EP2496893B1 - Circuit de réfrigération et procédé de dégivrage sélectif d'unités consommatrices de froid d'un circuit de réfrigération - Google Patents

Circuit de réfrigération et procédé de dégivrage sélectif d'unités consommatrices de froid d'un circuit de réfrigération Download PDF

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EP2496893B1
EP2496893B1 EP09752337.7A EP09752337A EP2496893B1 EP 2496893 B1 EP2496893 B1 EP 2496893B1 EP 09752337 A EP09752337 A EP 09752337A EP 2496893 B1 EP2496893 B1 EP 2496893B1
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  • the invention relates to a refrigerating circuit and to a method for selectively defrosting cold consumers in a refrigerating circuit.
  • the evaporators of the cold consumers are subject to icing and consequently they have to be defrosted quite often.
  • these cold consumers are often defrosted electrically meaning that a heating is arranged at those evaporators and this heating is operated at regular intervals melting the ice at the evaporator coils and thus defrosting the evaporators of the cold consumers.
  • a heating is arranged at those evaporators and this heating is operated at regular intervals melting the ice at the evaporator coils and thus defrosting the evaporators of the cold consumers.
  • such heatings cause additional costs for the installation and they consume a significant amount of energy.
  • the first aspect of the invention concerns a refrigeration circuit according to claim 1.
  • the second aspect of the invention concerns a method according to claim 14.
  • Fig. 1 shows a connection diagram of a refrigeration circuit according to an exemplary embodiment of the invention.
  • the refrigerating circuit 2 comprises, in flow direction of the refrigerant, a compressor unit 4 having three compressors connected in parallel, a pressure line 6 leading to a condenser/gas cooler (not shown), an intermediate expansion device (not shown) after the condenser/gas cooler, a return line 8 from the condenser/gas cooler, a collecting container 10 in which liquid refrigerant collects in the lower liquid space portion and gaseous refrigerant collects in the upper gas space portion, a heat exchanger 12, a liquid line 14 to the cold consumer unit, a cold consumer of the normal refrigeration circuit comprising a first expansion device 16 and an evaporator 18 with appropriate evaporator coils, and a suction line 20 leading the gaseous refrigerant that has been evaporated in the evaporator 18 to the input side of the compressor unit 4.
  • the heat exchanger 12 cools down the liquid refrigerant coming from the lower liquid space portion of the collecting container 10 against gaseous refrigerant coming from the gas space portion of the collecting container 10 in a flash gas line 34 and flowing to the suction line 20 of the compressor unit 4 afterwards.
  • the refrigeration circuit 2 further comprises a freezing branch comprising a partial liquid line branching off from the common liquid line 14 after the heat exchanger 12, a freezing cold consumer unit comprising a second expansion device 22 and an evaporator 24, a suction line 26 feeding the gaseous refrigerant that has been evaporated in the freezing cold consumer 24 to the input side of a compressor unit 28 that comprises three compressors connected in parallel, a pressure line 30 having a desuperheating unit 32 arranged therein and leading to the flash gas line 34 after the heat exchanger 12 that leads to the suction line 20 of the first compressor unit 4.
  • the liquid refrigerant is relieved to such an extent that the evaporator 24 provides freezing temperatures.
  • the compressor units 28 and 4 are connected in series, and the compressor unit of the freezing circuit 28 compresses the gaseous refrigerant from the suction line 26 to a pressure level corresponding to the pressure of the gaseous refrigerant in the suction line 20.
  • Such a refrigerating circuit is also referred to as booster system.
  • the compressor unit 4 In the refrigerating circuit 2 the compressor unit 4, the pressure line 6, the condenser/gas cooler (not shown), the intermediate expansion device (not shown), the line 8, the collecting container 10, the heat exchanger 12, the liquid line 14 and its partial line leading to the first expansion device 16, the expansion device 16, the cold consumer 18, the suction line 20 and the flash gas line 34 form a normal refrigeration circuit.
  • the compressor unit 4 the pressure line 6, the condenser/gas cooler (not shown), the intermediate expansion device (not shown), the line 8, the collecting container 10, the heat exchanger 12, the liquid line 14 and its partial line leading to the second expansion device 22, the second expansion device 22, the evaporator 24, the suction line 26, the compressor unit 28, the pressure line 30 having the desuperheating 32 arranged therein and leading to the suction line 20 form a freezing circuit.
  • a normal refrigeration branch is formed by the second part of the liquid line 14 leading to the evaporator 18, the first expansion device 16, the evaporator 18 and the first part of the suction line 20, and, likewise, a freezing branch is formed by the second part of the liquid line 14 leading to the evaporator 24, the second expansion device 22, the evaporator 24, the suction line 26, the compressor unit 28, the pressure line 30 and the desuperheating unit 32.
  • the refrigeration circuit 2 further comprises a defrosting line 36 branching-off from the pressure line 6 that divides near the cold consumers 18 and 24 into a first defrosting line branch 44 leading to an attaching point in the line between the first expansion device 16 and the evaporator 18 and into a second defrosting line branch 48 leading to an attaching point in the line between the second expansion device 22 and the evaporator 24.
  • a pressure reduction valve 38 is arranged that in operation reduces the pressure of the pressurized refrigerant from the pressure line 6 to an acceptable pressure range value.
  • the pressure of the gaseous refrigerant can be reduced from a pressure value in the pressure line 6 lying typically in the range of 60 to 115 bar to the highest acceptable pressure given by the construction of the defrosting line 36 and the evaporator 18, 24 to be defrosted.
  • a solenoid valve 40 is arranged at the entry portion of the defrosting line 36, another solenoid valve 46 is arranged in the first defrosting line branch 44 and still another solenoid valve 50 is arranged in the second defrosting line branch 48.
  • the solenoid valves 40, 46 and 50 By opening and closing the solenoid valves 40, 46 and 50 the defrosting line 36 and the defrosting line branches 44 and 48 can be opened and closed selectively.
  • this safety valve 42 monitors the pressure of the refrigerant flowing in the defrosting line 36 and closes the defrosting line 36 if the pressure of the refrigerant within the defrosting line 36 leaves an acceptable pressure range, in particular exceeds a predetermined upper value.
  • control unit (not shown) that is connected to the elements of the refrigerating circuit 2 shown in Fig. 1 and being configured to control and operate them.
  • the elements of the refrigeration circuit are running and effect cooling at normal refrigeration temperatures in the evaporator 18 and cooling at freezing temperatures in the evaporator 24, and the defrosting line 36 is closed by the solenoid valves 40, 46 and 50.
  • the desuperheating unit 32 is switched off which causes an increase of the temperature of the pressurized gas both at the input side of the compressor unit 4 and in the pressure line 6.
  • the pressure end value of the compressor unit 4 is reduced. This causes a reduction of the pressure end value of the compressor unit 28 as well and thus an increase of the performance of the compressor unit 28. In other words, the refrigerant flow in the pressure lines 30 and 6 is made bigger.
  • the pressure in the defrosting line 36 is reduced to an acceptable pressure level by the pressure reduction valve 38, then the solenoid valve 40 is opened and pressurized gas enters the defrosting line 36, and thereafter the solenoid valve 50 is opened leading hot pressurized gaseous refrigerant to the cold consumer unit 24.
  • the cold consumer unit 24 is defrosted by the hot pressurized gaseous refrigerant that has been pressurized in two steps by the compressor unit 28 and the compressor unit 4, that has been branched off from the pressure line 6 to the defrosting line 36 and the pressure of it has been reduced to a pressure level to be acceptable for the cold consumer unit 24.
  • the hot pressurized gaseous refrigerant defrosting the cold consumer unit 24 does not change its aggregate state, it rather maintains its gaseous form and is sucked in by the compressor unit 28 thereafter.
  • the hot pressurized gas in the pressure line 6 is divided up into two partial flows, the first partial flow being led over the condenser/gas cooler (not shown) to the cold consumer unit 18 for refrigeration and the second partial flow flowing through the defrosting line 36 to the cold consumer unit 24 for defrosting.
  • the defrosting mode is stopped either if a predetermined defrosting end temperature in the cold consumer unit 24 has been reached, what can be sensed by a temperature sensor provided at the cold consumer unit 24 (not shown), or after a predetermined time interval.
  • the temperature in the pressure line 6 or at the output side of the compressor unit 4 can be monitored by a temperature sensor (not shown), and in case this temperature leaves an acceptable temperature range, in particular exceeds a predetermined upper treshold value, then the desuperheating unit 32 can be switched on again. Likewise, if this temperature has reached the acceptable temperature range again, in particular has fallen below the upper treshold value again, the desuperheating unit can be switched off again.
  • the solenoid valve 40 When the defrosting mode is stopped, at first the solenoid valve 40 is closed and the refrigerant in the portion of the defrosting line 36 after the solenoid valve 40 is sucked off and the pressure is reduced to bring the defrosting line portion to the pressure of the evaporator level. Then the solenoid valve 50 is closed. The pressure should remain slightly higher than the suction pressure in order that the solenoid valve 50 closes tightly. Thereafter, the desuperheating unit 32 is switched on again, and the second expansion device 22 is opened again. The reduced pressure end value of the compressor unit 4 can be maintained for a predetermined time interval in order to ensure a fast cooling of the defrosted cold consumer unit 24. After this predetermined time interval the pressure end value of the compressor unit 4 can be set to the regular value again.
  • Fig. 1 is only exemplary.
  • more than one cold consumer unit of the normal refrigeration branch and more than one cold consumer unit of the freezing branch are provided. These cold consumer units are connected in parallel in between the liquid line 14 and the suction lines 20 and 26, respectively.
  • the refrigerant from the evaporator(s) of the freezing branch to be defrosted flows back to the compressor unit of the freezing branch, and the refrigerant from the evaporator of the normal refrigerating branch to be defrosted flows back to the first compressor unit.
  • the defrosting line 36 does not have defrosting line branches to the cold consumer units of the normal refrigeration branch, but only to the plurality of cold consumer units of the freezing branch. These cold consumer units are connected in parallel in between the liquid line 14 and the suction line 26, respectively.
  • a refrigerating circuit and a corresponding method that allow for selective and efficient defrosting of iced cold consumers, in particular of iced evaporator coils.
  • An inefficient and costly electrical defrosting is avoided.
  • additional compressors of the second compressor unit have been needed solely for the defrosting and this waste of resources is also reliably avoided by the refrigerating circuit and the corresponding method according to exemplary embodiments of the invention, as described above.
  • the defrosting performance is increased by leading the gaseous refrigerant pressurized by the compressor unit of the freezing branch into the suction line of the first compressor unit, thereby increasing the temperature of the pressurized gaseous refrigerant leaving the first compressor unit. It is not necessary to raise the pressure level provided by the first compressor unit at is has been the case with other conventional defrosting methods.
  • control unit is configured to operate at least one of the evaporators in a defrosting mode, whereas the other evaporator(s) are operated in the refrigerating mode.
  • some evaporators can be operated in the refrigerating mode, whereas other evaporators can be defrosted at the same time. It is no more necessary to interrupt the refrigerating mode to defrost all the iced evaporators as it has been the case with other defrosting methods.
  • control unit is configured to switch the desuperheating device inactive at the beginning of the defrosting mode. This effects a higher temperature of the pressurized gaseous refrigerant in the pressure line after the first compressor unit and improves the efficiency of the defrosting.
  • a pressure side temperature sensor is disposed at the pressure side of the first compressor unit or at the pressure line after the first compressor unit and the control unit is configured to switch the desuperheating device active if the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor exceeds a predetermined temperature value.
  • control unit is configured to reduce the end pressure value of the first compressor unit at the beginning or during the defrosting mode in order to reduce the pressure of the second compressor unit of the freezing branch and to raise the performance of the second compressor unit.
  • the total refrigerant flow is increased without having to employ additional compressors of the compressor unit of the freezing branch.
  • the refrigeration of the evaporators that are not defrosted, but operated further in the refrigeration mode is ensured.
  • the pressure difference being available for the defrosting in the freezing branch is raised at the same time.
  • the defrosting line connects the pressure line after the first compressor unit to at least one attaching point between the expansion device and the evaporator of a cold consumer of the freezing branch.
  • the defrosting line can connect the pressure line to a plurality of attaching points between the expansion device and the evaporator of a plurality of respective cold consumers of the freezing branch that are to be defrosted.
  • the evaporators of the cold consumers of the freezing branch are subject to icing and need to be defrosted quite often.
  • the defrosting line connects the pressure line after the first compressor unit to at least one attaching point between the expansion device and the evaporator of a cold consumer of the normal refrigeration branch.
  • the evaporators of the normal refrigeration branch are less subject to icing than the evaporators of the freezing branch, they can also be defrosted selectively and reliably by the defrosting line according to this embodiment.
  • a safety valve is provided in the defrosting line that closes the defrosting line when the pressure in the defrosting line exceeds a predetermined upper value, what can be the case for example if there is a misfunction of other valves.
  • At least one solenoid valve is arranged in the defrosting line, and the control unit is configured to open the solenoid valve for the defrosting mode.
  • the defrosting line can be opened and closed quickly and reliably.
  • solenoid valves are arranged in the entry portion and in the end portion(s) of the defrosting line, and the control unit is configured to open, at the beginning of the defrosting mode, the solenoid valve in the entry portion of the defrosting line and the respective solenoid valve(s) in the end portion(s) of the defrosting line for the evaporator(s) to be switched into the defrosting mode.
  • the solenoid valve(s) can be closed again at the end of the defrosting mode.
  • a temperature sensor is disposed at at least one evaporator and the control unit is configured to finish the defrosting mode for that evaporator if the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor reaches a predetermined temperature value.
  • This embodiment allows the defrosting to be tailored to each evaporator to be defrosted.
  • the refrigerating circuit can be switched back from the defrosting mode into the refrigerating mode, if the last evaporator has been defrosted.
  • control unit is configured to finish the defrosting mode after a predetermined safety interval, providing an easy and standardized defrosting.
  • control unit is configured, when finishing the defrosting mode, to close the solenoid valve at the entry portion of the defrosting line first and to close the solenoid valve(s) at the end portion(s) of the defrosting line thereafter in order to suck off the remaining refrigerant in the defrosting line portion between the solenoid valves and to bring it to the pressure of the evaporator level.
  • a subcooling device is arranged in the line after the collecting container for subcooling the liquid refrigerant against refrigerant that is led to the subcooling device from the gas space of the collected container and that is subsequently led to the suction side of the first compressor unit.

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  1. Circuit de réfrigération (2) comprenant :
    un premier groupe compresseur (4), un condenseur/refroidisseur de gaz et un récipient collecteur (10),
    un branchement de réfrigération normale couplé entre le récipient collecteur (10) et le côté aspiration de l'au moins un premier groupe compresseur (4), le branchement de réfrigération normale comprenant au moins un consommateur de froid ayant un évaporateur (18) avec un dispositif de détente (16) disposé avant celui-ci ; et
    un branchement de congélation couplé entre le récipient collecteur (10) et le côté aspiration du premier groupe compresseur (4), le branchement de congélation comprenant au moins un consommateur de froid ayant un évaporateur (24) avec un dispositif de détente (22) disposé avant celui-ci, un second groupe compresseur (28) et un dispositif de désurchauffe (32),
    le circuit de frigorigène (2) comprenant en outre des conduits de frigorigène pour raccorder lesdits éléments et pour faire circuler un frigorigène à travers ces derniers,
    une conduite de dégivrage (36) raccordée entre un point de bifurcation dans la conduite de pression (6) après le premier groupe compresseur (4) et au moins un point de fixation entre le dispositif de détente (16 ; 22) et l'évaporateur (18 ; 24) de l'une des unités de consommateur de froid,
    une soupape de réduction de pression (38) étant agencée dans la conduite de dégivrage (36),
    caractérisé en ce que le circuit de frigorigène (2) comprend en outre :
    une unité de commande configurée pour faire fonctionner au moins l'un des évaporateurs (18, 24) dans un mode de dégivrage, dans lequel un écoulement partiel du frigorigène gazeux sous pression quittant le premier groupe compresseur (4) est conduit à l'évaporateur respectif (18, 24) à travers la conduite de dégivrage (36), la pression du frigorigène étant réduite par la soupape de réduction de pression (38) et le frigorigène dégivrant l'évaporateur respectif (18, 24) tout en maintenant son état gazeux et retournant au groupe compresseur respectif (4, 28) ;
    l'unité de commande étant configurée pour réduire la valeur de pression de fin du premier groupe compresseur (4) pendant le mode de dégivrage afin de réduire la pression du second groupe compresseur (28) et d'augmenter les performances du second groupe compresseur (28).
  2. Circuit de réfrigération selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'unité de commande est configurée pour faire fonctionner au moins l'un des évaporateurs (18, 24) dans un mode de dégivrage, tandis que le ou les autres évaporateurs (18, 24) fonctionnent dans un mode de réfrigération.
  3. Circuit de réfrigération selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel l'unité de commande est configurée pour commuter le dispositif de désurchauffe (32) inactif au début du mode de dégivrage.
  4. Circuit de réfrigération selon la revendication 3, dans lequel une sonde de température côté pression est disposée du côté pression du premier groupe compresseur (4) et dans lequel l'unité de commande est configurée pour commuter le dispositif de désurchauffe (32) actif si la température détectée par la sonde de température côté pression dépasse une valeur de température prédéterminée.
  5. Circuit de réfrigération selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la conduite de dégivrage (36) raccorde la conduite de pression (6) après le premier groupe compresseur (4) à au moins un point de fixation entre le dispositif de détente (22) et l'évaporateur (22) d'un consommateur de froid du branchement de congélation.
  6. Circuit de réfrigération selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la conduite de dégivrage (36) raccorde la conduite de pression (6) après le premier groupe compresseur (4) à au moins un point de fixation entre le dispositif de détente (16) et l'évaporateur (18) d'un consommateur de froid du branchement de réfrigération normale.
  7. Circuit de réfrigération selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel une soupape de sécurité (42) est prévue dans la conduite de dégivrage (36), ladite soupape de sécurité (42) étant configurée pour fermer la conduite de dégivrage (36) lorsque la pression dans la conduite de dégivrage (36) dépasse une valeur prédéterminée.
  8. Circuit de réfrigération selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel au moins une électrovanne (40 ; 46, 50) est agencée dans la conduite de dégivrage (36), l'unité de commande étant configurée pour ouvrir l'électrovanne (40 ; 46, 50) pour le mode de dégivrage.
  9. Circuit de réfrigération selon la revendication 8, dans lequel dans la partie d'entrée et dans la partie d'extrémité de la conduite de dégivrage (36), des électrovannes (40 ; 46, 50) sont agencées, l'unité de commande étant configurée pour ouvrir, au début du mode de dégivrage, l'électrovanne (40) dans la partie d'entrée de la conduite de dégivrage (36) et la ou les électrovannes respectives (40 ; 46, 50) dans la partie d'extrémité de la conduite de dégivrage (36) pour le ou les évaporateurs pour passer en mode dégivrage.
  10. Circuit de réfrigération selon la revendication 9, dans lequel l'unité de commande est configurée, lors de la fin du mode de dégivrage, pour fermer en premier l'électrovanne (40) à la partie d'entrée de la conduite de dégivrage (36) et pour fermer ensuite la ou les électrovannes (46, 50) à la partie d'extrémité de la conduite de dégivrage (36) afin d'amener la partie de la conduite de dégivrage entre les électrovannes (40 ; 46, 50) à la pression du niveau de l'évaporateur.
  11. Circuit de réfrigération selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel une sonde de température est disposée sur au moins un évaporateur (18, 24) et dans lequel l'unité de commande est configurée pour terminer le mode de dégivrage si la température détectée par la sonde de température atteint une valeur de température prédéterminée.
  12. Circuit de réfrigération selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'unité de commande est configurée pour terminer le mode de dégivrage après un intervalle de sécurité prédéterminé.
  13. Circuit de réfrigération selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel un dispositif de sous-refroidissement (12) est agencée dans la conduite après le récipient collecteur (10) destiné à sous-refroidir le frigorigène liquide contre le frigorigène qui est conduit dans le dispositif de sous-refroidissement (12) à partir de l'espace gazeux du récipient collecteur (10) et qui est ensuite dirigé vers le côté aspiration du premier groupe compresseur (4).
  14. Procédé de dégivrage sélectif de consommateurs de froid (18, 24) d'un circuit de réfrigération (2) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant les étapes suivantes :
    réduire la pression dans la conduite de dégivrage (36) par la soupape de réduction de pression (38) et ouvrir la au moins une électrovanne (40 ; 46, 50) dans la conduite de dégivrage (36) ;
    conduire un écoulement partiel du frigorigène gazeux sous pression quittant le premier groupe compresseur (4) à l'évaporateur ou aux évaporateurs respectifs (18, 24) pour être dégivré par la conduite de dégivrage (36), la pression du frigorigène étant réduite par la soupape de réduction de pression (38) et le frigorigène dégivrant le ou les évaporateurs respectifs (18, 24) tout en maintenant son état gazeux et retournant vers le groupe compresseur respectif (4, 28) et
    réduire la valeur de pression de fin du premier groupe compresseur (4) afin de réduire la pression du second groupe compresseur (28) et d'augmenter les performances du second groupe compresseur (28).
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