Disclosed herein are a suction muffler for compressors, a compressor with
the suction muffler, and an apparatus having a refrigerant circulation
circuit including the compressor. The present invention allows an amount
of a refrigerant sucked into a compression chamber to be maximized, and
allows suction noise generated during a suction stroke to be minimized.
The suction muffler includes a refrigerant channel, and an outer casing.
The refrigerant channel communicates at an inlet thereof with a suction
pipe which guides a refrigerant to a compressor, and controllably
communicates at an outlet thereof with a compression chamber in which the
refrigerant is compressed. The outer casing has a structure to convert a
flowing motion of the refrigerant into a spiral flowing motion while the
refrigerant flows from the suction pipe to the inlet. At least one
resonance chamber is formed around an outlet of the refrigerant channel.
The compressor having the suction muffler includes at least one
insulating space to prevent a heat transfer between the refrigerant
inside a refrigerant intake chamber and the refrigerant inside a
refrigerant discharge chamber. Further, the compressor is applied to an
apparatus having a refrigerant circulation circuit. The present invention
increases compression efficiency of the compressor, and considerably
reduces suction noise.