Scroll compressor for carbon dioxide supplied with a lubricant
AssigneeMatusushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkira Hiwata, Yoshiyuki Futagami, Noboru Iida, Kiyoshi Sawai
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Abstract
According to a scroll compressor of the present invention, lubricant is supplied to a compression chamber in the proportions of 2% by weight or more and less than 20% by weight of the lubricant to the sucked refrigerant amount. With this, it is possible to provide an efficient scroll compressor even when carbon dioxide is used as the refrigerant.
Claims7
A scroll compressor comprising a spiral lap of a fixed scroll part and a spiral lap of a turning scroll part which are meshed with each other to form a compression chamber, a rotation-restraining mechanism which restrains said turning scroll part from rotating to turn the turning scroll part along a circular orbit, a compression chamber formed between the spiral lap of said fixed scroll part and the spiral lap of said turning scroll part which moves while changing a volume of said compression chamber, thereby compressing sucked refrigerant and discharging the refrigerant, wherein carbon dioxide is used as said refrigerant,
- wherein said turning scroll part comprises a communication passage provided in the turning scroll part, and a throttle hole through which lubricant flows to a back pressure chamber adjusted to said turning scroll part, said back pressure chamber at least intermittently communicating with said sucked refrigerant,
- wherein a diameter of said throttle hole is adjusted such that an amount of the lubricant supplied into said compression chamber is set to a ratio of 2% by weight or more and less than 20% by weight of an amount of the lubricant to the refrigerant trapped in said compression chamber when a suction stroke of said refrigerant is completed.
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