WO2016125697A1 - 統合弁およびヒートポンプサイクル - Google Patents
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- This disclosure relates to integrated valves and heat pump cycles.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a heat pump cycle that switches from a normal cycle to a gas injection cycle during heating operation in order to improve COP (Coefficient Of Performance) that is a coefficient of performance of the cycle during heating operation.
- the normal cycle is a one-stage compression cycle
- the gas injection cycle is a two-stage compression cycle.
- the first and second decompression units that decompress the refrigerant flowing out of the radiator, and the gas-liquid separation that separates the gas-liquid of the intermediate pressure refrigerant decompressed by the first decompression unit.
- an evaporator for evaporating the refrigerant decompressed by the first decompression unit.
- an on-off valve that opens and closes the refrigerant passage is provided in an intermediate pressure refrigerant passage that guides the gas-phase refrigerant separated by the gas-liquid separator to the intermediate pressure port of the compressor.
- the second decompression unit when the heat pump cycle is caused to function as a normal cycle, the second decompression unit is set to a fully open state that does not exhibit a decompression action.
- both the first and second decompression units are set to a throttled state that exerts a decompression action in order to decompress the refrigerant flowing out of the radiator in two stages.
- the on-off valve that opens and closes the intermediate-pressure refrigerant passage is configured by a differential pressure valve.
- This differential pressure valve opens the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage when the differential pressure before and after the second pressure reducing unit becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined differential pressure. This simplifies the cycle configuration of the heat pump cycle.
- Patent Document 2 discloses an example in which a compressor is configured as a scroll compressor in a heat pump cycle that functions as a gas injection cycle. Specifically, in Patent Document 2, an intermediate pressure port is formed in an end plate portion of a fixed scroll, and the intermediate pressure port is periodically opened and closed by a tooth tip that contacts the end plate portion of the fixed scroll in the movable scroll. Thus, the intermediate pressure refrigerant is combined with the refrigerant in the compression process.
- JP 2012-181005 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 09-105386
- the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage may not be evacuated in the evacuation step.
- the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage may not be filled in the filling step.
- And (2) were intensively studied, and the cause of each defect (1) and (2) was clarified.
- the present disclosure ensures that the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage is evacuated and the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage is charged in the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage in the evacuation step in the heat pump cycle that can be switched between the gas injection cycle and the normal cycle.
- the purpose is to enable implementation.
- the integrated valve has an intermediate pressure via a decompression chamber for decompressing the refrigerant discharged from the compressor, an intermediate pressure refrigerant passage, and a check valve.
- a body formed with an on-off valve chamber for opening and closing a flow path of the refrigerant to be merged with the port, a first valve body disposed in the decompression chamber and constituting a decompression valve for decompressing the refrigerant discharged from the compressor;
- a second valve body that is disposed in the on-off valve chamber and that constitutes an on-off valve for adjusting the flow rate of the refrigerant to be merged with the intermediate pressure port, and the on-off valve is fully opened when the pressure reducing valve is in a throttled state.
- the connecting member that connects the first valve body and the second valve body so that when the pressure reducing valve is open, the on-off valve is also open, and when the pressure reducing valve is fully open, the open / close valve is closed.
- a drive unit for driving the connecting member is also provided.
- the connecting member is driven by the drive unit, and the opening / closing valve can be opened when the pressure reducing valve is open.
- the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage can be evacuated reliably.
- the connecting member is driven by the drive unit so that the open / close valve can be opened when the pressure reducing valve is in the open state. Therefore, the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage is provided via the pressure reducing valve and the open / close valve. It is also possible to reliably perform the charging of the refrigerant.
- the heat pump cycle compresses the refrigerant discharged from the suction port and discharges it from the discharge port, and compresses it by flowing in the intermediate pressure refrigerant in the cycle.
- a compressor having an intermediate pressure port for joining the refrigerant in the process, a check valve for preventing the refrigerant joined to the intermediate pressure port from flowing backward, and an integrated valve for reducing the pressure of the refrigerant discharged from the discharge port;
- a gas-liquid separation unit that separates the gas-liquid of the refrigerant decompressed by the valve; and an intermediate-pressure refrigerant passage that guides the gas-phase refrigerant separated by the gas-liquid separation unit to the intermediate pressure port.
- a decompression chamber for decompressing the refrigerant discharged from the machine, and a body formed with an on-off valve chamber for opening and closing a flow path of the refrigerant to be merged with the intermediate pressure port via the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage and the check valve; Placed in the decompression chamber A first valve body that constitutes a pressure reducing valve that depressurizes the refrigerant discharged from the compressor, and a second valve that is arranged in the on-off valve chamber and that opens and closes a refrigerant flow path that merges with the intermediate pressure port.
- valve is fully open when the pressure reducing valve is in the throttle state, the valve is also open when the pressure reducing valve is open, and the valve is open when the pressure reducing valve is fully open.
- a connecting member that connects the first valve body and the second valve body so as to be in a closed state, and a drive unit that drives the connecting member.
- the connecting member is driven by the drive unit, and the opening / closing valve can be opened when the pressure reducing valve is open.
- the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage can be evacuated reliably.
- the connecting member is driven by the drive unit so that the open / close valve can be opened when the pressure reducing valve is open. Therefore, the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage is provided via the pressure reducing valve and the open / close valve. It is also possible to reliably charge the refrigerant into the.
- the heat pump cycle 10 is applied to a vehicle air conditioner 1 for an electric vehicle that obtains a driving force for vehicle traveling from a traveling electric motor.
- the heat pump cycle 10 functions in the vehicle air conditioner 1 to cool or heat the indoor blown air by using the indoor blown air blown into the vehicle interior, which is the air conditioned space, as the heat exchange target fluid.
- the heat pump cycle 10 of the present embodiment is configured to be able to switch between the refrigerant circuit in the cooling operation mode shown in FIG. 1 for cooling the vehicle interior and the refrigerant circuit in the heating operation mode shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 for heating the vehicle interior. ing.
- the refrigerant circuit in the first heating mode shown in FIG. 2 is executed as the heating operation mode when the outside air temperature is extremely low (for example, 0 ° C. or less).
- the refrigerant circuit in the second heating mode shown in FIG. 3 in which normal heating is performed can be switched.
- the refrigerant circuit in the first heating mode shown in FIG. 2 constitutes a gas injection cycle (that is, a two-stage compression cycle), and the refrigerant circuit in the cooling operation mode and the refrigerant circuit in the second heating mode are in the normal cycle (that is, 1 stage compression cycle).
- the heat pump cycle 10 of the present embodiment is configured as a cycle that can be switched to a gas injection cycle (two-stage compression cycle) and a normal cycle (one-stage compression cycle) other than the gas injection cycle.
- the whole block diagram of FIG. 1 has shown the refrigerant circuit at the time of switching to cooling operation mode
- the whole block diagram of FIG. 2, FIG. 3 has shown the refrigerant circuit at the time of switching to heating operation mode. 1 to 3, the refrigerant flow in each operation mode is indicated by solid arrows.
- the heat pump cycle 10 employs an HFC-based refrigerant (for example, R134a) as a refrigerant, and constitutes a vapor compression subcritical refrigeration cycle in which the high-pressure side refrigerant pressure does not exceed the critical pressure of the refrigerant.
- HFC-based refrigerant for example, R134a
- coolants for example, R1234yf
- the refrigerant is mixed with refrigerating machine oil for lubricating the compressor 11, and a part of the refrigerating machine oil circulates in the cycle together with the refrigerant.
- the compressor 11 is disposed in the hood of the vehicle, and inhales, compresses and discharges the refrigerant in the heat pump cycle 10.
- the compressor 11 is configured by an electric compressor configured to house a compression mechanism that compresses the refrigerant in the compression chamber 11a and an electric motor that rotationally drives the compression mechanism inside a housing that forms the outer shell. .
- the housing of the compressor 11 is provided with a suction port 11b, a discharge port 11c, and an intermediate pressure port 11d.
- the suction port 11b sucks low-pressure refrigerant into the compression chamber 11a.
- the discharge port 11c discharges high-pressure refrigerant from the compression chamber 11a.
- the intermediate pressure port 11d guides the intermediate pressure refrigerant in the cycle to the compression chamber 11a and joins the refrigerant in the compression process.
- the compression mechanism periodically blocks the communication state between the intermediate pressure port 11d and the compression chamber 11a so that the intermediate pressure refrigerant is appropriately injected into the compression chamber 11a. It is configured.
- the compression mechanism of the compressor 11 for example, a scroll type compression mechanism similar to the conventional technique of Patent Document 2 can be employed.
- the intermediate pressure port 11d provided in the end plate portion of the fixed scroll (not shown) is periodically closed by the tooth tip of the movable scroll (not shown).
- the compression mechanism of the compressor 11 is not limited to the scroll compression mechanism as long as the communication state between the intermediate pressure port 11d and the compression chamber 11a is temporarily blocked, and the vane compression mechanism.
- Various types such as a rolling piston type compression mechanism can be adopted.
- the compressor 11 allows the refrigerant to flow into the compression chamber 11a from the later-described intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 15 side connected to the intermediate pressure port 11d, and the refrigerant from the compression chamber 11a to the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 15 side.
- the check valve 11e for prohibiting the inflow of is incorporated.
- the electric motor is one whose operation (number of rotations) is controlled by a control signal output from the air conditioning control device 40 described later, and any type of an AC motor and a DC motor may be adopted. And the refrigerant
- the compressor 11 has a configuration in which an intermediate pressure refrigerant is introduced from the intermediate pressure port 11d and merged with the refrigerant in the compression process, and the space between the intermediate pressure port 11d and the compression chamber 11a is temporarily blocked by the compression mechanism. If so, a compressor having a plurality of compression mechanisms may be employed.
- the refrigerant inlet side of the indoor condenser 12 is connected to the discharge port 11 c of the compressor 11.
- the indoor condenser 12 is disposed in an air conditioning case 31 of an indoor air conditioning unit 30 to be described later, radiates high-pressure refrigerant discharged from the compressor 11, and heats indoor blown air that has passed through an indoor evaporator 23 to be described later. It is a radiator.
- An integrated valve 13 is provided between the indoor condenser 12 and a gas-liquid separator 14 described later.
- the integrated valve 13 is configured by integrating a high stage side expansion valve 13a and an intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b.
- the high stage side expansion valve 13a is a pressure reducing valve, and reduces the pressure of the high-pressure refrigerant flowing out of the indoor condenser 12 until it becomes an intermediate pressure refrigerant.
- the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13 b opens and closes the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 15 that guides the gas-phase refrigerant separated by the gas-liquid separator 14 to the intermediate pressure port 11 d of the compressor 11. Thereby, the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b can adjust the flow rate of the refrigerant joined to the intermediate pressure port 11d.
- the integrated valve 13 has a stepping motor capable of controlling the high stage side expansion valve 13a and the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b in conjunction with each other. The integrated valve 13 will be described in detail later.
- the gas-liquid separator 14 is a centrifugal gas-liquid separator that separates the gas-liquid refrigerant by the action of centrifugal force.
- a separation space 14a for separating the gas-liquid refrigerant is formed in the housing.
- the gas-liquid separator 14 includes a liquid-phase side outlet 14b through which the liquid-phase refrigerant separated in the separation space 14a flows out, and a gas-phase side through which the gas-phase refrigerant separated in the separation space 14a flows out.
- An outlet 14c is provided.
- the liquid-phase side outlet 14b of the gas-liquid separator 14 is connected to the inlet side of the middle-stage decompression unit that can decompress the liquid-phase refrigerant flowing out of the gas-liquid separator 14, and the outlet side of the middle-stage decompression unit is The refrigerant inlet side of the outdoor heat exchanger 20 is connected.
- the middle-stage decompression unit is configured to be able to be set to a throttle state in which the refrigerant flowing out from the liquid-phase side outlet 14b of the gas-liquid separator 14 is decompressed.
- the middle-stage decompression section of the present embodiment opens and closes a fixed throttle 17 that decompresses the refrigerant, a first bypass path 18 that bypasses the fixed throttle 17 and guides the refrigerant to the outdoor heat exchanger 20 side, and a first bypass path 18.
- a one-pass opening / closing valve 181 is configured.
- the first passage opening / closing valve 181 is an electromagnetic valve that opens and closes the first bypass passage 18, and its opening / closing operation is controlled by a control signal output from the air conditioning control device 40.
- the first passage opening / closing valve 181 functions to switch the refrigerant flow path of the cycle configuration by opening and closing the first bypass passage 18. Accordingly, the first passage opening / closing valve 181 of the present embodiment constitutes a refrigerant flow switching unit that switches the refrigerant flow of the refrigerant circulating in the cycle.
- the pressure loss that occurs when the refrigerant passes through the first passage opening and closing valve 181 is extremely small compared to the pressure loss that occurs when the refrigerant passes through the fixed throttle 17. Therefore, the refrigerant flowing out of the indoor condenser 12 flows into the outdoor heat exchanger 20 via the first bypass passage 18 when the first passage opening / closing valve 181 is open, and the first passage opening / closing valve 181 When it is closed, it flows into the outdoor heat exchanger 20 through the fixed throttle 17.
- the middle-stage decompression unit can be changed to a throttled state that exhibits a decompression action and a fully open state that does not exhibit a decompression action by opening and closing the first passage opening and closing valve 181.
- the middle-stage decompression unit of the present embodiment is set to a throttled state that exerts a decompression action when switched to a gas injection cycle, and the decompression action when switched to a normal cycle other than the gas injection cycle. Is set to the fully open state.
- a nozzle, an orifice or the like having a fixed throttle opening can be employed as the fixed throttle 17.
- fixed throttles such as nozzles and orifices
- the area of the throttle passage is suddenly reduced or expanded rapidly, so that the refrigerant passing through the fixed throttle is changed with the change in the pressure difference between the upstream side and the downstream side (that is, the differential pressure between the inlet and outlet).
- the flow rate and the dryness X of the fixed throttle upstream refrigerant can be self-adjusted and balanced.
- an intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 15 is connected to the gas phase side outlet 14 c of the gas-liquid separator 14 through an intermediate pressure on-off valve 13 b of the integrated valve 13.
- the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 15 is a refrigerant passage that guides the gas-phase refrigerant separated by the gas-liquid separator 14 to the intermediate pressure port 11 d of the compressor 11.
- the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 15 is provided with an intermediate pressure on-off valve 13 b that opens and closes the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 15. This intermediate pressure on-off valve 13 b is included in the integrated valve 13.
- FIGS. 4 to 6 indicate the up and down directions when the integrated valve 13 is mounted on the vehicle air conditioner 1.
- the integrated valve 13 includes a body 130, a stepping motor 28, a shaft 133, and the like.
- the body 130 is formed as a substantially hollow metal block body.
- the body 130 has a structure in which an upper first member 1301 and a lower second member 1302 are assembled.
- the body 130 is formed with a first refrigerant inlet 130 a through which the high-pressure refrigerant that has flowed out of the indoor condenser 12 flows.
- the body 130 is formed with a decompression chamber 136a for decompressing the refrigerant that has flowed from the first coolant inlet 130a.
- the body 130 is formed with a first refrigerant outlet 130b through which the refrigerant decompressed in the decompression chamber 136a flows out.
- the body 130 is formed with a second refrigerant inlet 130 c through which the gas-phase refrigerant flowing out from the gas-liquid separator 14 flows.
- the body 130 is formed with an opening / closing valve chamber 136b for opening and closing the flow path of the refrigerant flowing in from the second refrigerant inlet 130c.
- the body 130 is formed with a second refrigerant outlet 130d through which the refrigerant passing through the on-off valve chamber 136b flows out.
- the refrigerant flowing out from the first refrigerant outlet 130b flows into the gas-liquid separator 14, and the gas-phase refrigerant separated by the gas-liquid separator 14 flows into the second refrigerant inlet 130c. Yes.
- a valve seat 134a is provided on the surface of the decompression chamber 136a on the first refrigerant inlet 130a side.
- a valve seat 134b is provided on the surface of the on-off valve chamber 136b on the second refrigerant outlet 130d side.
- a guide member 135 is provided between the decompression chamber 136a and the on-off valve chamber 136b to support the shaft 133 so as to be movable in the vertical direction.
- the guide member 135 is configured using a metal member (for example, aluminum).
- Stepping motor 28 is a drive unit that drives shaft 133.
- the rotation shaft 28 a rotates by a certain angle according to the pulse signal input from the air conditioning control device 40.
- the shaft 133 is made of a metal member (for example, stainless steel) and has a cylindrical shape having a hollow portion. Screw grooves are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the shaft 133 and the outer peripheral surface of the rotating shaft 28a of the stepping motor 28, respectively. A rotating shaft 28 a of the stepping motor 28 is inserted into the hollow portion of the shaft 133. When the rotary shaft 28a of the stepping motor 28 rotates, the shaft 133 is screwed up or down in the vertical direction (that is, the axial direction of the shaft 133). Screwing means to advance while rotating. Retraction means retreating while rotating.
- a first valve body 133a and a second valve body 133b are formed on the outer peripheral surface of the shaft 133.
- the first valve body 133a is disposed in the decompression chamber 136a
- the second valve body 133b is disposed in the on-off valve chamber 136b.
- the shaft 133 is a connecting member that connects the first valve body 133a disposed in the decompression chamber 136a and the second valve body 133b disposed in the on-off valve chamber 136b.
- the first valve body 133a and the valve seat 134a constitute the high stage side expansion valve 13a shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, and the second valve body 133b and the valve seat 134b are shown in FIGS.
- the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b shown is constituted.
- the first valve body 133a comes in contact with the valve seat 134a disposed in the decompression chamber 136a according to the vertical movement of the shaft 133.
- the high stage side expansion valve 13a is opened, and the high stage side expansion valve 13a does not exert a pressure reducing action.
- the high stage side expansion valve 13a Exhibits a pressure reducing action for reducing the pressure of the refrigerant flowing out of the indoor condenser 12 until it becomes at least an intermediate pressure refrigerant.
- the second valve body 133b is separated from and in contact with the valve seat 134b disposed in the on-off valve chamber 136b in accordance with the vertical movement of the shaft 133, and the flow between the on-off valve chamber 136b and the second refrigerant outlet 130d. Open and close the road.
- FIG. 4 when the second valve body 133b and the valve seat 134b are in contact with each other, the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b is closed and the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 15 is closed.
- FIGS. 5 and 6 when the second valve body 133b and the valve seat 134b are separated from each other, the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b is fully opened and the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 15 is opened.
- the second refrigerant inflow port 130c is disposed above the first refrigerant inflow port 130a.
- the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b is arranged above the high stage side expansion valve 13a.
- the flow path closer to the first refrigerant inlet 130a than the valve seat 134a and the on-off valve chamber 136b are arranged to be adjacent to each other via the guide member 135.
- the high-pressure refrigerant leaks through the gap between the guide member 135 and the shaft 133 to the on-off valve chamber 136b side.
- the valve seat 134a constitutes the high stage side expansion valve 13a.
- the first refrigerant inflow port 130a allows the high-pressure refrigerant that has flowed out of the indoor condenser 12 to flow in.
- the flow path portion on the first refrigerant outlet 130b side and the on-off valve chamber 136b from the valve seat 134a constituting the high stage side expansion valve 13a guide the shaft 133.
- the guide members 135 are arranged adjacent to each other.
- a centrifugal gas-liquid separator 14 is employed.
- Such a centrifugal gas-liquid separator 14 has a very small pressure loss. Therefore, as in the present embodiment, the flow path portion on the first refrigerant outlet 130b side and the on-off valve chamber 136b are adjacent to each other via the guide member 135 from the valve seat 134a constituting the high stage side expansion valve 13a. The pressure difference between two adjacent flow path portions can be reduced by disposing in the position. As a result, a seal structure between the guide member 135 and the shaft 133 can be eliminated.
- FIG. 7 shows the relationship between the opening degree of the high stage side expansion valve 13a and the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b and the lift amount of the shaft 133 in the axial direction. It means that the shaft 133 moves upward as the axial lift amount of the shaft 133 increases.
- the opening degree of the high stage side expansion valve 13a is fully opened, and the opening degree of the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b is fully closed. That is, the refrigerant flows according to the solid line arrow in FIG.
- the refrigerant is depressurized by setting the low stage side expansion valve 22 to the throttle state.
- the opening degree of the high stage side expansion valve 13a is a predetermined intermediate opening degree, and the opening degree of the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b is fully open. That is, the refrigerant flows according to the solid line arrow in FIG.
- the high stage side expansion valve 13a since the refrigerant is decompressed by the high stage side expansion valve 13a and the fixed throttle 17, the high stage side expansion valve 13a until the high pressure refrigerant flowing out of the indoor condenser 12 becomes the intermediate pressure refrigerant. A throttle opening for depressurization is realized.
- the opening degree of the high stage side expansion valve 13a is a minute opening degree, and the opening degree of the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b is fully opened. That is, the refrigerant flows according to the solid line arrow in FIG.
- the refrigerant is depressurized only by the high stage expansion valve 13a, and therefore, the throttle opening of the high stage expansion valve 13a is smaller than that in the first heating operation mode.
- the high-stage expansion valve 13a and the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b are opened simultaneously.
- the outdoor heat exchanger 20 is disposed in the bonnet, and exchanges heat between the refrigerant circulating in the interior and the outside air (that is, outside air) blown from the blower fan 21. .
- the outdoor heat exchanger 20 functions as an evaporator that evaporates the refrigerant and exerts an endothermic action in the first and second heating modes and the like, and a radiator that radiates the refrigerant in the cooling operation mode and the like. As a heat exchanger.
- the refrigerant inlet side of the low stage side expansion valve 22 is connected to the refrigerant outlet side of the outdoor heat exchanger 20.
- the low stage side expansion valve 22 depressurizes the refrigerant that flows out of the outdoor heat exchanger 20 and flows into the indoor evaporator 23 in the cooling operation mode or the like.
- the basic configuration of the low stage side expansion valve 22 is the same as that of the high stage side expansion valve 13 a, and its operation is controlled by a control signal output from the air conditioning control device 40.
- the refrigerant inlet side of the indoor evaporator 23 is connected to the outlet side of the low stage side expansion valve 22.
- the indoor evaporator 23 is disposed in the air conditioning case 31 of the indoor air conditioning unit 30 on the upstream side of the blower air flow of the indoor condenser 12, and in the cooling operation mode, the refrigerant is evaporated to exert an endothermic effect. It is a heat exchanger that cools air blown into the room.
- the inlet side of the accumulator 24 is connected to the refrigerant outlet side of the indoor evaporator 23.
- the accumulator 24 separates the gas-liquid refrigerant flowing into the accumulator 24 and stores excess refrigerant.
- the suction port 11 b of the compressor 11 is connected to the gas phase refrigerant outlet side of the accumulator 24. Therefore, the indoor evaporator 23 is connected so as to flow out to the suction port 11 b side of the compressor 11.
- a second bypass passage that guides the refrigerant flowing out of the outdoor heat exchanger 20 to the inlet side of the accumulator 24 by bypassing the low-stage expansion valve 22 and the indoor evaporator 23. 25 is connected.
- a second passage opening / closing valve 251 for opening and closing the second bypass passage 25 is disposed in the second bypass passage 25.
- the basic configuration of the second passage opening / closing valve 251 is the same as that of the first passage opening / closing valve 181, and is an electromagnetic valve whose opening / closing operation is controlled by a control signal output from the air conditioning control device 40.
- the second passage opening / closing valve 251 of the present embodiment functions to switch the cycle configuration (refrigerant flow path) by opening and closing the second bypass passage 25. Therefore, the second passage opening / closing valve 251 of the present embodiment constitutes a refrigerant flow switching unit that switches the refrigerant flow of the refrigerant circulating in the cycle.
- the pressure loss that occurs when the refrigerant passes through the second passage opening / closing valve 251 is extremely small with respect to the pressure loss that occurs when the refrigerant passes through the low-stage expansion valve 22.
- the refrigerant flowing out of the outdoor heat exchanger 20 flows into the accumulator 24 via the second bypass passage 25 when the second passage opening / closing valve 251 is open, and the second passage opening / closing valve 251 is closed.
- the refrigerant flows into the indoor evaporator 23 via the low stage side expansion valve 22.
- the heat pump cycle 10 requires a refrigerant filling operation for filling a refrigerant into the cycle when manufacturing a product or exchanging a cycle component device.
- a vacuuming process for removing air and moisture in the cycle is performed, and after the vacuuming is completed, a charging process for charging a specified amount of refrigerant into the cycle is performed.
- the heat pump cycle 10 includes a first charging port 26a for charging the refrigerant from the high pressure side in the cycle and a second charging port 26b for charging the refrigerant from the low pressure side in the cycle. Is provided.
- the first filling port 26a is provided in the refrigerant passage from the indoor condenser 12 to the high stage side expansion valve 13a, and the second filling port 26b is the refrigerant passage from the accumulator 24 to the suction port 11b of the compressor 11. Is provided.
- the first filling port 26a also functions as a port for performing evacuation.
- the integrated valve 13 in the present embodiment integrates the high stage side expansion valve 13a and the intermediate pressure on / off valve 13b, and is increased by a stepping motor 28 as an actuator that operates in accordance with a control signal output from the air conditioning control device 40.
- the stage side expansion valve 13a and the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b are controlled in conjunction with each other.
- the integrated valve 13 includes a body 130.
- the body 130 is formed with a decompression chamber 136 a for decompressing the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 11.
- the body 130 is formed with an on-off valve chamber 136b for opening and closing a flow path of the refrigerant to be merged with the intermediate pressure port 11d via the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 15 and the check valve 11e.
- the integrated valve 13 includes a shaft 133.
- the shaft 133 has a first valve body 133a and a second valve body 133b.
- the first valve body 133a is disposed in the decompression chamber 136a and constitutes a high stage side expansion valve 13a that decompresses the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 11.
- the 2nd valve body 133b is arrange
- the integrated valve 13 includes a stepping motor 28 that drives the shaft 133.
- the on-off valve 13b In the shaft 133, when the high stage side expansion valve 13a is in the throttle state, the on-off valve 13b is fully opened, and when the high stage side expansion valve 13a is in the open state, the open / close valve 13b is also opened, so that the high stage side expansion is performed.
- the first valve body 133a and the second valve body 133b are connected so that the on-off valve 13b is closed when the valve 13a is fully open.
- the shaft 133 is driven by the stepping motor 28, and the on-off valve 13b can be opened when the high stage expansion valve 13a is opened. Therefore, the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 15 can be evacuated reliably through the on-off valve 13b and the high stage side expansion valve 13a.
- the shaft 133 is driven by the stepping motor 28, and the on-off valve 13b can be opened when the high stage side expansion valve 13a is in the open state. Therefore, the refrigerant can be reliably charged into the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage via the high stage side expansion valve 13a and the on-off valve 13b.
- the indoor air conditioning unit 30 is disposed inside the instrument panel (i.e., the instrument panel) at the foremost part of the vehicle interior, forms an outer shell of the indoor air conditioning unit 30, and is blown into the interior of the vehicle interior.
- the air-conditioning case 31 that forms the air passage is provided.
- the air blower 32, the above-mentioned indoor condenser 12, the indoor evaporator 23, etc. are accommodated in this air passage.
- an inside / outside air switching device 33 for switching and introducing vehicle interior air (ie, inside air) and outside air is arranged.
- the inside / outside air switching device 33 continuously adjusts the opening area of the inside air introduction port for introducing the inside air into the air conditioning case 31 and the outside air introduction port for introducing the outside air by the inside / outside air switching door, so that the air volume of the inside air and the outside air are adjusted.
- the air volume ratio with the air volume is continuously changed.
- a blower 32 that blows the air sucked through the inside / outside air switching device 33 toward the vehicle interior is arranged on the downstream side of the air flow of the inside / outside air switching device 33.
- the blower 32 is an electric blower that drives a centrifugal multiblade fan (that is, a sirocco fan) with an electric motor, and the number of rotations and the amount of blown air are controlled by a control signal output from the air conditioning controller 40.
- the indoor evaporator 23 and the indoor condenser 12 are arranged in the order of the indoor evaporator 23 and the indoor condenser 12 along the flow of the indoor blown air.
- the indoor evaporator 23 is disposed on the upstream side of the air flow with respect to the indoor condenser 12.
- a bypass passage 35 is provided in the air conditioning case 31 to flow the blown air after passing through the indoor evaporator 23, bypassing the indoor condenser 12.
- An air mix door 34 is disposed downstream of the indoor evaporator 23 and upstream of the indoor condenser 12.
- the air mix door 34 adjusts the air volume ratio between the air volume that passes through the indoor condenser 12 and the air volume that passes through the bypass passage 35 in the blown air that has passed through the indoor evaporator 23, and the heat of the indoor condenser 12. It is a heat exchange capacity adjustment unit for adjusting the exchange capacity.
- the air mix door 34 is driven by a servo motor (not shown) whose operation is controlled by a control signal output from the air conditioning controller 40.
- a merge space 36 for merging is provided.
- an opening hole is formed through which the blown air merged in the merge space 36 is blown into the vehicle interior that is the air conditioning target space.
- the defroster opening hole 37a that blows the conditioned air toward the inner side surface of the front window glass of the vehicle
- the face opening hole 37b that blows the conditioned air toward the upper body of the occupant in the vehicle interior
- the conditioned air toward the feet of the occupant A foot opening hole 37c to be blown out is formed.
- each of the opening holes 37a to 37c is connected to a face air outlet, a foot air outlet, and a defroster air outlet provided in the vehicle interior via ducts that form air passages.
- a defroster door 38a for opening and closing the defroster opening hole 37a, a face door 38b for opening and closing the face opening hole 37b, and a foot door 38c for opening and closing the foot opening hole 37c are arranged on the upstream side of the air flow of each opening hole 37a to 37c.
- Each of the doors 38a to 38c constitutes a blowing mode switching unit that switches a blowing mode of air into the vehicle interior.
- the doors 38a to 38c are driven by a servo motor (not shown) whose operation is controlled by a control signal output from the air conditioning controller 40.
- the air conditioning control device 40 includes a known microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, and the like and peripheral circuits thereof. Both ROM and RAM are non-transitional physical storage media.
- the air conditioning control device 40 performs various calculations and processes based on a control program stored in a ROM or the like, and controls each control device (for example, the compressor 11, the integrated valve 13, each passage opening / closing valve 181, 251 and the blower 32) are controlled.
- a sensor group 41 for various air conditioning controls is connected to the input side of the air conditioning control device 40.
- the sensor group 41 includes an inside air sensor that detects the temperature in the vehicle interior, an outside air sensor that detects the outside air temperature, a solar radiation sensor that detects the amount of solar radiation in the vehicle interior, an evaporator temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the indoor evaporator 23, and a compressor.
- 11 is a discharge pressure sensor that detects the pressure of the high-pressure refrigerant discharged from No. 11.
- an operation panel (not shown) arranged near the instrument panel is connected to the input side of the air conditioning control device 40, and operation signals from various air conditioning operation switches provided on the operation panel are input.
- various air conditioning operation switches provided on the operation panel include an operation switch of the vehicle air conditioner 1, a vehicle interior temperature setting switch for setting the vehicle interior temperature, a selection switch between the cooling operation mode and the heating operation mode, and the like. Is provided.
- the air-conditioning control device 40 is configured such that a control unit that controls the operation of each control device connected to the output side is integrally configured, but the configuration that controls the operation of each control device (that is, hardware) And software) constitute a control unit that controls the operation of each control device.
- a configuration that is, hardware and software that controls the opening / closing operation of each passage opening / closing valve 181, 251 constitutes a flow path switching control unit.
- the flow path switching control unit in the air conditioning control device 40 may be configured by a control device different from the air conditioning control device 40.
- the refrigerant filling device 5 having a vacuum pump and a refrigerant filling pump is connected to the first and second filling ports 26a and 26b. Then, with the high-stage side expansion valve 13a, the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b, and the passage on-off valves 181 and 251 being opened, air or the like remaining in the cycle is sucked from the first filling port 26a by the refrigerant filling device 5. This is the vacuuming process. In the evacuation step, for example, air remaining in the cycle may be sucked from the second filling port 26b by the refrigerant filling device 5.
- the heat pump cycle 10 of the present embodiment can open the high stage side expansion valve 13a and the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b simultaneously by driving the shaft 133 by the stepping motor 28. Therefore, as shown by the solid line arrow in FIG. 8, air and moisture remaining in the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 15 can be sucked by the refrigerant filling device 5 from the gas phase side outlet 14 c side of the gas-liquid separator 14. Therefore, even if the intermediate pressure port 11d is closed inside the compressor 11 during the evacuation step, the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 15 can be evacuated reliably.
- the refrigerant is filled into the cycle from the first filling port 26a and the second filling port 26b by the refrigerant filling device 5. This is the filling process.
- the refrigerant may be filled into the cycle from one of the first filling port 26a and the second filling port 26b by the refrigerant filling device 5.
- the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 111 is in a vacuum state (that is, P1 ⁇ 0) by the evacuation process.
- the differential pressure between the pressure P2 on the gas phase side outlet side of the gas-liquid separator 104 and the pressure P1 on the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 111 side increases, and the differential pressure on-off valve 112 is closed.
- the heat pump cycle 10 of the present embodiment can open the high stage side expansion valve 13a and the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b simultaneously by driving the shaft 133 by the stepping motor 28. Therefore, as shown by the solid line arrow in FIG. 9, the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage from the refrigerant filling device 5 through the high stage side expansion valve 13 a of the integrated valve 13, the gas-liquid separator 14, and the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13 b of the integrated valve 13. 15 can be reliably filled with the refrigerant.
- the vehicle air conditioner 1 can be switched to a cooling operation mode and a heating operation mode.
- the operation in each operation mode will be described.
- Cooling operation mode The cooling operation mode is started when, for example, the cooling operation mode is selected by the selection switch in a state where the operation switch of the operation panel is turned on (ON).
- the air-conditioning control device 40 fully opens the high stage side expansion valve 13a (ie, does not exhibit a pressure reducing action), closes the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b, and throttles the low stage side expansion valve 22 ( In other words, the second passage opening / closing valve 251 is brought into a closed state in a state where the pressure reducing action is exerted.
- the heat pump cycle 10 is switched to the refrigerant circuit through which the refrigerant flows as shown by the solid line arrows in FIG.
- the air conditioning control device 40 reads the detection signal of the sensor group 41 for air conditioning control and the operation signal of the operation panel, and calculates the target blowing temperature TAO, which is the target temperature of the air blown into the passenger compartment. Furthermore, the operating state of each control device connected to the output side of the air conditioning control device 40 is determined based on the calculated target blowing temperature TAO and the detection signal of the sensor group.
- the control signal output to the electric motor of the compressor 11 is determined as follows. First, the target evaporator outlet temperature TEO of the indoor evaporator 23 is determined based on the target outlet temperature TAO with reference to a control map stored in the air conditioning controller 40 in advance. And the control signal output to the electric motor of the compressor 11 is determined so that the detected value (namely, blowing air temperature) of an evaporator temperature sensor approaches the target evaporator blowing temperature TEO.
- the target supercooling degree that is determined in advance so that the degree of supercooling of the refrigerant flowing into the low-stage side expansion valve 22 approaches the COP substantially to the maximum value. It is decided to approach.
- the air mix door 34 closes the air passage of the indoor condenser 12, and the total flow rate of the blown air after passing through the indoor evaporator 23 is the bypass passage 35. Is determined to pass.
- control signal determined as described above is output to each control device. Thereafter, until the operation of the vehicle air conditioner 1 is requested to be stopped by the operation panel, reading of each signal, calculation of the target blowing temperature TAO, determination of the operating state of each control device, and output of the control signal are performed at predetermined control cycles. These control routines are repeated in this order. Such a control routine is repeated in the other operation modes.
- the air mix door 34 closes the air passage of the indoor condenser 12
- the refrigerant flowing into the indoor condenser 12 flows out of the indoor condenser 12 without radiating heat to the indoor blowing air.
- the refrigerant that has flowed out of the indoor condenser 12 flows into the gas-liquid separator 14 with almost no decompression at the high stage side expansion valve 13a because the high stage side expansion valve 13a is fully open.
- the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b is in a closed state.
- the refrigerant flows out from the liquid-phase side outlet 14b without flowing out into the refrigerant passage 15.
- the refrigerant flowing out from the liquid-phase side outlet 14b of the gas-liquid separator 14 is hardly depressurized in the middle-stage decompression section because the first passage opening / closing valve 181 of the middle-stage decompression section is fully open. It flows into the outdoor heat exchanger 20.
- the refrigerant flowing into the outdoor heat exchanger 20 exchanges heat with the outside air blown from the blower fan 21 to radiate heat (point a11 ⁇ b11 in FIG. 10). Since the second passage opening / closing valve 251 is in the closed state, the refrigerant that has flowed out of the outdoor heat exchanger 20 flows into the low-stage expansion valve 22 that is in the throttled state until it becomes a low-pressure refrigerant, etc. Expansion under reduced pressure is enthalpy (b11 point ⁇ c11 point in FIG. 10).
- the refrigerant depressurized by the low stage side expansion valve 22 flows into the indoor evaporator 23 and evaporates by absorbing heat from the indoor air blown from the blower 32 (point c11 ⁇ d11 in FIG. 10). Thereby, indoor ventilation air is cooled.
- the refrigerant that has flowed out of the indoor evaporator 23 flows into the accumulator 24 and is separated into gas and liquid.
- the separated gas-phase refrigerant is sucked from the suction port 11b (point e11 in FIG. 10) of the compressor 11 and compressed again (point e11 ⁇ a111 point ⁇ a11 point in FIG. 10).
- separated in the accumulator 24 is stored in the accumulator 24 as a surplus refrigerant
- the reason why the points d11 and e11 are different in FIG. 12 is that the pressure loss generated in the gas-phase refrigerant flowing through the refrigerant pipe from the accumulator 24 to the suction port 11b of the compressor 11 and the gas-phase refrigerant are external ( That is, it represents the amount of heat absorbed from outside air). Accordingly, in an ideal cycle, it is desirable that the points d11 and e11 coincide. The same applies to the following Mollier diagram.
- Heating operation mode Next, heating operation mode is demonstrated. This heating operation mode is started, for example, when the heating operation mode is selected by the selection switch while the operation switch of the operation panel is turned on (that is, turned on).
- the air conditioning control device 40 reads the detection signal of the sensor group 41 and the operation signal of the operation panel, and determines the refrigerant discharge capacity of the compressor 11 (that is, the rotation speed of the compressor 11). To do. Furthermore, according to the determined rotation speed, 1st heating mode or 2nd heating mode is performed.
- the air conditioning control device 40 opens the high stage side expansion valve 13a and the throttled state, and opens the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b.
- the fully open state the low-stage expansion valve 22 is fully closed, and the second passage opening / closing valve 251 is open.
- the air-conditioning control device 40 closes the first passage opening / closing valve 181 and sets the middle-stage decompression unit to the throttled state (that is, the state of exerting the decompression action).
- the heat pump cycle 10 is switched to a refrigerant circuit (that is, a refrigerant circuit of a gas injection cycle) through which the refrigerant flows as shown by a solid line arrow in FIG.
- the air-conditioning control device 40 reads the detection signal of the sensor group 41 and is connected to the output side of the air-conditioning control device 40 based on the target blowing temperature TAO and the like, as in the cooling operation mode. Determine the operating state of various control devices.
- the degree of supercooling is determined to be a predetermined target degree of supercooling.
- the air mix door 34 closes the bypass passage 35, and the entire flow rate of the blown air after passing through the indoor evaporator 23 passes through the indoor condenser 12. To be determined.
- the high-pressure refrigerant (point a12 in FIG. 11) discharged from the discharge port 11 c of the compressor 11 flows into the indoor condenser 12.
- the refrigerant that has flowed into the indoor condenser 12 exchanges heat with the indoor blown air that has been blown from the blower 32 and passed through the indoor evaporator 23 to dissipate heat (point a12 ⁇ b12 in FIG. 11). Thereby, indoor blowing air is heated.
- the refrigerant that has flowed out of the indoor condenser 12 is decompressed and expanded in an enthalpy manner until it becomes an intermediate pressure refrigerant in the throttled high-stage expansion valve 13a (b12 point ⁇ c112 point in FIG. 11). Then, the intermediate pressure refrigerant decompressed by the high stage side expansion valve 13a flows into the gas-liquid separator 14 and the gas-liquid is separated by the gas-liquid separator 14 (point c12 ⁇ point c212 in FIG. 11, c12 point ⁇ c312 point).
- the gas-phase refrigerant separated by the gas-liquid separator 14 flows into the intermediate-pressure refrigerant passage 15 from the gas-phase side outlet 14c because the intermediate-pressure on-off valve 13b is in the open state. It flows into the intermediate pressure port 11d of the compressor 11 through the passage 15 (point c212 in FIG. 11).
- the refrigerant flowing into the intermediate pressure port 11d joins with the refrigerant in the compression process (point a112 in FIG. 11) in the compression chamber 11a (point a212 in FIG. 11), and is compressed in the compression chamber 11a.
- the liquid-phase refrigerant separated by the gas-liquid separator 14 flows from the liquid-phase side outlet 14b to the middle-stage decompression unit.
- the decompression is expanded in an enthalpy manner until the low-pressure refrigerant is obtained in the fixed throttle 17 (point c312 ⁇ c412 in FIG. 11). point).
- the refrigerant decompressed by the fixed throttle 17 flows into the outdoor heat exchanger 20 and absorbs heat by exchanging heat with the outside air blown from the blower fan 21 (c412 point ⁇ d12 point in FIG. 11).
- the refrigerant that has flowed out of the outdoor heat exchanger 20 has the low-stage expansion valve 22 fully closed and the second passage opening / closing valve 251 is open, so that the accumulator 24 passes through the second bypass passage 25.
- separated with the accumulator 24 is suck
- the heat of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 11 by the indoor condenser 12 can be radiated to the indoor blowing air, and the heated inner blowing air can be blown out into the vehicle interior. .
- heating of a vehicle interior is realizable.
- the low-pressure refrigerant decompressed by the fixed throttle 17 is sucked into the compressor 11, and the intermediate-pressure refrigerant decompressed by the high stage side expansion valve 13a is used as the refrigerant in the compression process of the compressor 11.
- a gas injection cycle to be merged can be configured.
- the pressure difference between the suction refrigerant pressure and the discharge refrigerant pressure of the compressor 11 can be reduced, and the compression efficiency of the compressor 11 can be improved.
- the COP of the heat pump cycle 10 as a whole can be improved.
- the air conditioning control device 40 is in a state in which the high-stage side expansion valve 13a is in the throttle state, and the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b is in the fully open state.
- the low-stage expansion valve 22 is fully closed, and the second passage opening / closing valve 251 is opened.
- the air-conditioning control device 40 sets the first passage opening / closing valve 181 to the open state, and sets the middle-stage decompression unit to the fully open state (that is, the state where the decompression action is not exhibited). Thereby, the heat pump cycle 10 is switched to the refrigerant circuit through which the refrigerant flows as shown by the solid line arrows in FIG.
- the air conditioning control device 40 reads the detection signal of the sensor group 41 and the like, and based on the target blowing temperature TAO and the like, the operating state of each control device connected to the output side of the air conditioning control device 40 is determined. decide. In addition, about the control signal etc. which are output to the high stage side expansion valve 13a at the time of 2nd heating mode, it determines similarly to 1st heating mode.
- the refrigerant that has flowed out of the indoor condenser 12 is decompressed and expanded in an enthalpy manner until it becomes a low-pressure refrigerant in the throttled high-stage expansion valve 13a (b13 point ⁇ c13 point in FIG. 12), and gas-liquid separation Flows into the vessel 14. And the refrigerant
- the refrigerant flowing into the outdoor heat exchanger 20 exchanges heat with the outside air blown from the blower fan 21 to absorb heat (point c13 ⁇ d13 in FIG. 12). Since the subsequent operation is the same as in the first heating mode, description thereof is omitted.
- the heat of the refrigerant discharged from the compressor 11 by the indoor condenser 12 can be radiated to the indoor blowing air, and the heated indoor blowing air can be blown out into the vehicle interior. .
- heating of a vehicle interior is realizable.
- the effect of executing the second heating mode when the heating load is relatively low, such as when the outside air temperature is high, is described with respect to the first heating mode.
- the gas injection cycle can be configured as described above, the COP of the heat pump cycle 10 as a whole can be improved.
- the first heating mode can exhibit higher heating performance than that in the second heating mode.
- the number of revolutions of the compressor 11 that is, the refrigerant discharge capacity necessary for exhibiting the same heating performance is lower in the first heating mode than in the second heating mode.
- the compressor 11 has a maximum efficiency rotational speed at which the compression efficiency is maximized (that is, a peak), and the compression efficiency is greatly reduced when the rotational speed is lower than the maximum efficient rotational speed. For this reason, when the compressor 11 is operated at a rotation speed lower than the maximum efficiency rotation speed when the heating load is relatively low, the COP may decrease in the first heating mode.
- the second heating mode is entered. I try to switch. Note that the switching from the second heating mode to the first heating mode is performed when the rotation speed becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined rotation amount added to the reference rotation speed during execution of the second heating mode. That's fine.
- the vehicle air conditioner 1 can implement various cycle configurations by switching the refrigerant circuit of the heat pump cycle 10 to realize appropriate cooling and heating in the vehicle interior.
- the waste heat of the engine cannot be used for heating the vehicle interior as in a vehicle equipped with an internal combustion engine (engine). Therefore, as in the heat pump cycle 10 of the present embodiment, it is extremely effective that a high COP can be exhibited regardless of the heating load by switching to the gas injection cycle and the normal cycle in the heating operation mode.
- the heat pump cycle 10 since the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b and the high stage side expansion valve 13a necessary for making the heat pump cycle 10 function as a gas injection cycle are integrally configured, the heat pump cycle 10 has a simple cycle configuration. Can be realized.
- the integrated valve 13 according to the first embodiment is configured by integrating the high stage side expansion valve 13a and the intermediate pressure on / off valve 13b, but as shown in FIG. 13, the integrated valve according to the present embodiment. 13 is configured as an integrated gas-liquid separator 14 that separates the refrigerant flowing out from the high-stage side expansion valve 13a into gas-liquid.
- the body 130 has a structure in which a first member 1301 on the upper right side, a second member 1302 on the lower right side, a third member 1303 on the lower left side, and a fourth member 1304 on the upper left side are assembled.
- the third member 1303 is formed as a substantially hollow metal block body, and a refrigerant inlet 141a through which the refrigerant flowing out from the high-stage side expansion valve 13a flows into the inside is formed on the outer peripheral side wall surface.
- the refrigerant inlet 141 a communicates with a gas-liquid separation space (that is, a gas-liquid separation unit) 14 a formed inside the third member 1303.
- the gas-liquid separation space 14a is formed in a substantially cylindrical shape whose axial direction extends in the vertical direction.
- the refrigerant inlet 141a is provided with an O-ring 143 that seals refrigerant leakage.
- the refrigerant passage from the refrigerant inlet 141a to the gas-liquid separation space 14a has a circular cross-section of the gas-liquid separation space 14a when viewed from the axial direction (vertical direction in the present embodiment) of the gas-liquid separation space 14a. It extends in the tangential direction of the inner peripheral side wall surface. Therefore, the refrigerant that has flowed into the gas-liquid separation space 14a from the refrigerant inlet 141a flows so as to swirl along the inner peripheral side wall surface having a circular cross section of the gas-liquid separation space 14a.
- coolant which flowed in into the gas-liquid separation space 14a is isolate
- coolant falls below the gas-liquid separation space 14a by the effect
- the gas-liquid separation space 14a of the present embodiment constitutes a centrifugal gas-liquid separation unit.
- a separated liquid phase refrigerant outlet hole 14b through which the separated liquid phase refrigerant flows out is formed.
- the fourth member 1304 is formed as a substantially hollow metal block body.
- the fourth member 1304 includes a gas-phase side outlet 14c that allows the gas-phase refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separation space 14a to flow into the second refrigerant inlet 130c, a gas-liquid separation space 14a, and a gas-phase side outlet 14c.
- the separated gas-phase refrigerant outflow pipe portion 142c and the like are provided.
- the separated gas-phase refrigerant outflow pipe portion 142c is formed in a round tubular shape, and is arranged coaxially with the gas-liquid separation space 14a when the fourth member 1304 and the third member 1303 are integrated. Therefore, the refrigerant that has flowed into the gas-liquid separation space 14a turns around the separated gas-phase refrigerant outflow pipe portion 142c.
- the refrigerant that has flowed from the high-stage side expansion valve 13a into the gas-liquid separation space 14a through the refrigerant inlet 141a is swirled along the inner peripheral side wall surface having a circular cross section of the gas-liquid separation space 14a. Flowing into.
- coolant which flowed in in the gas-liquid separation space 14a is isolate
- the gas phase refrigerant separated in the gas-liquid separation space 14a is introduced into the on-off valve chamber 136b through the gas phase side outlet 14c and the second refrigerant inlet 130c.
- a refrigerant having a flow rate corresponding to the valve opening degree of the intermediate pressure on / off valve 13b is introduced from the on / off valve chamber 136b into the intermediate pressure port 11d of the compressor 11 through the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 15 and the check valve 11e.
- the integrated valve 13 of the present embodiment is configured as an integrated high-stage expansion valve 13a, intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b, and gas-liquid separator 14. That is, the gas-liquid separation unit 14a that separates the refrigerant that has flowed out from the first refrigerant outlet 130b into gas-liquid is separated into the body 130, and the gas-phase refrigerant separated by the gas-liquid separation unit 14a is further transferred to the second refrigerant inlet 130c. Since the gas-phase side outlet 14c that flows out to the gas phase and the separated liquid-phase refrigerant outlet hole 14b that allows the liquid-phase refrigerant separated by the gas-liquid separation unit 14a to flow out are formed, space saving can be achieved.
- the high-stage expansion valve 13a, the intermediate pressure on-off valve 13b, and the gas-liquid separator 14 are integrated, but the liquid-layer refrigerant that has flowed out of the gas-liquid separator 14 is further fixed.
- the first passage opening / closing valve 181 that opens and closes the first bypass passage 18 that bypasses the throttle 17 and leads it to the outdoor heat exchanger 20 may be integrated with at least one of the fixed throttle 17.
- the shaft 133 is driven in the vertical direction using the stepping motor 28 as an actuator.
- the shaft 133 is driven in the vertical direction using a drive unit other than the stepping motor 28. You may do it.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration (hereinafter referred to as a study example) in which the scroll compressor disclosed in Patent Document 2 is applied to a heat pump cycle capable of switching between a gas injection cycle and a normal cycle.
- the heat pump cycle 100 of the examination example includes a scroll type compressor 101.
- the scroll compressor 101 compresses the refrigerant sucked from the suction port 101a and discharges it from the discharge port 101b. Furthermore, the scroll compressor 101 has an intermediate pressure port 101c that allows the intermediate pressure refrigerant in the cycle to flow in and merges with the refrigerant in the compression process.
- the compressor 101 is configured to periodically open and close the intermediate pressure port 101c by the tooth tip of the movable scroll 101e that contacts the end plate portion of the fixed scroll 101d, as in Patent Document 2.
- the compressor 101 is provided with a check valve 101f that prevents the refrigerant from flowing backward from the intermediate pressure port 101c to the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 111 described later.
- the radiator 102, the first pressure reducing unit 103, and the gas-liquid separator 104 are connected to the discharge port 101b side of the compressor 101 in order from the upstream side. Further, on the outlet side of the liquid refrigerant in the gas-liquid separator 104, there are provided a fixed throttle 105a that functions as the second decompression unit 105, and an on-off valve 105b that bypasses the fixed throttle 105a and flows the refrigerant. ing.
- an outdoor heat exchanger 106 that exchanges heat between the refrigerant and the outside air
- a third decompression unit 107 that decompresses the refrigerant flowing out of the outdoor heat exchanger 106
- an evaporator 108 that decompresses the refrigerant flowing out of the outdoor heat exchanger 106
- an evaporator 108 that decompresses the refrigerant flowing out of the outdoor heat exchanger 106
- An accumulator 109 that separates the gas-liquid refrigerant flowing out of 108 is connected.
- an on-off valve 110a that opens and closes a bypass passage 110 that bypasses the third decompression unit 107 and the evaporator 108 and flows the refrigerant to the accumulator 109 is provided.
- the gas-liquid separator 104 is connected to an intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 111 that guides the separated gas-phase refrigerant to the intermediate pressure port 101 c of the compressor 101.
- the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 111 is provided with a differential pressure on-off valve 112 that opens the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 111 when the differential pressure across the fixed throttle 105a becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined pressure.
- the differential pressure on-off valve 112 includes a valve body 112a that opens and closes the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 111, a spring 112b that applies a load to the valve body 112a toward the side that closes the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 111, and the like. It consists of
- the heat pump cycle 100 is provided with a first filling port 113 for filling the high-pressure refrigerant passage in the cycle with the refrigerant, and a second filling port 114 for filling the low-pressure refrigerant passage in the cycle with the refrigerant.
- the first filling port 113 also functions as a port for performing evacuation.
- evacuation is performed via the first filling port 113 in a state where the function valves such as the on-off valves 105b and 110a are set to a fully opened state.
- evacuation from the differential pressure on / off valve 112 side is also conceivable.
- the pressure before and after the fixed throttle 105a becomes almost zero, the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 111 is not opened by the biasing force of the spring 112b, and evacuation via the differential pressure on-off valve 112 cannot be performed. .
- the intermediate pressure port 101 c is closed inside the compressor 101 in the evacuation process at the time of refrigerant filling, the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 111 cannot be evacuated. .
- the problem (1) occurs not only in the scroll compressor 101 but also in a compressor in which the intermediate pressure port 101c may be closed inside.
- the differential pressure on / off valve 112 does not open, and the refrigerant cannot be sealed in the refrigerant passage from the differential pressure on / off valve 112 to the check valve 101f of the compressor 101 in the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 111.
- a force F23 due to the differential pressure across the fixed throttle 105a acts on the valve body 112a of the differential pressure on / off valve 112 in the valve opening direction.
- a force F21 due to a differential pressure on the intermediate pressure port 101c side of the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 111 and an upstream side of the fixed throttle 105a and a biasing force Fsp of the spring 112b act on the valve body 112a in the valve closing direction.
- valve opening force F of the differential pressure on-off valve 112 can be prescribed
- P1 is the pressure on the intermediate pressure port 101c side of the intermediate pressure refrigerant passage 111
- P2 is the pressure on the upstream side of the fixed throttle 105a
- P3 is the pressure on the downstream side of the fixed throttle 105a.
- A1” is the area of the part where the pressures P1 and P2 act on the valve body 112a
- A2 is the area of the part where the pressures P2 and P3 act on the valve body 112a.
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(2)充填工程で中間圧冷媒通路へ冷媒を充填できない場合があること
本発明者らは、上述の不具合(1)、(2)について鋭意検討したところ、各不具合(1)、(2)の発生要因が明らかとなった。
第1実施形態について説明する。本実施形態では、ヒートポンプサイクル10を走行用電動モータから車両走行用の駆動力を得る電気自動車の車両用空調装置1に適用している。このヒートポンプサイクル10は、車両用空調装置1において、空調対象空間である車室内へ送風される室内送風空気を熱交換対象流体とし、室内送風空気を冷却あるいは加熱する機能を果たす。
(1)冷媒充填作業時に中間圧冷媒通路111の真空引きを実施できない場合がある。
(2)冷媒充填作業時に中間圧冷媒通路111へ冷媒の充填が実施できない場合がある。
冷房運転モードは、例えば、操作パネルの作動スイッチが投入(ON)された状態で、選択スイッチによって冷房運転モードが選択されると開始される。
次に、暖房運転モードについて説明する。この暖房運転モードは、例えば、操作パネルの作動スイッチが投入(すなわちON)された状態で、選択スイッチによって暖房運転モードが選択されると開始される。
まず、第1暖房モードについて説明すると、第1暖房モードでは、空調制御装置40が、高段側膨脹弁13aを開弁状態かつ絞り状態、中間圧開閉弁13bを全開状態、低段側膨脹弁22を全閉状態、第2通路開閉弁251を開弁状態とする。
次に、第2暖房モードについて説明すると、第2暖房モードでは、空調制御装置40が、高段側膨脹弁13aを絞り状態、中間圧開閉弁13bを全開状態、低段側膨脹弁22を全閉状態、第2通路開閉弁251を開弁状態とする。
次に、図13、図14を参照して本開示の第2実施形態に係る統合弁13について説明する。上記第1実施形態に係る統合弁13は、高段側膨脹弁13aと中間圧開閉弁13bを一体化したものとして構成されているが、図13に示すように、本実施形態に係る統合弁13は、更に、高段側膨脹弁13aより流出した冷媒を気液に分離する気液分離器14を一体化したものとして構成されている。
ここで、特許文献1の技術と特許文献2の技術を組み合わせたヒートポンプサイクルで、以下の2つの不具合が生ずることがある点について説明する。
(1)冷媒充填作業時に中間圧冷媒通路の真空引きを実施できない場合がある。
(2)冷媒充填作業時に中間圧冷媒通路へ冷媒の充填が実施できない場合がある。
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F=F23-F21-Fsp=A2×(P2-P3)-A1×(P2-P1)-Fsp
なお、「P1」が中間圧冷媒通路111の中間圧ポート101c側の圧力、「P2」が固定絞り105a上流側の圧力、「P3」が固定絞り105a下流側の圧力である。また、「A1」が弁体112aにおいて圧力P1、P2が作用する部位の面積であり、「A2」が弁体112aにおいて圧力P2、P3が作用する部位の面積である。
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- 吸入ポートから吐出された冷媒を圧縮して吐出ポートから吐出すると共に、サイクル内の中間圧冷媒を流入させて圧縮過程の冷媒に合流させる中間圧ポートを有する圧縮機(11)と、前記中間圧ポートに合流させた冷媒が逆流するのを防止する逆止弁(11e)と、を有し、ガスインジェクションサイクルおよびガスインジェクションサイクル以外の通常サイクルに切替可能なヒートポンプサイクル(10)に適用される統合弁であって、
前記圧縮機から吐出された冷媒を減圧させるための減圧室(136a)と、中間圧冷媒通路(15)および前記逆止弁を介して前記中間圧ポートに合流させる冷媒の流路を開閉するための開閉弁室(136b)が形成されたボデー(130)と、
前記減圧室に配置され、前記圧縮機から吐出された冷媒を減圧させる減圧弁(13a)を構成する第1弁体(133a)と、前記開閉弁室に配置され、前記中間圧ポートに合流させる冷媒の流量を調整するための開閉弁(13b)を構成する第2弁体(133b)と、を有し、前記減圧弁が絞り状態のときに前記開閉弁が全開状態となり、前記減圧弁が開弁状態のときに前記開閉弁も開弁状態となり、前記減圧弁が全開状態のときに前記開閉弁が閉弁状態となるように前記第1弁体および第2弁体を連結した連結部材(133)と、
前記連結部材を駆動する駆動部(28)と、を備えた統合弁。 - 前記ボデーには、前記減圧室で減圧された冷媒を気相冷媒と液相冷媒に分離する気液分離部(14)へ流出させる第1冷媒流出口(130b)が形成されており、
前記減圧室に配置され、前記減圧弁を構成する弁座(134a)よりも前記第1冷媒流出口側の流路部と前記開閉弁室は、前記連結部材を案内するガイド部材(135)を介して隣り合うように配置されている請求項1に記載の統合弁。 - 前記ボデーには、前記第1冷媒流出口からの冷媒を気液に分離する気液分離部(14a)、前記気液分離部にて分離された気相冷媒を前記開閉弁室へ導入する気相側流出口(14c)および気液分離部にて分離された液相冷媒を流出させる液相側流出口(14b)が形成されている請求項1または2に記載の統合弁。
- ガスインジェクションサイクルおよびガスインジェクションサイクル以外の通常サイクルに切替可能なヒートポンプサイクルであって、
吸入ポートから吐出された冷媒を圧縮して吐出ポートから吐出すると共に、サイクル内の中間圧冷媒を流入させて圧縮過程の冷媒に合流させる中間圧ポートを有する圧縮機(11)と、
前記中間圧ポートに合流させた冷媒が逆流するのを防止する逆止弁(11e)と、
前記吐出ポートから吐出された冷媒を減圧させる統合弁(13)と、
前記統合弁で減圧された冷媒の気液を分離する気液分離部(14)と、
前記気液分離部にて分離された気相冷媒を、前記中間圧ポートへ導く中間圧冷媒通路(15)と、備え、
前記統合弁は、前記圧縮機から吐出された冷媒を減圧させるための減圧室(136a)と、前記中間圧冷媒通路(15)および前記逆止弁を介して前記中間圧ポートに合流させる冷媒の流路を開閉するための開閉弁室(136b)が形成されたボデー(130)と、
前記減圧室に配置され、前記圧縮機から吐出された冷媒を減圧させる減圧弁(13a)を構成する第1弁体(133a)と、前記開閉弁室に配置され、前記中間圧ポートに合流させる冷媒の流路を開閉するための開閉弁(13b)を構成する第2弁体(133b)と、を有し、前記減圧弁が絞り状態のときに前記開閉弁が全開状態となり、前記減圧弁が開弁状態のときに前記開閉弁も開弁状態となり、前記減圧弁が全開状態のときに前記開閉弁が閉弁状態となるように前記第1弁体および第2弁体を連結した連結部材(133)と、
前記連結部材を駆動する駆動部(28)と、を備えたヒートポンプサイクル。
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