EP0576415B1 - Ansaugregelventil - Google Patents

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EP0576415B1
EP0576415B1 EP19930890096 EP93890096A EP0576415B1 EP 0576415 B1 EP0576415 B1 EP 0576415B1 EP 19930890096 EP19930890096 EP 19930890096 EP 93890096 A EP93890096 A EP 93890096A EP 0576415 B1 EP0576415 B1 EP 0576415B1
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Friedrich Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Bauer
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Hoerbiger Ventilwerke GmbH and Co KG
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C28/00—Control of, monitoring of, or safety arrangements for, pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C28/24—Control of, monitoring of, or safety arrangements for, pumps or pumping installations specially adapted for elastic fluids characterised by using valves controlling pressure or flow rate, e.g. discharge valves or unloading valves
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F04—POSITIVE - DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS FOR LIQUIDS OR ELASTIC FLUIDS
    • F04C—ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; ROTARY-PISTON, OR OSCILLATING-PISTON, POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT PUMPS
    • F04C18/00—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids
    • F04C18/08—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing
    • F04C18/12—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type
    • F04C18/14—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type with toothed rotary pistons
    • F04C18/16—Rotary-piston pumps specially adapted for elastic fluids of intermeshing-engagement type, i.e. with engagement of co-operating members similar to that of toothed gearing of other than internal-axis type with toothed rotary pistons with helical teeth, e.g. chevron-shaped, screw type
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10S137/907—Vacuum-actuated valves
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/7722—Line condition change responsive valves
    • Y10T137/7758—Pilot or servo controlled
    • Y10T137/7762—Fluid pressure type
    • Y10T137/7769—Single acting fluid servo
    • Y10T137/777—Spring biased

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  • the invention relates to an intake control valve for a screw compressor, in particular for a screw compressor with oil injection, which is installed in the intake line of the screw compressor and has a closure body which alternately releases or closes the intake line and with an actuating piston or an actuating diaphragm which can be displaced in a cylinder, which is pressurized with a pressure medium is in the opening direction of the intake line in drive connection, the intake control valve designed as a double seat valve being provided with an intake seat which the closure body closes in the intake direction and a backflow seat which the closure body closes against the intake direction.
  • Intake control valves for compressors are known in various designs.
  • the simple designs for screw compressors are "normally open", i.e. When the screw compressor is depressurized, the intake control valve releases the passage cross section of the intake line.
  • the screw compressor starts up with the intake control valve open, which means that the drive motor is immediately loaded by the full compression work. Only when a sufficient operating pressure has been built up can the intake control valve be closed completely or partially to reduce the delivery rate.
  • This embodiment thus has the disadvantage that the drive motor is heavily loaded and is also overloaded when the vehicle is started frequently in the time unit.
  • the spring force holding this closed must be overcome in this known embodiment to open the intake control valve, which is usually done by a differential piston.
  • the piston area of the differential piston must be correspondingly large, because the force exerted by it must overcome on the one hand the spring force acting on the intake control valve and on the other hand the gas pressure acting on the intake control valve due to the built-up operating pressure in the closing direction, in addition to this also the increase in spring force due to the spring stiffness .
  • a suction control device of this type is known from DE-OS 29 44 053.
  • the pressure that builds up overcomes the spring force and opens the suction line.
  • the change in the flow cross-section for regulating the delivery rate is carried out with the aid of a further control piston which is acted upon by a control pressure, for example the network pressure, and loads the closure body in the direction of the spring force, so that the operating pressure present on the opposite side of the closure body is overcome.
  • a control pressure for example the network pressure
  • An intake control valve of the type mentioned at the outset which is expressly an intake valve intended for vacuum compressors, is known from EP-A-0 391 064.
  • the intake control valve is designed as a double-seat valve and a closure body is provided which alternately opens and closes the two valve seats.
  • the closure body is mounted at one end on a rod which can be displaced in both axial directions so far by a membrane piston provided at its other end that the closure body lies sealingly against a valve seat.
  • the closure body assumes a floating position between the two valve seats, which depends on the respective pressurization of the actuating membrane.
  • US-A-4 826 134 describes an inlet valve for air compressors, which consists of a valve housing with a valve seat and a closure body controlling it. This is attached to one end of a shaft, which is guided with its other end by a piston in a cylinder slidably against the valve seat.
  • the actuating cylinder is fixed in the axis of the valve housing and flows around the pumped medium. It is a simple arrangement of the actuating cylinder, which is aligned with the valve seat and enables a straight flow through the valve.
  • the invention has for its object to simplify the structure of the known intake control valves and still improve them so that they can be operated with little effort without impairing the function.
  • the closure body has an intermediate position defined by an end position of the actuating piston or the actuating diaphragm between the two seats, in which at least approximately the largest flow cross-section is released through the intake control valve and from which it acts as a check valve against the backflow seat is freely adjustable.
  • the design of the intake control valve which is designed as a double-seat valve, with a fixedly defined intermediate position, achieves a surprisingly simple construction and also an advantageous actuation.
  • the suction control valve according to the invention is closed by the suction-side vacuum when the screw compressor starts up and, after an operating pressure has been built up, is opened up to the intermediate position between the two seats by the pressure medium acting on the control piston or the control membrane.
  • the closure body of the intake control valve is raised to about half the stroke between its two seats and releases the full intake cross-section in this position.
  • the actuating piston or the actuating diaphragm only has to overcome the weak spring force of its retraction spring and the suction force.
  • the closing body of the intake control valve which then acts as a check valve, is pressed by the pressure medium onto the backflow seat, which it closes, regardless of the position of the control piston or the control membrane.
  • the vacuum sucks the closure body over its entire stroke onto the intake seat and closes it, so that the intake control valve then performs the "normally closed” function. This prevents the drive motor from being overloaded.
  • FIG. 1 and 2 each show a longitudinal section through an embodiment of an intake control valve according to the invention.
  • Both embodiments consist of a hollow valve housing 1 or. 1 ', which is connected with a connection opening 2 to the inlet of a screw compressor, not shown.
  • a flange 3 with fastening bores 4 for flange screws is provided for this purpose.
  • the valve housing 1 has a flow channel 5, to which the suction line 6 connects at the other end of the housing.
  • a backflow seat 7 is formed and at some distance from it the valve housing 1 has an inwardly projecting collar 8, which forms a suction seat 9 opposite the backflow seat 7.
  • an actuating cylinder 10 is arranged inside the valve housing 1, which can be designed as a cast part, in which an actuating piston 11 can be displaced against the force of a return spring 12.
  • the open end of the actuating cylinder 10 is closed by a screw cap 13, via which a control connection 14 opens into the actuating cylinder 10.
  • the actuating piston 11 is guided out of the actuating cylinder 10 with a rod 15, on the free end of which an extension 16 provided with a bore a plate-shaped closure body 17 is slidably mounted.
  • a weak helical spring 18 is supported on the housing of the actuating cylinder 10 and loads the closure body 17 against the backflow seat 7.
  • the closure body 17 has a seal 19 which effects a tight seal of the backflow seat 7.
  • a channel 20 is provided in the collar 8, which bypasses the suction seat 9 of the suction control valve and thus represents a leak in the suction seat 9.
  • the intake control valve is designed as a corner valve and an actuating membrane, which is designated 11 ′, is provided for the adjustment of the closure body 17.
  • the housing 1 ' is connected at one end to the suction line 6 as in the embodiment according to FIG. 1, but the flow channel 5 opens out on the side of the housing 1' and is connected there in a manner not shown to the inlet of a screw compressor.
  • the membrane 11 ' is clamped in a pressure chamber 10', which is provided with a control connection 14, and acts on a membrane plate 11 "which is loaded by the return spring 12.
  • the rod 15 is fastened to the membrane plate 11", on which the hollow extension 16 of the closure body 17 is placed.
  • the closure body 17 can thus also be largely freely displaced relative to the actuating membrane 11 ', with only a driving connection between the rod 15 and the closure body 17 in the opening direction of the suction seat 9, etc. to an intermediate position between the suction seat 9 and the backflow seat 7.
  • this intermediate position which is caused by the stop of a part of the actuating piston 11 on the actuating cylinder 10 (FIG. 1) or the diaphragm plate 11 "on the valve housing 1 '(FIG. 2) is defined, the flow cross-section through the intake control valve is fully open and largest.
  • the rod 15 is designed in coordination with the piston 11 or the membrane 11 'that adjusts it so that it can only adjust the closure body 17 to the intermediate position between the suction seat 9 and the backflow seat 7.
  • the closure body 17 can therefore not be pressed against the backflow seat 7 even at high operating pressure by the actuating piston 11 or the actuating membrane 11 '. This is closed by the closure body 17 only as a freely adjustable check valve as soon as the delivery of the screw compressor stops, etc. by the force exerted on it by the compressed medium with the support of the spring 18.
  • the medium delivered by the screw compressor, not shown, is drawn in in the direction of arrow 21 through the flow channel 5 of the intake control valve.
  • the closure body 17 of the intake control valve is in the intermediate position shown in both drawing figures approximately in the middle between the return flow seat 7 and the intake seat 9, whereby it releases the full flow cross-section through the flow-through channel 5.
  • the helical spring 18 immediately presses the closure body 17 against the backflow seat 7, which is completely sealed by means of the seal 19. As a result, backflow of compressed medium into the intake line 6 and in particular the escape of oil injected to lubricate the compressor is avoided.
  • the coil spring 18 also causes the backflow seat 7 to remain closed even if the screw compressor is later depressurized.
  • the actuating piston 11 or the actuating membrane 11 ' is under the action of the return spring 12 in the lower end position, in which the rod 15 is retracted as far as possible into the actuating cylinder 10 or into the pressure chamber 10'.
  • the resulting negative pressure causes the closure body 17 to be detached from the backflow seat 7 and to be moved until it contacts the suction seat 9. This movement is not hindered by the relatively short rod 15 drawn back into the interior of the actuating cylinder 10 or the pressure chamber 10 '.
  • the intake control valve performs its "normally closed" function.
  • the medium conveyed by the screw compressor is sucked in through the small channel 20, which can be calibrated so that the compressor is brought to the operating pressure in the desired slow manner, for example by pumping up a pressure container connected to the screw compressor.
  • the control connection 14 is pressurized via a two-point controller and thus the actuating piston 11 or the actuating diaphragm 11 'is pressurized, whereupon the rod 15 lifts the closure body 17 from the suction seat 9 and brings it into the intermediate position shown in the drawing.
  • the size of the pressure of the medium supplied through the control connection 14 it is also possible to lift the closure body 17 more or less from the suction seat 9 and thus to continuously regulate the amount of medium sucked in by the screw compressor.

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