KR20150106189A - Accumulator and refrigerator including the same - Google Patents

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KR20150106189A
KR20150106189A KR1020140028380A KR20140028380A KR20150106189A KR 20150106189 A KR20150106189 A KR 20150106189A KR 1020140028380 A KR1020140028380 A KR 1020140028380A KR 20140028380 A KR20140028380 A KR 20140028380A KR 20150106189 A KR20150106189 A KR 20150106189A
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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
    • F25B43/006—Accumulators
    • 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
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D23/00—General constructional features
    • F25D23/006—General constructional features for mounting refrigerating machinery components
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F25/00—Component parts of trickle coolers
    • F28F25/02—Component parts of trickle coolers for distributing, circulating, and accumulating liquid
    • F28F25/04—Distributing or accumulator troughs
    • 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
    • F25D—REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F25D19/00—Arrangement or mounting of refrigeration units with respect to devices or objects to be refrigerated, e.g. infrared detectors

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Abstract

Disclosed are an accumulator having simplified structure, and a refrigerator including the same. The refrigerator including the accumulator arranged between an evaporator and a compressor is characterized by having an accumulator including a coolant inlet part connected to the evaporator, and a long boy including a coolant discharging part connected to a compressor side,and having the body formed long in the longitudinal direction, and protruding asymmetrically in the width direction.

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[0001] ACCUMULATOR AND REFRIGERATOR INCLUDING THE SAME [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an accumulator and a refrigerator including the accumulator. More particularly, the present invention relates to an accumulator that simplifies the structure and a refrigerator including the accumulator.

Generally, a refrigerator has a freezer compartment and a refrigerating compartment for storing food and the like, and a machine room provided with a compressor and a condenser at the bottom of the rear of the freezing compartment or the refrigerating compartment.

The refrigerating chamber of this general refrigerator stores foods and the like freshly at a temperature of about 3 ㅀ C - 5 ㅀ C, and the freezing room stores the foods and the like frozen at a subzero temperature for a long period of time.

An evaporator is installed in the refrigerator to cool the freezer compartment and the inside of the refrigerating compartment. An accumulator is provided on the upper side of the evaporator to separate the refrigerant discharged from the evaporator into gas and liquid, which is connected between the outlet of the evaporator and the suction pipe.

In the accumulator for a refrigerator, refrigerant in a vapor-liquid mixed state discharged from an evaporator is separated, refrigerant in a gaseous state is returned to the compressor side through a suction pipe, refrigerant in a liquid state is stored, and returned to the evaporator through a return hole Can be set up.

The accumulator is installed at the outlet of the evaporator in order to maintain a surplus amount of the refrigerant circulated in the cycle or to prevent the refrigerant in the liquid state from being passed to the compressor. In order to hold a large amount of refrigerant, Should be arranged with an angle.

In addition, the sleeve must be assembled so that a large amount of refrigerant can be stored in the accumulator. However, the manufacturing process of such a sleeve is very complicated, and there is a problem that a material cost is required for manufacturing and assembling the sleeve.

One aspect of the present invention discloses an accumulator in which the structure is simplified, and a refrigerator including the accumulator.

Another aspect of the present invention discloses an accumulator and a refrigerator including the accumulator, which can simplify the structure to improve the efficiency and reduce the cost.

A refrigerator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an accumulator disposed between an evaporator and a compressor. The accumulator includes a refrigerant inlet connected to the evaporator, and a rectangle having a refrigerant outlet connected to the compressor, Wherein the body is elongated in the longitudinal direction and is protruded to be asymmetric in the width direction.

The body may include a refrigerant flow space through which the refrigerant flows, and a refrigerant storage space through which the refrigerant is stored, wherein the refrigerant storage space is formed asymmetrically with respect to the refrigerant flow space.

The refrigerant inflow portion and the refrigerant outflow portion are arranged to communicate with the refrigerant flow space.

Further, the refrigerant storage space is formed to be larger than the refrigerant flow space.

The refrigerant storage space and the refrigerant flow space may have different widths.

The accumulator according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a body formed in a rectangular shape, a refrigerant inlet portion provided at one end of the body, and a refrigerant outlet portion disposed opposite to the refrigerant inlet portion at the other end of the body, Wherein a volume of the refrigerant storage space is different from a volume of the refrigerant storage space and a volume of the refrigerant storage space is different from a volume of the refrigerant storage space, Is formed to be larger than the volume of the refrigerant flow space.

The body is formed to be long in a first direction which is a longitudinal direction, and is protruded so that one side is asymmetric in a second direction which is a width direction.

The refrigerant storage space may be disposed at a lower portion of the refrigerant flow space.

The refrigerant storage space and the refrigerant flow space may have different widths.

Further, the refrigerant inflow portion and the refrigerant outflow portion are arranged to be opposed to both sides of the body.

The refrigerant inflow portion and the refrigerant outflow portion are arranged to communicate with the refrigerant flow space.

According to the embodiment of the present invention, there is an effect that the structure is simplified, the efficiency is improved, and the cost is reduced.

1 is a side sectional view schematically showing a refrigerator in which an accumulator according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed,
2 is a schematic view of an accumulator horizontally installed in an evaporator according to an embodiment of the present invention,
3 is a perspective view schematically showing an accumulator according to an embodiment of the present invention,
4 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an accumulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a side sectional view schematically showing a refrigerator in which an accumulator according to an embodiment of the present invention is installed, and FIG. 2 is a view schematically showing an accumulator horizontally installed in an evaporator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, a refrigerator 1 includes a main body 10 having a plurality of storage compartments 12, 13 partitioned vertically by a heat insulating partition 11, a plurality of storage compartments 12, 13 for opening and closing the storage rooms 12, 13, respectively.

It is a matter of course that components such as a compressor 40, a condenser (not shown), an inflator (not shown), and an evaporator 20 are provided in the refrigerator 1 according to the present invention.

A machine room (16) is provided at the bottom rear of the main body (10). Electrical parts such as the compressor 40 are installed in the machine room 16 and a foam material for maintaining the heat insulation is filled between the inner surface 10a and the outer surface 10b of the main body 10. [

A plurality of storage rooms 12 and 13 are provided on the upper side of the machine room 16 and the storage rooms 12 and 13 are divided into a refrigerator compartment 13 partitioned by a heat insulation partition wall 11 and provided on an upper part of the heat insulation partition wall 11, And a freezing chamber 12 provided in the freezing chamber 12.

A pair of refrigerating compartment doors 15 are hinged to both ends of the main body 10 to be rotatable in a hinged manner on the front of the refrigerating compartment 13 and a sliding type freezing compartment door 14 is provided on the front side of the freezing compartment 12 .

Handles 14a and 15a for opening and closing the respective doors may be provided on one side of the front surface of the refrigerator compartment door 15 and the freezer compartment door 14.

A refrigerator 13 provided on the upper side of the main body 10 is provided with a shelf 17 for storing food or the like to be refrigerated and a cool air supply device 18 for supplying the heat exchanged cool air to the refrigerating chamber 13, An evaporator 20 is provided on the rear side of the refrigerating chamber 13 to generate cold air to be supplied into the refrigerating chamber 13.

The cold air supply device 18 may include a cool air duct 18a disposed on the front surface of the evaporator 20 to supply cool air to the inside of the cold storage room 13 and a blower 18b for circulating cool air, .

Accordingly, the air passing through the cold air supply device 18 is heat-exchanged while passing through the evaporator 20, and is discharged into the refrigerating chamber 13 to supply cold air.

On the other hand, a general refrigeration cycle includes a compressor 40 for compressing refrigerant, a condenser for condensing the refrigerant compressed by the compressor 40 in a high-temperature and high-pressure state through heat radiation, and a condenser for condensing the refrigerant And an evaporator 20 for cooling the surrounding air by a cooling action absorbing the latent heat of the evaporator 20.

The evaporator 20 includes a refrigerant pipe 21 through which a refrigerant flows and a thin plate having a high thermal conductivity so as to penetrate the refrigerant pipe 21 to increase the heat exchange area between the air and the refrigerant pipe 21, And a bracket 20a provided on both sides of the evaporator 20 and fixing the evaporator 20 to the main body 10. [

Between the evaporator 20 and the compressor 40, there is provided an accumulator 30 which receives the refrigerant in a gas-liquid mixed state and sucks the gaseous refrigerant into the compressor 40.

The accumulator 30 may be connected to the suction pipe 41 whose one end is connected to the outlet pipe 21a of the evaporator 20 and the other end is connected to the compressor 40. [

The accumulator 30 according to the embodiment of the present invention may be disposed horizontally with the evaporator 20 at an upper portion of the evaporator 20.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing an accumulator according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view schematically showing an accumulator according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 to 4, the accumulator 30 includes a body 31 formed into a rectangular shape, a refrigerant inflow portion 32 provided at one end of the body 31, And a refrigerant outflow portion 33 provided in the refrigerant pipe.

The body 31 of the accumulator 30 is formed in a rectangular shape that is elongated in the longitudinal direction (A, transverse direction) from the width direction B and is protruded so as to be asymmetric in the width direction B.

The refrigerant inflow portion 32 and the refrigerant outflow portion 33 of the body 31 are arranged to be opposed to each other to facilitate the suction and discharge of the refrigerant.

The outlet pipe 21a of the evaporator 20 is connected to the refrigerant inlet 32 and the suction pipe 41 is connected to the refrigerant outlet 33. Although the piping 21a and the suction pipe 41, which are respectively coupled to the refrigerant inflow portion 32 and the refrigerant outflow portion 33, are inserted and coupled to each other in the present embodiment, It does not. For example, the piping and the suction pipe may be coupled to the refrigerant inflow portion and the refrigerant outflow portion using separate members, respectively.

The body 31 is formed in a cylindrical shape and can include a first surface 34 disposed on the upper side with respect to the center C in the longitudinal direction A and a second surface 35 disposed on the lower side have.

The first surface 34 of the body 31 is connected to the first inclined surfaces 34a and 34b having the first angle? 1 from the center C and the first inclined surfaces 34a and 34b, And the second surface 35 is connected to the second inclined surfaces 35a and 35b having the second angle? 2 from the center C to be formed with the second width d2.

At this time, the first surface 34 and the second surface 35 are connected to each other from the refrigerant inflow portion 32 and the refrigerant outflow portion 33, respectively.

It is preferable that the first angle? 1 is formed at an angle smaller than the second angle? 2, and the first width d1 is formed to be smaller than the second width d2.

Accordingly, the body 31 is formed such that the first surface 34 and the second surface 35 are asymmetric with respect to the center C.

A refrigerant flow space 31a through which the refrigerant flows is formed inside the first surface 34 of the body 31. A refrigerant is stored in the interior of the second surface 35 of the body 31, A refrigerant storage space 31b is provided.

The refrigerant flow space 31a and the refrigerant storage space 31b communicate with each other.

The refrigerant storage space 31b formed by the second surface 35 of the body 31 may be formed to be larger than the refrigerant flow space 31a formed by the first surface 34 of the body 31 have.

In the refrigerant flow space 31a, refrigerant of a liquid having a large specific gravity is stored, and a certain amount of liquid refrigerant is retained.

Therefore, even if the accumulator 30 body 31 is installed horizontally in the evaporator 20, it is possible to store a predetermined amount of refrigerant or more.

In addition, since the amount of refrigerant can be adjusted by adjusting the size of the body 31 and the asymmetric structure of the body 31, a greater amount of liquid refrigerant can be accommodated, thereby maximizing the capacity of the accumulator 30 Of course, the cooling performance of the refrigerator 1 can be improved.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, .

1: Refrigerator 10: Body
12, 13: Storage room 14, 15: Door
16: machine room 18: cold air supply device
20: evaporator 21: refrigerant tube
22: heat transfer pin 30: accumulator
31: Body 31a: Refrigerant flow space
31b: refrigerant storage space 32: refrigerant inlet
33: refrigerant oil chamber 34: first side
35: second surface A: longitudinal direction (horizontal direction)
B: width direction C: center

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A refrigerator comprising an accumulator disposed between an evaporator and a compressor,
The accumulator includes:
A refrigerant inlet connected to the evaporator,
And a body having a rectangular shape in which a refrigerant outlet portion connected to the compressor side is formed,
Wherein the body is elongated in the longitudinal direction and is protruded to be asymmetric in the width direction. The method according to claim 1,
The body
A refrigerant flow space through which the refrigerant flows, and a refrigerant storage space through which the refrigerant is stored,
And the refrigerant storage space is formed asymmetrically with respect to the refrigerant flow space. 3. The method of claim 2,
And the refrigerant inflow portion and the refrigerant outflow portion are arranged to communicate with the refrigerant flow space. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the refrigerant storage space is formed to be larger than the refrigerant flow space. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the refrigerant storage space and the refrigerant flow space are formed to have different widths. A body formed in a rectangular shape,
A refrigerant inlet portion provided at one end of the body,
And a refrigerant outflow portion disposed at the other end of the body so as to face the refrigerant inflow portion,
The body
A refrigerant flow space through which the refrigerant flows, and a refrigerant storage space through which the refrigerant is stored,
Wherein the volume of the refrigerant storage space and the volume of the refrigerant flow space are different from each other, and the volume of the refrigerant storage space is formed to be larger than the volume of the refrigerant flow space. The method according to claim 6,
The body
And is formed long in a first direction which is a longitudinal direction,
And one side is protruded so as to be asymmetric in a second direction which is the width direction. The method according to claim 6,
And the refrigerant storage space is disposed below the refrigerant flow space. The method according to claim 6,
Wherein the refrigerant storage space and the refrigerant flow space are formed to have different widths. The method according to claim 6,
And the refrigerant inflow portion and the refrigerant outflow portion are disposed so as to be opposed to both sides of the body. The method according to claim 6,
And the refrigerant inflow portion and the refrigerant outflow portion are arranged to communicate with the refrigerant flow space.
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