An electronic expansion valve is provided, wherein a piston component and a valve needle component are located at the same side of a valve core seat. When refrigerant flows forwards, the piston component closes the bypass through hole, the refrigerant flows to a side of the vertical connecting pipe via the valve core valve port, and the valve needle component moves in the axial direction to regulate an opening of the valve core valve port. When the refrigerant flows reversely, the piston component moves upwards in the axial direction to open the bypass through hole, and the refrigerant flows to a side of the transverse connecting pipe via the bypass through hole. The electronic expansion valve ensures that the valve needle component seals the valve core valve port easily in a high pressure state when the refrigerant flows forwards, and reduces axial and radial dimensions of the valve seat.

A system includes a cryocooler configured to cool an object, a sensor configured to measure a temperature of the object, and a controller configured to generate an actuator drive signal to control the cryocooler based on at least one temperature measurement from the sensor. The cryocooler includes a heat exchanger and a needle configured to control flow of coolant gas through the heat exchanger. The cryocooler also includes a motion rod configured to move the needle and an actuator assembly configured to move the motion rod to thereby move the needle. The actuator could include a motor and a gear head configured to rotate a lead screw and a lead screw nut located around the lead screw and configured to translate rotational motion of the lead screw into linear motion. The actuator could also include a piezoelectric actuator or a linear actuator.

A vapor compression method and system including: a compressor configured to circulate a working fluid and operate at a plurality of operating conditions; an evaporator in fluid communication with the compressor, the evaporator heat exchanger comprising: a shell configured to allow the working fluid to flow therethrough; a plurality of parallel-spaced tubes disposed within the shell, the plurality of parallel spaced tubes configured to allow a heat transfer fluid to flow therethrough; and at least one baffle operably coupled to the plurality of parallel-spaced tubes, the at least one baffle configured to divide the shell into at least two chambers; an expansion valve assembly in fluid communication with the evaporator; and a control device operably coupled to the compressor and the expansion valve assembly, the control device configured to operate the valve assembly based at least in part on the plurality of operating conditions.

A heat management system which includes: a refrigerant circulation line which includes a compressor, a water cooling-type condenser, a first expansion valve, an air cooling-type condenser, a second expansion valve, and an evaporator, and cools the indoor space by circulating a refrigerant; a heating line which heats the indoor space by circulating cooling water which exchanges heat with the refrigerant through the water cooling-type condenser; a first cooling line which cools a battery by circulating cooling water which exchanges heat with air or the refrigerant; and a second cooling line which cools electric components including a driving motor, by circulating cooling water which exchanges heat with air or the refrigerant. The heat management system enables efficient heat management of electric components and a battery in a vehicle as well as cooling and heating of the vehicle.

An improved expansion valve is provided, which has a simple configuration and with which noise can be reduced. An expansion valve includes a valve main body having a valve chamber and a valve seat, a valve body configured to prevent passage of a fluid by being seated on the valve seat and allow passage of the fluid by separating from the valve seat, a coil spring configured to urge the valve body toward the valve seat, and an actuation rod configured to press the valve body toward a direction separating from the valve seat against an urging force applied from the coil spring, wherein the valve chamber includes a cylindrical inner wall being connected to the valve seat, the valve body includes a contact portion configured to be seated on the valve seat and a body portion having a tubular shape facing the inner wall, and the body portion includes connecting surfaces that are slidably in contact with the inner wall and plane surfaces that have a gap provided between the inner wall.

A thermal expansion valve includes a power head and a valve body. The power head and the valve body are fixedly arranged. The power head includes a power head cover, a power head seat, and a membrane. The membrane includes a membrane recess and a corrugated portion. The membrane recess is located at the center position of the membrane. The corrugated portion is located at the peripheral position of the membrane recess. The membrane recess is recessed away from the power head cover. The valve body comprises a top portion. The top portion is provided with an opening. At least a part of the power head is extended into the opening. With an axial direction of the valve body as a projection direction, a projection of the power head towards the top portion falls on the top portion.

A control method and a control system are provided. A valve closing position of a valve device can be controlled according to the current flow direction or working mode of a refrigerant. A stroke of the valve device from a fully-opened position to a fully-closed position is defined as a total valve closing stroke. When the flow direction of the refrigerant is a forward direction, the valve device is controlled to operate at a first valve closing position, and when the flow direction of the refrigerant is a reverse direction, the valve device is controlled to operate at a second valve closing position. The first valve closing position is different from the second valve closing position, such that wear caused by valve closing can be reduced.

A valve assembly includes a valve body defining a cylindrical passage therein about an axis. An inlet port is defined in or near a first end of the valve body. First and second outlet ports are defined in the valve body extending radially outward from the cylindrical passage. A cylindrical valve spool having a central passage is positioned within, and sealingly engaged with, the cylindrical passage. The valve spool is moveable along the axis among: a first position wherein the inlet port is in fluid communication with the first outlet port but not the second outlet port, a second position wherein the inlet port is in fluid communication with the second outlet port but not the first outlet port, and an intermediate position between the first and second positions wherein the inlet port is in fluid communication with both of the first and second outlet ports.

There are a first coolant circuit that supplies a first coolant in a first tank to a first load, a second coolant circuit that supplies a second coolant in a second tank to a second load, and a refrigeration circuit that adjusts temperatures of the first and second coolants to set temperatures by heat exchange between the first and second coolants and refrigerants by using heat exchangers. The set temperature of the second coolant is equal to the set temperature of the first coolant or higher than the set temperature of the second coolant, and the set flow rate of the first coolant is higher than the set flow rate of the second coolant, and the volume of the first tank is larger than the volume of the second tank.

An expansion valve having a high valve opening adjustment accuracy includes: a valve housing which is provided with an inlet port allowing a refrigerant from a condenser to pass therethrough and an outlet port allowing a refrigerant toward an evaporator to pass therethrough; a valve body which is driven by a solenoid; a valve seat on which the valve body sits; and an urging member configured to urge the valve body in a valve closing direction, a space is formed on a valve opening direction side of the valve body, and the refrigerant on the valve closing direction side in relation to the valve body flows into the space.