Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Liquid-cooled compressor and method for operating same
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Application No.: US15319916Application Date: 2015-06-25
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Publication No.: US10578107B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Shigeyuki Yorikane , Hiroshi Ohta
- Applicant: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Crowell & Moring LLP
- Priority: JP2014-136877 20140702
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/068406 WO 20150625
- International Announcement: WO2016/002635 WO 20160107
- Main IPC: F04C28/24
- IPC: F04C28/24 ; F04C28/06 ; F04B49/03 ; F04B39/06 ; F04C29/02 ; F04C29/04 ; F04C18/16

Abstract:
Typical liquid-cooled compressors use the effective means of reducing no-load power by repeatedly starting and stopping an electric motor according to the amount of required air, but sufficient consideration has not been given to the fact that frequent starting and stopping of large-output electric motors leads to a decline in motor reliability. In order to solve this problem, a liquid-cooled compressor for circulating a liquid inside a compressor body using a pressure difference, and equipped with a cooling channel for circulating said liquid for cooling, configured so as to have an intake valve for adjusting the air intake of the compressor body, to change the amount of air taken in through the intake valve, and as a result, to perform a low-pressure operation during no-load operation at two levels of reduced operating pressure consisting of a value no less than a minimum circulation oil supply pressure and a low value. As a result, possible to provide a compressor which balances ensuring the reliability of the compressor and the electric motor during no-load operation of a large-output electric motor, and improving energy efficiency during no-load operation by reducing surplus power.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170130720A1 Liquid-Cooled Compressor and Method for Operating Same Public/Granted day:2017-05-11
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