Personal environmental temperature adjusting device
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of personal environmental temperature adjusting device, described personal environmental temperature adjusting device comprises that an air-flow produces equipment, one temperature effect equipment, and an airflow guiding device guide air by described temperature effect equipment by described airflow guiding device.
Background technology
As everyone knows, the comfortable environment weather has the effect of improvement to people's comfort.Therefore, all be equiped with air-conditioning system in a lot of buildings.By air-conditioning system, just can adjust the temperature in the building, make the interior temperature of described building be higher than or be lower than the temperature of building external.
Yet the air-conditioning system in this building has a weak point, and that is exactly to have very high energy consumption.Additionally, the temperature in the building can only be configured to unified temperature value usually.In fact, also be possible for independent room provides temperature control, but this often means that higher cost.Similarly, only may give whole room design temperature.For example, for an office, several people are arranged simultaneously in interior office, probably some people thinks that temperature sets too lowly, and other people has thought that temperature set De Taigao.
US 6481213B2 proposes a kind of thermal comfort system, and this thermal comfort system only influences the temperature of single personnel's surrounding environment.In this thermal comfort system, air is sucked into and guides by a temperature effect equipment.In a better embodiment, described temperature effect equipment is thermoelectric heatpump (thermo-electrical heat pump), i.e. Peltier element (Peltier-element).
US 5499504 illustrates a kind of similar system by Peltier element work.
US 7426835B2 illustrates a kind of further system, and described system produces cold air by a thermoelectric element.
A benefit of Peltier element is that in work, it only requires the supply direct current.Further, in work, in fact it can not produce noise.This benefit is not conclusive, because most noise is caused by air-flow.But on the angle of energy, Peltier element is not good selection comparatively speaking.Considerable energy demand is used to provide cooling output.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is based on that the task of being used for thermoregulator energy how well proposes.
By personal environmental temperature adjusting device, this task can be resolved, and wherein, described temperature effect device is as the part of Stirling cooling device (Stirling cooling device).
The Stirling cooling device is the machine according to the work of Stirling principle, and it comprises a pressure wave generator and a buanch unit.Described pressure wave generator is generally a piston cylinder unit.Described buanch unit comprises that one is arranged on a promotion gas in a heated side and the reciprocating cylinder body of a cold side.Normally, described buanch unit and described pressure wave generator work shift scope relative to each other are between 45 ° to 90 °.Described buanch unit is as the heat conductor that heat is sent to described heated side from described cold side.Therefore, for certain cooling output is provided, only require less relatively energy.
Preferably, described Stirling cooling device comprises that one has a cold side as radiator, and air can be allowed to by described radiator.Cool off described air if desired, only need simply with the cold side and the described heat exchanger of described air guiding by described buanch unit.The heat that comprises in the described air is also partly absorbed by described radiator and is sent to described heated side by described Stirling cooling device, and in described heated side, described heat can be distributed in the environment.The required energy of described Stirling cooling device running has heated environment extraly.But, be directed to except the place by described temperature effect equipment heating or cooling if remove the discharge air of heat from the heated side of described buanch unit, in fact the temperature increase of the described discharge air that is caused by the energy of described Stirling cooling device consumption can be left in the basket.
Preferably, provide a thermal source, air can be conducted through described thermal source.Therefore described temperature adjustment device not only can be used for cooling off the surrounding environment of individual or object, can also be used to increasing by a small margin the temperature of described environment.About described environment temperature, the maximum temperature variation is effective at 5 to 10 ℃ usually.
Advantageously, described thermal source is an electric resistance.Cool off described air if desired, then start described Stirling cooling device.Heat described air if desired, then close described Stirling cooling device, and start described electric resistance.In this case, do not need air-flow guiding is made a change.
Alternatively, perhaps additionally, described thermal source can be formed by the heated side of the buanch unit of described Stirling cooling device.As previously mentioned, the buanch unit of described Stirling cooling device is as heat conductor.The heat that conducts to described heated side can be used for heating described air supplied, therefore has good energy utilization efficiency.
Preferably, described airflow guiding device comprises a switching device, by described switching device, can optionally described thermal source or described radiator be passed through in described air guiding.By described switching device, described temperature regulating equipment can be selected to heating or cooling.Described switching device can have simple design, in fact, is enough to meet the demands once a rotary tablet or a valve that can change.
Preferably, described temperature adjustment device is a mobile unit, desktop installation unit, body of wall installation unit, perhaps roof installation unit.The desktop installation unit can be fixed on the working face, on desk, thereby provides cold air or hot-air for the individual who works altogether at described desk place.Similarly, this also is applicable to work chair or other workplaces.Body of wall is installed or the roof installation unit can be suspended on respectively on body of wall or the roof.Because the Stirling cooling device is as temperature effect equipment, the direction in space that described temperature adjustment device is installed can be unrestricted.Therefore described temperature regulating equipment can be installed in the surface of inclination or be fixed on the side, utilizes the cooling device of oil lubricating compressor work then can not so install.
Preferably, described mobile unit, the desktop installation unit, the body of wall installation unit, perhaps the roof installation unit has the head that a tubular bracket by formation part airflow guiding device is connected to a foot.Thereby can separate the air that is conducted through described support simply and have the discharge air that has different temperatures with described air.This is a kind of simple method of improving users'comfort.
Preferably, described Stirling equipment is installed in described foot.This has two benefits, at first, described Stirling equipment is installed in described foot makes described foot have enough weight, and the stability that this has increased device also makes described support have certain length; Secondly, the outward appearance of described device can be designed to vision close friend's form, and described foot can have certain volume but still have friendly visual appearance.
Preferably, described support is deformable.Therefore, thereby described head can be positioned and guides described air-conditioning gas, and promptly described cold wind or hot blast are to the place that the user needs.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of personal environmental temperature adjusting device;
Fig. 2 is detailed schematic diagram;
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of an improved embodiment;
Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of the 3rd embodiment;
Fig. 5 is the schematic diagram of the 4th embodiment;
Fig. 6 is the personal environmental temperature adjusting device of desktop installation unit form; And
Fig. 7 is the schematic diagram of switching device.
The specific embodiment
Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram of personal environmental temperature adjusting device.Described personal environmental temperature adjusting device 1 has air-flow and produces equipment 2.In the present embodiment, described air-flow generation equipment 2 is fans.Except fan, other equipment that can produce gas flow also can be applied to the present invention.For example, can provide air by the mode of gravity.
As shown in arrow 3, described air-flow generation equipment provides air, to object 5 places, adjusts air by temperature by airflow guiding device 4 guiding air 3, is also referred to as air-conditioning gas 6 hereinafter, and described object 5 is worked.
In order to regulate air themperature, just, provide temperature to be different from air in the temperature of the porch of airflow guiding device 4, described temperature-adjusting device has comprised the Stirling cooling device 8 that only simply illustrates at this.Described Stirling cooling device 8 comprises a pressure wave (pressure wave) generator 9.Described pressure wave generator 9 is connected to a buanch unit 10.Described buanch unit 10 comprises a piston.Described piston is not shown specifically in the drawings, and its pressure wave that is produced with respect to described pressure wave generator 9 is 45 ° to 90 ° of travel(l)ing phases typically.In simple example, described pressure wave generator 9 has one equally by moving back and forth the piston that produces corresponding pressure wave.The public that is designed to of Si Teli cooling device knows, only for understanding when of the present invention it made an explanation hereinafter.
Described buanch unit 10 is as heat transfer device, and it comprises a cold side and the heated side as thermal source 12 as radiator 11.In order to cool off air 3, described air is directed to described radiator 11 places.Described radiator 11 is connected to a heat exchanger 13.Described heat exchanger 13 holds from the heat of air 3 and is transferred to described radiator 11.For for purpose of brevity, at this air to be cooled 3 is shown simply and is conducted through described radiator.Under certain situation, also can advantageously as mentioned, use a heat exchanger 13 to obtain the effect that better heat is transferred to described radiator 11 from described air 3.If because the reason that necessarily requires of design can be used heat quantity transfer device between air and radiator 11, as be filled with " heat pipe ", the thermal siphon of evaporative fluid or other cause heat quantity transfer device by conduction or convection type.
Described buanch unit 10 is transferred to described thermal source 12 with heat from described radiator 11.From described thermal source 12, heat dissipates to environment.But because air-conditioning gas 6 is sent out and is directed to object 5 (perhaps individual) a different position, described object 5 (perhaps individual) is not subjected to the effect at the air of thermal source 12 places discharge.
Similarly, described thermal source 12 can be connected to other places by the heat conduction pattern, and air to be heated is conducted through described other places.For simplicity's sake, hereinafter referred to as " the guiding air passes through thermal source ".
The Stirling cooling device has efficient relatively preferably.In order to produce the cooling capacity of 50W, described Stirling cooling device needs the inlet power of 25W.If produce the cooling capacity of 50W, then need the inlet power of 100W by Peltier element.Stirling cooling device 8 can installed on the direction in space arbitrarily, and under the situation of the refrigeration circuit that utilizes traditional oil lubricating compressor, then the direction of An Zhuaning has special requirement.
Fig. 2 is temperature adjustment device 1 design among Fig. 1 and the schematic diagram of operator scheme.Components identical has identical label.Arrow is represented different air-flows.
Advantageously, described radiator 11 and described thermal source 12 are arranged on the both sides of a divider wall 14.It is easier with separating of discharge air 15 that this can make to air-conditioning gas 6.
Described air-flow produces equipment 2 to the both sides of described divider wall 14 supply intake air 16, so part of air, and this part can become described air-conditioning gas 6 subsequently, is conducted through radiator 11.Another part 17 of air can be used to cool off described pressure wave generator 9.Heated like this air is discharged as discharged air 15 by discharge-channel 18 or corresponding air exhaust openings.Described air-conditioning gas 6 can easily be seen in Fig. 6, is supplied by a head 19.
Fig. 3 shows an embodiment of revising a little, and the part identical with Fig. 2 has identical label among the figure.In Fig. 3, additionally show a firing equipment 20, as a heating equipment.For example, an Ohmic resistance can pass to electric current and produce certain heat output.When described firing equipment 20 startups, clearly, it will separate with described Stirling cooling device 8.In this case, described intake air 16 is conducted through described radiator 11.But, when described radiator 11 is not activated, described intake air 16 will keep its temperature until it by 20 heating of described firing equipment and be used as air-conditioning gas 6 and be supplied by described head 19.
Described temperature adjustment device 1 also can only be used for heating described air-conditioning gas 6.Such embodiment is shown in Figure 4.Components identical has identical label in the drawings.In this case, the described air 21 that is conducted through described radiator 11 is used as and discharges air 15 and be discharged from by described gas discharge channel 18.But, describedly be conducted through described thermal source 12, and if requirement, also the part air 17 by described pressure wave generator 9 is supplied by described head 19 as air-conditioning gas 6.This also is a kind of operating position of the energy preferably, because therefore described buanch unit 10 has the output that requires bigger form of heat than its operation as heat conductor work meeting.
At last, Fig. 5 shows one preferred embodiment.Has identical label with Fig. 1 to Fig. 4 components identical among the figure.In the described temperature adjustment device shown in Figure 5, described air-conditioning gas 6 can described intake air 16 be cooled or situation about heating under optionally produced.In order to realize this point, part air 17 is conducted through described thermal source 12, and if requirement, also by described pressure wave generator 9.The part 21 of intake air 16 is conducted through described radiator 11.Two parts 17 of described air, 21 reach a switching device 22, described switching device 22 or with described be conducted through the cooled air of described radiator 11 guide to described head 19, perhaps the described heated air that is conducted through described thermal source 12 is guided to described air discharge channel 18, or vice versa, be about to the described air that is conducted through described radiator 11 and guide to air discharge channel 18, perhaps the described air that is conducted through described thermal source is guided to described head 19.
Fig. 7 shows described switching device 22.The original paper identical with Fig. 1 to Fig. 4 has identical label among the figure.
For brevity, there is shown air-flow 17,21.It should be noted that described air-flow 17 comprises that by the air of described thermal source 12 heating, described air-flow 21 comprises by the air of described radiator 11 coolings.
In the situation shown in Fig. 7 a, one can be mounted the location by the plate 23 that the mode that is not shown specifically is adjusted from the outside, make described heated air 17 be supplied, and described cooled air 21 is discharged as discharging air 15 as air-conditioning gas 6.In the situation shown in figure Fig. 7 b, described plate 23 is moved and makes described cooled air 21 be supplied as air-conditioning gas 6, and described heated air 17 is discharged as discharging air 15.
As shown in Figure 6, preferably, described personal environmental temperature adjusting device 1 is as a kind of table-top unit, and described table-top unit comprises foot 24 and the tubular bracket 25 that described foot 24 is connected to described head 19.Described support 25 comprises deformable segment 26 as tubular articles, makes an outlet opening 24 that is arranged on described head optionally to align with specific objective.Described floss hole 18 is arranged on the side of described foot 24.Executive component 18 is arranged on the place ahead of described foot 24.Similarly, described personal environmental temperature adjusting device 1 can be used as also that body of wall is installed or the roof installation unit, perhaps more generally, and as the mobile unit that can be mounted or hang with any direction in space.
Described temperature adjustment device 1 can be provided with electric energy by different modes.A kind of possible mode provides an energy provides the unit to produce equipment 2 and pressure wave generator 9 to described air-flow, if perhaps requirement also provides the electric energy with desired voltage to described firing equipment 20.Because the Stirling cooling device is lower to power requirement, therefore another kind of possible mode is that a built-in battery is used to provide electric energy.For example, when requiring temperature when 25 ℃ are reduced to 20 ℃, described support 25 has the internal diameter of 10cm, and air moves with the speed of 0.5m/s, and described Stirling cooling device only has 20 to 25W power consumption.