EP1574795A1 - Réservoir de fluide frigorigène pour conditionnement d'air - Google Patents
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- EP1574795A1 EP1574795A1 EP04251345A EP04251345A EP1574795A1 EP 1574795 A1 EP1574795 A1 EP 1574795A1 EP 04251345 A EP04251345 A EP 04251345A EP 04251345 A EP04251345 A EP 04251345A EP 1574795 A1 EP1574795 A1 EP 1574795A1
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- receiver
- tubular body
- plug
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
- F25B43/00—Arrangements for separating or purifying gases or liquids; Arrangements for vaporising the residuum of liquid refrigerant, e.g. by heat
- F25B43/003—Filters
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
- F25B2339/00—Details of evaporators; Details of condensers
- F25B2339/04—Details of condensers
- F25B2339/044—Condensers with an integrated receiver
- F25B2339/0441—Condensers with an integrated receiver containing a drier or a filter
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
- F25B2400/00—General features or devices for refrigeration machines, plants or systems, combined heating and refrigeration systems or heat-pump systems, i.e. not limited to a particular subgroup of F25B
- F25B2400/16—Receivers
- F25B2400/162—Receivers characterised by the plug or stop
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- This invention relates to a receiver-drier for use in air conditioning systems.
- the invention is particularly, but not exclusively, applicable to automotive air conditioning systems.
- the condenser in an automotive air conditioning system it is conventional for the condenser in an automotive air conditioning system to have associated with it a receiver to act as a refrigerant reservoir and pressure accumulator. It is also usual for the receiver to contain a water-absorbing desiccant element for removing water from the refrigerant, and a filter for removing particulate contamination, the combined unit being known as a receiver-drier.
- Hitherto receiver-driers have typically been fabricated from aluminium alloy by brazing. In view of the considerable pressures involved, it has been necessary to use relatively thick aluminium, for example 3mm. These products have had high costs in terms of materials, fabrication and assembly time, and energy consumption in brazing.
- the receiver-drier is non-serviceable, that is, there is no provision for cleaning or exchanging the desiccant element or the filter; the unit is sealed closed and in the event of a malfunction must be discarded and replaced. It is also known to provide a serviceable receiver-drier in which the desiccant element and filter can be removed and replaced via a plug. However, in this latter case the plug and the wall of the receiver with which it engages have been substantial structures with complex mechanical engagement.
- An object of the present invention is to provide improved receivers and receiver-driers having lower material and manufacturing costs and improved ease of serviceability.
- the present invention provides a receiver for use in air conditioning systems, comprising a tubular body, and a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet communicating with the interior of the tubular body; and is characterised by a plug extending from one end of the tubular body to the other end, the plug being sealingly engaged with the inner surface of the tubular body at either end, and the plug being mechanically engaged with the tubular body at either end to carry axial loading produced by fluid pressure within the tubular body.
- the plug preferably comprises a base and a head each having an outer diameter close to the inner diameter of the tubular body, and a stem of reduced diameter extending between the base and the head.
- the base and the head are sealingly engaged with the inner surface of the body by means of O-rings located in grooves in the base and head.
- the base may include a flange which engages against the adjacent end surface of the body and the head may have a portion extending externally of the body and having a groove for receipt of a circlip to engage the adjacent end surface of the body.
- the tubular body may be an extrusion of aluminium or of a plastic material.
- the invention also provides a receiver-drier comprising a receiver as defined above, a desiccant element contained within the body, and preferably also a filter positioned within the body between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. Because of the construction of the receiver-drier, these elements are readily serviceable.
- Figure 1 is a cross-section of one form of receiver-drier according to the invention.
- the receiver-drier comprises a tubular body 1 which may conveniently be an aluminium extrusion of 1.5mm wall thickness, formed with an inlet 5 and outlet 6.
- a plug 2 which may suitably be of aluminium, passes through the body 1 and comprises a stem 7, a base 8 and a head 9.
- the base 8 includes a flange 10 which engages against the end of the body 1.
- Each of the base 8 and head 9 is formed with circumferential grooves 11 for receiving O-rings (not shown) which seal against the inner surface of the body 1.
- the head 9 has an additional groove 12 for receiving a circlip (not shown) to hold the assembly together.
- a filter 3 is seated around the stem 7 so as to be interposed in fluid flow between the inlet 5 and the outlet 6.
- a drier in the form of a desiccant pad 4 is located around the other end of the stem 7.
- the plug 2 In use, the plug 2 carries the axial tension in the direction Z produced by the fluid pressure within the receiver. This allows the wall thickness of the receiver to be reduced. Assembly is greatly simplified, as is opening and resealing for servicing the filter and drier.
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EP04251345A EP1574795A1 (fr) | 2004-03-09 | 2004-03-09 | Réservoir de fluide frigorigène pour conditionnement d'air |
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EP04251345A EP1574795A1 (fr) | 2004-03-09 | 2004-03-09 | Réservoir de fluide frigorigène pour conditionnement d'air |
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EP04251345A Withdrawn EP1574795A1 (fr) | 2004-03-09 | 2004-03-09 | Réservoir de fluide frigorigène pour conditionnement d'air |
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Cited By (1)
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US7927407B2 (en) | 2006-05-09 | 2011-04-19 | Flow Dry Technology, Inc. | Desiccant bag and filter assembly |
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GB788505A (en) * | 1956-08-15 | 1958-01-02 | William George Smith | Improvements in or relating to devices for sealing or stopping defective boiler tubes |
US5016674A (en) * | 1990-01-22 | 1991-05-21 | Kiss Stephen J | Rod plug caps |
EP1132695A1 (fr) * | 2000-03-09 | 2001-09-12 | Skg Italiana Spa | Cartouche de filtre et condenseur |
JP2002107009A (ja) * | 2000-09-29 | 2002-04-10 | Calsonic Kansei Corp | 受液器のフィルタ保持構造 |
FR2822518A1 (fr) * | 2001-03-26 | 2002-09-27 | Valeo Thermique Moteur Sa | Bouchon de reservoir de condenseur de climatisation et reservoir comportant ce bouchon |
WO2003089852A1 (fr) * | 2002-04-17 | 2003-10-30 | Flow Dry Technology Ltd | Cartouche deshydratante pour condenseur/recepteur integre et son procede de production |
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Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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GB788505A (en) * | 1956-08-15 | 1958-01-02 | William George Smith | Improvements in or relating to devices for sealing or stopping defective boiler tubes |
US5016674A (en) * | 1990-01-22 | 1991-05-21 | Kiss Stephen J | Rod plug caps |
EP1132695A1 (fr) * | 2000-03-09 | 2001-09-12 | Skg Italiana Spa | Cartouche de filtre et condenseur |
JP2002107009A (ja) * | 2000-09-29 | 2002-04-10 | Calsonic Kansei Corp | 受液器のフィルタ保持構造 |
FR2822518A1 (fr) * | 2001-03-26 | 2002-09-27 | Valeo Thermique Moteur Sa | Bouchon de reservoir de condenseur de climatisation et reservoir comportant ce bouchon |
WO2003089852A1 (fr) * | 2002-04-17 | 2003-10-30 | Flow Dry Technology Ltd | Cartouche deshydratante pour condenseur/recepteur integre et son procede de production |
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Cited By (1)
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US7927407B2 (en) | 2006-05-09 | 2011-04-19 | Flow Dry Technology, Inc. | Desiccant bag and filter assembly |
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