US20170003062A1 - Multi-evaporator sequencing apparatus and method - Google Patents
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- a refrigerant system includes a condenser and a plurality of evaporators each connected to the condenser.
- Each of the plurality of evaporators receives fluid from the condenser in a harvest mode, and at least two of the plurality of evaporators are in a harvest mode at different times.
- FIG. 1A provides an illustration of a conventional automatic ice making machine.
- FIG. 6 provides a line diagram describing the embodiment for the coolant/refrigerant system of the conventional ice machine of FIG. 5 in a freeze mode.
- Refrigerant system 200 has at least one of first evaporator 205 a, second evaporator 205 b, third evaporator 205 c, and fourth evaporator 205 d in harvest mode while the remaining evaporators 205 of first evaporator 205 a, second evaporator 205 b, third evaporator 205 c, and fourth evaporator 205 d are in freeze mode at all times. More than one evaporator 205 may be in harvest mode at a time.
- evaporators are identified by numbers where n equals the number of evaporators in the refrigerant system, for example, first evaporator 205 a, second evaporator 205 b, third evaporator, 205 c and fourth evaporator 205 d so that n equal four.
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- This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/187,905, filed Jul. 2, 2015. The contents of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/187,905, filed Jul. 2, 2015, are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
- 1. Field of the Disclosure
- The present disclosure relates generally to an apparatus and method for cooling with multiple evaporators. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for sequencing a harvest mode and a freezing mode of each of a plurality of evaporators.
- 2. Description of Related Art
- Conventional commercial batch-style ice making machines bring in a certain amount of potable water, freeze a portion of that water into ice, harvest that ice, then repeat the process. These machines have one or more evaporators for the freezing and harvesting of ice. For example, referring to
FIG. 1 ,ice making assembly 30 has an ice making machine 33 that makes ice and anice bin 31 that stores ice. -
FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate schematically a water/ice system ofice making assembly 30, but does not show theice bin 31 or reservoir. Awater supply 1 provides source water. Attached lines control and direct the flow of water from the water supply to flow into awater sump 3. The sump is equipped with alevel controller 2, a solenoid dump valve 9, adrain line 10, and is connected and supplies a water supply to the suction side of the circulatingpump 4.Pump 4 circulates water fromsump 3 to thedistributor 7, where the water is directed over anevaporator plate 6. Evaporator plate haswalls - The water from the
distributor 7 is directed across theevaporator plate 6 and, if not frozen to form ice on a first pass, is collected by thewater curtain 5. This collected water is allowed to flow down the water curtain into the water sump orwater reservoir 3, where it is collected and again circulated by the circulatingpump 4 to thedistributor 7 and recycled acrossevaporator plate 6 during the freezing cycle. Once the ice forming on theevaporator plate 6 has reached a certain thickness, the water flowing over the surface of that frozen ice product reaches contact with the ice thickness probe 8, which signals the controller to stop the freeze mode and begin the harvest mode. -
FIG. 4 shows an example ofice making assembly 30 that has twoevaporator plates 6. Each ofevaporator plates 6 is connected to a refrigerant system having multiple evaporators, one for eachevaporator plate 6, which operates in the freeze mode and the harvest mode. - Referring to
FIG. 5 , an example of arefrigerant system 100 that hasmultiple evaporators 102 is shown.Refrigerant system 100 has fourevaporators Evaporators 102 are each in thermal contact with an evaporator plate to heat and cool the evaporator plate. For example, one ofevaporator plates 6 may be heated and cooled byevaporator 104 and the other ofevaporator plates 6 may be cooled byevaporator 106 shown inFIGS. 2-4 .Refrigerant system 100 comprises acondenser 111,evaporators compressor 114,refrigerant supply line 120, adrier 121, areceiver 122,harvest solenoid valves 123, andexpansion valves 113 for each ofevaporators 102. - Referring to
FIG. 6 , in the freeze mode, each ofevaporators pressure liquid 132 that expands, absorbs heat, and evaporates, changing to a low-pressure vapor 134 inevaporator serpentine 112.Compressor 114 pumps low-pressure vapor 134 from inlets of each ofevaporators condenser 111 increasing the pressure forminghigh pressure vapor 136 atcondenser 111. Incondenser 111, heat is removed fromhigh pressure vapor 136, which then condenses and becomes a high-pressure liquid 138. This high-pressure liquid 138 drains fromcondenser 111 intoreceiver tank 122 to provide a buffer for refrigerant as demand varies. One ofexpansion devices 113 is betweencondenser 111 and each ofevaporators expansion devices 113 isdrier 121, which prevents plugging of the valve or tube by retaining scale, dirt, and moisture. As high-pressure liquid 138 enters theevaporators compressor 114 and a pressure drop acrossexpansion devices 113. Thus, the refrigerant tends to expand and evaporate. In order to evaporate, the liquid must absorb heat from the air passing overevaporators low pressure liquid 132.Harvest solenoid valves 123 are closed during the freeze mode. - Referring to
FIG. 7 , when the ice making system goes into its harvest mode, each ofopen expansion devices 113 are closed and each of closedharvest solenoid valves 123 are opened allowinghigh pressure vapor 136 incompressor 114 to flow throughrefrigerant supply line 120 into each ofevaporators High pressure vapor 136 flows toward each ofevaporators harvest solenoid valves 123 lowering the pressure to form low-pressure vapor 134. Low-pressure vapor 134 flows through each ofevaporators low pressure liquid 132.Low pressure liquid 132 flows from each ofevaporators compressor 114. - Each of
evaporators 102 are cooled by boiling refrigerant inevaporator serpentine 112 while water is circulated overevaporator plates 6 to freeze ice when the machine is in “freeze mode”.Evaporators 102 are warmed by routinghigh pressure vapor 136 that is at a higher temperature than ice that is formed onevaporator plates 6 through theevaporator serpentine 112 to melt ice and allow gravity to pull an ice slab offevaporator plates 6 when the machine is in “harvest mode”. The use ofmultiple evaporators 102 in these conventional machines is strictly to add more evaporator surface area than could be fit in the given machine size with only one large evaporator. All theevaporators 102 in the system are synchronized in their freezing modes and harvesting modes so thatevaporators - The synchronized nature of all
evaporators 102 in a conventional multi-evaporator machine used inrefrigerant system 100 results in a maximum heat load condition from allevaporators 102 happening at the same time, as well as a minimum heat load condition from allevaporators 102 happening at the same time. This leads to large variations in operating conditions forcompressor 114, from very high discharge pressure early in the “freeze mode” to very low suction pressure late in the “freeze mode.” These times of high discharge pressure or low suction pressure result in the compressor running at less efficient points than the average load condition due to reduced refrigerant throughput. - Accordingly, it has been determined by the present disclosure, there is a need for spreading out the refrigeration load of a refrigeration system throughout the freeze mode (load leveling) to best utilize cooling capacity of the refrigerant system and to maximize its efficiency.
- A refrigerant system is provided that includes a condenser and a plurality of evaporators each connected to the condenser. Each of the plurality of evaporators receives fluid from the condenser in a harvest mode, and at least two of the plurality of evaporators are in a harvest mode at different times.
- The above-described and other advantages and features of the present disclosure will be appreciated and understood by those skilled in the art from the following detailed description, drawings, and appended claims.
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FIG. 1A provides an illustration of a conventional automatic ice making machine. -
FIGS. 2 and 3 provide line diagrams and drawings for an embodiment of a water/ice system of the conventional ice machine ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an ice making machine with components removed which can be adapted to have evaporator plates of the conventional ice machine ofFIG. 1 . -
FIG. 5 provides a line diagram describing an embodiment for the coolant/refrigerant system of the conventional ice machine ofFIG. 1 having four evaporators. -
FIG. 6 provides a line diagram describing the embodiment for the coolant/refrigerant system of the conventional ice machine ofFIG. 5 in a freeze mode. -
FIG. 7 provides a line diagram describing the embodiment for the coolant/refrigerant system of the conventional ice machine ofFIG. 5 in a harvest mode. -
FIG. 8 provides a line diagram describing a refrigerant system of the present disclosure having four evaporators with a first evaporator, a second evaporator, and a third evaporator in freeze mode and a fourth evaporator in harvest mode. -
FIG. 9 provides a line diagram describing the refrigerant system ofFIG. 8 having the first evaporator in harvest mode and the second evaporator, the third evaporator and the fourth evaporator in freeze mode. -
FIG. 10 provides a line diagram describing the refrigerant system ofFIG. 8 having the second evaporator in harvest mode and the first evaporator, the third evaporator and the fourth evaporator in freeze mode. -
FIG. 11 provides a line diagram describing the refrigerant system ofFIG. 8 having the third evaporator in harvest mode and the first evaporator, the second evaporator and the fourth evaporator in freeze mode. -
FIG. 12 provides a line diagram describing the refrigerant system ofFIG. 8 having the fourth evaporator in harvest mode and the first evaporator, the second evaporator and the third evaporator in freeze mode. -
FIG. 13 provides a process flowchart diagram describing a method for controlling the refrigerant system ofFIG. 8 . - Referring to the drawings and in particular to
FIG. 8 , an exemplary embodiment of a refrigerant system of the present disclosure is generally referred to by 200.Refrigerant system 200 has acompressor 201 connected tocondenser 202.Condenser 202 is connected to a plurality ofevaporators 205.FIG. 8 has four evaporators:first evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c andfourth evaporator 205 d. Additional orfewer evaporators 205 may be included inrefrigerant system 200, however, at least twoevaporators 205 are used. Between the connection ofcondenser 202 and each ofevaporators 205 is aliquid line valve 204. Each ofevaporators 205 is connected tocompressor 201. Between the connection ofcompressor 201 and each ofevaporators 205 is asuction line valve 209. Between each ofevaporators 205 are acheck valve 206, which is allows flow of fluid only in a single direction, and anexpansion valve 208. Anexpansion valve header 207 is a conduit that connects each ofcheck valves 206 andexpansion valves 208 to one another. Aliquid line header 203 is a conduit that connects each ofliquid line valves 204 to one another. Asuction line header 210 is a conduit that connects each ofsuction line valves 209 to one another. One or more conduits may connectcompressor 201condenser 202,liquid line header 203,liquid line valves 204,evaporators 205,check valves 206,expansion valve header 207,expansion valves 208,suction line valves 209 andsuction line header 210 to one another to circulate refrigerant therein. Refrigerant may include R404A, R410A, R32, or the like.Refrigerant system 200 hasliquid line valves 204 offirst evaporator 205 a, asecond evaporator 205 b, and athird evaporator 205 c in a closed position andsuction line valves 209 offirst evaporator 205 a, asecond evaporator 205 b, and athird evaporator 205 c in an open position so thatfirst evaporator 205 a, asecond evaporator 205 b, and athird evaporator 205 c are in a freeze mode.Refrigerant system 200 hasliquid line valve 204 offourth evaporator 205 d in an open position andsuction line valve 209 offourth evaporator 205 d in a closed position so thatfourth evaporator 205 d is in a harvest mode. - Referring to
FIG. 9 ,suction line valve 209 offirst evaporator 205 a is in a closed position blocking refrigerant from flowing fromfirst evaporator 205 a tocompressor 201.Liquid line valve 204 offirst evaporator 205 a is in an open position allowing refrigerant to flow fromcondenser 202 tofirst evaporator 205 a.Suction line valves 209 ofsecond evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d are in an opened position allowing refrigerant to flow tocompressor 201 from each ofsecond evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d.Liquid line valves 204 ofsecond evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d are in a closed position blocking refrigerant from flowing fromcondenser 202 to each ofsecond evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d. - In operation, low pressure
refrigerant vapor 234 is compressed incompressor 201 to form high pressurerefrigerant vapor 236. High pressurerefrigerant vapor 236 flows fromcompressor 201 throughcondenser 202 to reject heat, condensing high pressurerefrigerant vapor 236 to formhigh pressure liquid 238.High pressure liquid 238 is routed fromcondenser 202 throughliquid line header 203.High pressure liquid 238 travels through openliquid line valve 204 forfirst evaporator 205 a that is in a harvest mode.High pressure liquid 238 travels throughfirst evaporator 205 a that is in harvest mode.High pressure liquid 238 travels throughcheck valve 206 forfirst evaporator 205 a in the harvest mode.High pressure liquid 238 is routed throughexpansion valve header 207, splitting into separate streams for each ofsecond evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d that are each in a freeze mode.High pressure liquid 238 travels throughexpansion valves 208 for each ofsecond evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d forminglow pressure liquid 232 in the freeze mode.Low pressure liquid 232 travels throughsecond evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d that are in freeze mode, evaporating refrigerant fromlow pressure liquid 232 forminglow pressure vapor 234.Low pressure vapor 234 streams travel throughsuction line valves 209.Low pressure vapor 234 streams combine insuction line header 210.Low pressure vapor 234 returns tocompressor 201. This cycle of refrigerant transforming fromlow pressure vapor 234 to high pressurerefrigerant vapor 236 tohigh pressure liquid 238 tolow pressure liquid 232 and back tolow pressure vapor 234 inrefrigerant system 200 repeats until the harvest mode offirst evaporator 205 a and the freeze mode ofsecond evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, and/orfourth evaporator 205 d are completed. Freeze and harvest times may be determined by monitoring water level in the water sump, for example,sump 3, monitoring suction pressure or temperature, or based on a time value or array of time values of the harvest cycle versus ambient temperatures. - Each of
second evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d are cooled bylow pressure liquid 232 while water is circulated over evaporator plates, e.g.,evaporator plates 6 ofFIG. 4 , that are in thermal contact with one ofsecond evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d to freeze ice in the freeze mode.First evaporator 205 a is warmed by routinghigh pressure liquid 238 that is at a higher temperature than ice that is formed on an evaporator plate, e.g., one ofevaporator plates 6 ofFIG. 4 , to melt ice and allow gravity to pull an ice slab offevaporator plate 6 when in the harvest mode. -
First evaporator 205 a has a liquid line heat harvest for the harvest mode that is accomplished by routing refrigerant from an outlet ofcondenser 202 throughfirst evaporator 205 a while the remainingsecond evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d are in the freeze mode. Afterhigh pressure liquid 238 exitsfirst evaporator 205 a that is in harvest mode, a flow ofhigh pressure liquid 238 is split and routed toexpansion devices 208 for each of the remainingsecond evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d that are in the freeze mode. -
Refrigerant system 200 has acontroller 214.Controller 214 has aprocessor 216 and amemory 218.Memory 218 stores a program for operation ofrefrigerant system 200 that is executed byprocessor 216. After a certain amount of time,refrigerant system 200 proceeds to harvestsecond evaporator 205 b and returnsfirst evaporator 205 previously in the harvest mode into a freeze mode.Controller 214 is connected toliquid line valves 204 andsuction line valves 209.Memory 218 stores the program for operation ofrefrigerant system 200 that is executed byprocessor 216 so thatcontroller 214 can open and close each ofliquid line valves 204 andsuction line valves 209. - Referring to
FIG. 10 ,suction line valve 209 offirst evaporator 205 a is moved to an open position allowing refrigerant to flow fromfirst evaporator 205 a tocompressor 201.Liquid line valve 204 offirst evaporator 205 a is moved to a closed position blocking refrigerant to flow fromcondenser 202 tofirst evaporator 205 a.Suction line valves 209 ofthird evaporator 205 c andfourth evaporator 205 d are maintained in the opened position allowing refrigerant to flow tocompressor 201 from each ofthird evaporator 205 c andfourth evaporator 205 d.Liquid line valves 204 ofthird evaporator 205 c andfourth evaporator 205 d are maintained in a closed position blocking refrigerant from flowing fromcondenser 202 to each ofthird evaporator 205 c andfourth evaporator 205 d.Suction line valve 209 ofsecond evaporator 205 b is moved to a closed position blocking refrigerant from flowing fromsecond evaporator 205 b tocompressor 201.Liquid line valve 204 ofsecond evaporator 205 b is moved to an open position allowing refrigerant to flow fromcondenser 202 tosecond evaporator 205 b. - In operation, low pressure
refrigerant vapor 234 is compressed incompressor 201 to form high pressurerefrigerant vapor 236. High pressurerefrigerant vapor 236 flows fromcompressor 201 throughcondenser 202 to reject heat, condensing high pressurerefrigerant vapor 236 to formhigh pressure liquid 238.High pressure liquid 238 is routed fromcondenser 202 throughliquid line header 203.High pressure liquid 238 travels through openliquid line valve 204 forsecond evaporator 205 b that is in a harvest mode.High pressure liquid 238 travels throughsecond evaporator 205 b that is in harvest mode.High pressure liquid 238 travels throughcheck valve 206 forsecond evaporator 205 b in the harvest mode.High pressure liquid 238 is routed throughexpansion valve header 207, splitting into separate streams for each offirst evaporator 205 a,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d that are each in a freeze mode.High pressure liquid 238 travels throughexpansion valves 208 for each offirst evaporator 205 a,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d forminglow pressure liquid 232 in the freeze mode.Low pressure liquid 232 travels throughfirst evaporator 205 a,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d that are in freeze mode, evaporating refrigerant fromlow pressure liquid 232 forminglow pressure vapor 234.Low pressure vapor 234 streams travel throughsuction line valves 209 offirst evaporator 205 a,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d.Low pressure vapor 234 streams combine insuction line header 210.Low pressure vapor 234 returns tocompressor 201. This cycle of refrigerant transforming fromlow pressure vapor 234 to high pressurerefrigerant vapor 236 tohigh pressure liquid 238 tolow pressure liquid 232 and back tolow pressure vapor 234 inrefrigerant system 200 repeats until the harvest mode ofsecond evaporator 205 b and the freeze mode offirst evaporator 205 a,third evaporator 205 c, and/orfourth evaporator 205 d are completed. - Referring to
FIG. 11 , when the harvest mode ofsecond evaporator 205 b and the freeze mode ofthird evaporator 205 c are completed,suction line valve 209 ofsecond evaporator 205 b is moved to the open position allowing refrigerant to flow fromsecond evaporator 205 b tocompressor 201.Liquid line valve 204 ofsecond evaporator 205 b is moved to the closed position blocking refrigerant to flow fromcondenser 202 tosecond evaporator 205 b.Suction line valves 209 offirst evaporator 205 a andfourth evaporator 205 d are maintained in the opened position allowing refrigerant to flow tocompressor 201 from each offirst evaporator 205 a andfourth evaporator 205 d.Liquid line valves 204 offirst evaporator 205 a andfourth evaporator 205 d are maintained in a closed position blocking refrigerant from flowing fromcondenser 202 to each offirst evaporator 205 a andfourth evaporator 205 d.Suction line valve 209 ofthird evaporator 205 c is moved to a closed position blocking refrigerant from flowing fromthird evaporator 205 c tocompressor 201.Liquid line valve 204 ofthird evaporator 205 c is moved to an open position allowing refrigerant to flow fromcondenser 202 tothird evaporator 205 c. - In operation, low pressure
refrigerant vapor 234 is compressed incompressor 201 to form high pressurerefrigerant vapor 236. High pressurerefrigerant vapor 236 flows fromcompressor 201 throughcondenser 202 to reject heat, condensing high pressurerefrigerant vapor 236 to formhigh pressure liquid 238.High pressure liquid 238 is routed fromcondenser 202 throughliquid line header 203.High pressure liquid 238 travels through openliquid line valve 204 forthird evaporator 205 c that is in a harvest mode.High pressure liquid 238 travels throughthird evaporator 205 c that is in harvest mode.High pressure liquid 238 travels throughcheck valve 206 forthird evaporator 205 c in the harvest mode.High pressure liquid 238 is routed throughexpansion valve header 207, splitting into separate streams for each offirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, andfourth evaporator 205 d that are each in a freeze mode.High pressure liquid 238 travels throughexpansion valves 208 for each offirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, andfourth evaporator 205 d forminglow pressure liquid 232 in the freeze mode.Low pressure liquid 232 travels throughfirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, andfourth evaporator 205 d that are in freeze mode, evaporating refrigerant fromlow pressure liquid 232 forminglow pressure vapor 234.Low pressure vapor 234 streams travel throughsuction line valves 209 offirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, andfourth evaporator 205 d.Low pressure vapor 234 streams combine insuction line header 210.Low pressure vapor 234 returns tocompressor 201. This cycle of refrigerant transforming fromlow pressure vapor 234 to high pressurerefrigerant vapor 236 tohigh pressure liquid 238 tolow pressure liquid 232 and back tolow pressure vapor 234 inrefrigerant system 200 repeats until the harvest mode ofthird evaporator 205 c and the freeze mode offirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, and/orfourth evaporator 205 d are completed. - Referring to
FIG. 12 , when the harvest mode ofthird evaporator 205 c and the freeze mode offourth evaporator 205 d are completed,suction line valve 209 ofthird evaporator 205 c is moved to the open position allowing refrigerant to flow fromthird evaporator 205 c tocompressor 201.Liquid line valve 204 ofthird evaporator 205 c is moved to the closed position blocking refrigerant to flow fromcondenser 202 tothird evaporator 205 c.Suction line valves 209 offirst evaporator 205 a andsecond evaporator 205 b are maintained in the opened position allowing refrigerant to flow tocompressor 201 from each offirst evaporator 205 a andsecond evaporator 205 b.Liquid line valves 204first evaporator 205 a andsecond evaporator 205 b are maintained in a closed position blocking refrigerant from flowing fromcondenser 202 to each offirst evaporator 205 a andsecond evaporator 205 b.Suction line valve 209 offourth evaporator 205 d is moved to a closed position blocking refrigerant from flowing fromfourth evaporator 205 d tocompressor 201.Liquid line valve 204 offourth evaporator 205 d is moved to an open position allowing refrigerant to flow fromcondenser 202 tofourth evaporator 205 d. - In operation, low pressure
refrigerant vapor 234 is compressed incompressor 201 to form high pressurerefrigerant vapor 236. High pressurerefrigerant vapor 236 flows fromcompressor 201 throughcondenser 202 to reject heat, condensing high pressurerefrigerant vapor 236 to formhigh pressure liquid 238.High pressure liquid 238 is routed fromcondenser 202 throughliquid line header 203.High pressure liquid 238 travels through openliquid line valve 204 forfourth evaporator 205 d that is in a harvest mode.High pressure liquid 238 travels throughfourth evaporator 205 d that is in harvest mode.High pressure liquid 238 travels throughcheck valve 206 forfourth evaporator 205 d in the harvest mode.High pressure liquid 238 is routed throughexpansion valve header 207, splitting into separate streams for each offirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, andthird evaporator 205 c that are each in a freeze mode.High pressure liquid 238 travels throughexpansion valves 208 for each offirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, andthird evaporator 205 c forminglow pressure liquid 232 in the freeze mode.Low pressure liquid 232 travels throughfirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, andthird evaporator 205 c that are in freeze mode, evaporating refrigerant fromlow pressure liquid 232 forminglow pressure vapor 234.Low pressure vapor 234 streams travel throughsuction line valves 209 offirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, andthird evaporator 205 c,Low pressure vapor 234 streams combine insuction line header 210.Low pressure vapor 234 returns tocompressor 201. This cycle of refrigerant transforming fromlow pressure vapor 234 to high pressurerefrigerant vapor 236 tohigh pressure liquid 238 tolow pressure liquid 232 and back tolow pressure vapor 234 inrefrigerant system 200 repeats until the harvest mode offourth evaporator 205 d and the freeze mode offirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, and/orthird evaporator 205 c are completed. -
Refrigerant system 200 has a liquid line heat harvest that is accomplished by routing refrigerant from an outlet ofcondenser 202 through at least one offirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, and/orfourth evaporator 205 d while the remaining evaporators offirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, and/orfourth evaporator 205 d are in freeze mode. Afterhigh pressure liquid 238 exits the evaporator currently in harvest mode, a flow ofhigh pressure liquid 238 is split and routed toexpansion devices 208 for the remainingfirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, and/orfourth evaporator 205 d that are in freeze mode. After a certain amount of time,refrigerant system 200 proceeds to harvest another offirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, and/orfourth evaporator 205 d and returns the evaporator previously in harvest mode back into freeze mode. -
Refrigerant system 200 has at least one offirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d in harvest mode while the remainingevaporators 205 offirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b,third evaporator 205 c, andfourth evaporator 205 d are in freeze mode at all times. More than oneevaporator 205 may be in harvest mode at a time. - Referring to
FIG. 13 , amethod 300 that can be used withrefrigeration system 200 is shown.Method 300 begins atstep 302 and proceeds to step 304. Step 304 determines if the refrigerant system in an ice making mode. If therefrigerant system 200 is not in an ice making mode, thenmethod 300 repeatsstep 302. If therefrigerant system 200 is in an ice making mode where ice is made, for example, in anice making machine 30 shown inFIG. 4 , then evaporators are identified by numbers where n equals the number of evaporators in the refrigerant system, for example,first evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, third evaporator, 205 c andfourth evaporator 205 d so that n equal four.Method 300 proceeds fromstep 306 to step 308 whereliquid line valve 204 of evaporator n, for example,fourth evaporator 205 d, and suction line valves of the remaining evaporators, for example,first evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, andthird evaporator 205 c, are maintained or opened to an open position, and suction line valve of evaporator n, for example,fourth evaporator 205 d, and liquid line valves of the remaining evaporators, for example,first evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, andthird evaporator 205 c, are closed or maintained in a closed position so that evaporator n, for example,fourth evaporator 205 d, is in a harvest mode and the remaining evaporators, for example,first evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, andthird evaporator 205 c, are in freeze mode. -
Method 300 proceeds fromstep 308 to step 310 where it is determined if the harvest mode of evaporator n, for example,fourth evaporator 205 d, and the freeze mode of one of the remaining evaporators, for example,third evaporator 205 c, has ended. If the harvest cycle and freeze cycle have not ended, then step 310 is repeated. If the harvest cycle and freeze cycle have ended, thenmethod 200 proceeds to step 312. Instep 312 it is determined ifrefrigerant system 200 is in the ice making mode. Ifrefrigerant system 200 is not in the ice making mode, thenmethod 300 ends instep 320. Ifrefrigerant system 200 is in the ice making mode, thenmethod 300 proceeds to step 314 where the value of n is changed to n minus one, for example, n was four and will be changed to three.Method 300 then proceeds to step 316 where it is determined if n equals zero. If n does not equal zero, for example, n equals three, thenmethod 200 proceeds to step 308, andmethod 200 repeats steps 308-316, for example, withthird evaporator 205 c in harvest mode andfirst evaporator 205 a,second evaporator 205 b, andfourth evaporator 205 d in freeze mode. If n equals zero, thenmethod 200 proceeds fromstep 316 to step 318. Ifrefrigerant system 200 is not in the ice making mode, thenmethod 300 ends instep 320. Ifrefrigerant system 200 is in the ice making mode, then method proceeds to step 306, and steps 306-316 are repeated. -
Controller 214 may be coupled to a network, e.g., the Internet.Controller 214 may include a user interface,processor 216, andmemory 218. Althoughcontroller 214 is represented herein as a standalone device, it is not limited to such, but instead can be coupled to other devices (not shown) via the network.Processor 216 can be configured of logic circuitry that responds to and executes instructions. -
Memory 218 stores data and instructions for controlling the operation ofprocessor 216.Memory 218 may be implemented in a random access memory (RAM), a hard drive, a read only memory (ROM), or a combination thereof. One component ofmemory 218 is aprogram module 220. -
Program module 220 contains instructions for controllingprocessor 216 to execute the methods described herein. For example, as a result of execution ofprogram module 220,processor 216 executesmethod 300. The term “module” is used herein to denote a functional operation that may be embodied either as a stand-alone component or as an integrated configuration of a plurality of sub-ordinate components. Thus,program module 220 may be implemented as a single module or as a plurality of modules that operate in cooperation with one another. Moreover, althoughprogram module 220 is described herein as being installed inmemory 218, and therefore being implemented in software, it could be implemented in any of hardware (e.g., electronic circuitry), firmware, software, or a combination thereof. - The user interface includes an input device, such as a keyboard or speech recognition subsystem, for enabling a user to communicate information and command selections to
processor 216. The user interface also includes an output device such as a display or a printer. A cursor control such as a mouse, track-ball, or joy stick, allows the user to manipulate a cursor on the display for communicating additional information and command selections toprocessor 216. The user interface may be provided so that the number ofevaporators 205 included inrefrigerant system 200 may be changed. - This present invention accomplishes the goal of refrigeration load leveling in a multi-evaporator systems by removing the evaporator synchronization that exists in conventional multiple evaporator batch-style ice making machines. Instead,
refrigerant system 200sequences evaporators 205 so their maximum and minimum refrigerant loads do not happen at the same time. To do this, the nature of the harvest mode has been changed from the conventional hot gas bypass harvest to a liquid line heat harvest. This change in harvest mechanism allows the system to have one ormore evaporators 205 in harvest mode while the remaining evaporator(s) are in freeze mode. This would not be desirable in systems using hot gas bypass harvest as the evaporator(s) in harvest mode would disrupt the suction pressure of the evaporator(s) in freeze mode. -
Refrigerant system 200 saves energy by sequencing the harvest and freeze modes ofevaporators 205 so thatevaporators 205 are not all in the harvest mode at once or all in the freeze mode at once. This avoids having a maximum heat load condition from allevaporators 205 happening at the same time, as well as a minimum heat load condition from allevaporators 205 happening at the same time to avoid large variations in operating conditions forcompressor 201, from very high discharge pressure early in the freeze mode to very low suction pressure late in the freeze mode, which result in the compressor running at less efficient points than the average load condition. By avoiding large variations in operating conditions forcompressor 201 energy is saved and larger or a greater number ofevaporators 205 may be used relative to a size ofcompressor 201 over the prior art. Moreover,refrigerant systems 200 are limited in size by space needed forcondenser 202 space which relates to a maximum load on a condenser so that avoid large variations in operating conditions also allows larger or a greater number ofevaporators 205 may be used relative to a size ofcondenser 202 over the prior art. Furthermore, avoiding large variations in operating conditions will also lead to a greater yield of the amount of ice made usingrefrigerant system 200. - It should also be noted that the terms “first”, “second”, “third”, “upper”, “lower”, and the like may be used herein to modify various elements. These modifiers do not imply a spatial, sequential, or hierarchical order to the modified elements unless specifically stated.
- While the present disclosure has been described with reference to one or more exemplary embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes may be made and equivalents may be substituted for elements thereof without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In addition, many modifications may be made to adapt a particular situation or material to the teachings of the disclosure without departing from the scope thereof. Therefore, it is intended that the present disclosure not be limited to the particular embodiment(s) disclosed as the best mode contemplated, but that the disclosure will include all embodiments falling within the scope of the appended claims.
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