An economizer control system includes a compressor including a compression area, a piston chamber, and an economizer inlet configured to receive economizer vapor into the compression area via a flow path that extends between the economizer inlet and the compression area. At least a portion of the flow path traverses the piston chamber. The economizer control system also includes a piston disposed within the piston chamber and configured to contact the economizer vapor. The piston is moveable between an open position that opens the flow path and a closed position that closes the flow path. Additionally, the economizer control system includes a biasing system configured to apply force to the piston to bias the piston toward the closed position.

The control module includes a drive circuitry that drives the linear compressor based on a control signal, a detector that detects a motor current and a motor voltage corresponding to a motor of the linear compressor, an asymmetric current generator that generates an asymmetric motor current by applying a current offset to the detected motor current, and a controller that generates the control signal based on the asymmetric motor current and the detected motor voltage. Such a control module may increase a maximum freezing capacity by appropriately (or optimally) designing (setting) an initial value of a piston in a driving area or an operation area (or a high-efficiency driving area) of a compressor by considering the efficiency aspect, and executing an asymmetric operation in a high-load driving area (or a high freezing capacity driving area).

Suction muffler (1) for a hermetic refrigeration compressor (2), the suction muffler (1) comprising an inlet (3), so that refrigerant can flow into the suction muffler (1), and an outlet (4), so that refrigerant can flow out from the suction muffler (1), the suction muffler (1) further comprising two damping chambers (5, 6) for sound damping, where the two damping chambers (5, 6) each has a floor (8, 9) and where a wall element (11) is provided, in order to separate the two damping chambers (5, 6) from each other for the refrigerant in the region of their floors (8, 9). In order to guarantee that the damping chambers (5, 6) are overall as gas-tight and sound-tight as possible, it is provided according to the invention that in the region of the wall element (11) at least one siphon segment (16) that connects the two floors is disposed, in order to receive oil (14) in an operating position of the suction muffler (1), where the at least one siphon segment (16) connects the two damping chambers (5, 6) in siphon fashion to each other for the oil (14).

A hermetic compressor accommodates in hermetic container (101) electric motor element (102) and compression element (103) driven by electric motor element (102). Compression element (103) includes crankshaft (110) including main shaft (115), eccentric shaft (114), and flange (116), cylinder block (111) having cylinder bore (123) passing through cylinder block (111) in a cylindrical shape, and piston (112) configured to reciprocate in cylinder bore (123). Compression element (103) also includes connecting rod (113) connecting piston (112) and eccentric shaft (114) and bearing (124) formed on cylinder block (111) for pivotally supporting a radial load that acts on main shaft (115) of crankshaft (110). Crankshaft (110) further includes communicating oil supply passage (118) provided in flange (116), main shaft oil supply passage (119) configured for communication between communicating oil supply passage (118) and cylindrical surface (115a) of main shaft (115), and eccentric shaft oil supply passage (120) configured for communication between communicating oil supply passage (118) and cylindrical surface (114a) of eccentric shaft (114).

Sealed container (102) houses electric unit (110) equipped with stator (114) and a rotor (116), and compression unit (112) disposed above electric unit (110). Compression unit (112) includes shaft (118) that includes main shaft portion (120) and eccentric shaft portion (122), and cylinder block (124). Compression unit (112) further includes connection portion (136) that connects piston (128) reciprocatively inserted into cylinder (130) and eccentric shaft portion (122), and a thrust bearing that supports a load of shaft (118) in a vertical direction. The thrust bearing includes an upper race in contact with a flange portion of shaft (118), a lower race in contact with a thrust surface of cylinder block (124), and a rolling element. An overall height of sealed container (102) is sized not to exceed a length six times larger than a diameter of piston (128).

The present disclosure relates to a linear compressor. The linear compressor according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a shell, a cylinder, a piston, and a muffler. Also, an internal space in which at least a portion of the muffler is inserted is formed in the piston, and the muffler is disposed in contact with the inner wall of the piston forming the internal space.

A control method and system for a resonant linear compressor applied for controlling the capacity of a cooling system. The method includes: a) reading a reference operation power (P.sub.ref) of the motor of the compressor; b) measuring an operation current (i.sub.MED); c) measuring an operation voltage of a control module of the compressor; d) calculating an input power (P.sub.MED) of the motor as a function of the operation current (i.sub.MED) and of the operation voltage; e) comparing the input power (P.sub.MED) with the reference operation power (P.sub.ref); f) if the reference operation power (P.sub.ref) is higher than the input power (P.sub.MED), then increase an operation voltage of the compressor (UC); g) if the reference operation power (P.sub.ref) is lower than the input power (P.sub.MED), then decrease the operation voltage of the compressor (UC).

A compressor of a refrigeration appliance includes a motor, in particular a BLDC motor, and a controller for stopping the motor. The controller is configured to slow down the motor rotating in a first rotating direction until it comes to a standstill and to subsequently position the rotor relative to the stator, in a second rotating direction with a predetermined torque. A method for stopping a compressor of a refrigeration appliance is also provided.

A linear compressor includes a linear motor including a mover that reciprocates with respect to a stator; a compression unit configured to define a compression space in a cylinder while a piston connected to the mover reciprocates in the cylinder; a frame disposed outside of the cylinder; a plurality of discharge covers that define discharge spaces sequentially receiving refrigerant discharged from the compression space; and a gas bearing configured to guide part of refrigerant accommodated in a discharge any one of the plurality of discharge covers to lubricate between the cylinder and the piston with the refrigerant. The discharge cover structure is configured to restrict heat transfer between the discharge covers and the frame.

A hermetic compressor includes an electric motor that includes a rotor having a plurality of permanent magnets inserted into a rotor core, a connection part made of a non-magnetic material and provided at an axial end portion of the rotor core, and an inertial core made of a magnetic material and provided at an axial end of the connection part. The connection part includes a plurality of first fixing portions, a plurality of second fixing portions spaced apart from the plurality of first fixing portions in an axial direction, and a plurality of link portions disposed between the plurality of first fixing portions and the plurality of second fixing portions.