Danfoss Commercial Compressors

Jean Francois Heitz

David Genevois

Patrice Bonnefoi

Wanzhen Liu

A scroll compressor () includes a sealed housing (); a compression unit (), having a fixed scroll () and an orbiting scroll (); a drive shaft () configured to drive the orbiting scroll () to move orbitally, the drive shaft () being capable of rotating about an axis of rotation; a synchronous reluctance motor () configured to drive the drive shaft () to rotate about the axis of rotation, the synchronous reluctance motor () comprising a rotor () coupled to the drive shaft () and a stator () disposed around the rotor (), and the rotor () including a ferrite permanent magnet (); a compressor control apparatus () configured to control the scroll compressor () to operate; a lubricating oil tank (), formed in a bottom portion of the sealed housing (); a heating apparatus configured to heat lubricating oil stored in the lubricating oil tank (); and an oil temperature sensor () disposed in the lubricating oil tank ().

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Nordborg, Denmark

Jean Francois Heitz