SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING PLURALITY OF EVAPORATOR UNITS

    公开(公告)号:US20240344748A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-17

    申请号:US18632612

    申请日:2024-04-11

    发明人: Sascha Hellman

    IPC分类号: F25B49/02 F25B47/02

    摘要: A system and method for operating a plurality of evaporator units is disclosed. The method includes receiving, by a controller communicably coupled to each evaporator unit, a current state of operation of the respective evaporator unit. A state of operation of each evaporator unit includes first and second modes of operation. The method includes receiving, by the controller, a current speed of a fan of the respective evaporator unit. Responsive to the state of operation of the plurality of evaporator units, the method further includes operating, by the controller, each of the plurality of evaporator units, to change the speed of the respective fans from a first speed to a speed different from the first speed. Operation of the fans of the plurality of evaporator units at the speed different from the first speed enables the plurality of evaporator units to operate within a desirable range of cooling efficiency.

    Refrigeration cycle apparatus
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US12007153B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-11

    申请号:US17909056

    申请日:2020-05-20

    发明人: Yasutaka Ochiai

    IPC分类号: F25B49/02 F24F11/38

    摘要: A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes: a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device, and an evaporator are connected by pipes, and refrigerant circulates; a high-pressure sensor that detects a pressure of the refrigerant on a discharge side of the compressor; a first temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the refrigerant on an outlet side of the condenser; and a controller that determines that the high-pressure sensor is abnormal, when the compressor is in operation and the temperature detected by the first temperature sensor is higher than a saturated liquid temperature or a saturated gas temperature that is calculated from the pressure detected by the high-pressure sensor.

    POWER CONVERTER AND REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20240175617A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-30

    申请号:US18574635

    申请日:2021-09-14

    发明人: Kenji IWAZAKI

    IPC分类号: F25B49/02 H02K11/33 H03H1/00

    摘要: A power converter includes: a power conversion module configured to convert a voltage and a frequency of power that is supplied from a power supply through a power wire, and to supply to a load, power having a voltage and a frequency that are obtained by conversion; and an active noise canceller configured to detect noise that flows through the power wire, and to output a noise canceling signal that attenuates the noise to the power wire. The active noise canceller includes a first substrate on which a strong electric circuit configured to detect the noise is mounted, and a second substrate on which a light electric circuit configured to produce the noise canceling signal is mounted.

    Electrical architecture for powering multiple transport refrigeration units

    公开(公告)号:US11976862B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-05-07

    申请号:US17702464

    申请日:2022-03-23

    IPC分类号: F25B49/02 B60H1/00 B60H1/32

    摘要: A multi-unit transport refrigeration system including: a first transportation refrigeration unit configured to refrigerate a first transport container; a second transportation refrigeration unit configured to refrigerate a second transport container; and an energy management system including: an energy storage device configured to store electricity to power the first second transportation refrigeration unit; and a power conversion system electrically connecting the energy storage device to the first transportation refrigeration unit and the second transportation refrigeration unit, the power conversion system including: a first DC/DC converter configured to increase a voltage of the electricity received from the energy storage device from a first voltage to a second voltage; and a first DC/AC inverter configured to convert the electricity received from the first DC/DC converter from DC to AC and then convey the electricity to at least one of the first transportation refrigeration unit or the second transportation refrigeration unit.

    Motorized balanced cryocooler expander systems and methods

    公开(公告)号:US11933531B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-19

    申请号:US17214760

    申请日:2021-03-26

    IPC分类号: F25B9/14 F25B49/02

    摘要: Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to reduce mechanical vibrations within a cryocooler/refrigeration system configured to provide cryogenic and/or general cooling of a device or sensor system. A cryocooler includes a motor driver controller configured to receive operational parameters and generate motor driver control signals and/or balancer system control signals based, at least in part, on the received operational parameters, and a motor driver configured to receive the control signals and generate drive signals to drive a motor and/or a balancer system of the cryocooler. The cryocooler includes a motorized and/or actively balanced expander configured to drive and/or balance motion of a displacer of the expander. The expander includes a magnet ring fixed to the displacer and a motor coil disposed within a cylinder head of the motorized and/or actively balanced expander.

    METHOD FOR IMPROVING GAS BEARING FUNCTION AT LOW THERMAL COOLING POWER

    公开(公告)号:US20230332814A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-19

    申请号:US17720362

    申请日:2022-04-14

    摘要: A method for increasing working gas flow rate through gas bearings of a free piston, gamma configured Stirling heat pump to avoid failure of the gas bearings while maintaining thermal cooling power. The Stirling heat pump lifts heat from a storage chamber and has pistons that are driven in reciprocation at an operating frequency by linear electric motors. A temperature control maintains a steady state storage chamber temperature by sensing storage chamber temperature and modulating piston amplitude. The invention comprises (a) driving the pistons with linear electric motors that are driven by a variable frequency, AC power source; (b) sensing the pistons' amplitude of reciprocation; and (c) if the sensed piston amplitude is less than a selected piston activation amplitude, increasing the frequency of the AC power source to increase the Stirling heat pump's operating frequency. That decreases thermal cooling power which causes the temperature control to increase piston amplitude.

    CONTROLLING SYSTEMS WITH MOTOR DRIVES USING PULSE WIDTH MODULATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230288115A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-14

    申请号:US18319608

    申请日:2023-05-18

    IPC分类号: F25B49/02 H02P27/08 H02M5/458

    摘要: A system includes an electronic power converter and a controller. The electronic power converter supplies power to one or more motor drives of an HVAC system. The controller obtains a plurality of pulse width modulation (PWM) algorithms. Each PWM algorithm has an associated spectrum of frequencies. The controller further determines one or more resonance frequencies associated with the HVAC system. The controller also selects a first PWM algorithm from the plurality of PWM algorithms wherein the spectrum of frequencies of the first PWM algorithm lacks frequency peaks that overlap with the one or more resonance frequencies associated with the HVAC system. The controller further operates the electronic power converter according to the first PWM algorithm.