The present disclosure relates to compressor capacity modulation assemblies.
This section provides background information related to the present disclosure and which is not necessarily prior art.
Compressors may be designed for a variety of operating conditions. The operating conditions may require different output from the compressor. In order to provide for more efficient compressor operation, a capacity modulation assembly may be included in a compressor to vary compressor output depending on the operating condition.
This section provides a general summary of the disclosure, and is not comprehensive of its full scope or all of its features.
In one form, the present disclosure provides a compressor that may include a shell assembly, first and second scroll members, a seal assembly, a modulation control chamber and a modulation control valve. The shell assembly may define a suction pressure region and a discharge pressure region. The first scroll member may be disposed within the shell assembly and may include a first end plate having a discharge passage, a first spiral wrap extending from the first end plate and a biasing passage extending through the first end plate. The second scroll member may be disposed within the shell assembly and may include a second end plate having a second spiral wrap extending therefrom. The first and second spiral wraps may meshingly engage each other and form a series of pockets therebetween. The seal assembly may engage the first scroll member and may isolate the discharge pressure region from the suction pressure region. The seal assembly and the first scroll member may define an axial biasing chamber therebetween. The biasing passage may be in communication with a first of said pockets and the axial biasing chamber. The modulation control chamber may be fluidly coupled with the axial biasing chamber by a first passage. The modulation control valve may be fluidly coupled with the modulation control chamber by a second passage and may be movable between a first position allowing communication between the second passage and the suction pressure region and a second position restricting communication between the second passage and the suction pressure region.
In another form, the present disclosure provides a compressor that may include a shell assembly, first and second scroll members, a seal assembly, a modulation control chamber and a modulation control valve. The shell assembly may define a suction pressure region and a discharge pressure region. The first scroll member may be disposed within the shell assembly and may include a first end plate having a discharge passage, a first spiral wrap extending from the first end plate and a biasing passage extending through the first end plate. The second scroll member may be disposed within the shell assembly and may include a second end plate having a second spiral wrap extending therefrom. The first and second spiral wraps may be meshingly engaged with each other and may form a series of pockets therebetween. The seal assembly may engage the first scroll member and may isolate the discharge pressure region from the suction pressure region. The seal assembly and the first scroll member may define an axial biasing chamber therebetween. The biasing passage may be in communication with a first of the pockets and the axial biasing chamber. The modulation control chamber may be fluidly coupled with the axial biasing chamber. The modulation control valve may be fluidly coupled with the modulation control chamber and may be movable between a first position allowing communication fluid to flow from the axial biasing chamber and into the suction pressure region via the modulation control chamber and a second position restricting communication between the axial biasing chamber and the suction pressure region.
Further areas of applicability will become apparent from the description provided herein. The description and specific examples in this summary are intended for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.
The drawings described herein are for illustrative purposes only of selected embodiments and not all possible implementations, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.
Corresponding reference numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.
The following description is merely exemplary in nature and is not intended to limit the present disclosure, application, or uses. It should be understood that throughout the drawings, corresponding reference numerals indicate like or corresponding parts and features.
The present teachings are suitable for incorporation in many different types of scroll and rotary compressors, including hermetic machines, open drive machines and non-hermetic machines. For exemplary purposes, a compressor 10 is shown as a hermetic scroll refrigerant-compressor of the low-side type, i.e., where the motor and compressor are cooled by suction gas in the hermetic shell, as illustrated in the vertical section shown in
With reference to
Shell assembly 12 may generally form a compressor housing and may include a cylindrical shell 29, an end cap 32 at the upper end thereof, a transversely extending partition 34, and a base 36 at a lower end thereof. End cap 32 and partition 34 may generally define a discharge chamber 38. Discharge chamber 38 may generally form a discharge muffler for compressor 10. While illustrated as including discharge chamber 38, it is understood that the present disclosure applies equally to direct discharge configurations. Refrigerant discharge fitting 22 may be attached to shell assembly 12 at opening 40 in end cap 32. Discharge valve assembly 24 may be located within discharge fitting 22 and may generally prevent a reverse flow condition. Suction gas inlet fitting 26 may be attached to shell assembly 12 at opening 42. Partition 34 may include a discharge passage 44 therethrough providing communication between compression mechanism 18 and discharge chamber 38.
Bearing housing assembly 14 may be affixed to shell 29 at a plurality of points in any desirable manner, such as staking. Bearing housing assembly 14 may include a main bearing housing 46, a bearing 48 disposed therein, bushings 50, and fasteners 52. Main bearing housing 46 may house bearing 48 therein and may define an annular flat thrust bearing surface 54 on an axial end surface thereof. Main bearing housing 46 may include apertures 56 extending therethrough and receiving fasteners 52.
Motor assembly 16 may generally include a motor stator 58, a rotor 60, and a drive shaft 62. Motor stator 58 may be press fit into shell 29. Drive shaft 62 may be rotatably driven by rotor 60 and may be rotatably supported within first bearing 48. Rotor 60 may be press fit on drive shaft 62. Drive shaft 62 may include an eccentric crank pin 64 having a flat 66 thereon.
Compression mechanism 18 may generally include an orbiting scroll 68 and a non-orbiting scroll 70. Orbiting scroll 68 may include an end plate 72 having a spiral vane or wrap 74 on the upper surface thereof and an annular flat thrust surface 76 on the lower surface. Thrust surface 76 may interface with annular flat thrust bearing surface 54 on main bearing housing 46. A cylindrical hub 78 may project downwardly from thrust surface 76 and may have a drive bushing 80 rotatably disposed therein. Drive bushing 80 may include an inner bore in which crank pin 64 is drivingly disposed. Crank pin flat 66 may drivingly engage a flat surface in a portion of the inner bore of drive bushing 80 to provide a radially compliant driving arrangement. An Oldham coupling 82 may be engaged with the orbiting and non-orbiting scrolls 68, 70 to prevent relative rotation therebetween.
With additional reference to
A first pocket, pocket 94 in
Referring again to
Annular hub 88 may include first and second portions 116, 118 axially spaced from one another forming a stepped region 120 therebetween. First portion 116 may be located axially between second portion 118 and end plate 84 and may have an outer radial surface 122 defining a first diameter (D1) greater than or equal to a second diameter (D2) defined by an outer radial surface 124 of second portion 118.
Capacity modulation assembly 28 may include a modulation valve ring 126, a modulation lift ring 128, a retaining ring 130, and a modulation control valve assembly 132. Modulation valve ring 126 may include an inner radial surface 134, an outer radial surface 136, a first axial end surface 138 defining an annular recess 140 and a valve portion 142, and first and second passages 144, 146. Inner radial surface 134 may include first and second portions 148, 150 defining a second axial end surface 152 therebetween. First portion 148 may define a third diameter (D3) less than a fourth diameter (D4) defined by the second portion 150. The first and third diameters (D1, D3) may be approximately equal to one another and the first portions 116, 148 may be sealingly engaged with one another via a seal 154 located radially therebetween. More specifically, seal 154 may include an o-ring seal and may be located within an annular recess 156 in first portion 148 of modulation valve ring 126. Alternatively, the o-ring seal could be located in an annular recess in annular hub 88.
Modulation lift ring 128 may be located within annular recess 140 and may include an annular body defining inner and outer radial surfaces 158, 160, and first and second axial end surfaces 159, 161. Inner and outer radial surfaces 158, 160 may be sealingly engaged with sidewalls 162, 164 of annular recess 140 via first and second seals 166, 168. More specifically, first and second seals 166, 168 may include o-ring seals and may be located within annular recesses 170, 172 in inner and outer radial surfaces 158, 160 of modulation lift ring 128. Modulation valve ring 126 and modulation lift ring 128 may cooperate to define a modulation control chamber 174 between annular recess 140 and first axial end surface 159. First passage 144 may be in fluid communication with modulation control chamber 174. Second axial end surface 161 may face end plate 84 and may include a series of protrusions 177 defining radial flow passages 178 therebetween.
Seal assembly 20 may form a floating seal assembly and may be sealingly engaged with non-orbiting scroll 70 and modulation valve ring 126 to define an axial biasing chamber 180. More specifically, seal assembly 20 may be sealingly engaged with outer radial surface 124 of annular hub 88 and second portion 150 of modulation valve ring 126. Axial biasing chamber 180 may be defined axially between an axial end surface 182 of seal assembly 20 and second axial end surface 152 of modulation valve ring 126 and stepped region 120 of annular hub 88. Second passage 146 may be in fluid communication with axial biasing chamber 180.
Retaining ring 130 may be axially fixed relative to non-orbiting scroll 70 and may be located within axial biasing chamber 180. More specifically, retaining ring 130 may be located within a recess in first portion 116 of annular hub 88 axially between seal assembly 20 and modulation valve ring 126. Retaining ring 130 may form an axial stop for modulation valve ring 126. Modulation control valve assembly 132 may include a solenoid operated valve and may be in fluid communication with first and second passages 144, 146 in modulation valve ring 126 and suction pressure region 106.
With additional reference to
In an alternate capacity modulation assembly 928, seen in
In the first mode, seen in
Modulation control valve assembly 1032 may be modulated between the first and second modes to create a compressor operating capacity that is between a fully loaded capacity (first mode) and a part loaded capacity (second mode). Pulse-width-modulation of the opening and closing of first and second modulation control valves 1031, 1033 may be utilized to create this intermediate capacity. Second modulation control valve 1033 may be open during the first mode as seen in
Alternatively, modulation control valve assembly 1032 may be modulated between the second mode and a third mode. The third mode is schematically illustrated in
Alternatively, modulation control valve assembly 1032 may be modulated between the first and third modes to create a compressor operating capacity that is between the fully loaded capacity (first mode) and the unloaded capacity (third mode). Pulse-width-modulation of the opening and closing of first and second modulation control valves 1031, 1033 may be utilized to create this intermediate capacity. When transitioning from the third mode to the first mode, second modulation control valve 1033 may remain open and first modulation control valve 1031 may be modulated between opened and closed positions. Alternatively, second modulation control valve 1033 may be closed when transitioning from the third mode to the first mode. In such arrangements, second modulation control valve 1033 may be closed after first modulation control valve 1031 by a delay (e.g., less than one second) to ensure that modulation control chamber 1074 is maintained at suction pressure (Ps) and does not experience additional biasing pressure (Pi1).
An alternate capacity modulation assembly 1028 is shown in
In the first mode, seen in
Another alternate capacity modulation assembly 1128 is shown in
In the first mode, seen in
Modulation valve ring 126 may define a first radial surface area (A1) facing away from non-orbiting scroll 70 radially between first and second portions 148, 150 of inner radial surface 134 of modulation valve ring 126 (A1=(π)(D42−D32)/4). Inner sidewall 162 may define a diameter (D5) less than a diameter (D6) defined by outer sidewall 164. Modulation valve ring 126 may define a second radial surface area (A2) opposite first radial surface area (A1) and facing non-orbiting scroll 70 radially between sidewalls 162, 164 of inner radial surface 134 of modulation valve ring 126 (A2=(π)(D62−D52)/4). First radial surface area (A1) may be less than second radial surface area (A2). Modulation valve ring 126 may be displaced between first and second positions based on the pressure provided to modulation control chamber 174 by modulation control valve assembly 132. Modulation valve ring 126 may be displaced by fluid pressure acting directly thereon, as discussed below.
A first intermediate pressure (Pi1) within axial biasing chamber 180 applied to first radial surface area (A1) may provide a first axial force (F1) urging modulation valve ring 126 axially toward non-orbiting scroll 70 during both the first and second modes. When modulation control valve assembly 132 is operated in the first mode, modulation valve ring 126 may be in the first position (
When modulation control valve assembly 132 is operated in the second mode, modulation valve ring 126 may be in the second position (
Modulation valve ring 126 and modulation lift ring 128 may be forced in axial directions opposite one another during operation of modulation control valve assembly 132 in the second mode. More specifically, modulation valve ring 126 may be displaced axially away from end plate 84 and modulation lift ring 128 may be urged axially toward end plate 84. Protrusions 177 of modulation lift ring 128 may abut end plate 84 and first and second modulation ports 112, 114 may be in fluid communication with suction pressure region 106 via radial flow passages 178 when modulation valve ring 126 is in the second position.
An alternate capacity modulation assembly 228 is illustrated in
An alternate capacity modulation assembly 1528 is illustrated in
An alternate non-orbiting scroll 470 and capacity modulation assembly 428 are illustrated in
Annular hub 488 may include first and second portions 516, 518 axially spaced from one another forming a stepped region 520 therebetween. First portion 516 may be located axially between second portion 518 and end plate 484 and may have an outer radial surface 522 defining a diameter (D7) greater than or equal to a diameter (D8) defined by an outer radial surface 524 of second portion 518.
Capacity modulation assembly 428 may include a modulation valve ring 526 (a first valve), a modulation lift ring 528, a retaining ring 530, and a modulation control valve assembly 532 (a second valve). Modulation valve ring 526 is a fluid-pressure-actuated valve and may include an axial leg 534 and a radial leg 536. Radial leg 536 may include a first axial end surface 538 facing end plate 484 and defining a valve portion 542 and a second axial end surface 552 facing seal assembly 420. An inner radial surface 548 of axial leg 534 may define a diameter (D9) greater than a diameter (D10) defined by an inner radial surface 550 of radial leg 536. The diameters (D7, D10) may be approximately equal to one another and first portion 516 of annular hub 488 may be sealingly engaged with radial leg 536 of modulation valve ring 526 via a seal 554 located radially therebetween. More specifically, seal 554 may include an o-ring seal and may be located within an annular recess 556 in inner radial surface 550 of modulation valve ring 526.
Modulation lift ring 528 may be located within annular recess 540 and may include an annular body defining inner and outer radial surfaces 558, 560, and first and second axial end surfaces 559, 561. Annular recess 540 may extend axially into second side 489 of end plate 484. Inner and outer radial surfaces 558, 560 may be sealingly engaged with sidewalls 562, 564 of annular recess 540 via first and second seals 566, 568. More specifically, first and second seals 566, 568 may include o-ring seals and may be located within annular recesses 570, 572 in inner and outer radial surfaces 558, 560 of modulation lift ring 528. End plate 484 and modulation lift ring 528 may cooperate to define a modulation control chamber 574 between annular recess 540 and second axial end surface 561. First passage 544 may be in fluid communication with modulation control chamber 574. First axial end surface 559 may face modulation valve ring 526 and may include a series of protrusions 577 defining radial flow passages 578 therebetween.
Seal assembly 420 may form a floating seal assembly and may be sealingly engaged with non-orbiting scroll 470 and modulation valve ring 526 to define an axial biasing chamber 580. More specifically, seal assembly 420 may be sealingly engaged with outer radial surface 524 of annular hub 488 and inner radial surface 548 of modulation valve ring 526. Axial biasing chamber 580 may be defined axially between an axial end surface 582 of seal assembly 420 and second axial end surface 552 of modulation valve ring 526 and by stepped region 520 of annular hub 488.
Retaining ring 530 may be axially fixed relative to non-orbiting scroll 470 and may be located within axial biasing chamber 580. More specifically, retaining ring 530 may be located within a recess in first portion 516 of annular hub 488 axially between seal assembly 420 and modulation valve ring 526. Retaining ring 530 may form an axial stop for modulation valve ring 526. Modulation control valve assembly 532 may include a solenoid operated valve (an electro-mechanically-actuated valve) and may be in fluid communication with first and second passages 544, 546 in end plate 484 and suction pressure region 506.
With additional reference to
In an alternate capacity modulation assembly 1228, seen in
In the first mode, seen in
An alternate capacity modulation assembly 1328 is shown in
In the first mode, seen in
Another capacity modulation assembly 1428 is shown in
In the first mode, seen in
Modulation valve ring 526 may define a first radial surface area (A11) facing away from non-orbiting scroll 470 radially between inner radial surfaces 548, 550 of modulation valve ring 526 (A11=(π)(D92−D102)/4). Sidewalls 562, 564 may define inner and outer diameters (D11, D12). Modulation lift ring 528 may define a second radial surface area (A22) opposite first radial surface area (A11) and facing non-orbiting scroll 70 radially between sidewalls 562, 564 of end plate 484 (A22=(π)(D122−D112)/4). First radial surface area (A11) may be greater than second radial surface area (A22). Modulation valve ring 526 may be displaced between first and second positions based on the pressure provided to modulation control chamber 574 by modulation control valve assembly 532. Modulation lift ring 528 may displace modulation valve ring 526, as discussed below. The arrangement shown in
A second intermediate pressure (Pi2) within axial biasing chamber 580 applied to first radial surface area (A11) may provide a first axial force (F11) urging modulation valve ring 526 axially toward non-orbiting scroll 470 during both the first and second modes. When modulation control valve assembly 532 is operated in the first mode, modulation valve ring 526 may be in the first position (
When modulation control valve assembly 532 is operated in the second mode, modulation valve ring 526 may be in the second position (
Modulation valve ring 526 and modulation lift ring 528 may be forced in the same axial direction during operation of modulation control valve assembly 532 in the second mode. More specifically, modulation valve ring 526 and modulation lift ring 528 may both be displaced axially away from end plate 484. Protrusions 577 of modulation lift ring 528 may abut modulation valve ring 526 and first and second modulation ports 512, 514 may be in fluid communication with suction pressure region 506 via radial flow passages 578 when modulation valve ring 526 is in the second position.
An alternate capacity modulation assembly 828 is illustrated in
In an alternate arrangement, seen in
Radial leg 736 may include a first axial end surface 738 facing end plate 784 and a second axial end surface 752 facing seal assembly 620. First portion 716 of annular hub 688 may be sealingly engaged with radial leg 736 of outer hub 726 via a seal 754 located radially therebetween. More specifically, seal 754 may include an o-ring seal and may be located within an annular recess 756 in inner radial surface 750 of outer hub 726.
Seal assembly 620 may form a floating seal assembly and may be sealingly engaged with non-orbiting scroll 670 and outer hub 726 to define an axial biasing chamber 780. More specifically, seal assembly 620 may be sealingly engaged with outer radial surface 724 of annular hub 688 and inner radial surface 748 of axial leg 734. Axial biasing chamber 780 may be defined axially between an axial end surface 782 of seal assembly 620 and second axial end surface 752 of outer hub 726 and stepped portion 720 of annular hub 688. Biasing passage 710 may extend through stepped region 720 of annular hub 688 to provide fluid communication between axial biasing chamber 780 and an intermediate compression pocket.
Outer hub 726 may be press fit on non-orbiting scroll 670 and fixed thereto without the use of fasteners by the press-fit engagement, as well as by pressure within axial biasing chamber 780 acting on second axial end surface 752 during compressor operation. Therefore, a generally common non-orbiting scroll 70, 270, 470, 670 may be used for a variety of applications including compressors with and without capacity modulation assemblies or first and second modulation ports 112, 512, 114, 514 of non-orbiting scrolls 70, 270, 470.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/881,016, filed on Jan. 26, 2018, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/946,824, filed on Nov. 20, 2015 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,879,674), which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/081,390, filed on Nov. 15, 2013 (now U.S. Pat. No. 9,303,642), which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/181,065, filed on Jul. 12, 2011 (now U.S. Pat. No. 8,585,382), which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/754,920, filed on Apr. 6, 2010 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,988,433), which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/167,309, filed on Apr. 7, 2009. The entire disclosures of each of the above applications are incorporated herein by reference.
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