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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2024
Filed:
May. 19, 2020
Carrier Corporation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Yifan Qiu, Manlius, NY (US);
Amit Vaidya, Jamesville, NY (US);
Ulf J. Jonsson, South Windsor, CT (US);
Zaffir A. Chaudhry, South Glastonbury, CT (US);
David M. Rockwell, Cicero, NY (US);
CARRIER CORPORATION, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a direct-drive refrigerant screw compressor, having: a housing; a compression chamber in the housing; a pair of rotors, each rotor of the pair of rotors being rotationally disposed in the compression chamber and including an outer surface with a screw-geared profile; a fluid being disposed in the compression chamber, the fluid consisting of a working fluid for providing lubrication to each rotor; a first port extending through the housing and configured for directing the fluid toward the compression chamber; and when the compressor is activated, each rotor rotates and the fluid is distributed about each rotor to lubricate each rotor.