EP4160102A1 - Ölrücklaufsteuerverfahren für multisplitsystem - Google Patents

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EP4160102A1
EP4160102A1 EP21800140.2A EP21800140A EP4160102A1 EP 4160102 A1 EP4160102 A1 EP 4160102A1 EP 21800140 A EP21800140 A EP 21800140A EP 4160102 A1 EP4160102 A1 EP 4160102A1
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Baitian ZHUO
Bin Shi
Shaojiang CHENG
Ruigang Zhang
Jun Wang
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Qingdao Haier Air Conditioning Electric Co Ltd
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24FAIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F11/00Control or safety arrangements
    • F24F11/30Control or safety arrangements for purposes related to the operation of the system, e.g. for safety or monitoring
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25BREFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B31/00Compressor arrangements
    • F25B31/002Lubrication
    • F25B31/004Lubrication oil recirculating arrangements
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24FAIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F11/00Control or safety arrangements
    • F24F11/50Control or safety arrangements characterised by user interfaces or communication
    • F24F11/61Control or safety arrangements characterised by user interfaces or communication using timers
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24FAIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F11/00Control or safety arrangements
    • F24F11/62Control or safety arrangements characterised by the type of control or by internal processing, e.g. using fuzzy logic, adaptive control or estimation of values
    • F24F11/63Electronic processing
    • F24F11/64Electronic processing using pre-stored data
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24FAIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F11/00Control or safety arrangements
    • F24F11/70Control systems characterised by their outputs; Constructional details thereof
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25BREFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B49/00Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices
    • F25B49/02Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices for compression type machines, plants or systems
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25BREFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B2500/00Problems to be solved
    • F25B2500/16Lubrication
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25BREFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B2600/00Control issues
    • F25B2600/25Control of valves
    • F25B2600/2513Expansion valves
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25BREFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B5/00Compression machines, plants or systems, with several evaporator circuits, e.g. for varying refrigerating capacity
    • F25B5/02Compression machines, plants or systems, with several evaporator circuits, e.g. for varying refrigerating capacity arranged in parallel

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  • the present disclosure belongs to the technical field of air conditioning, and specifically provides an oil return control method for a multi-connection system.
  • a multi-connection system usually consists of a plurality of indoor units and at least one outdoor unit. During the actual operation, some indoor units are in a shutdown or standby state. If an expansion valve of the shutdown or standby indoor unit is closed, a lubricating oil in connecting pipes and heat exchanger of the indoor unit cannot be circulated into the system. As the time elapses, there will be more and more lubricating oil in the indoor unit, causing the compressor to suffer severe wear due to lack of the lubricating oil or causing damage to the compressor due to overheating. In order to ensure a normal operation of the multi-connection system, oil return control is required so that the lubricating oil can be normally circulated into the system.
  • the oil is usually returned according to a fixed cycle.
  • the expansion valve is opened by a fixed opening degree, and the system terminates the oil return after an oil return operation time is reached.
  • the traditional oil return control methods have not fundamentally solved the problem of insufficient lubricating oil in the compressor, and may also cause the problem of poor overall heat exchange performance of the system due to the insufficient amount of refrigerant in the normally turned-on indoor units. That is, the traditional oil return control methods cannot give considerations to both the oil return effect and the heat exchange performance of the system.
  • the present disclosure provides an oil return control method for a multi-connection system.
  • the multi-connection system includes a plurality of indoor units, at least one of which is not turned on, and the oil return control method includes: determining an oil storage quantity q of the indoor units; determining a system oil return time T of the multi-connection system; determining a current opening degree k of an expansion valve of one indoor unit that is not turned on according to the oil storage quantity q and the system oil return time T; comparing the current opening degree k with a maximum opening degree threshold k smax and a minimum opening degree threshold k smin ; selectively adjusting the opening degree of the expansion valve according to a comparison result, and keeping the expansion valve operating at the adjusted opening degree for the system oil return time T.
  • the step of "selectively adjusting the opening degree of the expansion valve according to a comparison result, and keeping the expansion valve operating at the adjusted opening degree for the system oil return time T" specifically includes: keeping the expansion valve operating at the current opening degree k for the system oil return time T if k smin ⁇ k ⁇ k smax , and then returning to the step of determining q.
  • the step of "selectively adjusting the opening degree of the expansion valve according to a comparison result, and keeping the expansion valve operating at the adjusted opening degree for the system oil return time T" specifically includes: adjusting the opening degree of the expansion valve to k smax if k>k smax , keeping the expansion valve operating at the adjusted opening degree for the system oil return time T, and then returning to the step of determining q.
  • the expansion valve before returning to the step of determining q, the expansion valve is kept operating at the adjusted opening degree for an oil return interval time Ti.
  • the step of "keeping the expansion valve operating at the adjusted opening degree for an oil return interval time T i " specifically includes: acquiring a shutdown time t sp of the indoor unit; and judging whether the shutdown time t sp is larger than a maximum shutdown time threshold t spmax ; if yes, it means that the expansion valve has operated at the adjusted opening degree for the oil return interval time Ti.
  • the oil return control method for the multi-connection system includes: determining an oil storage quantity q of the indoor units; determining a system oil return time T of the multi-connection system; determining a current opening degree k of an expansion valve of one indoor unit that is not turned on according to the oil storage quantity q and the system oil return time T; comparing the current opening degree k with a maximum opening degree threshold k smax and a minimum opening degree threshold k smin ; selectively adjusting the opening degree of the expansion valve according to a comparison result, and keeping the expansion valve operating at the adjusted opening degree for the system oil return time T.
  • the oil return control method of the present disclosure can precisely control the opening degree of the expansion valve and the oil return time of each indoor unit that is not turned on, so that at the same time of providing sufficient lubricating oil to the compressor, it can also be ensured that there is sufficient amount of refrigerant in the normally turned-on indoor units, thus giving considerations to both the oil return effect and the heat exchange performance of the system.
  • a “controller” may include hardware, software, or a combination thereof.
  • a module may include hardware circuits, various suitable sensors, communication ports and memories, and may also include software parts, such as program codes, or a combination of software and hardware.
  • FIG. 1 a typical structure of a multi-connection system will be first briefly introduced with reference to FIG. 1 .
  • the dotted line “- - - " in FIG. 1 represents liquid pipes
  • the solid line “-" in FIG. 1 represents gas pipes.
  • a multi-connection system includes an outdoor unit and n indoor units.
  • Each of the indoor units is connected to the outdoor unit through a gas pipe and a liquid pipe to form a refrigerant circulation system, and each of the indoor units further includes an expansion valve VE.
  • the expansion valve VE is arranged on the liquid pipe between the outdoor unit and the corresponding indoor unit, and is configured to adjust the amount of refrigerant flowing through the indoor unit.
  • the lubricating oil also circulates with the refrigerant in the system so as to lubricate and cool inner components of a compressor.
  • indoor units in the shutdown or standby state are collectively referred to as indoor units that are not turned on herein.
  • an opening degree of the expansion valves VE of the indoor units that are not turned on is adjusted to a fixed value within a preset period of time, so that the lubricating oil accumulated in the indoor units that are not turned on flows back into the compressor with the refrigerant, which is called an oil return control process of the multi-connection system.
  • the present disclosure provides an oil return control method for a multi-connection system, which can precisely control the opening degree of the expansion valve of each indoor unit that is not turned on and the oil return time thereof, so that at the same time of providing sufficient lubricating oil to the compressor, it can also be ensured that there is sufficient amount of refrigerant in the normally turned-on indoor units, thus giving considerations to both the oil return effect and the heat exchange performance of the system.
  • the main step flow of the oil return control method of the present disclosure includes:
  • the expansion valve of the turned-on indoor unit is always in an open state before the oil is returned.
  • the opening degrees of the expansion valves of all the turned-on indoor units are normally adjusted according to a control logic before the oil return.
  • a detailed step flow of the oil return control method of the present disclosure includes the following steps.
  • Step S100 determining an oil storage quantity q of all the indoor units.
  • step S 100 the oil storage quantity q of the indoor units is determined according to formula (1).
  • q P ⁇ t sp ⁇ P d ⁇ P s ⁇ R o
  • P represents a capacity horsepower of the indoor unit
  • t sp represents the shutdown time of the indoor unit
  • P d represents a system high pressure of the multi-connection system
  • P s represents a system low pressure of the multi-connection system
  • R o represents an oil storage coefficient of the indoor unit.
  • P represents the capacity horsepower of the indoor unit. This value is a performance parameter of the indoor unit, which has been clearly set at the factory and can be acquired directly when needed, without additional calculation.
  • t sp represents the shutdown time of the indoor unit. The shutdown time t sp of each indoor unit is stored in a controller of the multi-connection system, and can be read directly when needed.
  • P d and P s represent the system high pressure and system low pressure of the multi-connection system respectively. These two specific values can be collected by two pressure sensors installed on the outdoor unit, and then transmitted to the controller in a wired or wireless manner for storage. Also, they can be read directly when needed.
  • R o represents the oil storage coefficient of the indoor unit, and this value depends on an ambient temperature T ai of the indoor unit, a saturation temperature T pd corresponding to the system high pressure and a saturation temperature T ps corresponding to the system low pressure under different working conditions of the system.
  • Table 1 shows the oil storage coefficient R o obtained under different working conditions of the indoor unit through experimental verification, and an appropriate value can be chosen from Table 1 according to the actual working conditions of the indoor unit during calculation.
  • Step S200 determining a system oil return time T of the multi-connection system.
  • step S200 specifically includes: Step S201: acquiring the maximum oil storage quantity q max of the indoor unit.
  • the controller of the multi-connection system calculates and stores the oil storage quantity q of each indoor unit according to the aforementioned formula (1).
  • the oil storage quantity q of the indoor unit varies according to the different working condition of the indoor unit.
  • the controller traverses all the oil storage quantities q of the indoor unit that have been stored, finds out the maximum oil storage quantity q max therefrom and reads it directly.
  • Step S202 judging whether the maximum oil storage quantity q max is larger than the maximum oil storage quantity threshold q smax ; if yes, the process proceeds to step S203; otherwise, the process proceeds to step S204.
  • Step S203 determining the system oil return time T as the maximum oil return time threshold T smax .
  • the values of the maximum oil storage quantity threshold q smax and the maximum oil return time threshold T smax depend on various performance parameters of the indoor unit, and they can be set by those skilled in the art according to the specific performance parameters of the indoor unit.
  • step S300 After the oil storage quantity q of the indoor unit and the system oil return time T are determined, with continued reference to FIG. 2 , the oil return control method proceeds to step S300.
  • q smax , k smax and a minimum opening degree threshold k smin that will appear in subsequent steps depend on various performance parameters of the indoor unit, and they can be set by those skilled in the art according to the specific performance parameters of the indoor unit.
  • T smax depends on the actual working parameters of the multi-connection system, and it can be set by those skilled in the art according to the actual situation.
  • Step S400 comparing the current opening degree k with the maximum opening degree threshold k smax and a minimum opening degree threshold k smin .
  • Step S500 selectively adjusting the opening degree of the expansion valve according to a comparison result, and keeping the expansion valve operating at the adjusted opening degree for the system oil return time T.
  • Step S502 adjusting the opening degree of the expansion valve to k smin , and keeping the expansion valve operating at the adjusted opening degree for the indoor unit oil return time t.
  • Step S503 adjusting the opening degree of the expansion valve to zero, and keeping the expansion valve operating at the adjusted opening degree for a time T-t; then the process returns to the step of determining q.
  • step S504 the process proceeds to step S504 of keeping the expansion valve operating at the current opening degree k for the system oil return time T, and then the process returns to the step of determining q.
  • step S505 the process proceeds to step S505 of adjusting the opening degree of the expansion valve to k smax and keeping the expansion valve operating at the adjusted opening degree for the system oil return time T, and then the process returns to the step of determining q.
  • the oil return control method further includes: Step S600: keeping the expansion valve operating at the adjusted opening degree for an oil return interval time Ti.
  • the present disclosure will provide two methods of judging whether the expansion valve has operated at the adjusted opening degree for the oil return interval time T i , and the two methods will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6 . It should be noted that in order to improve readability, the following two methods are distinguished by different step labels. Specifically, steps of the first method are denoted by a label S600, and steps of the second method are denoted by a label S600'.
  • step S600 of the first method specifically includes:
  • Step S602 judging whether the total oil storage quantity Q is larger than a maximum total oil storage quantity threshold Q smax ; if yes, the process proceeds to step S603; otherwise, the process returns to step S601.
  • Step S603 meaning that the expansion valve has operated at the adjusted opening degree for the oil return interval time Ti.
  • step S600' of the second method specifically includes:
  • the method for judging whether the expansion valve has operated at the adjusted opening degree for the oil return interval time T i is not limited to the above two methods, and those skilled in the art can also use other conventional means to judge.
  • the present disclosure also provides a multi-connection air conditioning system including a controller, and the controller is configured to be capable of executing the above refrigerant flow control method.
  • the basic functional components constituting the multi-connection air conditioning system and the working principle are basically the same as those in the prior art, and can be realized by those skilled in the art completely based on the prior art, so a repeated description thereof will not be given herein.

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