Multi-chamber Compressor (6, 206, 506) of Mechanical Vapor re-Compression (MVC) and water treatment methods, the compressor bearing independent compression chambers of positive displacement, for heat-pumps, of two main variants: a) reciprocating-rotary motion (6, 206) wherein the compression chambers (7V) are radially arranged cylindrical sectors based on concentric circular sectors of the same angle, with, pistons of radially arranged vanes (20, 220) of respective surface and with the plane of the vanes passing through the axis of the common rotor (14) and the shaft (16) and b) reciprocating-linear motion (506) wherein the compression chambers (52v) are in series arranged cylinders with pistons/vanes (50v) of corresponding circular surfaces and with the plane of the vanes perpendicular to the common shaft (51). In both cases, the shaft (16, 51) and the motor are common to all the vanes (20v, 50v), which follow identical strokes. The surfaces of the vanes (20v, 50v), as well as of the compression chambers (7V, 52v), differ from each other, since each compression chamber (7V, 52v) has its own and independent pair of evaporation (ev, dv, Lv, by) and heat-exchanger chambers/areas (Cv/eCv, 32v/33v, 132v, 54v/53v), said compression chamber exclusively sucks from, compresses and discharges to, and the fluids/vapors being dispensed, are under different thermodynamic state conditions. The stages are independent from each other, the medium-vapor providing the energy of evaporation is produced in the stage itself, and flow rate and compression ratio CR are independently controlled and adjusted in each stage.

A motor-driven fluid pump has a positive displacement rotary pumping element with an offset circular cam carried outwardly of the element, the cam being rotated with the pumping element by contact with pistons carried radially by the pumping element. Ends of the pistons are spherical and bear directly on the cam's inner surface. During breaking in of each pump, the piston ends wear a single concave groove in the inner surface of the cam, which helps to stabilize the pistons. The pump maintains a constant mass flow rate for a given input command by adjusting for fluid type, measured fluid operating temperature, and changing motor speed. The pump also maintains a constant flow output for its life by adjusting for internal wear; it also predicts its remaining life by comparing its current motor speed for a given flow against the maximum allowable motor speed.

A motor-driven fluid pump has a positive displacement rotary pumping element with an offset circular cam carried outwardly of the element, the cam being rotated with the pumping element by contact with pistons carried radially by the pumping element. Ends of the pistons are spherical and bear directly on the cam's inner surface. During breaking in of each pump, the piston ends wear a single concave groove in the inner surface of the cam, which helps to stabilize the pistons. The pump maintains a constant mass flow rate for a given input command by adjusting for fluid type, measured fluid operating temperature, and changing motor speed. The pump also maintains a constant flow output for its life by adjusting for internal wear; it also predicts its remaining life by comparing its current motor speed for a given flow against the maximum allowable motor speed.

A rotary pump with a rotational direction which can be switched, including: a housing which has a pump space featuring an inlet into a low-pressure region of the pump space for a medium to be pumped and an outlet out of a high-pressure region of the pump space for the medium to be pumped; at least one rotor; at least one bearing for the at least one rotor; at least one sealing stay which axially faces the rotor and separates the low-pressure region from the high-pressure region in the rotational direction of the rotor; and a lubricant feed which feeds a lubricant from the pump space to at least the bearing, wherein the lubricant feed is formed in the sealing stay.

A rotary pump, the rotational direction of which can preferably be switched, featuring: a housing including a pump space featuring an inlet into a low-pressure region of the pump space for a fluid to be pumped and an outlet from a high-pressure region of the pump space for the fluid to be pumped; at least one rotor which forms delivery cells in the pump space; a bearing; and a sealing stay which axially faces the at least one rotor and separates the low-pressure region from the high-pressure region in the rotational direction of the at least one rotor; and featuring at least one lubricant feed, in the sealing stay, which feeds a fluid, as a lubricant, from at least one of the delivery cells to the bearing.

Multi-chamber Compressor (6, 206, 506) of Mechanical Vapor re-Compression (MVC) and water treatment methods, the compressor bearing independent compression chambers of positive displacement, for heat-pumps, of two main variants: a) reciprocating-rotary motion (6, 206) wherein the compression chambers (7V) are radially arranged cylindrical sectors based on concentric circular sectors of the same angle, with, pistons of radially arranged vanes (20, 220) of respective surface and with the plane of the vanes passing through the axis of the common rotor (14) and the shaft (16) and b) reciprocating-linear motion (506) wherein the compression chambers (52v) are in series arranged cylinders with pistons/vanes (50v) of corresponding circular surfaces and with the plane of the vanes perpendicular to the common shaft (51). In both cases, the shaft (16, 51) and the motor are common to all the vanes (20v, 50v), which follow identical strokes. The surfaces of the vanes (20v, 50v), as well as of the compression chambers (7V, 52v), differ from each other, since each compression chamber (7V, 52v) has its own and independent pair of evaporation (ev, dv, Lv, by) and heat-exchanger chambers/areas (Cv/eCv, 32v/33v, 132v, 54v/53v), said compression chamber exclusively sucks from, compresses and discharges to, and the fluids/vapors being dispensed, are under different thermodynamic state conditions. The stages are independent from each other, the medium-vapor providing the energy of evaporation is produced in the stage itself, and flow rate and compression ratio CR are independently controlled and adjusted in each stage.

A rotary pump with a rotational direction which can be switched, including: a housing which has a pump space featuring an inlet into a low-pressure region of the pump space for a medium to be pumped and an outlet out of a high-pressure region of the pump space for the medium to be pumped; at least one rotor; at least one bearing for the at least one rotor; at least one sealing stay which axially faces the rotor and separates the low-pressure region from the high-pressure region in the rotational direction of the rotor; and a lubricant feed which feeds a lubricant from the pump space to at least the bearing, wherein the lubricant feed is formed in the sealing stay.

A rotary pump with a rotational direction which can be switched, including: a housing which has a pump space featuring an inlet into a low-pressure region of the pump space for a medium to be pumped and an outlet out of a high-pressure region of the pump space for the medium to be pumped; at least one rotor; at least one bearing for the at least one rotor; at least one sealing stay which axially faces the rotor and separates the low-pressure region from the high-pressure region in the rotational direction of the rotor; and a lubricant feed which feeds a lubricant from the pump space to at least the bearing, wherein the lubricant feed is formed in the sealing stay.

A hermetic compressor including a casing; a motor inside the casing, and including a rotor and stator; a drive shaft that rotates with the rotor; a compression unit below the motor to compress refrigerant and discharge compressed refrigerant to an inside of the casing; and an oil blocking guide above the motor to rotate with the rotor. The oil blocking guide includes an oil blocking plate formed in a disk shape, an oil guide part extending outward and upward from an edge of the oil blocking plate, and a support part connecting the oil blocking plate to the drive shaft and space the oil blocking plate from the rotor. The oil blocking plate and the oil guide part block upward movement of oil passing through the motor, and guide the oil to an inner circumferential surface of the casing through centrifugal force while the oil blocking guide is rotating.

A hermetic compressor including a casing; a motor inside the casing, and including a rotor and stator; a drive shaft that rotates with the rotor; a compression unit below the motor to compress refrigerant and discharge compressed refrigerant to an inside of the casing; and an oil blocking guide above the motor to rotate with the rotor. The oil blocking guide includes an oil blocking plate formed in a disk shape, an oil guide part extending outward and upward from an edge of the oil blocking plate, and a support part connecting the oil blocking plate to the drive shaft and space the oil blocking plate from the rotor. The oil blocking plate and the oil guide part block upward movement of oil passing through the motor, and guide the oil to an inner circumferential surface of the casing through centrifugal force while the oil blocking guide is rotating.