Vertical axis hermetic helical screw rotary compressor with discharge gas oil mist eliminator and dual transfer tube manifold for supplying liquid refrigerant and refrigerant vapor to the compression area
US4545742A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 11, 1984 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 1985 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 11, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF04C29/042
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A vertical axis hermetic compressor includes an inner cylindrical housing fixed internally of a sealed outer enclosure bearing paired helical screw rotors defining with the inner housing closed thread compressor compression chambers. An electrical drive motor overlies the rotors and is shaft connected to one of the rotors. Compressed refrigerant vapor, where refrigerant is the working fluid, discharges through the motor rotor. A deflector within the top of the outer enclosure such that oil impacted by gas flow discharging axially from the motor adheres to the deflector to provide oil separation. Oil dropping from the deflector into the bottom of the outer enclosure functioning as an oil sump impacts against a two passage parallel flow dual transfer tube including one passage supplying liquid refrigerant from the condenser to the compressor working space for cooling the same through a liquid injection port and within a second passage, intermediate pressure refrigerant vapor injected into the compression process through a vapor injection port. This prevents excessive heating of the working fluid pulsing in the tubes during compression with control valves in the passages leading to th…
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