Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Capacity control for chillers having screw compressors
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Application No.: US16312929Application Date: 2017-06-01
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Publication No.: US11035600B2Publication Date: 2021-06-15
- Inventor: Gail E. Lindberg , Curtis C. Crane
- Applicant: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Current Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2017/035511 WO 20170601
- International Announcement: WO2018/004985 WO 20180104
- Main IPC: F25B49/02
- IPC: F25B49/02 ; F04C18/16 ; F25B1/047 ; F04C28/12

Abstract:
A compressor system includes a screw compressor and a controller. The screw compressor includes a slide valve selectively actuatable between a first position and a second position to facilitate modulating a capacity of the screw compressor between fully-loaded and fully-unloaded. The controller is communicably coupled to the slide valve. The controller is configured to receive a chilled fluid temperature setpoint for a fluid in heat transfer communication with a refrigerant of the refrigeration circuit; receive temperature data indicative of a chilled fluid temperature of the fluid; determine a difference between the chilled fluid temperature and the chilled fluid temperature setpoint; and provide one of a load command and an unload command to the slide valve based the difference between the chilled fluid temperature and the chilled fluid temperature setpoint. According to an embodiment, the controller does not receive feedback from the screw compressor regarding a position of the slide valve.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190249666A1 CAPACITY CONTROL FOR CHILLERS HAVING SCREW COMPRESSORS Public/Granted day:2019-08-15
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