This application is the U.S. National Phase under 35 U.S.C. § 371 of International Application No. PCT/JP2014/051981, filed Jan. 29, 2014, which claims the benefit of Japanese Application No. 2013-205825, filed Sep. 30, 2013, the entire contents of each are hereby incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates to a rotary compressor that is used in an air conditioner or a refrigerating machine.
In the related art, a compressor (rotary compressor) which is provided in a refrigeration cycle and compresses and circulates a fluorocarbon refrigerant which does not contain chlorine is disclosed, in which, of sliding members which configure a compressing mechanism, a base member of a blade (vane) is made of a ferrous metal, a chromium nitride layer is formed on a surface of the base member, an iron nitride layer which contains chromium nitride is formed as a joint layer between the base member and the chromium nitride layer, and a roller (annular piston) as a counterpart member is formed of Ni—Cr—Mo cast iron (for example, see PTL 1).
PTL 1: JP-A-7-217568
However, when an air conditioner using the rotary compressor in the related art described above is used as a heater at a low outside temperature, the air conditioner is operated under operation conditions of low inlet pressure of a refrigerant, a high compression ratio, and a high discharge temperature. In a case where the rotary compressor is operated with a discharge temperature above 115° C., a problem arises in that abnormal wear of the annular piston made of the Ni—Cr—Mo cast iron occurs.
The present invention is performed by taking the above problems into account and has an object to achieve a rotary compressor in which abnormal wear of the annular piston does not occur even in a case where a refrigerant discharge temperature of the rotary compressor exceeds 115° C. during operation.
In order to solve the above problems and to achieve the object, a rotary compressor of the present invention includes a compressor housing, a compressing unit, and a motor. The compressor housing is a vertically-positioned airtight compressor housing having an upper section in which a discharge portion of a refrigerant is provided and a lower section in which an inlet unit of the refrigerant is provided on a side surface thereof. The compressing unit is disposed in the lower section of the compressor housing and includes an annular cylinder, an end plate which has a bearing unit and a discharge valve unit and closes an end portion of the cylinder, an annular piston which is fit in an eccentric portion of a rotation shaft supported in the bearing unit, performs an orbital motion inside the cylinder along a cylinder inner wall of the cylinder, and forms an operation chamber together with the cylinder inner wall, and a vane which protrudes from the inside of a vane groove of the cylinder to the inside of the operation chamber, comes into contact with the annular piston, and partitions the operation chamber into an inlet chamber and a compression chamber and the compressing unit performs suction of the refrigerant via the inlet unit and discharges the refrigerant from the discharge portion via the inside of the compressor housing. The motor is disposed in the upper section of the compressor housing and drives the compressing unit via the rotation shaft. Further, the vane is formed of steel and has a diamond-like carbon layer formed on a sliding surface with respect to the annular piston. The annular piston is formed of Ni—Cr—Mo cast iron to which 0.15 wt % to 0.45 wt % of phosphorus is added or the annular piston is formed of cast iron or steel and has an iron nitride layer formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof.
According to the present invention, the effect that abnormal wear of the annular piston does not occur even in a case where a refrigerant discharge temperature of a rotary compressor exceeds 115° C. during operation is achieved.
Hereinafter, an example of a rotary compressor according to the present invention will be described in detail based on the drawings. The invention is not limited to the example.
As illustrated in
A stator 111 of the motor 11 is formed in a cylindrical shape and is shrink-fitted and fixed in the inner circumferential surface of the compressor housing 10. A rotor 112 of the motor 11 is disposed inside the cylindrical stator 111 and is shrink-fitted and fixed to the rotation shaft 15 that mechanically connects the motor 11 with the compressing unit 12.
The compressing unit 12 includes a first compressing unit 12S and a second compressing unit 12T that is disposed in parallel with the first compressing unit 12S and is stacked on the first compressing unit 12S. As illustrated in
As illustrated in
The first and second vane grooves 128S and 128T are formed over the entire cylinder height of the first and second cylinders 121S and 121T in a radial direction from the first and second cylinder inner walls 123S and 123T. In addition, first and second vanes 127S and 127T, each of which has a plate shape, are slidably fit in the first and second vane grooves 128S and 128T.
As illustrated in
When the rotary compressor 1 is started, the first and second vanes 127S and 127T protrude from the inside of the first and second vane grooves 128S and 128T to the inside of the first and second operation chambers 130S and 130T due to bounces of the first and second vane springs. This allows ends of the vanes to come into contact with the outer circumferential surfaces of the first and second annular pistons 125S and 125T and the first and second vanes 127S and 127T to partition the first and second operation chambers 130S and 130T into first and second inlet chambers 131S and 131T and first and second compression chambers 133S and 133T.
In addition, the refrigerant gas compressed in the compressor housing 10 is guided into the first and second cylinders 121S and 121T by communicating the deep portion of the first and second vane grooves 128S and 128T with the inside of the compressor housing 10 via an opening R illustrated in
The first and second inlet holes 135S and 135T which cause the first and second inlet chambers 131S and 131T to communicate with the outside are provided in the first and second cylinders 121S and 121T such that a refrigerant is sucked into the first and second inlet chambers 131S and 131T from the outside.
In addition, as illustrated in
A sub-bearing unit 161S is formed on the lower end plate 160S and a sub-shaft unit 151 of the rotation shaft 15 is rotatably supported in the sub-bearing unit 161S. A main-bearing unit 161T is formed on the upper end plate 160T and a main-shaft unit 153 of the rotation shaft 15 is rotatably supported in the main-bearing unit 161T.
The rotation shaft 15 includes a first eccentric portion 152S and a second eccentric portion 152T which are eccentric by a 180° phase shift from each other. The first eccentric portion 152S is rotatably fit in the first annular piston 125S of the first compressing unit 12S. The second eccentric portion 152T is rotatably fit in the second annular piston 125T of the second compressing unit 12T.
When the rotation shaft 15 rotates, the first and second annular pistons 125S and 125T make orbital motions inside the first and second cylinders 121S and 121T along the first and second cylinder inner walls 123S and 123T in a counterclockwise direction in
As illustrated in
The lower muffler chamber 180S is a single annular chamber. The lower muffler chamber 180S is a part of a communication path through which a discharge side of the first compressing unit 12S communicates with the inside of the upper muffler chamber 180T by passing through a refrigerant path 136 (refer to
As illustrated in
The first cylinder 121S, the lower end plate 160S, the lower muffler cover 170S, the second cylinder 121T, the upper end plate 160T, the upper muffler cover 170T, and the intermediate partition plate 140 are integrally fastened using a plurality of penetrating bolts 175 or the like. The outer circumferential portion of the upper end plate 160T of the compressing unit 12 which is integrally fastened using the penetrating bolts 175 or the like is firmly fixed to the compressor housing 10 through spot welding. This allows the compressing unit 12 to be fixed to the compressor housing 10.
First and second through holes 101 and 102 are provided in the outer-side wall of the cylindrical compressor housing 10 at an interval in an axial direction in this order from a lower section thereof so as to communicate with first and second inlet pipes 104 and 105, respectively. In addition, outside the compressor housing 10, an accumulator 25 which is formed of a separate airtight cylindrical container is held by an accumulator holder 252 and an accumulator band 253.
A system connecting pipe 255 which is connected to an evaporator in a refrigeration cycle is connected at the center of the top portion of the accumulator 25. First and second low-pressure communication tubes 31S and 31T, each of which has one end extending toward the upward side inside the accumulator 25, and which have the other ends connected to one ends of the first and second inlet pipes 104 and 105, are connected to a bottom through hole 257 provided in the bottom of the accumulator 25.
The first and second low-pressure communication tubes 31S and 31T which guide a low pressure refrigerant in the refrigeration cycle to the first and second compressing units 12S and 12T via the accumulator 25 are connected to the first and second inlet holes 135S and 135T (refer to
A discharge pipe 107 as a discharge portion which is connected to the refrigeration cycle and discharges a high pressure refrigerant gas to a side of a condenser in the refrigeration cycle is connected to the top portion of the compressor housing 10. That is, the first and second outlets 190S and 190T are connected to the condenser in the refrigeration cycle.
Lubricant oil is sealed in the compressor housing 10 substantially to the elevation of the second cylinder 121T. In addition, the lubricant oil is sucked up from a lubricating pipe 16 attached to the lower end portion of the rotation shaft 15, using a pump blade (not illustrated) which is inserted into the lower section of the rotation shaft 15. The lubricant oil circulates through the compressing unit 12. This allows sliding components to be lubricated and the lubricant oil to seal a fine gap in the compressing unit 12.
Next, a characteristic configuration of the rotary compressor of the example will be described with reference to
Even though wear-resistance is improved by the DLC layer, insufficient adhesion between the DLC layer and the base member results in peeling-off of the DLC layer. Hence, between the DLC layer and the base member, a DLC layer of which a ratio of SP3/SP2 is 5 or less or either a CrN layer or a nitride layer is formed as a joint layer. When the joint layer is formed, the hardness changes by small degrees between the DLC layer, the joint layer, and the base member and thus, it is possible to improve adhesion of the DLC layer to the base member.
The first and second annular pistons 125S and 125T of Example 1 are formed using, as a material, Ni—Cr—Mo cast iron to which 0.15 wt % to 0.45 wt % of phosphorus (P) is added. When phosphorus is added to cast iron, a large amount of very hard steadite (P+Fe+C) is generated and wear-resistance is improved. However, since the great amount of steadite results in deterioration of machinability, the upper limit of an amount of phosphorus to be added is set to 0.45 wt %.
In addition, the base members of the first and second annular pistons 125S and 125T may be formed of cast iron or steel and iron nitride layers 125SN and 125TN (refer to
Next, a characteristic configuration of the rotary compressor of Example 2 will be described with reference to
The DLC layers 127SD2 and 127TD2 having HmV of 1200 or lower as the fitness layers have the diamond bond (SP3) and the graphite bond (SP2) and a metal or other elements such as tungsten (W), silicon (Si), or nitrogen (n) is added thereto. In this manner, the hardness is further decreased than the under layers and the fitness layer becomes a soft layer, wear of the soft layer due to sliding causes a fine protrusion to be removed or one-side contact not to occur, surface pressure during the sliding is decreased, and seizing or abnormal wear is prevented.
In addition, a ratio of SP3/SP2 of the DLC layers 127SD1 and 127TD1 having HmV of 1500 or higher as the under layers is 6 to 10. The ratio of SP3/SP2 of the DLC layers 127SD2 and 127TD2 having HmV of 1200 or lower as the fitness layers is 5 or less and the DLC layers 127SD2 and 127TD2 may be the soft layers having hardness lower than the under layers.
Even though wear-resistance is improved by the DLC layer, insufficient adhesion between the DLC layer and the base member results in peeling-off of the DLC layer. Hence, between the DLC layer and the base member, a DLC layer of which a ratio of SP3/SP2 is 5 or less or either a CrN layer or a nitride layer is formed as a joint layer. In this manner, it is possible to improve adhesion of the DLC layer to the base member.
The first and second annular pistons 125S and 125T of Example 2 are formed using, as a material, Ni—Cr—Mo cast iron or Ni—Cr—Mo cast iron to which 0.15 wt % to 0.45 wt % of phosphorus (P) is added. In addition, the base members of the first and second annular pistons 125S and 125T may be formed of cast iron or steel and iron nitride layers 125SN and 125TN (refer to
The first and second vanes 127S and 127T of Example 1 or Example 2 which have the sliding surfaces on which the DLC layers are provided and the first and second annular pistons 125S and 125T of Example 1 or Example 2 are combined to be used and thereby, abnormal wear of the first and second annular pistons 125S and 125T does not occur even in a case where a refrigerant discharge temperature of the rotary compressor 1 exceeds 115° C. during operation.
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