CN102713449A

CN102713449A - Apparatus to humidify a room

Info

Publication number: CN102713449A
Application number: CN2010800615097A
Authority: CN
Inventors: G·德隆奇
Original assignee: De Longhi Appliances SRL
Current assignee: De Longhi Appliances SRL
Priority date: 2009-11-19
Filing date: 2010-11-19
Publication date: 2012-10-03
Anticipated expiration: 2030-11-19
Also published as: RU2566477C2; JP2017129352A; JP2013511692A; CN102713449B; IT1396813B1; WO2011061604A2; WO2011061604A3; ITUD20090209A1; RU2012123874A; JP6151514B2

Abstract

Apparatus to humidify a room, comprising an area containing water (35), a humidifier circuit (12) which passes through and/or laps the area containing water (35), at least a suction member (15), to take in ambient air and to introduce at least a fraction of the air inside the humidifier circuit (12) upstream of the area containing water (35), and a water fragmentation member (30, 33) able to form a fine dispersion of drops of water in the area containing water (35). The humidifier circuit (12) is configured, with respect to the area containing water (35), so that the fraction of air taken in by the suction member (15) meets the fine dispersion of drops of water and transports it toward the exit into the room of the humidifier circuit (12), to form a humidified and nebulized stream.; At least downstream of the area containing water (35), associated with the humidifier circuit (12), there are heating means (17, 1 17) to heat the humidified and nebulized fluid, able to supply to the stream a desired energy input.

Description

Air humidifier

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of device that increases indoor, space, volume or analog humidity, device particularly of the present invention is used to increase indoor humidity level with adjustable mode, does not need to change significantly or significantly indoor temperature.

Background technology

At present known humidifier is used for airtight in fact space, and is similarly local such as, indoor, bedroom, office or other, so that increase the humidity level, such as, the humidity level increases particularly, but is not limited in, and makes child's breathing easier.

Known humidifier mainly contains two types, a kind of Heat humidifier that is called as, and another kind is called as cold humidifier.

Heat humidifier and common sprayer are similar, and a certain amount of water is heated to boiling point, and the form with steam is distributed in the environment then.

There is shortcoming in such humidifier; Because there are bigger temperature difference in vapor (steam) temperature and room temperature, a certain amount of condensed water may produce, and particularly the inwall in the room may produce a certain amount of cool water that coagulates; As time goes on, can promote to deposit, the breeding of mouldy and bacterium.

Another shortcoming is on heating resistor, can form incrustation scale in a large number, thereby causes loss in efficiency, need often carry out attended operation.

The advantage of cold humidifier is that it can use energy requirement seldom to increase air humidity, but there is shortcoming in cold on the other hand humidifier, is the angle from sense organ at least, and it causes the reduction of indoor temperature.In fact, the effect that is obtained is to make the water particle atomizing through use mechanical agitation technology, and particle mixes with surrounding air, from air, catches energy, and therefore causes the reduction of temperature.

The technology contents that US-A-5.645.769 discloses is the most approaching prior art of the present invention; It has disclosed a kind of humidifier device that is applicable to the vehicle interior compartment; This humidifier device can not only make the space moistening, but also plays the effect of refrigeration and the inner space temperature inside is reduced.

An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of device that increases indoor humidity, it can make indoor air humidity reach the desirable value that can determine on demand, and the formation that can prevent condensed water again can be only reduces and regulates environment temperature from the angle of sense organ.

Another purpose is to consume lower energy to obtain humidification.

Another purpose is purification and/or the heating that obtains air, even limited.

The applicant invents, tests and presents the shortcoming that the present invention goes to overcome prior art, and obtains above-mentioned purpose and advantage with other.

Summary of the invention

The present invention is that characteristic describes with the content in the independent claims, and dependent claims has been described further feature of the present invention or to the improvement of main inventive point.

To achieve these goals, a kind of device that increases indoor humidity of the present invention comprises:

-one water zone;

-one humidifier circuit, it passes and/or surrounds (lap) said water zone;

The aspiration means of-at least one variable bit rate, therefore it can regulate according at least two different numerical, can obtain surrounding air and the said surrounding air of at least a portion is introduced the said humidifier circuit that is positioned at the said water zone upper reaches inner; And

-one member, said member are pulverized and are disperseed the water from said water zone, and said member can make water atomization (atomization), so that water droplet forms the distribution of fine shape, is similar to the cold mist of fine shape.

According to performance characteristics of the present invention; The setting of humidifier circuit is relevant with water zone; Then its transmission to be got into the humidifier circuit to outlet indoor so the water that portion of air of being taken in by aspiration means and fine shape scatter is met, thereby form moist and vaporific air-flow; And at least along the downstream of the water zone of humidifier circuit; Near its exit, or the direct downstream of said outlet, direct or indirect heater had; It has according at least two adjustable intensity of different values; Remove to heat said humidity and vaporific air-flow, this is suitable for providing energy to input to said air-flow, thereby at least partly changes moist air stream into steam.

According to the present invention, said device comprises a device, the indoor humidity that is conditioned with detection; And another device, so that the user sets required humidity value.

Like this, be relevant to value that the device through the testing environment temperature detects and set a required humidity value when the user utilizes, said air suction device and heater both are automatic adjustings.Therefore, the air in the exit of machine transmits with the heating intensity of air stream and is adjusted, thus indoor humidity trend desired value and do not cause a bit reduction of indoor temperature, but even only be perception or the reduction of perceptible temperature.

In other words, the air that reaches accurately according to dosage is heated to accurate heat value, thereby obtains a kind of balance, causes the adjusting of humidity value can not cause the variation of room temperature.

Advantageously, under any circumstance all much lower through the heating-up temperature that heater causes than the boiling point of water, thus when being introduced into when indoor owing to steam changes the condensation formation effect that water causes again into, steam can be reduced to minimum.

By the present invention because heater provides the humidity left by the humidifier circuit and the vaporific required energy input of air-flow, so can not take away indoor energy, but so at least by perception or perceptible viewpoint, will not have the reduction of room temperature.

According to another variant, said device also comprises a ventilation circuit, connects mutually with the humidifier circuit in the operation, can produce main air stream simultaneously, and the part of air stream is introduced in the humidifier circuit, to form said moist air stream.

Air-flow through the humidifier circuit produces is preferably introduced indoor after heating.

According to another variant, said aspiration means all is total (common) to humidifier circuit and ventilation circuit under any circumstance.

According to another variant, the humidifier circuit is from the first section branch (branch off) of ventilation circuit.

According to first solution, the heater of said heating moist air stream is to be made up of the same device with heating draft; In this case, moist air stream is through from the exit mixed tide wet gas current of separately passage and draft and be heated indirectly.

Another solution, at least one specific heater are along the setting of humidifier circuit.In this case, first solution provides heater and is arranged at the outside that is used for to the pipe of external transmission moist air stream, to pass through its sidewall transmission heat; Another solution provides the inside that heater is arranged at pipe, so that to moist air stream heat is provided with direct mode.

According to another variant, heater is set at the downstream of the outlet of humidifier circuit and ventilation circuit, so that heat the air stream of whole outlet.

According to another variant, two heaters are set, each is arranged in relevant humidifier and the ventilation circuit, so that before they mix, heat moist air stream and draft independently.

According to another variant; The inventive system comprises a filter assemblies; Filter such as HEPA type (HEPA High Efficiency Particulate Air filter); ULPA type (utmost point hyposmosis air type Ultra Low Penetration Air) or other so-called absolute type filter; Its filter filtered the air in the inlet chamber before introducing humidifier circuit and/or ventilation circuit inside, and stopped the indoor any possible pollution impurity that possibly exist and/or to heating harmful material.

According to another variant, said pulverizing and dispersion member are ultrasonic type transducer (transducer).

According to another variant, at least at the upper reaches of water zone, a water filter is arranged, such as with resiniferous anti-incrustation scale type, thereby water is to be discharged into water zone with low impurity content.

Description of drawings

These and other characteristic of the present invention will embody in the description in the following preferred specific embodiment, provide as nonrestrictive example with reference to accompanying drawing, wherein,

-Fig. 1 is the front view according to the broken section of the device of increase indoor humidity of the present invention;

-Fig. 2 is the sectional view of II-II among Fig. 1;

-Fig. 3 is the sectional view of III-III among Fig. 1;

For the ease of understanding, identical reference number is employed, and in possible position, removes to indicate identical in fact assembly in the accompanying drawing.Be appreciated that under situation about not further specifying the characteristic of an embodiment and principle can merge in other embodiment form aptly.

The specific embodiment

According to accompanying drawing, digital 10 ordinary representations one make the device of indoor humidification, only are called humidifier hereinafter.

In this case, said humidifier 10 comprises: an outside accommodating structure 11 can define a special compartment; One humidifier circuit 12; One ventilation circuit 13; One aspiration means 15; One ultrasonic transducer 16 is used so that cold mistization; One main heating component 17, and/or a less important heating component 117.

Special, outside accommodating structure 11 comprises: ingate 19, from indoor absorption air; And outlet mouth 20, be introduced into through its draft indoor, and maybe be through 17 heating of main heating component.

Along 19 air path to outlet mouth 20 from the ingate, aspiration means 15 is installed on the external structure 11 corresponding with ingate 19, so that the air of handling from indoor suction desire.

Special, aspiration means 15 comprises: blade type ventilation equipment 21 are directly connected to ventilation circuit 13 in outlet, and are provided with a HEPA filter 22 at inlet, to reduce airborne impurity and pure air to be introduced indoor.

Said ventilation equipment 21 have to meet from indoor axially to be introduced air and it is introduced the pattern the ventilation circuit 13 radially.

This solution allows when keeping high Fluid Volume, to reduce the volume of humidifier 10.

Said ventilation equipment 21 have the pattern according at least two rate adjusted joints, and advantageously three or more, so that change the transfer rate that absorbs and introduced again indoor air through device 10, for following reason is explained as follows.

Device 10 also comprises a moisture detector 40, installs and structurally and suitably removes the humidity value in the sensing chamber.

Said ventilation circuit 13 comprises having: the linkage section 23 of the structure of screw type or screw-type, be arranged on around the ventilation equipment 21, and the air that relies on ventilation equipment 21 to introduce radially defines air stream; And one have a cross section that broadens gradually outlet section 25 so that reduce the muzzle velocity of draft, and the outlet mouth 20 of corresponding external structure 11 forms and opens.

Therefore said humidifier circuit 12 receives the air-flow that a part is advanced from indoor absorption through ventilation equipment 21 from collection sections 23 branches of ventilation circuit 13.

Said humidifier circuit 12 comprises an entrance 26, one humidification sections 27 and an outlet section 29.

Said entrance 26 is connected to collection sections 23 to suck air on fluid, the air that said humidification section 27 allows to form inspiration forms moist air stream, and the outlet mouth 20 of the said port of export 29 corresponding external structures 11 forms to be opened.

The port of export 29 of said humidifier circuit 12 is set to parallel in fact and separates with the outlet section 25 of ventilation circuit 13, and than the latter lower air conveying capacity is arranged in this case.

The outlet mouth 20 of the outlet section 29 of said humidifier circuit 12 and outlet section 25 both corresponding external structures 11 of ventilation circuit 13 forms to be opened; So that allow two air-flows partially mixed at least; So; Because the higher temperature of draft, moist air stream is to be provided with the energy input mode that has hot form.

Special; At the part 20a place of said outlet mouth 20, desire to be left from here, still by the air of main heating component 17 heating; Moist air stream leaves said part 20b; Connection adds hot-fluid by what said part 20a left, determining required air humidity, and does not make indoor temperature that perceptible change takes place.

Said ultrasonic transducer 16 connects with the humidification section 27 of humidifier circuit 12 in operation mutually, and comprises that in this case a ultrasonic pulse generator 30, a piezo-electric crystal 33, are connected to the tank 31 and a valve member 32 of water zone 35.

Between said tank 31 and water zone 35, be provided with an anti-incrustation scale filter 36, such as resin type, it prevents or is the formation that reduces incrustation scale at least, especially on the

parts

30,33 of transducer and along humidifier circuit 12.

Said impulse generator 30 be traditional in fact type and; When activating; Stimulate piezo-electric crystal 33 to go out ultrasonic wave, so that make the particle micronizing and disperse said micronized drop in humidification section 27 inside with the internal emission of the water in being included in holding area 35.

Like this, in humidification section 27 inside, the cold mist of the water of a fine shape forms, and above-mentioned most of water level is in holding area 35.Said component environment air; Along with its scalable transfer rate, brought into entrance 26, and be directed surrounding the part of above-mentioned holding area 25; Along with it with the water droplet of the cold mist of said formation and therefore produce one there was dampness in the air air-flow, discharge through outlet section 29 then.

Said tank 31 is arranged at the side of entrance 26, and adds water for holding area 35, so that keep certain horizontal plane, it can be controlled, as long as cover impulse generator 30 and piezo-electric crystal 33 at least fully, to reach micronizing.

Said valve part 32 selectively determines the horizontal plane in holding area 35.

In this case, said main heating component 17 is provided with along the outlet section 25 of ventilation circuit 13, so that before air stream mixes with moist air stream, heat said air stream with adjustable mode.

The mixing decision heat exchange of two air-flows; It transmits energy to the moist air stream that includes micronized particle; According to dosage determine the vaporization of part particle at least; So that the air-flow of said whole generations has correct humidity amount, do not have the shortcoming of condensation on the one hand, and then can make indoor cooling on the other hand.

Said main heating component 17 is such as being resistive type, comprises the conductive coil on one or more cross sections that are distributed in outlet section 25, to remove to heat vent air stream through it.

Preferably, said main heating component 17 is that the positive temperature resistance of PTC with multiple branch can reach independently selectively and is activated, so that allow the ambient conditions heating intensity that obtains according to expectation.

In the variant that accompanying drawing 3 shows by a dotted line, said less important heating component 117 is shown, and it transmits energy with form of heat to the moist air stream that contains micronized particles, so that the moist air stream of the humidity degree of the required and expectation of tool is provided in outlet.

In this variant, technical scheme is not presented at here, the outlet of said moist air stream can be not yet in abutting connection with main draft, and be arranged on other part of ccontaining structure 11.

Said less important heating component 117 can be the resistance around the pipe of forming humidifier circuit 12; At this moment, said air communication is crossed tube wall and is heated.

In other solution, said less important heating component 117 can be formed by being arranged on inner armouring (armored) resistance of pipe, so that before circuit 12 leaves, pass it at said moist air stream.

At run duration, moisture detector 40 testing environment humidity values and with it and an indoor required humidity value relatively, said humidity value can preset in machine or can be set by operating personnel.

Based on this detection; The transfer rate of the air of the moist air stream through aspiration means 15 is a conditioned; Heat value is through main 17 or less important 117 heating components decisions; So that the heat exchange at outlet, humidifier and the ventilation equipment place of two air-flows is for example to determine a balance, make indoorly to be issued to required humidity value in the situation that does not cause variations in temperature.

Obviously, as stated, can not exceed under the field of the invention and the scope, the modification that humidifier 10 is carried out part with/increase.

For example, in technical field of the present invention, provide a single heating component 17 to be arranged on the downstream of

circuit

12 and 13 and the upper reaches of outlet mouth 20, so that mix back heating outlet air stream at air stream and moist air stream.

Claims

1. device that increases indoor humidity comprises:

-one water zone (35);

-one humidifier circuit (12), it passes and/or surrounds said water zone (35);

-at least one aspiration means (15); Having a speed and a transfer rate can change and regulate according at least two different numerical; Definition one has the ventilation circuit (13) of outlet section (25); One draft is introduced indoor thus, and said aspiration means (15) can obtain surrounding air and the said surrounding air of at least a portion is introduced said humidifier circuit (12) inside that is positioned at said water zone (35) upper reaches;

The broken member of-one pigment (30,33) can form the water droplet that fine shape scatters in said water zone (35); And

-one ambient humidity detector (40),

It is characterized in that the setting of said humidifier circuit (12) is relevant with said water zone (35), so as the water droplet that the portion of air of absorbing by said aspiration means (15) and fine shape scatter to meet and with its transmission in the space of outlet entering humidifier circuit chamber (12); Forming moist and vaporific stream, and, has heater (17 at least in the downstream of the water zone (35) relevant with said humidifier circuit (12); 117); Said heater (17,117) has according at least two adjustable intensity of different values, to heat said humidity and vaporific stream; This provides the energy that needs input can for said air-flow

The detection of the ambient humidity of wherein obtaining through said moisture detector (40) is as the condition of the numerical value of the air transfer rate of supplying with through said aspiration means (15) and pass through said heater (17; 117) heating intensity is so that be issued to the heat exchange that between said humidity and vaporific air-flow and draft, is obtained in the situation that does not have appreciable variations in temperature.

2. device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, said heater (17,117) is arranged at the outlet near humidifier circuit (12), or directly is arranged at the downstream of said outlet.

3. device according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, said heater comprises at least one resistance (17), has multiple branch and can be selected ground and activation independently.

4. according to the described device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that said heater comprises at least one resistance (117), it directly connects with the heater circuit mutually, is arranged at its inside or outside.

5. device according to claim 1; It is characterized in that; Said humidifier circuit (12) forms branch from a The initial segment (23) of said ventilation circuit (13); To transmit portion of air at least, said air forms draft to said water zone, thereby forms said moist air stream.

6. according to the described device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that comprise the filter assemblies (22) of an absolute type, being arranged at is the upper reaches of said aspiration means (15) at least, to introduce indoor filtration before again at air from indoor air.

7. according to the described device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that comprise the filter assemblies (36) of at least one anti-incrustation scale type, being arranged at is the upper reaches of said water zone (35) at least.

8. according to the described device of above-mentioned arbitrary claim, it is characterized in that said pulverizing and dispersion member (16) are ultrasonic type.