Provided is a control method for an electronic expansion valve in air conditioner comprises: obtaining a real-time running frequency of compressor, a real-time exhaust temperature and a real-time outdoor environment temperature as the compressor running; retrieving a target exhaust temperature according to the real-time running frequency in a preset relation in which each available target exhaust temperature is paired with a single real-time running frequency, wherein the target exhaust temperature retrieved being defined as a first target exhaust temperature; defining a sum of the first target exhaust temperature and a set compensation temperature as a second target exhaust temperature, wherein the set compensation temperature is determined by the real-time outdoor environment temperature; and performing a PID control on opening amount of the electronic expansion valve based on a deviation that is a difference between the real-time exhaust temperature and the second target exhaust temperature. The method achieves an accurate and stable control on opening amount of electronic expansion valve in air conditioner.

An apparatus and method are disclosed for ensuring adequate and uniform cooling for any heat-generating device that experiences large heat pulses by integrating parallel expansion devices and their control directly into each of a discrete cooling load or cold plate. One of the parallel expansion devices is an integrated cartridge thermostatic expansion valve (TXV) and the other is an electrically-actuated valve. The TXV is positioned such that a sensing element is located directly within an exit refrigerant stream, thereby improving time-response of the valve and eliminating the need for a capillary tube. The electrically-actuated valve provides a sudden burst of refrigerant while the TXV is responding to sudden heat pulses and operates at the command of the heat generating system or triggered by a temperature rise. The disclosed operational method leads to an order of magnitude reduction in settling time after a heat pulse.

Provided are an electronic expansion valve, a manufacturing method thereof and a thermal management assembly. The electronic expansion valve includes a valve body, a valve component and a control portion. The valve component includes a valve seat, a valve core and a rotor assembly. The valve seat is formed with a valve port, the rotor assembly is capable of driving the valve core to move relative to the valve seat to adjust an opening degree of the valve port. The control portion includes a cover body, a stator assembly and an electric control board. The stator assembly is in electrical connection to, or is in signal connection to, or is in electrical connection to and in signal connection to the electric control board. The electronic expansion valve further includes a sensor. The control portion provided with a control cavity. The electric control board is disposed in the control cavity.

An air conditioning system. A first evaporator and a second evaporator are connected in parallel. A first electronic expansion valve is serially connected to the first evaporator, and a second electronic expansion valve is serially connected to the second evaporator), so that the opening degrees of the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve can be separately adjusted, the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve can perform position correction according to valve opening position information of the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve stored by the air conditioning system, and separately adjust target positions to calibrated target positions. The air conditioning system can reduce risks of out-of-synchronization of the electronic expansion valves and optimize performance of a control system. Also disclosed are a control system and a control method for the air conditioning system.

An electronic expansion valve including a rotor, a stator and a circuit board the rotor includes a permanent magnet, and the permanent magnet includes at least two pairs of magnetic poles; the stator includes a coil and a bobbin, wherein the coil is supported by the bobbin, and the bobbin is disposed at the periphery of the permanent magnet. Also included is a Hall sensor, which is disposed on the periphery of the permanent magnet; the Hall sensor and the coil are electrically connected to the circuit board; the Hall sensor includes a sensing portion, and the sensing portion is used for sensing magnetic pole change of the permanent magnet; the sensing portion is always located between the two ends of the permanent magnet during the entire operating process of the rotor.

Systems and methods are presented for improving stabilization of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system. More specifically, the systems and methods include a heat-flow modulator for regulating an exchange of thermal energy between a flow of refrigerant and a sensory bulb. The exchange of thermal energy allows an expansion valve to respond to a refrigerant temperature using an actuator, which is coupled to the sensory bulb. The heat-flow modulator is formed of a body that includes a first contact surface and a second contact surface. The first contact surface is thermally-coupled to a suction line of the HVAC system, which conveys the flow of refrigerant. The second contact surface is thermally-coupled to the sensory bulb. In one instance the heat-flow modulator has variable volume depending on how installed. Other systems and methods are presented. Variable heat-flow modulators are also presented.

An electronic expansion valve and a manufacturing method therefor, a thermal management assembly and a cooling system are provided. The electronic expansion valve includes a valve core assembly, an electronic control part and a stator assembly. The valve core assembly includes a valve base, a valve core and a rotor assembly, wherein the valve base is provided with a valve port, and the valve core moves relative to the valve base to change the degree of opening of the valve port. The electronic control part controls the stator assembly, and the rotor assembly drives the valve core to move. The electronic expansion valve further includes a sensor, the electronic control part includes an electronic control board, and the stator assembly and the sensor are both directly electrically connected to the electronic control board. The thermal management assembly and the cooling system both include the electronic expansion valve.

A bulb (5) for a thermostatic expansion valve is provided, said bulb (5) comprising a chamber (7), said chamber (7) being located within a metallic casing of said bulb and being filled with a filling adapted to influence a valve element of said thermostatic expansion valve. Service of a temperature controlled valve connected to a bulb should be facilitated. To this end said bulb (5) comprises a connection geometry (10) adapted to be connected to a capillary member (6) and said casing being provided with a closed opening zone located within said connection geometry (10), said opening zone being adapted to be opened upon mounting a counterpart (15) to said connection geometry (10).

The disclosure provides a control device which can be installed within a cold room, and within a refrigerated or air-conditioned environment in general, without the electronics for managing the various components becoming damaged. The disclosed device is easy to install and/or retrofit and requires no burdensome wiring, ducts, cables and connections.

An apparatus includes a flash tank, a first load, a second load, a first compressor, a second compressor, and an expansion valve. The flash tank stores a refrigerant. The first load uses the refrigerant from the flash tank to cool a space proximate the first load. The second load uses the refrigerant from the flash tank to cool a space proximate the second load. The first compressor compresses the refrigerant from the second load. The second compressor compresses a mixture of the refrigerant from the first load and the refrigerant from the first compressor. The expansion valve controls a flow of the refrigerant from the flash tank to the first load such that the flow of refrigerant to the first load is increased when a temperature of the mixture exceeds a threshold.