The present disclosure relates to subject matter contained in priority Korean Application No. 10-2011-0095471, filed on Sep. 21, 2011, which is herein expressly incorporated by reference in its entirety.
1. Field of the Invention
The present disclosure relates to a scroll compressor.
2. Description of the Related Art
Scroll compressor may include a fixed scroll having a fixed wrap and a orbiting scroll having a orbiting wrap. The scroll compressor provides a method of inhaling and compressing refrigerant through a continuous volume change of the compression chamber formed between the fixed wrap and the orbiting wrap while the orbiting scroll performs a orbiting movement on the fixed scroll.
Furthermore, the scroll compressor continuously performs inhalation, compression and discharge, and thus has excellent characteristics in the aspect of vibration and noise generated during its operational process compared to other types of compressors.
In a scroll compressor, the behavior characteristic is determined by its type of the fixed wrap and orbiting wrap. The fixed wrap and orbiting wrap may have an arbitrary shape, but typically have an involute curved shape that can be easily processed. The involute curve denotes a curve corresponding to a trajectory drawn by a cross section of thread when unloosing thread wound around a base circle having an arbitrary radius. When using such an involute curve, the capacity change rate is constant because a thickness of the wrap is constant and thus the number of turns should be increased to obtain a sufficient level of compression ratio, but it may also increase the size of the compressor.
On the other hand, the orbiting scroll is typically formed with a disk shaped end plate and the orbiting wrap at the side of the end plate. Furthermore, a boss to portion is formed at a rear surface on which the orbiting wrap is not formed and connected to a rotation shaft for orbiting the orbiting scroll. Such a shape may form a orbiting wrap over a substantially overall area of the end plate, thereby decreasing a diameter of the end plate portion for obtaining the same compression ratio. However, on the contrary, the operating point to which a repulsive force of refrigerant is applied and the operating point to which a reaction force for cancelling out the repulsive force is applied are separated from each other in an axial direction, thereby causing a problem of increasing vibration or noise while the orbiting scroll is tilted during the operational process.
As a method for solving such problems, there has been disclosed a so-called shaft penetration scroll compressor which is a type that a position at which the rotation shaft and the orbiting scroll are combined with each other is formed on the same surface as the orbiting wrap. In such a type of compressor, the operating point of a repulsive force and the operating point of the reaction force are applied at the same position, thereby solving a problem that the orbiting scroll is inclined. However, when the rotation shaft is extended to a orbiting wrap portion in such a manner, an end portion of the rotation shaft is located at a central portion of the orbiting wrap, and accordingly, an intentional compression ratio can be obtained only when increasing the diameter of the end plate. As a result, it may increase the size of the compressor.
Typically, in order to apply the compressor to an air conditioner, a volume ratio (Vr) of suction volume to discharge volume should be secured to be equal to or greater than 2.0, and a Sommerfeld number (Sf) capable of predicting the reliability of a bearing should be secured to be equal to or greater than 0.005. However, a bearing between the rotation shaft and the orbiting scroll penetrates a compression portion in a typical shaft penetration scroll compressor and thus it may be difficult to secure the volume ratio (Vr) equal to or greater than 2.0 without increasing the size of the compressor. Even so, when the size of the bearing is decreased to secure the volume ratio (Vr), the Sommerfeld number is also reduced, thereby causing a problem that the reliability of the bearing is decreased while generating a solid friction.
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a scroll compressor capable of obtaining a sufficient volume ratio and Sommerfeld number as well as reducing the overall size of the compressor.
In order to accomplish the objective of the present disclosure, there is provided a scroll compressor including a fixed scroll having a fixed wrap; a orbiting scroll configured to have a orbiting wrap engaged with the fixed wrap to form a first and a second compression chamber at an inner surface and an outer surface thereof, and perform a orbiting movement against the fixed scroll; a rotation shaft configured to have an eccentric portion at an end portion thereof, and combined with the orbiting scroll such that the eccentric portion is overlapped with the orbiting wrap in a radial direction; and a driving unit configured to drive the rotation shaft, wherein when a bearing area between the orbiting scroll and the rotation shaft is A and an end plate area of the orbiting scroll is B, NB is formed in a range of 0.035-0.085.
Furthermore, there is provided a scroll compressor including a fixed scroll having a fixed wrap; a orbiting scroll configured to have a orbiting wrap engaged with the fixed wrap to form compression chambers at an inner surface and an outer surface thereof, respectively, and perform a orbiting movement against the fixed scroll; a rotation shaft configured to have an eccentric portion at an end portion thereof, and combined with the orbiting scroll such that the eccentric portion is overlapped with the orbiting wrap in a radial direction; and a driving unit configured to drive the rotation shaft, wherein a rotation shaft combining portion is formed at the orbiting scroll to be combined with the rotation shaft, and an eccentric bearing combined with the rotation shaft combining portion to form the eccentric portion is combined with the rotation shaft, and a value of a bearing area between an inner circumferential surface of the rotation shaft combining portion and an outer circumferential surface of the eccentric bearing divided by an end plate area of the orbiting scroll is formed in a range of 0.035-0.085.
The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention.
In the drawings:
Hereinafter, a scroll compressor according to the present disclosure will be described in detail based on an embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Referring to
A discharge pipe 116 is provided at an upper portion of the upper shell 112. The discharge pipe 116 corresponds to a path through which compressed refrigerant is discharged to the outside, and an oil separator (not shown) for separating oil mixed with the discharged refrigerant may be connected to the discharge pipe 116. Furthermore, a suction pipe 118 is provided at a lateral surface of the casing 110. As a path through which refrigerant to be compressed flows, the suction pipe 118 is located at a boundary surface between the casing 110 and the upper shell 112 in
A motor 120 as a driving unit is provided at a substantially central portion of the inner portion of the casing 110. The motor 120 may include a stator 122 fixed to an inner surface of the casing 110 and a rotor 124 located at an inner portion of the stator 122 to be rotated by an interaction with the stator 122. A rotation shaft 126 is combined with the center of the rotor 124 and rotated together with the rotor 124.
An oil passage 126a is formed at an central portion of the rotation shaft 126 to be extended along a length direction of the rotation shaft 126, and an oil pump 126b for supplying oil stored in the lower shell 114 to the upper portion thereof is provided at a lower end portion of the rotation shaft 126. The oil pump 126b may have a shape in which a spiral groove is formed or a separate impeller is provided at an inner portion of the oil passage, and a separate capacity type pump may be provided therein.
An enlarged diameter portion 126c inserted into an inner portion of the boss portion formed on the fixed scroll which will be described later is formed at an upper end portion of the rotation shaft 126. The enlarged diameter portion is formed to have a diameter larger than the other portion thereof, and a pin portion 126d forming an eccentric portion together with the eccentric bearing 128 which will be described later is formed at an end portion of the enlarged diameter portion. The eccentric bearing 128 is inserted into the pin portion 126d to form an eccentric portion, and referring to
A fixed scroll 130 is mounted on a boundary portion between the casing 110 and upper shell 112. The fixed scroll 130 is pushed and fixed between the casing 110 and the upper shell 112 in a shrink fit manner or combined together with the casing 110 and upper shell 112 by welding.
A boss portion 132 into which the foregoing rotation shaft 126 is inserted is formed at a bottom surface of the fixed scroll 130. A penetration hole through which the pin portion 126d of the rotation shaft 126 passes is formed at an upper side surface (based on
A fixed wrap 136 engaged with the orbiting wrap which will be described later to form a compression chamber is formed at an upper portion surface of the end plate portion 134, and a space portion for accommodating the orbiting scroll 140 which will be described later is formed, and a lateral wall portion 138 adjoining an inner circumferential surface of the casing 110 is formed at an outer circumferential portion of the end plate portion 134. A orbiting scroll support portion 138a on which an outer circumferential portion of the orbiting scroll 140 is placed is formed at an inner side of the upper end portion of the lateral wall portion 138, and the height of the orbiting scroll support portion 138a is formed to have the same height as the fixed wrap 136 or to have a height slightly less than that of the fixed wrap, and thus an end portion of the orbiting wrap can be brought into contact with a surface of the end plate portion of the fixed scroll.
The orbiting scroll 140 is provided at an upper portion of the fixed scroll 130. The orbiting scroll 140 is formed with a substantially orbiting shaped end plate portion 142 and a orbiting wrap 144 engaged with the fixed wrap 136. A substantially orbiting shaped rotation shaft combining portion 146 rotatably inserted and fixed to the eccentric bearing 128 is formed at a central portion of the end plate portion 142. An outer circumferential portion of the rotation shaft combining portion 146 is connected to the orbiting wrap to perform the role of forming a compression chamber together with the fixed wrap during the compression process. It will be described later.
On the other hand, the eccentric bearing 128 is inserted into the rotation shaft combining portion 146 and thus an end portion of the rotation shaft 126 is inserted through the end plate portion of the fixed scroll, and the orbiting wrap, fixed wrap and eccentric bearing 128 are provided to be overlapped with one another in the radial direction of the compressor. During compression, a repulsive force of refrigerant is applied to the fixed wrap and orbiting wrap, and a compression force is applied between the rotation shaft support portion and eccentric bearing as a reaction force thereto. As described above, when part of the shaft is overlapped with the wrap in a radial direction through the end plate portion, the repulsive force and compression force of refrigerant are applied to the same surface based on the end plate, and thus they are cancelled out by each other. Due to this, it may be possible to prevent the inclination of the orbiting scroll by the operation of the compression force and repulsive force.
Furthermore, though not shown in the drawing, a discharge hole is formed on the end plate portion 142 and thus compressed refrigerant may be discharged to an inner portion of the casing. The location of the discharge hole may be set at discretion by taking a required discharge pressure or the like into consideration.
Furthermore, an oldham ring 150 for preventing the rotation of the orbiting scroll is provided at an upper side of the orbiting scroll 140. The oldham ring 150 may include a substantially orbiting shaped ring portion 152 inserted into a rear surface of the orbiting scroll 140 and a pair of first key 154 and second key 156 which are protruded on a lateral surface of the ring portion 152. The first key 154 is protruded farther than the thickness of an outer circumferential side of the end plate portion 142 of the orbiting scroll 140, and inserted into an inner portion of the first key groove 154a formed over an upper end of the lateral wall portion 138 of the fixed scroll 130 and the orbiting scroll support portion 138a. Moreover, the second keys 156 are combined with the second key grooves 156a, respectively, formed at an outer circumferential portion of the end plate portion 142 of the orbiting scroll 140 in the state of being inserted therein.
Here, the first key groove 154a is formed to have a vertical portion extended in the upward direction and a horizontal portion extended in the left/right direction, and a lower side end portion of the first key 154 always maintains a state of being inserted in the horizontal portion of the first key groove 154a, but an outer side end portion of the first key 154 in the radial direction is formed to be released from the vertical portion of the first key groove 154a during the orbiting movement of the orbiting scroll. In other words, a coupling between the first key groove 154a and the fixed scroll is made in the vertical direction, thereby reducing the diameter of the fixed scroll.
Specifically, a clearance as much as corresponding to a orbiting radius should be secured between an end plate of the orbiting scroll and an inner wall of the fixed scroll. If a key of the oldham ring is combined with the fixed scroll in the radial direction, then the length of a key groove formed on the fixed scroll should be at least greater than the orbiting radius to prevent the oldham ring from being released from the key groove during the orbiting process, and it may be a cause of increasing the size of the fixed scroll.
On the contrary, as in the above embodiment, if the key groove is extended to a lower space between the end plate and the orbiting wrap in the orbiting scroll, it may be possible to secure a sufficient length of the key groove and reducing the size of the fixed scroll.
Moreover, in the above embodiment, all keys are formed at a lateral surface of the ring portion, and thus the height of the compression unit in the axial direction can be reduced compared to a case that keys are formed, respectively, in both lateral surfaces thereof.
On the other hand, a lower frame 160 for rotatably supporting a lower side of the rotation shaft 126 is provided at a lower portion of the casing 110, and the orbiting scroll and an upper frame 170 for supporting the oldham ring 150 are provided, respectively, at an upper portion of the orbiting scroll. A hole communicated with a discharge hole of the orbiting scroll 140 to discharge compressed refrigerant to the side of the upper shell is formed at the center of the upper frame 170.
In the scroll compressor, the compression chamber is created between two contact points generated when the fixed wrap and orbiting wrap are brought into contact with each other, and in case of the fixed wrap and orbiting wrap with an involute curve, two contact points defining one compression chamber as illustrated in
Considering a volume change of the first compression chamber in
On the other hand, the second compression chamber illustrated in
Accordingly, in case of the fixed wrap and orbiting wrap with an involute shape, an intentional level of compression ratio can be obtained in case of the second compression chamber, but it is impossible in case of the first compression chamber, and as a result, in case that there is a remarkable difference of compression ratio between the two compression chambers, it will affect a bad effect on the operation of the compressor.
In order to solve the foregoing problem, the fixed wrap and orbiting wrap may be formed to have another curve other than the involute curve. Referring to
Furthermore, a protrusion portion 137 protruded to the side of the rotation shaft combining portion 146 is formed adjacent to an inner side end portion of the fixed wrap, and a contact portion 137a formed to be protruded from the protrusion portion is additionally formed on the protrusion portion 137. In other words, the inner side end portion of the fixed wrap is formed to have a thickness greater than the other portion thereof. Due to this, a strength of the inner side end portion of the wrap receiving the highest compression force on the fixed wrap can be enhanced, thereby enhancing the durability.
On the other hand, the thickness of the fixed wrap is gradually decreased from the contact point (P1) located at an inner side between the two contact points forming the first compression chamber at a discharge start time point as illustrated in
Furthermore, when a distance between an inner surface of the fixed wrap and the axial center (O′) of the rotation shaft is DF, the DF is decreased after being increased as moving in a counter clockwise direction (based on
A concave portion 145 engaged with the protrusion portion is formed at the rotation shaft combining portion 146. A lateral surface of the concave portion 145 is brought into contact with the contact portion 137a of the protrusion portion 137 to form a side contact point of the first compression chamber. When a distance between the center of the rotation shaft combining portion 146 and an outer circumferential portion of the rotation shaft combining portion 146 is “Do”, the “Do” is increased and then decreased during the section between P1 of
Furthermore, a side wall of the concave portion 145 may include a first increasing portion 145a in which the thickness thereof is drastically increased in a relatively high rate and a second increasing portion 145b connected to the first increasing portion in which the thickness is increased in a relatively low rate. They correspond to the first decreasing portion and the second decreasing portion, respectively. The first increasing portion, first decreasing portion, second increasing portion, and second decreasing portion are obtained as a result of bending the envelope line toward the rotation shaft combining portion. Due to them, an inner side contact point (P1) forming the first compression chamber is located at the first increasing portion and second increasing portion, and as a result, the compression ratio can be increased by decreasing the length of the first compression chamber immediately prior to discharge.
The other side wall of the concave portion 145 is formed to have a orbiting arc shape. The diameter of the orbiting arc is determined by a wrap thickness of the end portion of the fixed wrap and a orbiting radius of the orbiting wrap, and the diameter of the orbiting arc is increased as increasing the thickness of the end portion of the fixed wrap. Due to this, the thickness of the orbiting wrap around the orbiting arc is also increased to secure the durability, and the compression path is lengthened and thus has an advantage of increasing the compression ratio of the second compression chamber as much as the lengthened path.
Here, a central portion of the concave portion 145 forms part of the second compression chamber.
On the other hand, as described above, in order to apply the compressor to an air conditioner, a ratio (Vr) of suction volume to discharge volume should be secured to be equal to or greater than 2.0, and a Sommerfeld number (Sf) should be secured to be equal to or greater than 0.005, but it is not easy to satisfy the condition without increasing the size of the compressor in a shaft penetration scroll compressor. However, as illustrated in
The area ratio according to the present embodiment may be uniformly applicable to all shaft penetration scroll compressors.
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10-2011-0095471 | Sep 2011 | KR | national |