OIL PUMP CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND TURBO REFRIGERATOR

    公开(公告)号:US20210033316A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-04

    申请号:US16767039

    申请日:2018-11-16

    Abstract: In order to reduce the effect of foaming occurring in an oil tank on a compressor, an oil pump control unit (50) is applied to a turbo refrigerator comprising an oil tank that stores lubrication oil supplied to a compressor and a variable-speed oil pump that supplies the lubricating oil in the oil tank to the compressor. The oil pump control unit (50) comprises: an intake refrigerant gas amount calculation unit (52) for calculating the amount of refrigerant gas drawn into the oil pump, as an intake refrigerant gas amount; a supplied lubricating oil amount calculation unit (53) for using the intake refrigerant gas amount and a required lubricating oil amount, which is an amount of lubricating oil required by the compressor, to calculate a supplied lubricating oil amount; and a command value generation unit (54) for generating a rotation speed command value for the oil pump on the basis of the supplied lubricating oil amount.

    TURBO FREEZING MACHINE AND START-UP CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

    公开(公告)号:US20190128580A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-02

    申请号:US16091151

    申请日:2017-04-25

    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a turbo compressor that compresses a refrigerant; a condenser that condenses the refrigerant compressed by the turbo compressor; an expansion valve that expands a liquid refrigerant introduced from the condenser; an evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant expanded by the expansion valve; an oil tank that stores a lubricating oil supplied to the turbo compressor; a pressure equalizing pipe that connects the oil tank and the evaporator; and a control unit that controls start-up. The control unit calculates the amount of a refrigerant eluded into the lubricating oil in the oil tank at the time of start-up, and reduces a pressure reduction speed in the oil tank by limiting the opening operation of an IGV when the refrigerant elution amount per prescribed time exceeds a prescribed value.

    ROTARY MACHINE
    7.
    发明申请
    ROTARY MACHINE 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20200096043A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US16472102

    申请日:2017-11-29

    Abstract: A rotary machine of the present invention is provided with: a bearing including an inner ring secured to an outer peripheral surface of a rotating element, an outer ring disposed outside the inner ring, and a plurality of rolling elements interposed between the inner ring and the outer ring; a bearing housing disposed outside the bearing and to which the outer ring is secured; a casing disposed outside the bearing housing and to which the bearing housing is secured; and a temperature difference reducer to reduce a difference between a temperatures of the outer and inner rings.

    TURBO COMPRESSOR AND TURBO REFRIGERATOR PROVIDED WITH SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20190211834A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-11

    申请号:US16095112

    申请日:2017-04-18

    Abstract: To realize a reduction in cost and extension of the lifespan of a auxiliary bearing which is disposed adjacent to a non-contact bearing supporting a rotor shaft of a centrifugal compressor. A centrifugal compressor (2) includes: a rotor shaft (15); an electric motor (14) provided at an intermediate portion of the rotor shaft (15) in a coaxial manner with the rotor shaft (15), the electric motor (14) being configured to rotationally drive the rotor shaft (15); an impeller (16) fixed to one end of the rotor shaft (15) and forming a refrigerant compressing unit (7) which compresses a refrigerant; main bearings (18a, 18b) formed of non-contact bearings pivotally supporting the rotor shaft (15) at a portion between the electric motor (14) and the impeller (16), and at another end of the rotor shaft (15); auxiliary bearings (19a, 19b) disposed adjacent to the main bearings (18a, 18b), the auxiliary bearings being configured to pivotally support the rotor shaft (15) in place of the main bearings (18a, 18b) in a state where functioning of the main bearings (18a, 18b) stops; and a lubricating refrigerant supply unit (25) configured to supply the refrigerant as a lubricant to an inside of the auxiliary bearings (19a, 19b) in the state where the functioning of the main bearings (18a, 18b) stops.

    REFRIGERATOR
    9.
    发明申请
    REFRIGERATOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20190078811A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-14

    申请号:US16081612

    申请日:2017-06-26

    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a refrigerator in which the capacity of an oil tank can be made smaller than in the prior art while a foaming phenomenon is addressed. The refrigerator is provided with: a refrigeration cycle which includes a condenser, an evaporator, and an electric compressor having a compression mechanism to be driven by a motor and in which a refrigerant circulates; an oil tank in which a lubricating oil is stored; a heater which is set in the oil tank and which heats the lubricating oil; a lubricating oil supply line which is connected to the oil tank and which supplies the lubricating oil from the oil tank into a housing having the motor housed therein; a lubricating oil discharge line which returns the lubricating oil from the housing back to the oil tank; a pressure equalizing pipe which has one end connected to the oil tank and the other end connected to the refrigeration cycle; and a buffer tank which is set to the pressure equalizing pipe, which receives the refrigerant and the lubricating oil flowing out from the oil tank, and in which the lubricating oil is stored.

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