Screw compressor having synchronized economizer ports
AssigneeTrane International Inc.
InventorAlberto Scala
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Abstract
This disclosure relates generally to economized screw compressors. Particularly, this synchronized economizer ports on both the female and the male rotor sides of a compressor housing. The economizer ports simultaneously provide gas to a compression chamber formed by male and female rotors. The synchronized male side and female side economizer ports are configured to open and close at opening and closing angles, respectively. The opening angles and the closing angles each differ by at most half of an angular width of a male lobe of the compressor.
Claims10
A screw compressor, comprising:
- a compressor housing;
- a male rotor located in the compressor housing on a male rotor side;
- a female rotor located in the compressor housing on a female rotor side and configured to engage the male rotor;
- a first economizer port on the male rotor side of the compressor housing;
- and
- a second economizer port on the female rotor side of the compressor housing,
- wherein the first economizer port and the second economizer port are configured to simultaneously provide gas to a compression chamber formed by the male rotor and the female rotor,
- the first economizer port and the second economizer port are each located between 5 and 10 degrees of rotation of the male rotor and the female rotor following a position where the male rotor and female rotor form the compression chamber, and
- the first economizer port is configured to close at a first closing compression angle and the second economizer is configured to close at a second closing compression angle, wherein a difference between the first closing compression angle and the second closing compression angle is less than half an angular width of a lobe of the male rotor, wherein the angular width is 360 degrees divided by a number of lobes of the male rotor.
A method of operating a screw compressor, comprising:
- a compressor housing including a first cavity accommodating a male rotor and a second cavity accommodating a female rotor;
- injecting a flow of gas to a compression chamber via a first economizer port on a male rotor side of the screw compressor;
- and
- injecting a flow of the gas to the compression chamber via a second economizer port on a female rotor side of the screw compressor, wherein
- the first economizer port and the second economizer port provide the flow of gas to the compression chamber simultaneously,
- the first economizer port and the second economizer port are located between 5 and 10 degrees of rotation of the male rotor and the female rotor following a position where the male rotor and female rotor form the compression chamber, and
- the first economizer port closes at a first closing compression angle and the second economizer closes at a second closing compression angle, wherein a difference between the first closing compression angle and the second closing compression angle is less than half an angular width of a lobe of the male rotor, wherein the angular width is 360 degrees divided by a number of lobes of the male rotor.
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