Abstract:
A process for controlling a refrigeration system, as well as the refrigeration system and a new expansion valve for the refrigeration system. An electronic regulator is used to operate a sensor system having a device for applying heat power to the sensor system in direct dependence on sensed superheat of the refrigerant leaving the evaporator. By locating the sensing system in communication with liquid refrigerant upstream of the evaporator, heat transfer to the liquid refrigerant is utilized for operation of the sensor system rather than heat transfer to the superheat, resulting in a far more stable and efficient refrigeration control.
Abstract:
A method for operating a vapour compression system (1) is disclosed. The vapour compression system (1) comprises a compressor (2), a condenser (3), an expansion device (4), e.g. in the form of an expansions valve, and an evaporator (5) arranged along a refrigerant path. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining a superheat value being representative for the superheat of refrigerant entering the compressor (2); obtaining a subcooling value being representative for the subcooling of refrigerant entering the expansion device (4); and operating the expansion device (4) on the basis of the obtained superheat value and on the basis of the obtained subcooling value. It is an advantage that the subcooling value is taken into account when operating the expansion device (4), because variations in the subcooling value has significant influence on the refrigerating capacity of the evaporator (5) at a given opening degree of the expansion device (4). A more stable operation of the vapour compression system (1) is therefore obtained when taking the subcooling value into consideration. The vapour compression system (1) may advantageously further comprise an internal heat exchanger (6), e.g. in the form of a suction line heat exchanger.
Abstract:
A method for defrosting a refrigeration system (38) makes provison for partial defrosting of the cooling surface (39) to be carried out at relatively short intervals, and for full defrosting to be carried out at longer intervals. To that end an associated control unit (41) has four timers (44 to 47) which determine the switching on and switching off times of the defrosting processes. In this manner the interval between successive full defrostings can be considerably increased.
Abstract:
A control arrangement for cooling of apparatus comprising a compressor (1), a condenser (2) and at least one branch (3) with an expansion valve (4) and an evaporator (5) in series, contains a controller (6), a superheat temperature measuring device (8) and an ambient temperature sensor (7). The controller (6) controls the expansion valve (4) for maintaining the superheat temperature substantially at the desired value. The flow of coolant to the evaporator (5) is controlled by the signal from the temperature sensor (7) for maintaining the ambient temperature constant. The controller (6) operates continuously and in two operating modes in which in the first mode the superheat temperature is controlled to the maximum admissible state of fill of liquid coolant in the evaporator (5), and is switchable to a second mode in which the state of fill of liquid coolant is controlled by the expansion valve (4).
Abstract:
A method for operating a vapour compression system (1) is disclosed. The vapour compression system (1) comprises a compressor (2), a condenser (3), an expansion device (4), e.g. in the form of an expansions valve, and an evaporator (5) arranged along a refrigerant path. The method comprises the steps of: obtaining a superheat value being representative for the superheat of refrigerant entering the compressor (2); obtaining a subcooling value being representative for the subcooling of refrigerant entering the expansion device (4); and operating the expansion device (4) on the basis of the obtained superheat value and on the basis of the obtained subcooling value. It is an advantage that the subcooling value is taken into account when operating the expansion device (4), because variations in the subcooling value has significant influence on the refrigerating capacity of the evaporator (5) at a given opening degree of the expansion device (4). A more stable operation of the vapour compression system (1) is therefore obtained when taking the subcooling value into consideration. The vapour compression system (1) may advantageously further comprise an internal heat exchanger (6), e.g. in the form of a suction line heat exchanger.
Abstract:
A control arrangement for the superheat temperature of at least one evaporator (8) of a refrigeration system having a refrigerant circulation, in which at least one compressor, a condenser, an electronically controlled expansion valve (7) and the evaporator (8) are arranged in series, contains a measuring device (9, 10, 11) connected to the evaporator (8), which device produces a measurement signal (Tü) that is a measure of the superheat temperature of the refrigerant in the evaporator (8), a comparator (1) to which the measurement signal (Tü) and a desired superheat temperature signal (Tüs) are arranged to be supplied, and a PID controller (2) arranged between the comparator (1) and the expansion valve (7). For rapid compensation of changes in the superheat temperature, a control signal (S) proportional to the evaporation temperature (To) of the refrigerant is arranged to be supplied additionally to the PID controller (2).
Abstract:
In a process for regulating a refrigerating system (1) using an expansion valve (4), one side of the regulating member is pressed by the pressure of refrigerant at the evaporator side and the other side of the regulating member is pressed by the vapour pressure of a sensor system (22) whose sensor temperature is determined by the refrigerant saturation temperature and by the heat supplied by a heating element (27). Heat supply is regulated depending on a measurement value (overheating or liquid level). Also disclosed is a refrigerating system (1) regulated in this manner and an expansion valve (4) as essential component of such a system. An improved, economic and universally applicable regulation can thus be obtained.
Abstract:
In a method for controlling the superheat temperature (Tü) of the refrigerant in an evaporator arrangement (1) of a refrigeration system or heat pump system (1-4), the evaporator arrangement (1), a compressor arrangement (2), a condenser (3) and a controllable expansion valve arrangement (4) are arranged in succession in a closed circuit. The superheat temperature (Tü) is controlled in dependence on a comparison between desired and actual values. The desired value (W2) of the superheat temperature (Tü is varied automatically in dependence on the difference (d) from a reference value (W1) of a periodically determined function (S) of a number of sampled values of a temperature (T1; T2) of the refrigerant with the aim of a stable control of the superheat temperature (Tü). To achieve optimum filling and to optimize the superheating in such systems, provision is made for the said function (S) to characterize the variability of a number of sampled values of the temperature (T2) of the refrigerant at the output of the evaporator arrangement (4) about a mean value of the sampled values.