Provided is a scroll compressor. The scroll compressor may be provided with at least one refrigerant accommodating groove recessed to a preset depth in at least one from a side surface of a fixed wrap constituting a compression chamber and a side surface of an orbiting wrap. Thus, a volume of the compression chamber in a discharge area may be increased in correspondence with a volume of the at least one refrigerant accommodating groove, and a space into which liquid refrigerant, etc. may escape may be ensured to resolve excessive compression in the compression chamber. Then, a stress exerted on the fixed wrap is reduced, and a damage to the fixed wrap due to pressure in the compression chamber may be suppressed.

A scroll machine, in particular a scroll compressor, has a first scroll unit with a base and a scroll rib protruding from the base with a scroll rib tip, a second scroll unit with a base and a scroll rib protruding from the base with a scroll rib tip. The first scroll unit can be moved along an orbital path relative to the second scroll unit and the first scroll unit and the second scroll unit engage with each other to form pressure chambers, and the scroll rib of a scroll rib tip having a face seal abuts sealingly to the base of the respective other scroll unit. The base of the first scroll unit and/or the base of the second scroll unit include(s) a pocket with an insert plate arranged in the pocket. Also contemplated is a refrigeration system.

An air injection enthalpy-increasing scroll compressor is provided. The compressor has a main frame, a movable scroll plate and a stationary scroll plate. The movable scroll plate has a movable plate end plate and a movable scroll wrap arranged on a side end face of the movable plate end plate. A back pressure chamber is defined between the movable plate end plate and the main frame. The stationary scroll plate has a fixed scroll end plate and a stationary scroll wrap arranged on a side end face of the fixed scroll end plate. The stationary scroll wrap and the movable scroll wrap are engaged with each other to form crescent-shaped compression cavities. The movable scroll plate and the stationary scroll plate are provided with medium pressure passages that, during the rotation of the movable scroll plate, communicate the compression cavity with the back pressure chamber.

A compressor may include first and second scroll members having first and second scroll wraps, respectively. The scroll members define a suction inlet, a discharge outlet, and fluid pockets moving therebetween. The second scroll member may include a port, and a passage. The port may be in fluid communication with at least one of the pockets. The passage may extend through a portion of the second end plate and may be in fluid communication with the port. A valve assembly may be disposed in the passage and may include a valve member displaceable between open and closed positions. A recompression volume may be disposed between the valve member and the at least one of the pockets. The recompression volume may be less than or equal to approximately one percent of a volume of one of the pockets at a suction seal-off position.

A scroll compressor is disclosed, which comprises an auxiliary discharge path capable of sufficiently making sure of a discharge area at an initial discharge stage. The compressor comprises a fixed scroll including a fixed end plate portion and a fixed wrap, and an orbiting scroll including an orbiting end plate portion and an orbiting wrap, wherein a discharge hole is formed in the fixed end plate portion, and an auxiliary discharge path for connecting a side of the orbiting wrap with a bottom surface of the orbiting wrap is provided to be communicated with the discharge hole, whereby a compressed refrigerant may be discharged through the auxiliary discharge path.

A scroll compressor includes a casing; a drive motor; a rotary shaft; a fixed scroll including a fixed wrap; and an orbiting scroll eccentrically coupled to rotary shaft and including an orbiting wrap configured to engage with the fixed wrap. At least one of the fixed wrap or the orbiting wrap defines an offset section that is defined between the fixed wrap and the orbiting wrap and that is greater than an orbital radius corresponding to a distance between the fixed wrap and the orbiting wrap in a state in which a center of the fixed scroll is aligned to a center of the orbiting scroll. The offset section is disposed at a contact portion between the fixed wrap and the orbiting wrap. The contact portion has a maximum length based on a rotation angle of the rotary shaft being within a pre-set range with respect to a reference point.

A scroll compressor according to the present invention includes a casing having a hermetic inner space divided into a low pressure portion and a high pressure portion, an orbiting scroll disposed within the inner space of the casing and performing an orbiting motion, a non-orbiting scroll forming a compression chamber together with the orbiting scroll, the compression chamber having a suction chamber, an intermediate pressure chamber and a discharge chamber, a back pressure chamber assembly coupled to the non-orbiting scroll to form a back pressure chamber, a valve accommodation groove formed on at least one of the non-orbiting scroll or the back pressure chamber assembly, a bypass hole formed from the intermediate pressure chamber into the valve accommodation groove in a penetrating manner, a check valve accommodated in the valve accommodation groove and opening and closing the bypass hole according to pressure of the intermediate pressure chamber, a communication passage communicating the valve accommodation groove and the low pressure portion with each other, and a control valve selectively opening and closing the communication passage, whereby a facilitated fabrication, improved responsiveness and relaxed restriction for a specification of a valve can be achieved.

An electric compressor includes a housing, refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter section, a motor section, a compression device and a front cover. The housing defines an intake volume and a discharge volume. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to introduce the refrigerant to the intake volume. The compression device is a scroll-type compression device configured to compress the refrigerant. The refrigerant outlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to allow compressed refrigerant to exit the scroll-type electric compressor from the discharge volume.

A scroll compressor is provided that may include a first back pressure unit that allows a refrigerant to flow from a first compression chamber to a back pressure chamber while blocking a reverse flow of the refrigerant, and a second back pressure unit that allows the refrigerant to flow from the back pressure chamber to a second compression chamber while blocking a reverse flow of the refrigerant. The first back pressure unit and the second back pressure unit may be spaced apart from each other in a direction that the compression chambers are formed. This may reduce pressure pulsation in the back pressure chamber. Also, leakage between compression chambers may be suppressed and simultaneously friction loss may be reduced by appropriately adjusting the pressure in the back pressure chamber. This is especially advantageous for enhancing compression efficiency under low load operating conditions (or in a low pressure ratio operation).

A scroll compressor including a bypass passage to guide compressed refrigerant from a compression chamber to a low pressure portion of the compressor; a valve that is inserted in a valve receiving portion and slides between first and second positions in which the bypass passage is respectively closed and opened; a ring-shaped seal between an outer peripheral surface of the valve and an inner peripheral surface of the valve receiving portion; and a seal groove formed in at least one of the outer peripheral surface of the valve and the inner peripheral surface of the valve receiving portion, the seal being inserted into the seal groove, wherein at least one of the outer peripheral surface of the valve, the inner peripheral surface of the valve receiving portion, and the inner peripheral surface of the seal groove has an inclined surface that is inclined in the opening/closing direction of the valve.