EP2302309A1 - Refrigeration device - Google Patents
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- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
- F25B2400/00—General features or devices for refrigeration machines, plants or systems, combined heating and refrigeration systems or heat-pump systems, i.e. not limited to a particular subgroup of F25B
- F25B2400/19—Pumping down refrigerant from one part of the cycle to another part of the cycle, e.g. when the cycle is changed from cooling to heating, or before a defrost cycle is started
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
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- a refrigeration unit there is a minute amount of refrigerant leakage from connection parts between devices constituting a refrigeration cycle and refrigerant pipes, or from sealing parts in the devices.
- refrigerant leakage it is effective to perform a pump down operation to make the pressure in a lower pressure side low and then stop the refrigeration unit (stop a compressor) because the differential pressure relative to the atmospheric pressure can be reduced at the sealing parts etc.
- the low-pressure monitoring means that monitors the low pressure while the compressor is stopped and that performs a pump down operation when the low pressure rises to the specified pressure or more to always maintain the low pressure at the specified pressure or less is provided, and, therefore, after the pump down operation is performed to make the low pressure equal to or less than the specified pressure and the operation of the compressor is stopped, the pump down operation is performed every time the low pressure rises to the specified pressure or more, thereby making it possible to always maintain the low pressure at the specified pressure or less. Therefore, even when the operation of the refrigeration unit is stopped for a long time, it is possible to maintain the low pressure at the specified pressure or less and to reduce refrigerant leakage as much as possible.
- any one of the above-described refrigeration units according to the above-described aspect may have a configuration in which the means for closing the refrigerant discharge line is a solenoid valve or a check valve provided in the refrigerant discharge line extending from the compressor or in the compressor.
- FIGS. 1 and 2 A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below using FIGS. 1 and 2 .
- a refrigeration unit 1 includes a closed-cycle refrigerant circuit (refrigeration cycle) 7 that connects, via refrigerant pipes 6, a compressor 2 for compressing low-pressure refrigerant gas, a condenser 3 for condensing high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant gas compressed by the compressor 2, an expansion valve (electronic expansion valve) 4 for adiabatically expanding high-pressure liquid refrigerant condensed by the condenser 3, and an evaporator 5 for evaporating low-pressure gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant adiabatically-expanded by the expansion valve 4, in that order.
- a closed-cycle refrigerant circuit (refrigeration cycle) 7 that connects, via refrigerant pipes 6, a compressor 2 for compressing low-pressure refrigerant gas, a condenser 3 for condensing high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant gas compressed by the compressor 2, an expansion valve (electronic expansion valve) 4 for adiabat
- a solenoid valve 8 serving as means for closing the refrigerant low-pressure line during a pump down operation is provided.
- a solenoid valve 9 serving as means for closing the refrigerant discharge line after the pump down operation is provided.
- a pressure sensor 10 for detecting a low pressure is provided in a refrigerant low-pressure line between the evaporator 5 and the compressor 2.
- the above-described refrigeration unit 1 also includes low-pressure monitoring means 11 that, in order to stop the operation (stop the compressor 2), performs the pump down operation with the solenoid valve 8 closed while continuously operating the compressor 2, that stops the compressor 2 and closes the solenoid valve 9, thus entering a stop state, when the pressure in the refrigerant low-pressure line side reaches a specified pressure or less, and that monitors the low pressure such that the low pressure does not reach the specified pressure or more even during the stop state.
- the low-pressure monitoring means 11 when a stop signal is input to the refrigeration unit 1 (the compressor 2) that is in an operating state (S1), the low-pressure monitoring means 11 performs a pump down operation (S2).
- This pump down operation (S2) is performed with the solenoid valve 8 closed while continuously operating the compressor 2.
- refrigerant in the refrigerant low-pressure line located on the downstream side of the solenoid valve 8 is pumped up by the compressor 2 into a refrigerant high-pressure line side that includes the condenser 3 and is recovered mainly by the condenser 3.
- the pressure sensor 10 detects that state (S3), stops the compressor 2 (S4), and closes the expansion valve (electronic expansion valve) 4 and the solenoid valve 9 (S5) to seal the refrigerant in the condenser 3 side, so as to prevent high-pressure refrigerant from flowing back to the compressor 2 side.
- a stop state (S6) in which the low pressure LP in the refrigerant low-pressure line is the specified pressure or less can be maintained.
- a refrigeration or air-conditioning operation is performed by repeating a cycle in which refrigerant compressed by the compressor 2 is condensed by the condenser 3; this refrigerant is adiabatically-expanded by the expansion valve (electronic expansion valve) 4 and is then supplied to the evaporator 5 for evaporation; and this refrigerant gas is sucked into the compressor 2 for recompression.
- the expansion valve electronic expansion valve
- the low-pressure monitoring means 11 performs the pump down operation and then stops the operation of the compressor 2 in order to reduce the possibility of refrigerant leakage from the refrigeration unit during the stopped period as much as possible.
- the pump down operation is performed by closing the solenoid valve 8 while the compressor 2 is continuously operated. With the pump down operation, refrigerant in the refrigerant low-pressure line located on the downstream side of the solenoid valve 8 is recovered by the compressor 2 to the high-pressure line side that includes the condenser 3, and the pressure in the refrigerant low-pressure line side is reduced.
- the pressure sensor 10 detects that state, stops the compressor 2 to finish the pump down operation, and closes the expansion valve (electronic expansion valve) 4 and the solenoid valve 9 to seal the refrigerant in the high-pressure line side that includes the condenser 3. In this way, the low pressure in the refrigerant low-pressure line side is maintained at a low pressure equal to or less than the specified pressure that is closer to the atmospheric pressure. Further, when the stopped period is long, the low pressure rises due to valve leakage or the like during that period, and the pressure sensor 10 detects that it reaches the specified pressure or more, the compressor 2 is operated for a short time to perform the pump down operation again. The identical operations are repeated thereafter.
- the low pressure is always maintained at the specified pressure or less while the operation thereof is stopped. Therefore, even when the operation of the refrigeration unit 1 is stopped for a long time, the low pressure is maintained at the specified pressure or less, thereby reducing refrigerant leakage as much as possible.
- the possibility of refrigerant leakage from a sealing part in the compressor drive shaft can be reduced while the operation of the compressor 2 is stopped. Therefore, it is possible to reduce refrigerant leakage in the refrigeration unit 1 using the open compressor 2.
- this embodiment uses a configuration in which the low-pressure monitoring means 11 fully closes or narrows down the electronic expansion valve 4 to close or narrow down the refrigerant low-pressure line during a pump down operation and fully closes the electronic expansion valve 4 during a stop state after the pump down operation finishes. In this way, it is possible to make the electronic expansion valve 4 also work as the above-described solenoid valve 8.
- the above-described solenoid valve 8 can be omitted. Therefore, according to this embodiment, in addition to the same effect as in the first embodiment, an effect is afforded in that it is possible to simplify the configuration of the refrigerant circuit 7 and to reduce the cost thereof, by omitting the solenoid valve 8.
- the pump down operation performed for a short time to maintain a low pressure during a stop state can be performed by driving the starter motor for a short time and, if a hybrid-type unit has both an engine and a motor, by driving the motor for a short time.
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- The present invention relates to a refrigeration unit capable of reducing refrigerant leakage from a refrigerant circuit that includes a compressor as much as possible.
- In a refrigeration unit, there is a minute amount of refrigerant leakage from connection parts between devices constituting a refrigeration cycle and refrigerant pipes, or from sealing parts in the devices. To reduce this refrigerant leakage, it is effective to perform a pump down operation to make the pressure in a lower pressure side low and then stop the refrigeration unit (stop a compressor) because the differential pressure relative to the atmospheric pressure can be reduced at the sealing parts etc.
- On the other hand,
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PTL 1 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, Publication No.2000-249385 -
PTL 2 Japanese Unexamined Patent Application, Publication No.2001-272118 - In the refrigeration units described in
Patent Literatures - The present invention has been made in view of such a circumstance, and an object thereof is to provide a refrigeration unit capable of reducing refrigerant leakage by always maintaining the low pressure at a specified pressure or less while the operation thereof is stopped.
- In order to solve the above-described problem, the refrigeration unit of the present invention employs the following solutions.
Specifically, one aspect of the present invention is a refrigeration unit that performs a pump down operation by closing or narrowing down a refrigerant low-pressure line to stop a compressor, that stops the compressor when a low pressure is reduced to a specified pressure or less, and that closes the refrigerant discharge line to maintain the low pressure, including low-pressure monitoring means that monitors the low pressure while the compressor is stopped and that performs the pump down operation when the low pressure rises to the specified pressure or more to always maintain the low pressure at the specified pressure or less. - According to this aspect of the present invention, the low-pressure monitoring means that monitors the low pressure while the compressor is stopped and that performs a pump down operation when the low pressure rises to the specified pressure or more to always maintain the low pressure at the specified pressure or less is provided, and, therefore, after the pump down operation is performed to make the low pressure equal to or less than the specified pressure and the operation of the compressor is stopped, the pump down operation is performed every time the low pressure rises to the specified pressure or more, thereby making it possible to always maintain the low pressure at the specified pressure or less. Therefore, even when the operation of the refrigeration unit is stopped for a long time, it is possible to maintain the low pressure at the specified pressure or less and to reduce refrigerant leakage as much as possible. Note that the pump down operation is performed by operating the compressor by closing or narrowing down the refrigerant low-pressure line and by pumping refrigerant in the refrigerant low-pressure line side to the refrigerant high-pressure line that includes a condenser.
- Further, the refrigeration unit according to the above-described aspect may have a configuration in which the compressor is an open compressor driven by an external drive source.
- According to the above-described configuration, in the refrigeration unit in which the compressor is an open compressor driven by an external drive source, it is possible to maintain the low pressure at the specified pressure or less while the operation of the compressor is stopped and to reduce the possibility of refrigerant leakage from sealing parts in a compressor drive shaft. Therefore, it is possible to reduce refrigerant leakage in a refrigeration unit that uses an open compressor.
- Further, any one of the above-described refrigeration units according to the above-described aspect may have a configuration in which an electronic expansion valve for a refrigeration cycle also serves as means for closing the refrigerant low-pressure line.
- According to the above-described configuration, since the electronic expansion valve for the refrigeration cycle also serves as the means for closing the refrigerant low-pressure line, it is possible to fully close the electronic expansion valve to close the refrigerant low-pressure line during the pump down operation and during a stop state. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate a solenoid valve or the like used only to close the refrigerant low-pressure line, to simplify the refrigerant circuit configuration, and to reduce the cost thereof.
- Furthermore, any one of the above-described refrigeration units according to the above-described aspect may have a configuration in which the means for closing the refrigerant discharge line is a solenoid valve or a check valve provided in the refrigerant discharge line extending from the compressor or in the compressor.
- According to the above-described configuration, since the means for closing the refrigerant discharge line is a solenoid valve or a check valve provided in the refrigerant discharge line extending from the compressor or in the compressor, it is possible to close the refrigerant discharge line by the solenoid valve or the check valve after the pump down operation finishes, so as to prevent high-pressure refrigerant from flowing back from the refrigerant discharge line side to the compressor side. Therefore, it is possible to enhance a low-pressure maintaining effect at the refrigerant low-pressure line side and to reduce the leakage of refrigerant from the refrigerant circuit as much as possible.
- According to the present invention, after the pump down operation is performed to make the low pressure equal to or less than the specified pressure and the operation of the refrigeration unit is stopped, the pump down operation is performed every time the low pressure rises to the specified pressure or more, thereby making it possible to always maintain the low pressure at the specified pressure or less. Thus, even when the operation of the refrigeration unit is stopped for a long time, it is possible to maintain the low pressure at the specified pressure or less and to reduce the refrigerant leakage as much as possible.
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Fig. 1 FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a refrigeration unit according to one embodiment of the present invention. -
Fig. 2 FIG. 2 is a control flow diagram of the refrigeration unit according to the embodiment of the present invention. - Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
- A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below using
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FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of a refrigeration unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention, andFIG. 2 shows a control flow diagram thereof. - A
refrigeration unit 1 includes a closed-cycle refrigerant circuit (refrigeration cycle) 7 that connects, viarefrigerant pipes 6, acompressor 2 for compressing low-pressure refrigerant gas, acondenser 3 for condensing high-temperature and high-pressure refrigerant gas compressed by thecompressor 2, an expansion valve (electronic expansion valve) 4 for adiabatically expanding high-pressure liquid refrigerant condensed by thecondenser 3, and anevaporator 5 for evaporating low-pressure gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant adiabatically-expanded by the expansion valve 4, in that order. - In the above-described
refrigeration unit 1, thecompressor 2 is a so-called open compressor that does not include a motor, that has a drive shaft protruding to the outside from a compressor housing and coupled to an external driving source, such as an engine or a motor, via a clutch or the like, and that is driven by the external driving source. Therefore, a sealing device, such as a mechanical seal and a lip seal, is provided at a protrusion part of the drive shaft to seal the part between the inside of the housing and air. - Further, in a refrigerant low-pressure line of the refrigerant circuit (refrigeration cycle) 7 between the expansion valve (electronic expansion valve) 4 and the
evaporator 5, a solenoid valve 8 serving as means for closing the refrigerant low-pressure line during a pump down operation is provided. In a refrigerant discharge line between thecompressor 2 and thecondenser 3, asolenoid valve 9 serving as means for closing the refrigerant discharge line after the pump down operation is provided. Further, apressure sensor 10 for detecting a low pressure is provided in a refrigerant low-pressure line between theevaporator 5 and thecompressor 2. - The above-described
refrigeration unit 1 also includes low-pressure monitoring means 11 that, in order to stop the operation (stop the compressor 2), performs the pump down operation with the solenoid valve 8 closed while continuously operating thecompressor 2, that stops thecompressor 2 and closes thesolenoid valve 9, thus entering a stop state, when the pressure in the refrigerant low-pressure line side reaches a specified pressure or less, and that monitors the low pressure such that the low pressure does not reach the specified pressure or more even during the stop state. - Specifically, as shown in
FIG. 2 , when a stop signal is input to the refrigeration unit 1 (the compressor 2) that is in an operating state (S1), the low-pressure monitoring means 11 performs a pump down operation (S2). This pump down operation (S2) is performed with the solenoid valve 8 closed while continuously operating thecompressor 2. In this way, refrigerant in the refrigerant low-pressure line located on the downstream side of the solenoid valve 8 is pumped up by thecompressor 2 into a refrigerant high-pressure line side that includes thecondenser 3 and is recovered mainly by thecondenser 3. - After the above-described refrigerant recovering operation is continuously performed for a predetermined period of time, most of the refrigerant in the refrigerant low-pressure line side is recovered by the refrigerant high-pressure line side that includes the
condenser 3, and the pressure in the refrigerant low-pressure line is reduced. When a low pressure LP reaches the specified pressure or less, thepressure sensor 10 detects that state (S3), stops the compressor 2 (S4), and closes the expansion valve (electronic expansion valve) 4 and the solenoid valve 9 (S5) to seal the refrigerant in thecondenser 3 side, so as to prevent high-pressure refrigerant from flowing back to thecompressor 2 side. Thus, a stop state (S6) in which the low pressure LP in the refrigerant low-pressure line is the specified pressure or less can be maintained. - When the stop state (6) is maintained for a long time and the low pressure LP gradually rises to the specified pressure or more due to valve leakage or the like, the
pressure sensor 10 detects that state (S7) and operates thecompressor 2 only for a short time (S8) to perform the pump down operation again (S2). In this way, the low-pressure monitoring means 11 is configured to always maintain the pressure in the refrigerant low-pressure line at the low pressure LP that is equal to or less than the specified pressure while the refrigeration unit 1 (the compressor 2) is stopped. - According to this embodiment, with the configuration described above, the following advantages are afforded.
In therefrigeration unit 1, a refrigeration or air-conditioning operation is performed by repeating a cycle in which refrigerant compressed by thecompressor 2 is condensed by thecondenser 3; this refrigerant is adiabatically-expanded by the expansion valve (electronic expansion valve) 4 and is then supplied to theevaporator 5 for evaporation; and this refrigerant gas is sucked into thecompressor 2 for recompression. - To stop this refrigeration or air-conditioning operation, the low-pressure monitoring means 11 performs the pump down operation and then stops the operation of the
compressor 2 in order to reduce the possibility of refrigerant leakage from the refrigeration unit during the stopped period as much as possible. The pump down operation is performed by closing the solenoid valve 8 while thecompressor 2 is continuously operated. With the pump down operation, refrigerant in the refrigerant low-pressure line located on the downstream side of the solenoid valve 8 is recovered by thecompressor 2 to the high-pressure line side that includes thecondenser 3, and the pressure in the refrigerant low-pressure line side is reduced. - When the low pressure is reduced to the specified pressure, the
pressure sensor 10 detects that state, stops thecompressor 2 to finish the pump down operation, and closes the expansion valve (electronic expansion valve) 4 and thesolenoid valve 9 to seal the refrigerant in the high-pressure line side that includes thecondenser 3. In this way, the low pressure in the refrigerant low-pressure line side is maintained at a low pressure equal to or less than the specified pressure that is closer to the atmospheric pressure. Further, when the stopped period is long, the low pressure rises due to valve leakage or the like during that period, and thepressure sensor 10 detects that it reaches the specified pressure or more, thecompressor 2 is operated for a short time to perform the pump down operation again. The identical operations are repeated thereafter. - Thus, in the
refrigeration unit 1, the low pressure is always maintained at the specified pressure or less while the operation thereof is stopped. Therefore, even when the operation of therefrigeration unit 1 is stopped for a long time, the low pressure is maintained at the specified pressure or less, thereby reducing refrigerant leakage as much as possible. In therefrigeration unit 1 using theopen compressor 2, the possibility of refrigerant leakage from a sealing part in the compressor drive shaft can be reduced while the operation of thecompressor 2 is stopped. Therefore, it is possible to reduce refrigerant leakage in therefrigeration unit 1 using theopen compressor 2. - Further, the
solenoid valve 9 is provided in the refrigerant discharge line and closes the refrigerant discharge line when the pump down operation finishes, thereby preventing high-pressure refrigerant from flowing back to thecompressor 2 side. Therefore, it is possible to enhance a low-pressure maintaining effect at the refrigerant low-pressure line side and to reduce the leakage of refrigerant from therefrigerant circuit 7 as much as possible. - Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to
FIG. 1 . - This embodiment differs from the above-described first embodiment in that the electronic expansion valve 4 also serves as means for closing the refrigerant low-pressure line.
- Specifically, this embodiment uses a configuration in which the low-pressure monitoring means 11 fully closes or narrows down the electronic expansion valve 4 to close or narrow down the refrigerant low-pressure line during a pump down operation and fully closes the electronic expansion valve 4 during a stop state after the pump down operation finishes. In this way, it is possible to make the electronic expansion valve 4 also work as the above-described solenoid valve 8.
- As described above, since the electronic expansion valve 4 is fully closed or narrowed down to close or narrow down the refrigerant low-pressure line during a pump down operation, and the electronic expansion valve 4 is fully closed to close the refrigerant low-pressure line during the stop state after the pump down operation finishes, the above-described solenoid valve 8 can be omitted. Therefore, according to this embodiment, in addition to the same effect as in the first embodiment, an effect is afforded in that it is possible to simplify the configuration of the
refrigerant circuit 7 and to reduce the cost thereof, by omitting the solenoid valve 8. - Note that the present invention is not limited to the invention according to the above-described embodiments, and appropriate modifications can be made without departing from the scope thereof. For example, although a description has been given of an example in which the
solenoid valve 9 is provided as means for closing the refrigerant discharge line in the above-described embodiments, a similar advantage can be obtained even by using a check valve instead of thesolenoid valve 9. Note that, since a valve control circuit is not required when a check valve is used, the configuration of the control means can be simplified. The above-describedsolenoid valve 9 or a check valve may be provided inside thecompressor 2. - In the above-described embodiments, although a description has been given of the refrigeration unit in which one
compressor 2, onecondenser 3, and oneevaporator 5 are connected, the present invention can naturally be applied to a multi-type refrigeration unit in which, in addition to the above-described configuration, at least onecompressor 2, at least onecondenser 3, and/or at least oneevaporator 5 are further connected. Further, although an example in which thepressure sensor 10 is provided in the refrigerant low-pressure line in order to detect a low pressure has been described in the above-described embodiments, the present invention also includes an embodiment in which the pressure can be detected from the saturation temperature of refrigerant detected by a temperature sensor. - Furthermore, although the present invention is suitably applied to an engine-driven heat pump air-conditioning unit using the
open compressor 2 driven by an engine or a motor serving as an external drive source, and to a vehicle refrigeration unit or a vehicle air-conditioning unit that is driven by a sub-engine or a driving engine, the present invention is not necessarily limited to those refrigeration units, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be similarly applied to electrically-powered refrigeration units, electrically-powered heat pump air-conditioning units, and the like.
Further, if the unit has a starter motor for starting an engine, the pump down operation performed for a short time to maintain a low pressure during a stop state can be performed by driving the starter motor for a short time and, if a hybrid-type unit has both an engine and a motor, by driving the motor for a short time. -
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- A refrigeration unit that performs a pump down operation by closing or narrowing down a refrigerant low-pressure line to stop a compressor, that stops the compressor when a low pressure is reduced to a specified pressure or less, and that closes the refrigerant discharge line to maintain the low pressure, comprising low-pressure monitoring means that monitors the low pressure while the compressor is stopped and that performs the pump down operation when the low pressure rises to the specified pressure or more to always maintain the low pressure at the specified pressure or less.
- A refrigeration unit according to claim 1, wherein the compressor is an open compressor driven by an external drive source.
- A refrigeration unit according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an electronic expansion valve for a refrigeration cycle also serves as means for closing the refrigerant low-pressure line.
- A refrigeration unit according to one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the means for closing the refrigerant discharge line is a solenoid valve or a check valve provided in the refrigerant discharge line extending from the compressor or in the compressor.
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