US3555842A - Defrosting device for compression refrigerating machine - Google Patents

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US3555842A
US3555842A US804345*A US3555842DA US3555842A US 3555842 A US3555842 A US 3555842A US 3555842D A US3555842D A US 3555842DA US 3555842 A US3555842 A US 3555842A
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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
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  • the present invention relates to compression refrigerating machines. More particularly, it concerns refrigerators for household use.
  • a compression refrigerating machine essentially comprises the following components: a compressor, a condenser, a capillary tube or the like and an evaporator.
  • the evaporator comprises a cooler, a collector and a drier. These elements are successively connected in series so as to form a refrigerating circuit. In the latter, a refrigerant fluid is alternatively compressed and expanded to make refrigerating cycles each of which produces refrigerating zones.
  • the refrigerant fluid is compressed by the compressor and fed to the upper inlet of the condenser. In the latter, the refrigerant fluid is condensed. At the lower outlet of said condenser, the refrigerant fluid in liquid phase is fed through the capillary tube to the upper outlet of the evaporator cooler. In the latter, the refrigerant fluid in liquid phase is injected and at least partly vaporized to produce refrigerating zones. At the outlet of the cooler, the liquid phase portion of refrigerant fluid is collected in the collector. The gaseous phase portion of refrigerant fluid is conveyed through the collector and the drier, upon being sucked up by the compressor, so as to close the refrigerating cycle of the refrigerant fluid.
  • the compression refrigerating machines whose respective drive motors have a high starting torque, are equipped with electrical resistances in the vicinity of the evaporator, said resistances being designed for allowing an electrical current to pass therethrough so as to generate calories capable of defrosting the outer walls of the evaporator.
  • Such evaporator defrosting means substantially increase the production and operating costs of the refrigerating machine due to the expense of electrical energy used for defrosting, which latter is moreover relatively slow.
  • the refrigerating machines of the household-refrigerator-type having a drive motor with a low starting torque do not have any practical and efllcient defrosting means.
  • the present invention has for its object a new refrigerating machine having both simple and inexpensive defrosting means whatever its capacity, power and use.
  • This new refrigerating machine is of particular interest not only in view of its defrosting action but also in view of its operation during the refrigerating cycles, As a matter of fact, said machine allows the establishment of an equilibrium of refrigerating fluid pressures in the refrigerating circuit during the defrosting period. Consequently, the compressor motor is not subjected to any overloading at the moment of its restarting at the end of said defrosting period.
  • the refrigerating machine comprises a defrost line and a return line.
  • the defrost line connects the upper inlet of the condenser to the upper inlet of the evaporator cooler and is provided with a defrost valve which is closed during operation of the compressor but open during arrest thereof to admit refrigerant in gaseous phase into the cooler and to defrost in that way the outer walls of the evaporator.
  • the return line connects the evaporator collector with the lower part of the condenser and is provided with a return valve which is closed like the defrosting valve during operation of the compressor but open upon arrest of the latter, to provide for the return flow of the refrigerant fluid within the collector towards the condenser.
  • the defrosting line and the return line of this machine have a common part which has a greater inner section than the remaining parts and which is provided with a single valve serving both as a defrosting valve and as a return valve.
  • This single valve allows the simultaneous flow in different directions of refrigerant fluid in liquid phase and of refrigerant fiuid in gaseous phase,
  • the defrosting valve and the return valve, or the single defrosting-return valve, as well as the compressor driving means, may be actuated either manually or mechanically.
  • valves and driving means are preferably actuated simultaneously.
  • actuation of said valve as Well as the driving means of the compressor may be controlled by means of a manual contact or by means of device capable of sensing the thickness of ice formed on the outer walls of the evaporator, such as a thermostat, a pressostat or a thickness-testing device.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a first embodiment of a refrigerating machine according to this invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a similar schematic view of a second embodiment of such a machine.
  • the illustrated refrigerating machines are of the compression type and are perfectly suitable for household purposes.
  • Each refrigerating machine comprises main components which are connected in series so as to form a refrigerating circuit wherein a refrigerant fluid is alternatively. compressed and expanded according to refrigerating cycles during which determined amounts of refrigerants are respectively produced.
  • the refrigerant fluid in gaseous phase is compressed by a compressor 1 up to a normal pressure of 5.8 kg./cm.
  • This refrigerant fluid in gaseous phase is fed under pressure to the upper inlet of a condenser 2 and is forced to enter into and to circulate through the latter.
  • refrigerant fluid in gaseous phase is condensed in the condenser 2.
  • the refrigerant fluid in liquid phase produced in the sondenser 2 is fed from the lower outlet of the latter to the upper inlet of a cooler 3 of an evaporator, through a drier filter 4.
  • the conveyance of refrigerant fluid in liquid phase between the drier filter 4 and the cooler 3 is provided by a capillary tube 5 or by a similar tube having a. smaller inner section.
  • the inner section and the length of the capillary tube 5 are calculated and made to provide a desired pressure drop and to pass an amount of refrigerant fluid in liquid phase proportional to the capacity of the condenser 1.
  • the refrigerant fluid in liquid phase is injected under a pressure of 1.5 l g./cm. which corresponds to a saturation temperature of 20 C. and which is lower than the saturation pressure of 3.0 kg./cm. corresponding to the temperature of about C. within the useful volume of the refrigerating machine.
  • a pressure of 1.5 l g./cm. which corresponds to a saturation temperature of 20 C. and which is lower than the saturation pressure of 3.0 kg./cm. corresponding to the temperature of about C. within the useful volume of the refrigerating machine.
  • the minor part of refrigerant fluid which remains in liquid phase in the cooler 3 is collected in a collector 6 of the evaporator. Said collector 6 is located below the cooler 3 in the selected examples.
  • the major part of refrigerant fluid in gaseous phase in the cooler 3 is sucked up by compressor 1 through collector 6, a drier 7 of the evaporator and a connecting tube 8.
  • the drier 7 preferably is in the form of a coil.
  • Fine particles of refrigerant fluid in liquid phase are drawn with the gaseous phase of refrigerant fluid through the collector 6 and through the drier 7 wherein they are completely vaporized by the calories from the useful volume contents of the refrigerating machine. Consequently, the compressor 1 sucks up only superheated refrigerant fluid in the gaseous phase.
  • the refrigerant fluid in gaseous phase sucked up by the compressor 1 is thus recycled.
  • the connecting tube 8 is placed against the capillary tube so as to be in contact therewith substantially throughout its entire length. In this way, a heat exchange is obtained between these tubes which tends to equalize therein the temperature of the refrigerant fluid.
  • the inventive concept concerns a new particularly simple, rapid and efficient, defrosting means.
  • Said inventive concept is essentially based on the fact that into the cooler 3 of the evaporator, and preferably to its upper inlet, a gaseous phase of refrigerant fluid is admitted from the condenser 2 while a liquid phase of refrigerant fluid is extracted from the collector 6 of said evaporator and returned to the condenser 2, preferably at a lower inlet of the latter, provided for this purpose.
  • said defrosting means essentially comprise a defrosting line 9 and a return line 10.
  • the defrosting line 9 connects the upper inlet of the condenser 2 to the upper inlet of the cooler 3 of the evaporator. Said defrosting line 9 is provided with a defrosting valve 11 which, when open, allows the passage of refrigerant fluid in gaseous phase from condenser 2 to cooler 3.
  • the return line 10 connects in its turn a lower outlet of the collector 6 to a lower inlet of the condenser 2.
  • Said return line 10 is provided with a. return valve 12 which, when open, allows the transfer by gravity of liquid phase the refrigerant fluid from collector 6 to condenser 2.
  • the refrigerant fluids transformed in this way into the gaseous phase continues its travel through the upper part of the condenser 2 where it is superheated and passes thereafter, through the defrosting tube 9 and the defrosting valve 11 up to the cooler 3 of the evaporator.
  • the cycle goes on without being interrupted until the ice is removed from the outer walls of the evaporator. Then, the refrigerant fluid pressure increases in the refrigerating circuit because condensation thereof in the cooler 3, the collector 6 and the drier 7 takes place at a higher temperature than the temperature corresponding to the melting point of the ice. Thus, at a determined temperature and at a determined pressure, the defrosting valve 11 and the return valve 12 are closed and simultaneously the motor of the compressor starts again without any back-pressure and without being overloaded, accordingly with a low starting torque.
  • the drive member of the compressor 1 is stopped and respectively started again at the same time the defrosting valve 11 and the return valve 12 are open and respectively closed.
  • such a simultaneous drive of the driving means of the compressor 1, the defrosting valve 11 and the return valve 12, is effected by means of a pressostat 13, which is branched in said connecting line 8 and operates according to the thickness of the layer of ice on the outer walls of the evaporator.
  • said defrosting means also comprise a defrosting line 9 and a return line 10.
  • the defrosting line 9 and the return line 10 have a common part 14 which has a greater section than the remaining parts and thus simultaneously allows the circulation of the refrigerant fluid in gaseous phase from the condenser 2 to the cooler 3 and the flow of refrigerant fluid in liquid phase from the collector 6 to the condenser 2.
  • a single valve 15 is provided both as a defrosting and a return valve.
  • the driving means of the compressor 1 also is stopped and respectively started again at the same time the single defrosting and return valve 15 is open and respectively closed.
  • Such a control of said drive means of the compressor 1 and said single valve 15 is effected by means of a thermostat 16 which is branched in the upper part of the cooler 3 of the evaporator and also functions depending on the thickness of the ice layer formed on the outer walls of the evaporator.
  • the actuation of the device means of the compressor 1 and the control of the valves 11 and 12 or the single valve 15 are elfected mechanically under the automatic control of a device sensing the thickness of the ice formed on the walls of the evaporator.
  • said device is either the pressostat 13 or the thermostat 16.
  • said device may be different and comprise among others a thickness-sensing device.
  • the drive means of the compressor 1 and the drive means of the valves 11 and 12 or the single valve 15 may be controlled mechanically -by a manual contact.
  • the opening and closing of the valves 11 and 12 or the single valve 15 may be effected manually as well as the engagement of the drive means of the compressor 1.
  • Defrosting apparatus comprising a compressor for compressing a refrigerant fluid in gaseous phase supplied thereto, a condenser connected to the outlet of said compressor for condensing the refrigerant fluid in gaseous phase supplied from said compressor, an evaporator connected to the outlet of said condenser for evaporating condensed refrigerating fluid in liquid phase supplied from said condenser, said evaporator having a vapor outlet and a liquid outlet, the vapor outlet of said evaporator being connected to the inlet of said compressor, defrosting piping connected to the inlet and liquid outlet of said evaporator and to the inlet and outlet of said condenser, valve means connected in said defrosting piping for determining refrigerant fluid flow in said defrosting piping, detector means connected to said evaporator for detecting the formation of frost on said evaporator, and means operatively conecting said detector means to said valve means and said compressor when said detector means detects frost on said evaporator
  • said defrosting piping includes a first line connecting the inlet of said condenser to the inlet of said evaporator, and a second line connecting the liquid outlet of said evaporator to the outlet of said condenser, the outlet and inlet of said condenser being constituted respectively as the inlet and outlet thereof during the defrosting cycle, said first and second lines each including a respective valve constituting said valve means.
  • said defrosting piping comprises a common line including branch lines connected respectively to the inlet and liquid outlet of said evaporator and to the inlet and outlet of said condenser, said common line including a valve constituting said valve means.
  • said detector means includes means for detecting the thickness of frost forming on said evaporator.
  • said evaporator includes a collector having two outlets constituting respectively said vapor outlet and said liquid outlet.
  • Apparatus as claimed in claim 8 including a drier interposed between said vapor outlet of said collector and said inlet of said compressor.
  • Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 including a further drier interposed between said outlet of said condenser and said inlet of said evaporator.

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US4346565A (en) * 1981-06-04 1982-08-31 General Electric Company Gravity defrost
US4346566A (en) * 1981-06-04 1982-08-31 General Electric Company Refrigeration system gravity defrost
US4718245A (en) * 1986-05-06 1988-01-12 Steenburgh Leon R Jr Refrigeration system with bypass valves
US4815298A (en) * 1986-05-06 1989-03-28 Steenburgh Jr Leon C Van Refrigeration system with bypass valves
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US4285210A (en) * 1980-04-28 1981-08-25 General Electric Company Self-contained heating and cooling apparatus
US4346565A (en) * 1981-06-04 1982-08-31 General Electric Company Gravity defrost
US4346566A (en) * 1981-06-04 1982-08-31 General Electric Company Refrigeration system gravity defrost
US4718245A (en) * 1986-05-06 1988-01-12 Steenburgh Leon R Jr Refrigeration system with bypass valves
US4815298A (en) * 1986-05-06 1989-03-28 Steenburgh Jr Leon C Van Refrigeration system with bypass valves
US5065584A (en) * 1990-07-30 1991-11-19 U-Line Corporation Hot gas bypass defrosting system

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