US20140140867A1 - Variable speed scroll compressor - Google Patents
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Abstract
This variable speed scroll compressor includes a closed casing including a low pressure volume and a high pressure volume, and an electric motor arranged in the low pressure volume and including a rotor and a stator, the rotor including permanent magnets, the stator including a stator core provided with a plurality of radially extending tooth portions and with a plurality of slots formed between the radially extending tooth portions, and stator windings each wound on the radially extending tooth portions. Each stator winding is wound around a respective tooth portion and includes winding portions extending respectively in the slots formed on each side of the respective tooth portion.
Description
- The present invention relates to a variable speed scroll compressor.
- As known, a scroll-type compressor may comprise:
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- a closed casing comprising a low pressure volume and a high pressure volume, and
- a variable speed electric motor arranged in the low pressure volume, the electric motor comprising a rotor and a stator, the rotor including permanent magnets, the stator including a stator core provided with a plurality of radially extending tooth portions and with a plurality of slots formed between the radially extending tooth portions, and stator windings wound on the radially extending tooth portions.
- In such a scroll-type compressor, the stator windings almost completely fill out the slots provided in the stator core. Therefore, in operation, the low temperature low pressure refrigerant entering the low pressure volume flows essentially through a small annular gap delimited between the rotor core and the stator core.
- As a result, the cooling of the stator windings and of the permanent magnets provided in the rotor core could be insufficient. This could lead to a demagnetization of the permanent magnets due to excessive heating of the permanent magnets by the hot stator windings. This issue is more critical at low rotational speed when the refrigerant flow is low.
- Further, due to the flow of refrigerant through the small annular gap delimited between the rotor core and the stator core, the pressure drop for the refrigerant is high, which reduces the compressor efficiency especially at high rotational speed when the refrigerant flow is high.
- It is an object of the present invention to provide an improved variable speed scroll compressor which can overcome the drawbacks encountered in conventional scroll compressors.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a variable speed scroll compressor which is reliable and has an enhanced efficiency.
- According to the invention such a variable speed scroll compressor comprises:
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- a closed casing comprising a low pressure volume and a high pressure volume,
- a compression unit adapted for compressing refrigerant,
- an electric motor arranged in the low pressure volume and comprising a rotor and a stator, the rotor including permanent magnets, the stator including a stator core provided with a plurality of radially extending tooth portions and with a plurality of slots formed between the radially extending tooth portions, and stator windings wound on the radially extending tooth portions, each stator winding being wound around a respective tooth portion,
- a drive shaft adapted for driving the compression unit, the drive shaft being rotatably coupled to the rotor, and
- a first axial abutment surface provided on the rotor and a second axial abutment surface provided on the drive shaft, a predetermined axial gap being provided between the first and second axial abutment surfaces in order to allow limited relative axial sliding movements between the rotor and the drive shaft,
- wherein at least one slot formed between a first and a second adjacent radially extending tooth portions includes a first slot portion in which extends a winding portion of a first stator winding wound around the first radially extending tooth portion, a second slot portion in which extends a winding portion of a second stator winding wound around the second radially extending tooth portion, and a third slot portion arranged between the first and second slot portions and defining a refrigerant flow passage.
- Such a winding of the stator windings on the tooth portions of the stator core allows maintaining a large free flow section within the stator slots for the flow of the refrigerant through said stator slots. This leads on the one hand to reduce pressure drop for the refrigerant, which enhances compressor efficiency, and on the other hand to improve the cooling of the stator windings even at low rotational speed of the motor.
- Consequently, the stator and rotor cores, and especially the permanent magnets are effectively protected against any degradation whatever the operating conditions of the compressor according to the invention.
- According to an embodiment of the invention, each slot formed between a first and a second adjacent radially extending tooth portions includes a first slot portion in which extends a winding portion of a first stator winding wound around the first radially extending tooth portion, a second slot portion in which extends a winding portion of a second stator winding wound around the second radially extending tooth portion, and a third slot portion arranged between the first and second slot portions and defining a refrigerant flow passage.
- According to an embodiment of the invention, the variable speed scroll compressor further comprises a refrigerant suction inlet opening into the low pressure volume.
- According to an embodiment of the invention, the variable speed scroll compressor is configured to force at least a part of the refrigerant entering the refrigerant suction inlet to pass through the refrigerant flow passages of the slots in order to cool the stator windings and the permanent magnets.
- According to an embodiment of the invention, the ratio of the sum of the refrigerant flow passages cross-sectional areas to the stator cross-sectional area is between 3 and 14%, preferably between 5 and 10%, and for example between 6 and 8%. The stator cross-sectional area does not comprise the central opening for accommodating the rotor.
- According to an embodiment of the invention, the electric motor is a variable-speed electric motor.
- The variable speed scroll compressor may further comprise an intermediate jacket surrounding the stator, the intermediate jacket delimiting an annular outer volume with the closed casing and at least a first inner chamber which contains a first winding head of the stator directed towards the high pressure volume.
- According to an embodiment of the invention, the variable speed scroll compressor may further comprise a securing member for securing the stator core to the closed casing, the intermediate jacket being formed by a cap covering an end portion of the stator core directed towards the high pressure volume.
- The variable speed scroll compressor may further comprise conveying means for conveying at least some of the refrigerant entering the refrigerant suction inlet into the inner chamber. According to an embodiment of the invention, the conveying means include an intake orifice provided in the cap and facing the refrigerant suction inlet.
- According to an embodiment of the invention, the electric motor is entirely arranged in the intermediate jacket, the intermediate jacket being mounted on a support frame separating the low and high pressure volumes.
- According to an embodiment of the invention, the variable speed scroll compressor further comprises a centering member secured to the closed casing and on which is secured an end portion of the intermediate jacket opposite to the high pressure volume, the centering member and the intermediate jacket delimiting a second inner chamber which contains a second winding head of the stator opposite to the first winding head, the centering member being further provided with at least one refrigerant passage aperture opening into the second inner chamber.
- According to an embodiment of the invention, the rotor is slide-fitted on the drive shaft in a slide-fit relationship arranged to allow limited relative angular and/or axial sliding movements between the rotor and the drive shaft. In other words, the rotor is fitted on the drive shaft with an axial and/or angular play (or clearance).
- According to an embodiment of the invention, the centering member is provided with a guide bearing arranged to guide an end portion of the drive shaft opposite to the compression unit.
- According to an embodiment of the invention, the variable speed scroll compressor further comprises a locking element adapted to rotatably couple the drive shaft to the rotor. For example, the locking element can be made of non-magnetic material.
- For example, an outer surface of the drive shaft has a first longitudinal recess, and an inner surface of the rotor has a second longitudinal recess, the first and second longitudinal recesses being circumferentially aligned and the locking element extending into the first and second longitudinal recesses. The locking element may be adapted to allow limited relative angular sliding movements between the rotor and the drive shaft.
- According to an aspect of the invention, the locking element is slide-fitted into at least one of the first and second longitudinal recesses.
- According to an aspect of the invention, the section dimensions of the locking element and of the first and second longitudinal recesses are adapted to allow limited relative axial and/or angular sliding movements between the rotor and the drive shaft.
- According to an embodiment of the invention, the variable speed scroll compressor further comprises a positioning element secured on the drive shaft, the positioning element having an axial stop surface arranged to slidably co-operate with an end portion of the rotor opposite to the compression unit. The positioning element may be a positioning ring secured to the drive shaft.
- According to an embodiment of the invention, the positioning element is heat shrink fitted to the drive shaft. For example, the positioning element can be made of non-magnetic material.
- According to an aspect of the invention, in use, the drive shaft extends substantially vertically.
- According to an embodiment of the invention, a lower end portion of the rotor rests on the axial stop surface of the positioning element.
- These and other advantages will become apparent upon reading the following description in view of the drawing attached hereto representing, as non-limiting examples, two embodiments of the variable speed scroll compressor according to the invention.
- The following detailed description of embodiments of the invention is better understood when read in conjunction with the appended drawings being understood, however, that the invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed.
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FIG. 1 is a longitudinal section view of a scroll-type refrigeration compressor according to a first embodiment of the invention. -
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a detail ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a detail ofFIG. 2 . -
FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a detail of the refrigeration compressor ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the different elements shown inFIG. 4 . -
FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view of the scroll-type refrigeration compressor according toFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 7 is a top view of a stator core and a rotor core of the scroll-type refrigeration compressor according toFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 8 is a longitudinal section view of a scroll-type refrigeration compressor according to a second embodiment of the invention. -
FIG. 1 shows a scroll-type refrigeration compressor 2 occupying a vertical position. However, therefrigeration compressor 2 according to the invention could occupy an inclined position, or a horizontal position, without significant modification to its structure. - The
refrigeration compressor 2 shown inFIG. 1 comprises aclosed casing 3 defined by ashell 4 whose top and bottom ends are respectively closed by acap 5 and abase 6. - The
refrigeration compressor 2 also comprises asupport frame 7 fixed in theclosed casing 3, theclosed casing 3 and thesupport frame 7 defining a low pressure volume. - The
refrigeration compressor 2 further comprises ascroll compression unit 8 disposed above thesupport frame 7. Thescroll compression unit 8 has a fixedscroll member 9 and anorbiting scroll member 11 interfitting with each other. In particular the orbitingscroll member 11 is supported by and in slidable contact with an upper face of thesupport frame 7, and the fixedscroll member 11 is fixed in relation to theclosed casing 3. The fixedscroll member 11 could for example be fixed to thesupport frame 7. - As known, the fixed
scroll member 9 has anend plate 12 and aspiral wrap 13 projecting from theend plate 12 towards the orbitingscroll member 11, and theorbiting scroll member 11 has anend plate 14 and aspiral wrap 15 projecting from theend plate 14 towards the fixedscroll member 9. The spiral wrap 15 of theorbiting scroll member 11 meshes with the spiral wrap 13 of the fixedscroll member 9 to form a plurality ofcompression chambers 16 between them. Thecompression chambers 16 have a variable volume which decreases from the outside towards the inside, when theorbiting scroll member 11 is driven to orbit relative to the fixedscroll member 9. Theend plate 12 of the fixedscroll member 9 includes, in its central part, adischarge aperture 17 opening into thecentral compression chamber 16 and leading to a highpressure discharge chamber 18. - The
refrigeration compressor 2 also includes arefrigerant suction inlet 19 opening into the low pressure volume to achieve the supply of refrigerant to the compressor, and adischarge outlet 20 which opens into thedischarge chamber 18. - The
refrigeration compressor 2 further comprises an electric variable-speed motor disposed below thesupport frame 7, i.e. in the low pressure volume. The electric motor has arotor 21 and astator 22 disposed around therotor 21. - As shown in
FIG. 7 , therotor 21 includes a rotor stack orrotor core 23 provided with an axial throughpassage 24, andpermanent magnets 25 inserted into longitudinal slots provided in therotor core 23. Thepermanent magnets 25 are for example regularly arranged around the axial throughpassage 24. - As shown in
FIGS. 6 and 7 , thestator 22 includes a stator stack orstator core 26, andstator windings 27 wound on thestator core 26, Thestator core 26 is provided on its inner periphery with a plurality of radially extendingtooth portions 28, and with a plurality oflongitudinal slots 29 formed between the radially extendingtooth portions 28. According to the invention, each stator winding 27 is wound directly around arespective tooth portion 28 and extends in thelongitudinal slots 29 formed on each side of saidrespective tooth portion 28. Eachslot 29 includes a first slot portion in which extends a winding portion of a first adjacent stator winding 27, a second slot portion in which extends a portion of a second adjacent stator winding 27, and a third slot portion arranged between the first and second slot portions and defining arefrigerant flow passage 30. - The
stator core 26 may for example includes sixtooth portions 28 and sixlongitudinal slots 29, and thestator 22 may therefore includes sixstator windings 27. - Furthermore the
refrigeration compressor 2 comprises adrive shaft 31 adapted for driving theorbiting scroll member 11 in an orbital movement. Thedrive shaft 31 extends into the axial throughpassage 24 of therotor 21 and is rotatably coupled to therotor 21 so that thedrive shaft 31 is driven to rotate by therotor 21 about a rotational axis. - The
drive shaft 31 comprises, at its top end, aneccentric pin 32 which is off-centered from the center of thedrive shaft 31, and which is inserted in a connectingsleeve part 33 of theorbiting scroll member 11 so as to cause theorbiting scroll member 11 to be driven in an orbital movement relative to a fixedscroll member 9 when the electric motor is operated. - The bottom end of the
drive shaft 31 drives anoil pump 34 which supplies oil from a sump defined by theclosed casing 3 to alubrication passage 35 formed inside the central part of thedrive shaft 31. - The
refrigeration compressor 2 further includes apositioning ring 36 secured to thedrive shaft 31. For example, thepositioning ring 36 is heat shrink fitted to thedrive shaft 31. Thepositioning ring 36 may be made of non-magnetic material. - The
positioning ring 36 has anaxial stop surface 37 on which rests a lower end portion of therotor 21, and more precisely aradial abutment surface 38 provided on the lower end portion of therotor 21. Thus thepositioning ring 36 is arranged to axially position therotor 21. - As shown in
FIGS. 2 and 3 , therefrigeration compressor 2 includes a first annularaxial abutment surface 39 provided on therotor 21 and a second annularaxial abutment surface 41 provided on thedrive shaft 31. As particularly shown inFIG. 3 , a predetermined axial gap may be provided between the first and second axial abutment surfaces 39, 41 in order to allow limited relative axial sliding movements between therotor 21 and thedrive shaft 31. For example, the predetermined axial gap is between a few micrometers and 1 mm. - Particularly, the first annular
axial abutment surface 28 is provided on the upper end face of therotor 21, and thedrive shaft 28 has a radial step delimiting the second annularaxial abutment surface 29. The first and second annular axial abutment surfaces 28, 29 are arranged to prevent therotor 21 from axially moving relative to thedrive shaft 24 beyond a predetermined position towards thecompression unit 8. - The
refrigeration compressor 2 further comprises a lockingpin 42 adapted to rotatably couple thedrive shaft 31 to therotor 21. For example the lockingpin 42 is made of non-magnetic material. - The locking
pin 42 extends respectively into a firstlongitudinal recess 43 provided on the outer surface of thedrive shaft 31 and into a secondlongitudinal recess 44 provided on the inner surface of therotor core 23, the first and secondlongitudinal recesses pin 42 and of the first and secondlongitudinal recesses rotor 21 and thedrive shaft 31. The lockingpin 42 may be slightly larger than the firstlongitudinal recesses 43 so that the lockingpin 42 is press fitted into the firstlongitudinal recess 43, and the lockingpin 42 may be slide-fitted into the secondlongitudinal recess 44. However, alternately the lockingpin 42 may be slide-fitted into the first and secondlongitudinal recesses - The second
longitudinal recess 44 provided on therotor 21 can extend along the entire length of therotor core 23. Advantageously, the firstlongitudinal recess 43 extends only along a partial length of thedrive shaft 31 and delimits anaxial stop surface 45 for the upper end of the lockingpin 42. Furthermore theaxial stop surface 37 provided on thepositioning ring 36 forms also an axial stop for the lower end of the lockingpin 42. - The
refrigeration compressor 2 also includes anannular fixing member 46 for fixing thestator 22 to the closed casing, and a centeringmember 47 secured to theclosed casing 3 and provided with a guide bearing 40 arranged to guide the lower end portion of thedrive shaft 31. - The
refrigeration compressor 2 further comprises anintermediate jacket 48 surrounding thestator 22 and covering the upper end of the electric motor. Theintermediate jacket 48 and theclosed casing 3 delimit an annularouter volume 49 into which opens therefrigerant suction inlet 19. Theintermediate jacket 48 delimits, with the electric motor, aninner chamber 50 containing the windinghead 27 a of thestator 22 oriented towards thescroll compression unit 8. The windinghead 27 a is formed by the portions of thestator windings 27 extending towards outside from the end face 26 a of thestator core 26 oriented towards thescroll compression unit 8. - The
intermediate jacket 48 is provided with anintake orifice 51 opening into theproximal chamber 50 and facing therefrigerant suction inlet 19 in order to allow admission of refrigerant into theproximal chamber 49. Further, thesupport frame 7 comprises one or severalrefrigerant passage apertures 52 opening into the low pressure volume and into thescroll compression unit 8. - In operation, a first part of the refrigerant entering through the
refrigerant suction inlet 19 flows into the annularouter volume 49, and then flows upwardly directly towards thescroll compression unit 8 via therefrigerant passage apertures 52. - Further, a second part of the refrigerant entering the
refrigerant suction inlet 19 flows into theinner chamber 50 through theintake orifice 51 of theintermediate jacket 48, and then flows downwardly towards the centeringmember 47 by passing through the refrigerant flow passages 30 (shown inFIG. 6 ) delimited by thestator core 26 and thestator windings 27. It should be noted that a part of the refrigerant that has entered into theinner chamber 50 may also flow downwardly towards the centeringmember 47 throughgaps 54 delimited between thestator core 26 and therotor core 23. The refrigerant passing through therefrigerant flow passages 30 cools down thestator windings 27, while the refrigerant passing through thegaps 54 cools down thestator core 26 and therotor core 23, which protects the stator core, the rotor core and the permanent magnets of the latter against damage. - Next, the refrigerant travels upwards through the low pressure volume towards the
scroll compression unit 8 and enters thecompression chambers 16 via therefrigerant passage apertures 52. - Then, the refrigerant entering the
scroll compression unit 8 is compressed in thecompression chambers 16 and escapes from the centre of the fixed and orbitingscroll members discharge aperture 17 leading to thedischarge chamber 18, from which the compressed refrigerant is discharged by thedischarge outlet 20. -
FIG. 8 shows a scroll-type refrigeration compressor 2 according to a second embodiment of the invention which differs from the one disclosed inFIGS. 1 to 7 essentially in that the electric motor is entirely arranged in theintermediate jacket 48, and in that theintermediate jacket 48 and the electric motor define aproximal chamber 55 a containing the windinghead 27 a of thestator 22 oriented towards thescroll compression unit 8 and adistal chamber 55 b containing the windinghead 27 b of thestator 22 opposite to the first windinghead 27 a, the windingheads 27 b being formed by the portions of thestator windings 27 extending towards outside from theend face 26 b of thestator core 26 opposite to the end face 26 a. - According to the second embodiment, the upper end of the
intermediate jacket 48 is secured to thesupport frame 7 and the lower end of theintermediate jacket 48 is secured to the centeringmember 47, so that theintermediate jacket 48 serves to fix thestator core 26. It should be noted that anannular connection element 56 may be arranged between theintermediate jacket 48 and thestator 22. - Further, according to the second embodiment, the centering
member 47 is further provided with at least onerefrigerant passage aperture 57 opening into the distal chamber 54 b. - In operation, the refrigerant entering through the
refrigerant suction inlet 19 flows downwardly in the annularouter volume 49 towards the centeringmember 47. Then, the refrigerant flows through therefrigerant passage aperture 57 provided in the centeringmember 47, and enters thedistal chamber 55 b. The refrigerant that has entered into thedistal chamber 55 b flows upwardly towards thescroll compression unit 8 via therefrigerant flow passages 30 delimited by thestator core 26 and thestator windings 27, theproximal chamber 55 a and refrigerant passage apertures (non shown inFIG. 8 ) provided in thesupport frame 7. It should be noted that a part of the refrigerant that has entered into thedistal chamber 55 b may flow upwardly towards thescroll compression unit 8 through gaps (not shown inFIG. 8 ) delimited by theintermediate jacket 48 and the outer periphery of thestator 22. - Next, the refrigerant entering the
scroll compression unit 8 is compressed in thecompression chambers 16 and escapes from the centre of the fixed and orbitingscroll members discharge aperture 17 leading to thedischarge chamber 18, from which the compressed refrigerant is discharged by thedischarge outlet 20. - Of course, the invention is not restricted to the embodiments described above by way of non-limiting examples, but on the contrary it encompasses all embodiments thereof.
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1. A variable speed scroll compressor comprising:
a closed casing comprising a low pressure volume and a high pressure volume,
a compression unit adapted for compressing refrigerant,
an electric motor arranged in the low pressure volume and comprising a rotor and a stator. the rotor including permanent magnets, the stator including a stator core provided with a plurality of radially extending tooth portions and with a plurality of slots formed between the radially extending tooth portions, and stator windings wound on the radially extending tooth portions, each stator winding being wound around a respective tooth portion,
a drive shaft adapted for driving the compression unit, the drive shaft being rotatably coupled to the rotor, and
a first axial abutment surface provided on the rotor and a second axial abutment surface provided on the drive shaft, a predetermined axial gap being provided between the first and second axial abutment surfaces in order to allow limited relative axial sliding movements between the rotor and the drive shaft,
wherein at least one slot formed between a first and a second adjacent radially extending tooth portions includes a first slot portion in which extends a winding portion of a first stator winding wound around the first radially extending tooth portion, a second slot portion in which extends a winding portion of a second stator winding wound around the second radially extending tooth portion, and a third slot portion arranged between the first and second slot portions and defining a refrigerant flow passage.
2. The variable speed scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the sum of the refrigerant flow passages cross-sectional areas to the stator cross-sectional area is between 3 and 14%.
3. The variable speed scroll compressor according to claim 1 , wherein the variable speed scroll compressor is configured to force at least a part of the refrigerant entering the refrigerant suction inlet to pass through the refrigerant flow passages of the slots.
4. The variable speed scroll compressor according to claim 1 , further comprising an intermediate jacket surrounding the stator, the intermediate jacket delimiting an annular outer volume with the closed casing and at least an inner chamber, which contains a first winding head of the stator directed towards the high pressure volume.
5. The variable speed scroll compressor according to claim 1 , further comprising a locking element adapted to rotatably couple the drive shaft to the rotor.
6. The variable speed scroll compressor according to claim 5 , wherein an outer surface of the drive shaft has a first longitudinal recess, and an inner surface of the rotor has a second longitudinal recess, the first and second longitudinal recesses being circumferentially aligned and the locking element extending into the first and second longitudinal recesses.
7. The variable speed scroll compressor according to claim 5 , wherein the locking element is adapted to allow limited relative angular sliding movements between the rotor and the drive shaft
8. The variable speed scroll compressor according to claim 1 , further comprising a positioning element secured on the drive shaft the positioning element having an axial stop surface arranged to slidably co-operate with an end portion of the rotor opposite to the compression unit.
9. The variable speed scroll compressor according to claim 8 , wherein the positioning element is a positioning ring secured to the drive shaft.
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