Accumulator and air conditioning system using the same
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsWon Hee Lee, Yoon Jei Hwang, Chan Ho Song
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Abstract
An improved accumulator is disclosed, which includes a body having an empty space therein; an inlet tube inserted into the inside of the body from a top thereof, downwardly, for an inflow of a refrigerant to the inside of the body; an outlet tube inserted into the inside of the body from a bottom thereof, upwardly, for a discharge of the refrigerant to the outside of the body; and an isolating plate provided on an inner bottom of the body between the inlet tube and the outlet tube, for preventing the outlet tube from being splashed with the liquid phase refrigerant, and preventing the liquid phase refrigerant from flowing into the outlet tube.
Claims21
An accumulator comprising:
- a body having a space therein;
- an inlet tube extending downwardly into the body from a top of the body and including an end positioned at an inner lower portion of the body, such that a liquid phase refrigerant flows into the body;
- an outlet tube extending upwardly into the body from a bottom of the body and including an end positioned at an inner upper portion of the body, such that the refrigerant is discharged from the body;
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- an isolating plate provided on an inner bottom of the body between the inlet tube and the outlet tube, and positioned such that the liquid phase refrigerant is prevented from flowing into the outlet tube.
An air conditioning system comprising:
- at least one compressor that compresses a gas phase refrigerant at a high pressure and that discharges the compressed refrigerant;
- a flow control valve connected to the compressor, for controlling a flow direction of the refrigerant according to an operation mode;
- a plurality of heat exchangers, respectively positioned indoor and outdoor and connected to the flow control valve;
- at least one expansion device provided in a refrigerant tube that directly connects the heat exchangers;
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- an accumulator that temporarily stores the refrigerant passing through the heat exchangers, and that is connected to an inlet of the compressor such that the gas phase refrigerant is provided to the compressor, said accumulator comprising:
- a body having a space therein;
- an inlet tube connected to the flow control valve, said inlet tube extending downwardly into the body from a top of the body and including an end positioned at an inner lower portion of the body;
- an outlet tube connected to the compressor, said outlet tube extending upwardly into the body from a bottom of the body and including an end positioned at an inner upper portion of the body;
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- an isolating plate provided on an inner bottom of the body between the inlet tube and the outlet tube, and positioned such that the liquid phase refrigerant is prevented from splashing and flowing into the outlet tube.
An air conditioning system comprising:
- a compressor that compresses and pumps refrigerant;
- an indoor heat exchanger that communicates with the compressor and conducts a heat exchange between the refrigerant and indoor air;
- an outdoor heat exchanger that communicates with the compressor and conducts a heat exchange between the refrigerant and outdoor air;
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- an accumulator that communicates with the compressor and heat exchangers, said accumulator comprising:
- a body having a space therein;
- an inlet tube extending into the body through a top of the body, said inlet tube introducing refrigerant into the space and including an end positioned at an inner lower portion of the body;
- an outlet tube extending into the body through a bottom of the body, said outlet tube exhausting a gas phase refrigerant in the space and including an end positioned at an inner upper portion of the body;
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- an isolating plate provided on the bottom of the body between the inlet tube and the outlet tube, said isolating plate preventing a liquid phase refrigerant from flowing into the outlet tube.
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