder chamber.
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公开(公告)号:US20180094844A1
公开(公告)日:2018-04-05
申请号:US15534725
申请日:2015-11-27
发明人: Yasuhiro SUZUKI
CPC分类号: F25B49/02 , F25B13/00 , F25B49/005 , F25B2313/027 , F25B2313/02741 , F25B2313/0293 , F25B2500/222
摘要: Provided is a refrigeration cycle apparatus including: a refrigeration cycle configured to circulate refrigerant; a heat exchanger unit configured to accommodate at least a heat exchanger of the refrigeration cycle; and a controller configured to control the heat exchanger unit, in which: the heat exchanger unit includes: an air-blowing fan; and a refrigerant detection unit configured to detect a concentration of leaked refrigerant and to output a detection signal to the controller; and the controller is configured to operate the air-blowing fan when detecting leakage of the refrigerant, and to stop the air-blowing fan triggered by becoming positive from negative of a temporal change of the concentration of the leaked refrigerant.
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公开(公告)号:US20180017299A1
公开(公告)日:2018-01-18
申请号:US15211454
申请日:2016-07-15
发明人: Nicholas Shockley
CPC分类号: F25B49/005 , F25B2400/22 , F25B2500/19 , F25B2500/222 , F25B2700/04 , G01M3/2807 , G01M3/3245
摘要: Devices, methods, and systems for detecting refrigerant leak in a refrigeration system are described herein. One device includes a memory and a processor configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to detect fluctuations in a refrigerant level in a refrigerant tank of a refrigeration system, determine whether the detected fluctuations in the refrigerant level are abnormal, and determine whether a refrigerant leak is occurring in the refrigeration system based, at least in part, on whether the detected fluctuations in the refrigerant level are abnormal.
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公开(公告)号:US20170227262A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-10
申请号:US15329657
申请日:2015-08-04
CPC分类号: F25B13/00 , F24D11/0214 , F24D17/0078 , F24D17/02 , F24F1/005 , F24F1/0057 , F24F3/001 , F24F11/36 , F24F11/74 , F24F11/77 , F24F11/89 , F24F2221/17 , F24F2221/183 , F25B1/00 , F25B49/02 , F25B2313/0293 , F25B2400/12 , F25B2500/222
摘要: A load unit includes a water circuit chamber configured to accommodate at least a part of a water circuit configured to allow water to flow therethrough, a fan, an air inlet formed at a height positioned different from that of the air inlet and configured to suck indoor air therethrough, an air outlet configured to blow indoors the air sucked through the air inlet, and an air passage formed between the air inlet and the air outlet so as to be isolated from the water circuit chamber. A load-side heat exchanger is provided in the air passage.
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公开(公告)号:US20170219262A1
公开(公告)日:2017-08-03
申请号:US15014286
申请日:2016-02-03
发明人: LiYing Guo , David Omlor
CPC分类号: F24F11/30 , F24F11/36 , F24F11/62 , F24F2140/20 , F25B13/00 , F25B49/005 , F25B2313/0314 , F25B2313/0315 , F25B2500/222 , F25B2700/2106 , F25B2700/21152
摘要: A method of determining loss of refrigerant charge in a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. The method includes receiving, using a controller, a plurality of temperature values from a plurality of temperature sensors placed at multiple locations within the HVAC system and calculating, using the controller using the plurality of temperature values, a plurality of temperature-dependent values. The method further includes determining, using the controller, whether a first temperature-dependent value of the plurality of temperature-dependent values is above a first predetermined temperature value and responsive to a determination that the first temperature-dependent value is above the first predetermined temperature value, transmitting, using the controller to a user interface, a notification indicating that the HVAC system is operating with low refrigerant charge.
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