JP6298272B2 - Scroll compressor - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a scroll compressor, and more particularly to a scroll compressor suitable as a refrigerant compressor for a refrigeration cycle apparatus such as a refrigerator or an air conditioner.

  In a scroll compressor for a refrigeration cycle apparatus such as a refrigerator or an air conditioner, a liquid injection function for injecting liquid refrigerant into a compression chamber in the middle of compression during operation under a high compression ratio condition, and a low compression ratio condition One having a discharge bypass function (release function) for releasing the overcompressed refrigerant in the compression chamber from the compression chamber during operation is known.

  For example, this type of conventional technique is disclosed in Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2012-127222). In the one described in Patent Document 1, a circuit for performing liquid injection in a compression chamber formed by meshing a fixed scroll and a turning scroll, and discharge bypass when the pressure in the compression chamber exceeds the pressure on the discharge side In addition to providing a discharge bypass circuit, a common port shared by the liquid injection circuit and the discharge bypass circuit is provided in the fixed scroll, and a common pipe penetrating from the outside of the sealed container and connected to the shared port is provided. The common pipe and the common port are used for liquid injection for injecting a liquid refrigerant during operation under a high compression ratio condition, and overcompressed refrigerant in the compression chamber is used for the compression chamber during operation under a low compression ratio condition. It is described that it is used as a discharge bypass (release) for discharging from water.

JP 2012-127222 A

  In the thing of the said patent document 1, since the said common pipe and the said common port are used in any case of a liquid injection and discharge bypass, the switching between the said liquid injection and discharge bypass is outside the airtight container of a scroll compressor. This is realized by using an injection amount adjusting valve (flow rate adjusting valve) of a liquid injection circuit provided in the refrigeration cycle and a discharge bypass check valve provided in the discharge bypass circuit. Accordingly, as a pipe connected to the scroll compressor from the refrigeration cycle, a pipe for the discharge bypass circuit including a check valve for the discharge bypass is required in addition to the pipe for the liquid injection circuit including the injection amount adjusting valve. Become. For this reason, since the number of piping outside a scroll compressor increases, the man-hour at the time of piping connection increases, and there exists a subject which raises cost.

  Further, since the check valve for opening and closing the discharge bypass circuit is provided outside the scroll compressor, the operation compression ratio condition in which neither the discharge bypass circuit nor the liquid injection circuit is used, that is, the rated operation condition Since the space in the pipe to the check valve of the discharge bypass circuit communicates with the compression chamber, the gas refrigerant compressed in the compression chamber flows into the pipe of the discharge bypass circuit, A phenomenon occurs in which the gas refrigerant flows into the compression chamber. For this reason, in association with the orbiting motion of the orbiting scroll, the phenomenon that the gas refrigerant in the compression chamber always enters and exits through the common port occurs, and the space in the pipe of the discharge bypass circuit is not effectively used for the compression operation. It becomes space (dead volume).

  That is, under the rated operating conditions, the high-pressure gas refrigerant compressed by the orbiting movement of the orbiting scroll flows out and stays in the common port, the common pipe and the discharge bypass circuit connected to the compression chamber. During the swivel movement, when communicating with the compression chamber in a state close to the suction side, the high-pressure gas refrigerant that has flowed out and stays back flows in. For this reason, there is a problem that the volume efficiency is reduced due to the heating loss in the compression chamber, the recompression loss is caused, and the compressor efficiency is lowered.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a scroll compressor that has a liquid injection function and a discharge bypass function and can be operated with high efficiency even under rated operating conditions.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention is configured by storing a compression mechanism unit configured by combining a fixed scroll and a turning scroll with each other and an electric motor unit for driving the compression mechanism unit in an airtight container. In a scroll compressor, a liquid injection mechanism for injecting liquid refrigerant into a compression chamber formed by the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll, and an overcompressed state in which the pressure in the compression chamber is higher than the discharge pressure A release valve mechanism for releasing the overcompressed gas refrigerant in the compression chamber from the compression chamber to the discharge pressure space in the sealed container, and a flow path on the compression chamber side in the liquid injection mechanism, The flow path on the compression chamber side in the release valve mechanism is shared by a shared port formed on the base plate of the fixed scroll. The liquid injection mechanism is connected to the liquid injection pipe that passes through the sealed container, and the liquid injection pipe and the common port, and the injection flow path provided on the base plate of the fixed scroll The release valve mechanism includes a release flow path extending in the outer diameter direction from the shared port in the fixed scroll base plate, and valve means for opening and closing the release flow path in the fixed scroll base plate. It is characterized by.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a scroll compressor that has a liquid injection function and a discharge bypass function and can be operated with high efficiency even under rated operating conditions.

The refrigeration cycle system diagram of the refrigeration cycle apparatus to which the scroll compressor of Example 1 of the present invention is applied. The longitudinal cross-sectional view explaining the whole structure of the scroll compressor shown in FIG. The principal part expanded sectional view which expands and shows the compression mechanism part vicinity in the scroll compressor of FIG. Sectional drawing which expands and shows the A section of FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B in FIG. 3. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a second embodiment of the scroll compressor according to the present invention and corresponding to FIG. 3. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a third embodiment of the scroll compressor according to the present invention and corresponding to FIG. 3. Sectional drawing which expands and shows the C section of FIG.

  Hereinafter, specific examples of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that, in each drawing, the portions denoted by the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding portions.

  A scroll compressor according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The scroll compressor of a present Example is used as a refrigerant compressor for refrigeration cycle apparatuses, such as a refrigerator and an air conditioner. First, a refrigeration cycle apparatus to which the scroll compressor of this embodiment is applied will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a refrigeration cycle system diagram of a refrigeration cycle apparatus to which a scroll compressor according to a first embodiment of the present invention is applied.
In FIG. 1, 1 is a scroll compressor, 2 is a condenser, 3 is an expansion valve composed of an electronic expansion valve and the like, 4 is an evaporator, and these devices are sequentially connected via a refrigerant pipe 5. It constitutes the refrigeration cycle. In the present embodiment, as the refrigerant flowing through the refrigeration cycle, a single refrigerant of the refrigerant R32 or a mixed refrigerant containing 70% or more of the refrigerant R32 is used.

  This refrigerant R32 has a feature that the global warming potential (GWP) is small and is about 1/3 of that of the refrigerant R410A. However, when the refrigerant R32 is used, the discharge temperature becomes higher than that of the refrigerant R410A or the like, so that a liquid injection function is required when operating under a high compression ratio condition. On the other hand, an air conditioner or the like is often operated under a low compression ratio condition, and over-compression is likely to occur. Therefore, a release function (discharge bypass function) is also necessary to prevent a reduction in efficiency. That is, particularly in the case of an air conditioner that uses a single refrigerant of the refrigerant R32 or a mixed refrigerant containing 70% or more of the refrigerant R32, it is necessary to provide a liquid injection function and a discharge bypass function in parallel.

  For this reason, in this embodiment. The scroll compressor 1 has a liquid injection function for injecting liquid refrigerant into a compression chamber in the middle of compression during operation under a high compression ratio condition, and compresses overcompressed refrigerant in the compression chamber during operation under a low compression ratio condition. It has a release function (discharge bypass function) for discharging from the chamber.

During operation under a high compression ratio condition, the differential pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure increases, and the temperature of the gas refrigerant rises, so liquid injection must be performed.
In the present embodiment, the liquid injection function cools the liquid refrigerant flowing between the condenser 2 and the expansion valve 3 by injecting the refrigerant into the compression chamber in the compression mechanism of the scroll compressor 1. A liquid injection circuit 6, a flow rate adjusting valve 7 that is provided in the liquid injection circuit 6 and configured by an electronic expansion valve, an electromagnetic valve, and the like, and a liquid injection mechanism 16 on the compressor side connected to the liquid injection circuit 6. Etc.

  The liquid injection mechanism 16 is connected to the liquid injection circuit 6 and passes through a sealed container of the scroll compressor 1, and connects the liquid injection pipe 6a and the compression chamber of the scroll compressor 1 to connect the liquid injection pipe 6a. An injection flow path for injecting liquid refrigerant into the compression chamber is provided.

  In the present embodiment, the release function (discharge bypass function) is configured by a release valve mechanism 17 (see FIGS. 2 to 4) described later.

  In FIG. 1, reference numeral 8 denotes a cooling fan for supplying outdoor air to the condenser 2 to cool and condense the refrigerant flowing in the heat exchanger constituting the condenser 2, and 9 denotes the evaporator 4. It is a cooling fan for exchanging heat with refrigerant flowing in the heat exchanger constituting the evaporator 4 by supplying indoor air or the like.

Next, the operation of the refrigeration cycle apparatus shown in FIG. 1 will be described.
The high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant gas compressed by the scroll compressor 1 is discharged from the discharge pipe 10, flows into the condenser 2, and is condensed by exchanging heat with outdoor air. This condensed liquid refrigerant is expanded by the expansion valve 3 to become a low-temperature low-pressure gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant and flows to the evaporator 4 where heat is exchanged with room air, thereby cooling air into the room. While being supplied, it evaporates to become a low-pressure gas refrigerant, constitutes a refrigeration cycle in which it is sucked into the suction chamber of the compression mechanism section from the suction pipe 11 of the scroll compressor 1 and compressed again.

  Further, when the load of the scroll compressor 1 increases and the compressor temperature rises due to a high compression ratio condition, the flow rate adjusting valve 7 is opened to cool the compressor, and the liquid refrigerant downstream of the condenser 2 is opened. Is injected through the liquid injection circuit 6 from the liquid injection mechanism 16 into the compression chamber in the middle of compression in the compression mechanism section.

  When the load of the scroll compressor 1 is reduced and the refrigerant in the compression chamber becomes overcompressed due to a low compression ratio condition, the release valve mechanism 17 releases the overcompressed refrigerant from the compression chamber.

Next, the overall configuration of the scroll compressor 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the scroll compressor 1 is a vertical scroll compressor in which a compression mechanism portion 12 is disposed in the upper part of the sealed container 50, an electric motor portion 13 is disposed in the middle portion, and an oil sump 14 is disposed in the lower portion. Yes. Note that the present invention is not limited to a vertical scroll compressor, and can be similarly applied to a horizontal scroll compressor.

  The compression mechanism unit 12 is driven by the rotational motion of the drive shaft 15 connected and fixed to the rotor 21 of the electric motor unit 13 to compress the refrigerant gas. The rotor 21 is rotationally driven by a magnetic field generated by energizing the stator 20. The compression mechanism 12 includes a fixed scroll 30, a turning scroll 40, a rotation prevention mechanism 23, a frame 22, and the like.

  The fixed scroll 30 includes a spiral wrap that stands upright on the base plate, and the orbiting scroll 40 also includes a spiral wrap that stands upright on the base plate. A compression chamber 42 is formed by meshing the fixed scroll wrap and the orbiting scroll wrap with each other.

  On the back of the orbiting scroll 40, an orbiting boss portion 40a for accommodating the orbiting bearing 41 is formed, and the eccentric pin portion 15a at the tip of the drive shaft 15 is inserted into the orbiting bearing 41 of the orbiting boss portion 40a. Are combined. The rotation prevention mechanism 23 is disposed between the rear surface of the orbiting scroll 40 and the frame 22. The rotation prevention mechanism 23 is for causing the orbiting scroll 40 to orbit without rotating about the fixed scroll 30.

  Due to the rotation of the eccentric pin portion 15 a of the drive shaft 15 and the rotation prevention mechanism 23, the orbiting scroll 40 orbits with respect to the fixed scroll 30, and the compression formed by the wrapping of the fixed scroll 30 and the wrapping of the orbiting scroll 40. The volume of the chamber 42 decreases as the chamber 42 moves toward the center, and the compression operation of the gas refrigerant is performed.

  The fixed scroll 30 is provided with a suction port 32 on the outer peripheral side and a discharge port 33 on the center side. The fixed scroll 30 has a liquid injection mechanism 16 for injecting the liquid refrigerant from the liquid injection circuit 6 into the compression chamber 42 during compression, and the pressure in the compression chamber 42 becomes a discharge pressure space. A release valve mechanism (release function, discharge bypass function) 17 is provided to open the release valve plate and release the refrigerant gas in the compression chamber 42 to the discharge chamber when the pressure in the discharge chamber 18 becomes higher. Yes.

  In this embodiment, the injection flow path of the liquid injection mechanism 16 that performs liquid refrigerant injection and the release flow path that releases the gas refrigerant via the release valve mechanism 17 are connected via the common port 34. The compression chamber 42 is connected. The liquid injection pipe 6a constituting the liquid injection mechanism 16 is connected to the liquid injection circuit 6 and also to the injection flow path.

  The low-temperature and low-pressure gas refrigerant that has exited the evaporator 4 (see FIG. 1) of the refrigeration cycle flows into the suction port 32 through the suction pipe 11 and increases the pressure in the compression chamber 42 to become high-temperature and high-pressure gas refrigerant. The ink is discharged from the discharge port 33 to the discharge chamber 18. The discharged gas refrigerant flows to the electric motor unit 13 side, cools the electric motor unit 13, and then is discharged from the discharge pipe 10 to the refrigeration cycle outside the compressor. The discharge pipe 10, the suction pipe 11, and the liquid injection pipe 6 a are fixed to a sealed container 50.

  The drive shaft 15 is provided with the eccentric pin portion 15a on its upper end side, and an oil supply pump 28 is connected to its lower end side. The oil in the oil sump 14 is pumped up by the oil supply pump 28, passes through an oil supply hole 19 formed in the axial direction at the center of the drive shaft 15, and supports the slewing bearing 41 and the drive shaft 15. Are supplied to the main bearing 24 and the auxiliary bearing 25. The main bearing 24 and the sub-bearing 25 support a compressed gas load acting on the drive shaft 15 by compressing the refrigerant gas. The main bearing 24 is press-fitted and fixed to the frame 22, and the frame 22 is fixed to the sealed container 50 by welding or the like. The auxiliary bearing 25 is press-fitted and fixed to a bearing housing 26, and the bearing housing 26 is attached to a lower frame 27 fixed to the sealed container 50.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a main part showing the vicinity of the compression mechanism 12 in FIG. 2, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing an A part of FIG. The configuration near the compression mechanism 12 will be described in detail with reference to these drawings.
The refrigerant gas sucked from the suction port 32 of the fixed scroll 30 is compressed while reducing its volume while being moved toward the center by the turning motion of the orbiting scroll 40, and is compressed from the discharge port 33 at the center to the discharge chamber 18. Discharged. In the present embodiment, the liquid injection mechanism 16 for injecting the liquid refrigerant into the compression chamber 42 in the middle of compression is provided. The liquid refrigerant injection by the liquid injection mechanism 16 is caused by the operating pressure in the scroll compressor 1. It is mainly used under conditions where the differential pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure is large.

  Since the refrigerant gas sucked from the suction port decreases in volume according to the volume ratio determined by the spiral shape of the orbiting scroll 40 and the fixed scroll 30, the pressure in the compression chamber 42 just before communicating with the discharge port 33 is compressed. Unless leakage between the chambers is taken into consideration, the volume ratio and the physical property value of the refrigerant gas are determined. In the scroll compressor used in the refrigeration cycle apparatus, there are high compression ratio operation conditions in which the differential pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure is large, and low compression ratio operation conditions in which the differential pressure is small. It is necessary to obtain a scroll compressor with a wide operating range. For this reason, setting the volume ratio determined by the spiral shape of the fixed scroll 30 and the orbiting scroll 40 to an intermediate volume ratio between the high compression ratio operation condition and the low compression ratio operation condition is important to ensure high efficiency. .

  However, when operating under a high compression ratio condition, the pressure in the compression chamber 42 immediately before communicating with the discharge port 33 becomes lower than the discharge pressure (pressure in the discharge chamber 18), resulting in a state of insufficient compression. For this reason, when the compression chamber 42 communicates with the discharge port 33, the refrigerant gas in the discharge space having the discharge pressure and the discharge gas temperature flows back into the compression chamber 42, so that recompression is performed. The pressure is increased. However, since the discharge temperature becomes high at the same time, the orbiting scroll 40 and the fixed scroll 30 are deformed, and there is a possibility that both the fixed and orbiting scrolls come into contact with each other to cause galling and seizure. For this reason, the operation of the compressor may become impossible. Therefore, in this embodiment, the liquid injection circuit 6 and the liquid injection mechanism 16 compress high-pressure liquid refrigerant between the condenser 2 outlet side of the refrigeration cycle and the expansion valve 3 in order to suppress an increase in the discharge gas temperature. The chamber 42 can be injected. Thereby, the discharge gas temperature is lowered so that the scroll compressor can be operated even under high compression ratio operation conditions.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the liquid injection mechanism 16 injects the liquid refrigerant from the liquid injection pipe 6 a into the compression chamber 42 via the injection flow path 16 a provided in the fixed scroll 30 and the common port 34. This injection amount is adjusted by the flow rate adjusting valve 7 (see FIG. 1) provided in the liquid injection circuit 6.

  FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the injection flow path 16 a and the common port 34 in the liquid injection mechanism 16 are provided so as to communicate with the compression chamber 42 between the suction side compression chamber 43 and the discharge port 33. In the present embodiment, the suction side compression chamber 43 determined by the scroll spiral shape has a configuration in which the volume determined on the wrap outer line side of the orbiting scroll 40 is different from the volume determined on the wrap inner line side. For this reason, in the present embodiment, the common ports 34 for the liquid injection are provided in the compression chambers 42 on the outer wrap side of the orbiting scroll 40 and the compression chambers 42 on the inner line side, respectively.

  In addition, when the suction side compression chamber 43 determined by the scroll spiral shape is configured to be the same in the volume determined on the outer wrap side of the orbiting scroll 40 and the volume determined on the inner side of the wrap, the common port 34 is fixed. It is only necessary to provide one place in the center of the lap tooth bottom of the scroll 30. That is, it is possible to perform liquid injection into the compression chamber having the same volume ratio with respect to the compression chamber on the wrap outer line side and the compression chamber on the inner line side of the orbiting scroll 40 by this one common port 34. Become.

  Next, the release valve mechanism 17 constituting the release function (discharge bypass function) will be described with reference to FIGS. When the pressure in the compression chamber 42 becomes higher than the pressure in the discharge chamber 18 serving as the discharge pressure space during the low compression ratio operation where the differential pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure is small, the release valve mechanism 17 The plate is opened to release the over-compressed gas refrigerant in the compression chamber 42 to the discharge chamber 18.

  Since the pressure in the compression chamber 42 is determined by the volume ratio determined by the spiral shape of the scroll wrap, under the low compression ratio operation condition, the pressure in the compression chamber 42 immediately before communicating with the discharge port 33 is higher than the discharge pressure. An over-compressed state occurs. Overcompression increases the power of the scroll compressor 1 because a large amount of compression torque is applied to the ideal compression state. Further, since the pressure in the compression chamber increases, the load in the direction in which the orbiting scroll 40 is pulled away from the fixed scroll 30 increases. For this reason, the orbiting scroll 40 is instantaneously separated from the fixed scroll 30 and the volumetric efficiency is reduced.

  General air conditioners are required to reduce the annual operating power of air conditioners from the viewpoint of preventing global warming, and the annual operating power is high in the air conditioning operation ratio in the intermediate season between summer and winter. It is important to improve the efficiency of the compressor in the mid season. Since the operation condition of the intermediate season is a low compression ratio operation in which the differential pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure is small, it is very important to remove the above-described overcompression state. Therefore, the release valve mechanism 17 is provided to bypass the over-compressed gas refrigerant to the discharge pressure space (discharge chamber 18) when over-compression occurs in the compression chamber 42 under the low compression ratio operation condition. .

  The release valve mechanism 17 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The release valve mechanism 17 has a release valve plate (valve means) 37 that opens when the pressure in the compression chamber 42 becomes higher than the discharge pressure. That is, the release valve mechanism 17 includes a release valve arrangement space 36 formed on the base plate of the fixed scroll 30, a release valve plate 37, an elastic body 38 including a coil spring, a release flow path forming stopper 39, and a release flow path. 35 or the like.

  The release flow path 35 is connected to the common port 34 to which the injection flow path 16 a is connected, and is formed toward the outer diameter direction of the fixed scroll 30. The other end side of the release flow path 35 is bent in the axial direction (the direction of the discharge chamber 18) and communicates with the bottom of the release valve arrangement space 36. Accordingly, the release valve arrangement space 36 can be formed on the base plate of the fixed scroll 30 without interfering with the liquid injection mechanism 16.

  The release valve plate 37 is provided in the release valve arrangement space 36 so as to open and close the release valve arrangement space 36 side opening of the release flow path 35. The elastic body 38 is provided between the release valve plate 37 and the release flow path forming stopper 39, and presses the release valve plate 37 with a small force. In the release flow path forming stopper 39, a communication hole 39 a that connects the release valve plate 37 side of the release valve arrangement space 36 and the discharge chamber 18 is formed in the central portion and the outer peripheral portion side of the stopper 39. ing. The outermost diameter portion of the stopper 39 is press-fitted and fixed to the fixed scroll 30.

  The operation of the release valve mechanism 17 will be described. The pressure in the compression chamber 42 and the pressure in the discharge chamber 18 act on the release valve plate 37. When the compression chamber 42 is not in an overcompressed state (when the pressure in the compression chamber 42 is lower than the discharge pressure), the release valve plate 37 is pressed against the release flow path 35 so as to close the release flow path 35. The release valve arrangement space 36 and the release flow path 35 are sealed.

  On the other hand, when the compression chamber 42 is overcompressed, the pressure on the release flow path 35 side of the release valve plate 37 becomes larger than the pressure on the discharge chamber 18 side of the release valve plate 37, and the elastic body 38. When the pressing force due to becomes larger than the applied pressure, the release valve plate 37 is pushed up to the stopper 39 side, and the release flow path 35 is opened. Thereby, the gas refrigerant in the compression chamber 42 flows into the release valve arrangement space 36 through the common port and the release flow path, and further passes through the communication hole 39a to the discharge chamber (discharge pressure space) 18. Is released (released).

  In the present embodiment, a flow path that opens to the compression chamber 42 side of the liquid injection mechanism 16 and the release valve mechanism 17 is formed using the same common port 34, and the liquid injection mechanism 16 supplies liquid to the compression chamber. The injection of the refrigerant and the release of the overcompressed gas refrigerant from the compression chamber are performed through one common port 34. That is, in an operation state where the differential pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure of the scroll compressor is large, liquid injection into the compression chamber is performed using the common port 34 as a liquid injection port. Further, in an operation state where the differential pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure is small, the common port 34 is used as a release port, and is used to release the overcompressed gas refrigerant in the compression chamber 42 to the discharge chamber 18.

  As a result, for the same compression chamber 42, the common port 34 can separate the liquid injection into the compression chamber 42 and the release of the overcompressed gas generated in the compression chamber 42. For example, in the case of the prior art in which the compression chamber 42 side opening of the liquid injection mechanism 16 and the compression chamber 42 side opening of the release valve mechanism 17 are provided separately, there are the following problems.

  That is, when high-pressure liquid refrigerant is injected into the compression chamber 42 by the liquid injection mechanism 16, the pressure in the compression chamber 42 rises, thereby opening the release valve plate of the release valve mechanism 17, and between the compression chambers. There is a possibility that a useless circulation flow path is generated. For this reason, there exists a problem in which the function of the said liquid injection mechanism 16 and the function of the said release valve mechanism 17 are not fully exhibited.

  On the other hand, with the configuration of this embodiment, even if the liquid injection mechanism 16 injects high-pressure liquid refrigerant into the compression chamber 42 via the common port 34 and the pressure in the compression chamber 42 increases. As long as liquid injection is continued, the compressed gas in the compression chamber 42 cannot flow to the release flow path side through the shared port 34. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a wasteful circulation flow path from being generated between the compression chambers and to sufficiently exhibit the liquid injection function.

  In addition, the release valve mechanism is operated under the normal scroll compressor operating conditions (rated operating conditions) in which the differential pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure is not large or small, that is, the operating conditions in which neither the liquid injection mechanism nor the release valve mechanism operates. The space of the release flow path 35 (including the space of the shared port 34) from the position of the 17 release valve plate 37 to the compression chamber 42 is a non-compression space (dead volume) that is not effectively used for compression.

  In this uncompressed space, when the volume of the compression chamber 42 is reduced or expanded with the orbiting motion of the orbiting scroll 40, the pressure of the compression chamber in which the high-pressure compressed gas accumulated in the uncompressed space communicates decreases. When this occurs (for example, when communicating with the compression chamber 43 on the suction side shown in FIG. 4), it flows backward to the compression chamber having a low pressure. For this reason, recompression of the gas that has flowed back in the compression chamber is caused, and recompression loss occurs.

  Further, since the temperature of the gas refrigerant in the non-compression space is close to the discharge gas temperature, the temperature in the compression chambers 42 and 43 is also increased when the gas flows backward, and when the gas flows back to the compression chamber 43 close to the suction side. Causes overheat expansion, resulting in a decrease in volumetric efficiency (heating loss).

  In the prior art as described in Patent Document 1, since the common pipe (corresponding to the common port in this embodiment) becomes long, the volume of the uncompressed space becomes large, and thus the recompression loss. And heating loss will increase.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, by installing the release valve mechanism 17 on the fixed scroll 30 base plate in the sealed container 50, the volume of the shared port 34 and the release flow path 35 can be significantly reduced. Accordingly, the volume of the uncompressed space is also extremely small. Thereby, according to the present embodiment, there is an effect that it is possible to suppress the decrease in efficiency under the rated operation condition of the scroll compressor to be extremely small.

  In particular, when the refrigerant R32 having a smaller physical density and a larger sensible heat than the R410A refrigerant is used in the refrigeration cycle apparatus, the recompression is caused by the backflow of the high-temperature and high-pressure gas refrigerant from the uncompressed space to the compression chambers 42 and 43. Loss and heating loss accompanying overheat expansion increase. For this reason, the said effect at the time of applying a present Example with respect to the refrigerating-cycle apparatus which uses refrigerant | coolant R32 becomes large especially.

  A scroll compressor according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 3 in the first embodiment. The same reference numerals are given to the same parts, and different parts from the first embodiment will be mainly described.

  In the second embodiment, the structure of the release valve mechanism 17 is different from that of the first embodiment. That is, in the release valve mechanism 17 of this embodiment, the release flow path 35 is opened in the discharge chamber 18 of the fixed scroll 30 (opened on the upper end surface of the fixed scroll 30 on the side opposite to the wrap). The release valve mechanism 17 includes a reed valve (valve means) 51 that opens and closes an opening of the release flow path 35, a retainer 52 that restricts and holds the operating range of the reed valve 51, and the reed valve 51 and the The retainer 52 is configured by a bolt 53 that fixes the retainer 52 to the base plate of the fixed scroll 30.

  According to the second embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the configuration of the release valve mechanism 17 can be simplified, so that the cost can be reduced as compared with the first embodiment.

  That is, the processing for forming the release valve arrangement space 36 in the fixed scroll 30 in the first embodiment becomes unnecessary. Further, in order to install the reed valve 51 on the upper end surface of the base plate of the fixed scroll 30, even when a plurality of release valve mechanisms 17 are installed, the plurality of release valve mechanisms 17 are replaced by one reed valve 51, a retainer 52, and It can be configured by the bolts 53, and the number of parts can be reduced.

  A scroll compressor according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a view corresponding to FIG. 3 in the first embodiment, and FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view showing a portion C of FIG. 7. The same reference numerals are given to the same portions, and the portions different from the first embodiment are mainly shown. Explained.

  In the third embodiment, the back flow from the compression chamber 42 side to the liquid injection pipe 6a side is prevented in the portion of the injection flow path 16a between the liquid injection pipe 6a and the common port 34, as compared with the first embodiment. The difference is that a check valve mechanism is provided. That is, the check valve mechanism is formed by forming a liquid injection flow path forming stopper 44, a coil spring, etc. in order from the shared port 34 side to the injection flow path 16a forming portion between the common port 34 and the liquid injection pipe 6a. The configured elastic body 45, valve plate 46, and valve seal stopper 47 are provided.

  The liquid injection flow path forming stopper 45 and the valve seal stopper 47 are fixed to the fixed scroll 30 by press fitting or the like. In addition, the injection flow path 16 a is also formed in the liquid injection flow path forming stopper 44 and the valve seal stopper 47.

  During normal operation (such as during rated operation) in which liquid injection is not performed, the flow rate adjustment valve 7 (see FIG. 1) is closed, so that the pressure in the liquid injection pipe 6a is on the compression chamber 42 or shared port 34 side. The same pressure as Therefore, the valve plate 46 is pressed against the valve seal stopper 47 side by the spring force of the elastic body 45. For this reason, the communication between the liquid injection pipe 6 a side and the shared port 34 side is closed by the valve plate 46.

  According to the third embodiment, the space communicating with the compression chamber 42 is a space from the shared port 34 to the valve plate 46, and an effect of greatly reducing the non-compression space (dead volume) can be obtained. That is, the injection flow path 16a from the valve plate 46 to the liquid injection pipe 6a, the inside of the liquid injection pipe 6a, and the space of the liquid injection circuit 6 from the liquid injection pipe 6a to the flow rate adjustment valve 7 are compressed. Since it does not communicate with the chamber 42, the uncompressed space can be greatly reduced.

  When the differential pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure increases and the discharge gas temperature rises, the flow rate adjusting valve 7 is opened, and the high-pressure liquid refrigerant downstream of the condenser 2 (see FIG. 1) is supplied to the liquid injection circuit 6, It acts on the valve plate 46 via the liquid injection pipe 6a and the injection flow path 16a. For this reason, the pressure of the compression chamber 42 and the spring force of the elastic body 45 are overcome, and the valve plate 46 opens, so that liquid injection into the compression chamber 42 is started.

  The configuration of the release valve mechanism 17 is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the release valve plate 37 of the release valve mechanism 17 is closed under the rated operation conditions. When the differential pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure becomes small and the pressure in the compression chamber 42 becomes larger than the pressure in the discharge chamber 18, the release valve plate 37 of the relief valve mechanism 17 is opened, and the compression chamber 42. The overcompressed gas refrigerant inside is released to the discharge chamber 18 side.

  Even during rated operation, even when the pressure in the compression chamber 42 rises momentarily during liquid return operation in which liquid refrigerant is sucked into the scroll compressor, the release valve mechanism 17 has the The release valve plate 37 is opened, and the overcompressed gas refrigerant and liquid refrigerant in the compression chamber 42 are released to the discharge chamber 18 side.

  Also in the third embodiment, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained, and the effect that the uncompressed space (dead volume) can be further greatly reduced as compared with the first embodiment.

As described above, according to each embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to obtain a scroll compressor that has a liquid injection function and a discharge bypass function and can be operated with high efficiency even under rated operating conditions. It is done.
In other words, under the operating pressure condition where the differential pressure between the suction pressure and the discharge pressure of the scroll compressor is large, the liquid injection mechanism 16 can suppress the rise in the discharge gas temperature by operating the liquid injection mechanism 16, so that the operation is performed in a wide operating range. It becomes possible to do.

Also, under an operating pressure condition where the differential pressure between the discharge pressure and the suction pressure is small, the release valve mechanism (discharge bypass function) releases the overcompressed gas in the compression chamber to the discharge chamber or the discharge pressure space. Can be suppressed and efficient operation becomes possible.
Therefore, the operating pressure condition of the scroll compressor can be set to a wider operating range than before.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the release valve mechanism includes a release flow path extending in the outer diameter direction from the shared port in the fixed scroll base plate, and valve means for opening and closing the release flow path. Since the plate is provided, the space volume from the compression chamber to the valve means (release valve plate, reed valve, etc.) can be minimized. Therefore, recompression loss and overheat loss in the compression chamber can be reduced even under rated operating conditions, which are normal operating states in which neither the liquid injection function nor the release valve mechanism is used. For this reason, a scroll compressor capable of high-efficiency operation with little energy loss can be obtained even under rated operating conditions.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the Example mentioned above, Various modifications are included. Further, the above-described embodiments have been described in detail for easy understanding in the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described. Furthermore, a part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment.

1: scroll compressor, 2: condenser, 3: expansion valve, 4: evaporator, 5: refrigerant piping,
6: liquid injection circuit, 6a: liquid injection tube,
7: flow control valve, 8, 9: cooling fan, 10: discharge pipe, 11: suction pipe,
12: compression mechanism part, 13: electric motor part, 14: oil sump,
15: Drive shaft, 15a: Eccentric pin part,
16: liquid injection mechanism, 16a: injection flow path,
17: Release valve mechanism, 18: Discharge chamber (discharge pressure space), 19: Refueling hole,
20: stator, 21: rotor, 22: frame, 23: rotation prevention mechanism,
24: main bearing, 25: auxiliary bearing, 26: housing, 27: lower frame,
28: Refueling pump,
30: fixed scroll, 32: suction port, 33: discharge port,
34: shared port, 35: release flow path, 36: release valve placement space,
37: Release valve plate (valve means), 38: Elastic body,
39: Release flow path forming stopper,
40: orbiting scroll, 41: orbiting bearing, 42: compression chamber, 43: suction side compression chamber,
44: Liquid injection flow path forming stopper, 45: Elastic body, 46: Valve plate,
47: Valve seal stopper, 50: Airtight container,
51: Reed valve (valve means), 52: Retainer, 53: Bolt.

Claims (7)

In a scroll compressor configured by storing a compression mechanism unit configured by combining a fixed scroll and a turning scroll with each other, and an electric motor unit for driving the compression mechanism unit in a sealed container,
A liquid injection mechanism for injecting liquid refrigerant into a compression chamber formed by the fixed scroll and the orbiting scroll;
A release valve mechanism for releasing the overcompressed gas refrigerant in the compression chamber from the compression chamber to the discharge pressure space in the sealed container when the pressure in the compression chamber is higher than the discharge pressure. And
The flow path on the compression chamber side in the liquid injection mechanism and the flow path on the compression chamber side in the release valve mechanism are shared by a common port formed on the base plate of the fixed scroll and opened to the compression chamber. And
The liquid injection mechanism includes a liquid injection pipe that penetrates the sealed container, and an injection flow path that connects the liquid injection pipe and the common port and is provided on the base plate of the fixed scroll.
The release valve mechanism includes a release channel formed in the fixed scroll base plate in an outer diameter direction from the common port, and a valve unit that opens and closes the release channel, and the fixed scroll base plate includes : One end side of the release flow path communicates with the shared port, and the other end side of the release flow path is bent in the axial direction to communicate with the discharge pressure space side and the other bent in the axial direction. The scroll compressor characterized in that the valve means is provided on the end side .   2. The scroll compressor according to claim 1, wherein the valve means for opening and closing the release flow path is formed in the fixed scroll base plate and communicates the release flow path and the discharge pressure space in the sealed container. A release valve arrangement space for arranging the release valve plate, a release valve plate provided in the release valve arrangement space for opening and closing the release flow path, an elastic body for pressing the release valve plate, and positioning the elastic body A scroll compressor comprising a release channel forming stopper to be held.   The scroll compressor according to claim 2, wherein the release valve mechanism opens the release valve plate when the pressure in the compression chamber becomes higher than the discharge pressure space in the sealed container, A scroll compressor configured to release a gas refrigerant into the discharge pressure space.   2. The scroll compressor according to claim 1, wherein the valve means for opening and closing the release flow path includes a reed valve for opening and closing the release flow path, a retainer for limiting an operating range of the reed valve, the reed valve, A scroll compressor comprising a bolt for fixing a retainer to a base plate of a fixed scroll.   5. The scroll compressor according to claim 4, wherein the reed valve and the retainer are fixed to a surface of the base plate of the fixed scroll opposite to the wrap by a bolt, and the pressure in the compression chamber is higher than the discharge pressure space of the sealed space. The scroll compressor is configured so that, when it becomes high, the reed valve is pushed up to the retainer side to release the gas refrigerant in the compression chamber to the discharge pressure space.   2. The scroll compressor according to claim 1, wherein the liquid injection mechanism applies a back flow from the compression chamber side to the liquid injection pipe side in a portion of the injection flow path between the liquid injection pipe and the common port. The check valve mechanism is provided with a liquid injection flow path forming stopper, an elastic body, a valve plate, and a valve seal stopper provided in order from the shared port side. Scroll compressor.   2. The scroll compressor according to claim 1, wherein the scroll compressor is used as a refrigerant compressor of a refrigeration cycle apparatus in which an R32 single refrigerant or a mixed refrigerant containing 70% or more of R32 is used as a refrigerant. Scroll compressor.

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