System and Method for Monitoring an Operation of a Vapor Compression Cycle

    公开(公告)号:US20230392845A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US18063974

    申请日:2022-12-09

    IPC分类号: F25B49/02

    摘要: The present disclosure provides a system and a method for monitoring an operation of a vapor compression cycle. The method comprises collecting digital representation of observed variables of the operation of the vapor compression cycle over multiple instances of time and executing a constrained ensemble Kalman smoother for each instance of time to estimate the state variables of the vapor compression cycle for each instance of time. The constrained ensemble Kalman smoother updates the state variables over a sequence of time instances within a smoothing window by solving a series of constrained optimization problems in a range of a covariance, for which constraints are enforced for every variable in the smoothing window for every instance of the constrained optimization problems. The method further comprises outputting, based on the estimates of the state variables, estimates of variables of the vapor compression cycle at each instance of time.

    Air conditioner system and method to control defrosting using camera and sensor data

    公开(公告)号:US11835288B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-05

    申请号:US17238364

    申请日:2021-04-23

    发明人: Kyungwon Kang

    IPC分类号: F25D21/00 F25B13/00 F25B49/02

    摘要: An air conditioner system is provided that may include an air conditioner including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger that performs heat exchange using refrigerant discharged from the compressor, a camera module that photographs the outdoor heat exchanger, a sensor unit including a plurality of sensors, and a communication unit that transmits an image of the outdoor heat exchanger photographed by the camera module and sensor data detected by the sensor unit, and a server including a communication unit that receives the image of the outdoor heat exchanger photographed by the camera module and the sensor data detected by the sensor unit, and a defrosting controller that determines whether the outdoor heat exchanger is frosted based on image data of the outdoor heat exchanger photographed by the camera module, and predicts a frosting timing based on the sensor data detected by the sensor unit.

    Refrigeration apparatus
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11828510B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US17709842

    申请日:2022-03-31

    发明人: You Tomiyama

    IPC分类号: F25B49/02 F25B13/00 F25B43/02

    摘要: An air conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit, a suction temperature sensor, and a controller. In the refrigerant circuit, a compressor, a radiator, an expansion valve, an evaporator, and an accumulator are connected in order. The controller controls the number of revolutions of the compressor and the opening degree of the expansion valve. On determination that a refrigerant and a lubricating oil are separated inside the accumulator based on a detection result of the suction temperature sensor, the controller executes control of step to decrease the number of revolutions of the compressor, and executes control of step to set the opening degree of the expansion valve to a predetermined opening degree.

    Refrigeration system using an ultrasonic transducer to increase heat transfer efficiency

    公开(公告)号:US11828509B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-28

    申请号:US17689073

    申请日:2022-03-08

    发明人: David Pickett

    IPC分类号: F25B49/02 F25B13/00

    CPC分类号: F25B49/02 F25B13/00

    摘要: A dynamic refrigeration system may include an ultrasonic transducer attached to a refrigerant flow sight glass, an expansion valve, and an evaporator coil in a refrigerant line. The ultrasonic transducer may be placed in a refrigerant flow of the refrigerant line before or after the expansion valve and before the evaporator coil, wherein sound waves of the ultrasonic transducer may break up large globules of refrigerant molecules into smaller globules of refrigerant molecules, thereby increasing total surface area of the refrigerant molecules to increase heat transfer capacity and total system efficiency. The system may provide 3-5 percent higher efficiency overall due to the presence of the ultrasonic transducer in the refrigerant line before or after the expansion valve.

    METHOD OF OPERATING A REFRIGERATION CYCLE APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20230358450A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-09

    申请号:US18029219

    申请日:2021-10-06

    摘要: A method of operating a refrigeration cycle apparatus uses a compressor to compress a coolant. The compressed coolant is fed to a condenser for release of heat, the condensed coolant is later fed to a primary side of an internal heat exchanger for release of heat, and the cooled coolant is guided through an expansion device. The coolant expanded in the expansion device is fed to an evaporator for absorption of heat, the evaporated coolant is later fed to a secondary side of the internal heat exchanger for absorption of heat, and the heated coolant is fed to the compressor. For suction gas temperature control, an amount of heat transferred from the primary side to the secondary side of the internal heat exchanger is controlled with the aid of an additional expansion device arranged parallel to the heat exchanger and between the condenser and the evaporator.