Refrigeration machine
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries Thermal Systems, Ltd.
InventorsKoji Maeta, Shintaro Omura
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Abstract
Provided is a refrigeration machine provided with: a refrigeration cycle having a compressor, a condenser, an expander, an evaporator, and piping (12) which sequentially connects the compressor, the condenser, and the expander; and an acoustic device (13) having a space formation section (14) which has one end (14a) connected to the piping (12) and in which a space is formed, the acoustic device (13) also having a vibration body (20) which is affixed integrally to the other end of the space formation section (14) and which has a lower natural frequency than the space formation section (14).
Claims4
A chiller comprising:
- a refrigeration cycle including a compressor, a condenser, an expander, an evaporator, a pipe that sequentially connects the compressor, the condenser, the expander, and the evaporator, and a discharge pipe;
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- an acoustic device including a space formation section that has a first end and a second end, the first end of the space formation section connected to the pipe and in which a space is formed, and a vibration body that is fixed integrally to the second end of the space formation section and has a lower natural frequency than the space formation section,
- wherein the space formation section includes a cylindrical main body section provided at the first end of the space formation section and a lid section provided at the second end of the space formation section,
- wherein the vibration body is fixed integrally to the lid section,
- wherein the vibration body is fixed such that a main surface of the vibration body and a main surface of the lid section are in surface contact,
- wherein the vibration body and the space formation section are each formed of metal, and
- wherein the metal forming the vibration body has a lower Young's modulus than the metal forming the space formation section, and the metal forming the vibration body has a lower density than the metal forming the space formation section.
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