Tyco Fire + Security Gmbh

Johnson Controls Technology Company

Johnson Controls Tyco IP Holdings Llp

Paul W Snell, Ii

Matthew Lee Heisey

Daniela Bilmanis

Dale M Unger

An induction motor for a chiller assembly is provided. The induction motor includes a housing and a stator having a cylindrical shape with a first end, a second end, an interior surface, and an exterior surface. The cylindrical shape defines a central axis. The induction motor further includes a rotor and a shaft with a first end and a second end. The rotor and the shaft are configured to rotate within the interior cylindrical surface of the stator about the central axis. The induction motor additionally includes a first bearing assembly located proximate the first end of the shaft, a second bearing assembly located proximate the second end of the shaft, a first nozzle ring and a second nozzle ring. The first and second nozzle rings are configured to direct a cooling fluid between the interior surface of the stator and the rotor.

Liquid injection nozzles for chiller motor

A motor assembly includes a shaft, a bearing, at least one fluid channel, a temperature sensor, a lubricant supply pump, and a controller. The bearing defines a bearing interface against which the shaft rotates. The at least one fluid channel is fluidly coupled with the bearing interface. The temperature sensor detects a temperature of the bearing. The lubricant supply pump is fluidly coupled with the at least one fluid channel to transport lubricant from a lubricant supply to the bearing interface via the at least one fluid channel. The controller receives the bearing temperature from the temperature sensor, determines a difference between the bearing temperature and a supply temperature of the lubricant, determines a lubricant flow rate based on the difference, and transmits a control signal to the lubricant supply pump to cause the lubricant supply pump to transport the lubricant to the bearing interface at the lubricant flow rate.

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