CN103453640A - Air supply method implemented by aid of air supply device of air conditioner - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses an air supply method implemented by the aid of an air supply device of an air conditioner. The air supply method includes that the air supply device of the air conditioner is arranged in an internal air channel of the air conditioner and comprises at least two annular air guide assemblies, the middles of the annular air guide assemblies are communicated with one another, a front opening and a rear opening are respectively formed in each annular air guide assembly, each annular air guide assembly is an individual assembly, the multiple annular air guide assemblies are sequentially arrayed in the front-back direction, front-back through air channels are formed in the middles of the multiple annular air guide assemblies, and an annular heat-exchange air channel is formed between each two adjacent annular air guide assemblies; heat-exchange air in the internal air channel of the air conditioner is delivered to the through air channels from the annular heat-exchange air channels, external non-heat-exchange air of the air conditioner is sucked into the through air channels from a non-heat-exchange air inlet, the non-heat-exchange air and the heat-exchange air form mixed air and then are outwardly supplied from a mixed air outlet. The air supply method has the advantage that the internal heat-exchange air of the air conditioner and the external non-heat-exchange air of the air conditioner form the mixed air and are simultaneously outwardly supplied by the aid of the air supply device of the air conditioner, and the air supply device comprises the multiple individual assemblies, so that the convenience and the controllability of the air supply performance can be improved.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to belong to the air-conditioning technique field, specifically, relate to a kind of method of utilizing the air-conditioner air supply device air-supply.
Background technology
During existing vertical air conditioner air-supply, the wind after the heat exchanger heat exchange directly under the effect of fan inside, the air outlet offered from air-conditioning blows out, and the wind blown out is all heat exchange wind.General, extra air-supply arrangement is not set between heat exchanger and air outlet.A shortcoming of this air-conditioning is to be all heat exchange wind owing to sending wind, and air quantity is less, and indoor wind circulation rate is slow; Another shortcoming is that the wind of sending is soft not, and especially, under refrigeration mode, the cool breeze blown out directly blows to it the user, and it is uncomfortable that the user feels.
For addressing the above problem, the applicant had once proposed a kind of method that air-conditioner air supply device is set on air-conditioning, utilizes this device to be blown.This air-conditioner air supply device includes annular cover body, be formed with the perforation air channel of running through annular cover body in the middle of annular cover body, form annular opening on the circular cowling body wall, some annular flow deflectors are set on annular opening, form annular air-out air channel between the adjacent annular flow deflector.But, because the annular flow deflector in air-conditioner air supply device and annular air-out air channel all are formed on an annular cover body, be not easy to select flexibly and control the structure in annular flow deflector and air-out air channel, and then be not easy to wind pushing performance is controlled, cause air-supply to be limited to.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is directed to the problems referred to above of prior art existence and a kind of method of utilizing the air-conditioner air supply device air-supply is provided, the air-conditioner air supply device that the method utilizes a plurality of single component to form forms mixing wind by the non-heat exchange wind of the heat exchange wind of air-conditioning inside and air-conditioning outside and sends simultaneously, has improved the controllability that facilitates to wind pushing performance.
For achieving the above object, the present invention adopts following technical proposals to be achieved:
A kind of method of utilizing the air-conditioner air supply device air-supply, described method connects in the middle of arranging in the inner air channel of air-conditioning and including at least two, the air-conditioner air supply device of the annular wind guiding member of opening before and after having, each described annular wind guiding member is single component, the after-opening of described annular wind guiding member is air inlet, open front is air outlet, before and after a plurality of described annular wind guiding members, be arranged in order, the perforation air channel connected before and after middle formation, form annular heat exchange wind air channel between adjacent two described annular wind guiding members, the air inlet that is positioned at the rear end annular wind guiding member of rear end is non-heat exchange wind inlet, the air outlet that is positioned at the front end annular wind guiding member of front end exports for mixing wind, then, heat exchange wind after the heat exchanger exchange in the inner air channel of described air-conditioning is delivered to described perforation air channel from described annular heat exchange wind air channel, and be sent to described mixing wind outlet through connecting air channel, simultaneously, the non-heat exchange wind of air-conditioning outside is sucked into to described perforation air channel from described non-heat exchange wind inlet, then sends from described mixing wind outlet together with after described non-heat exchange wind and described heat exchange wind formation mixing wind.
Preferably, each described annular wind guiding member is set to the interior bore that interior bore from its air inlet to its air outlet convergent and its air inlet is greater than its air outlet.
Preferably, the surface of each described annular wind guiding member is set to curved surface.
Preferably, a plurality of described annular wind guiding members are coaxially arranged, and make the interior bore of the air outlet of each described annular wind guiding member increase gradually along the direction from described non-heat exchange wind inlet to described mixing wind outlet.
Preferably, in two described annular wind guiding members of adjacent setting, the air outlet that is positioned at the described annular wind guiding member of rear end exposes to the rear in the perforation air channel that the described annular wind guiding member that is positioned at front end limits.
Preferably, described annular wind guiding member is at least three, in the adjacent annular wind guiding member in front and back two, between the air outlet of rear annular wind guiding member and the air inlet of front annular wind guiding member, along the distance on described annular wind guiding member axis direction, be the axial spacing of this two annular wind guiding member, the direction of the axial spacing of a plurality of described annular wind guiding members from described non-heat exchange wind inlet to described mixing wind outlet reduces gradually.
Method as above, for further improving the air-supply uniformity, in at least one described annular heat exchange wind air channel, the distribution of air flow assembly is set, the heat exchange wind after the heat exchanger exchange in the inner air channel of described air-conditioning is delivered to described annular heat exchange wind air channel after described distribution of air flow assembly distributes again.
Preferably, the structure that described distribution of air flow assembly exchanges the circumferential direction uniform distribution of wind air channel with the described heat exchange wind that will enter described annular heat exchange wind air channel along described annular heat is arranged in described annular heat exchange wind air channel.
Preferably, described distribution of air flow assembly includes a plurality of air distribution plates, and described a plurality of air distribution plates are on the circumferential direction in described annular heat exchange wind air channel, along the distribution of described heat exchange wind air-supply wind direction left-right symmetry.
Preferably, described a plurality of air distribution plates are the bent portions matching board with same flexure direction, and the bending direction of a plurality of described bent portions matching boards and air supply direction contrary from the described heat exchange wind of described heat exchanger.
Compared with prior art, advantage of the present invention and good effect are: adopt air-conditioning method of the present invention, at the heat exchange air by air-conditioning inside and when sending, utilize the mobile negative pressure produced of heat exchange air to suck the non-heat exchange air of air-conditioning outside, two parts air is formed to mixing air to be sent simultaneously, such mixing air is comparatively soft, blows to the user and can feel more comfortable with it, has improved user's comfortableness experience effect.Simultaneously, the suction function suction part outside that utilizes air-supply arrangement to produce the not air of heat exchange participates in the last air-supply of air-conditioning, increase the whole intake of air-conditioning, accelerated flowing of room air, further improved the whole uniformity of room air.And, constitute air-conditioner air supply device by the annular wind guiding member that adopts a plurality of single component forms, not only be convenient to require the structure of each annular wind guiding member of control flexibly according to air-supply, process easily each annular wind guiding member that structure is different and assemble out the air-supply arrangement that structure is different, and then having realized the controllability that facilitates to air-conditioning parameter and wind pushing performance.
After reading the specific embodiment of the present invention by reference to the accompanying drawings, it is clearer that the other features and advantages of the invention will become.
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Fig. 1 is the structural representation of an embodiment of air-conditioning of application air supply method of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the three-dimensional assembling structure schematic diagram of air-conditioner air supply device in Fig. 1 embodiment;
Fig. 3 is the blast structural representation of Fig. 2 air-conditioner air supply device;
Fig. 4 is the radial section structural representation of Fig. 2 air-conditioner air supply device;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of another embodiment of air-conditioning of application air supply method of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is the three-dimensional assembling structure schematic diagram of air-conditioner air supply device in Fig. 5 embodiment;
Fig. 7 is the blast structural representation of Fig. 6 air-conditioner air supply device;
Fig. 8 is the backsight structural representation of Fig. 6 air-conditioner air supply device.
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Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments, technical scheme of the present invention is described in further detail.
At first, the technical term related in this specific embodiment is made to a brief description: when following front end mentioning each structural member or rear end, be to define with the position with respect to the user under the structural member normal operating condition; During description before or after carrying out for the arrangement position of a plurality of structural members, it is also the definition that the device that forms with a plurality of structural members is done with respect to user's position under normal operating condition.Following heat exchange wind refers to from air-conditioning inside, wind after the heat exchanger heat exchange; Non-heat exchange wind refers to the wind from air-conditioning environment space of living in, is for heat exchange wind, is not the part wind that directly comes from heat exchanger; Mix wind and refer to the wind that heat exchange wind and non-heat exchange wind are mixed to form.Following ring, refer to around the enclosed construction formed, and is not limited to annulus.
Please refer to Fig. 1, this figure is depicted as the structural representation of an embodiment of air-conditioning of application air supply method of the present invention.
As schematically shown in Figure 1, the air-conditioning of this embodiment includes front panel 2, postnotum 3, Left-Hand Panel, right panel and top board and the base plate (not marking in figure) that forms air-conditioner housing, and housing defines the air channel, inside 4 of air-conditioning.Corresponding with the structure of air-conditioner air supply device 1, offer on the top of front faceplate of air-conditioner 2 and mix wind outlet 21, on air-conditioning postnotum 3 tops, export 21 corresponding positions with mixing wind on front panel 2 and offer non-heat exchange wind inlet 31.Be provided with blower fan 6, heat exchanger 5 and air-conditioner air supply device 1 from bottom to top in inner air channel 4, and the mixing wind outlet 21 of wind from front panel 2 in the inner air channel 4 of air-conditioning that be arranged so that of blower fan 6 blows out.
Wherein, the structure of air-conditioner air supply device 1 please refer to shown in the radial section structural representation of the blast structural representation of three-dimensional assembling structure schematic diagram, Fig. 3 of Fig. 2 and Fig. 4.
Illustrate as shown in Figure 2, Figure 3 and Figure 4, air-conditioner air supply device 1 includes three annular wind guiding members, is respectively front end annular wind guiding member 11, the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 and rear end annular wind guiding member 12.Each annular wind guiding member in these three annular wind guiding members that front and back are arranged in order is single component, independent moulding.Wherein, connect in the middle of front end annular wind guiding member 11, there is former and later two openings, be respectively and mix wind outlet 111 and air inlet 112; Connect in the middle of the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13, there is former and later two openings, be respectively air outlet 131 and air inlet 132; Connect in the middle of rear end annular wind guiding member 12, there is former and later two openings, be respectively air outlet 121 and non-heat exchange wind inlet 122.After front end annular wind guiding member 11, the annular wind guiding member of the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 and rear end 12 front and back are arranged in order, connect the perforation air channel (not marking in figure) of all three annular wind guiding members before and after middle formation.And, be formed with the first annular heat exchange wind air channel 14 between front end annular wind guiding member 11 and the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13, be formed with the second annular heat exchange wind air channel 15 between the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 and rear end annular wind guiding member 12, the air channel, inside 4 in air-conditioning will be connected with the perforation air channel in air-conditioner air supply device 1 by the first annular heat exchange wind air channel 14 and the second annular heat exchange wind air channel 15.
In this embodiment, constitute air-conditioner air supply device 1 by the annular wind guiding member that adopts a plurality of single component forms, be convenient to require the structure of each annular wind guiding member of control flexibly according to air-supply, process easily each annular wind guiding member that structure is different, to guarantee uniformity and the air supply velocity of air-supply.And, because each annular wind guiding member is single component, the assembling mode of whole air-conditioner air supply device 1 in air-conditioning be can select flexibly, and then the scope of application of air-conditioner air supply device 1 and the production efficiency of air-conditioning improved.
In the time of in air-conditioner air supply device 1 is assembled to air-conditioning, rear end annular wind guiding member 12 is fixed with the postnotum 3 of air-conditioning, the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 is first fixed by screw with front end annular wind guiding member 11, and the front end annular wind guiding member 11 that then will be fixed with the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 is fixed on the front panel 2 of air-conditioning.After fix in position, mixing wind outlet 111 air outlets as whole air-conditioner air supply device 1 of front end annular wind guiding member 11, will seal assembling with the wind outlet 21 that mixes on front panel 2; Then the non-heat exchange wind inlet 122 in end ring shape wind guiding member 12 is as the non-heat exchange wind air inlet of whole air-conditioner air supply device 1, will with postnotum 3 on non-heat exchange wind inlet 31 seal assembling.
Air-conditioner air supply device 1 based on said structure, the air-conditioning method of this embodiment is as follows:
During operation of air conditioner, indoor wind enters air-conditioning inside, under the effect of blower fan 6, accelerates to blow to heat exchanger 5 and carries out heat exchange.Heat exchange wind after heat exchange air channel 4 internally blows to air-conditioner air supply device 1 and enters the perforation air channel through the first annular heat exchange wind air channel 14 and the second annular heat exchange wind air channel 15, and then is sent to mixing wind outlet 21 through connecting air channel.Meanwhile, the heat exchange wind wind speed blown out from annular heat exchange wind air channel becomes large, thereby make respective annular wind guiding member surface pressing reduce and form negative pressure in connecting air channel, under the effect of negative pressure, using the indoor wind of air-conditioning outside as non-heat exchange wind, the non-heat exchange wind inlet 122 of the non-heat exchange wind inlet 31 from postnotum 3 and rear end annular wind guiding member 12 sucks and connects air channel, and from the mixing wind outlet 21 of air-conditioner air supply device 1 and the mixing wind outlet 21 front panel 2, pass out to indoor together with after the heat exchange wind formation mixing wind blown out with annular heat exchange wind air channel.
Under certain rotation speed of fan, vertical air-conditioning carries out wind quantity test and temperature detection, after adopting above-mentioned air-conditioner air supply device 1,0.82 times of left and right that the non-heat exchange wind of introducing is heat exchange wind air quantity, 1.82 times of left and right that the mixing wind air quantity obtained is heat exchange wind air quantity, than with under situation, do not adopt the air-conditioning of air-conditioner air supply device 1 to compare, air conditioning exhausting has increased by 0.82 times of left and right.And, if room temperature is 30 ℃ of left and right, not adopting the wind that the air-conditioning of air-conditioner air supply device 1 blows out is heat exchange wind, its temperature is 14 ℃ of left and right; And, after using air-conditioner air supply device 1, the mixing wind that air-conditioning is sent is 20 ℃ of left and right, the temperature of mixing wind more meets the requirement of human body sendible temperature comfortableness.And such mixing wind is comparatively soft, blow to the user and can feel more comfortable with it, improved user's comfortableness experience effect.Simultaneously, the suction function suction part outside that utilizes air air-supply arrangement 1 to produce the not wind of heat exchange participates in the last air-out of air-conditioning, increase the whole intake of air-conditioning, accelerated flowing of room air, further improved the whole uniformity of room air.
In this embodiment, for improving the guide performance of air-conditioner air supply device 1, especially to the wind-guiding ability of heat exchange wind, so that mix wind, along the surface uniform of annular wind guiding member, send, front end annular wind guiding member 11, the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 and rear end annular wind guiding member 12 are all surfaces, the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 is convergent from back to front, the part that forms the first annular heat exchange wind air channels 14 with the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 in front end annular wind guiding member 11 is convergent from back to front, the part that then in end ring shape wind guiding member 12, with the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13, forms the second annular heats exchange wind air channels 15 is convergent from back to front also.And the interior bore of the air inlet of each annular wind guiding member is greater than the interior bore of its air outlet.Also, the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 of take is example, and its air outlet 131 is open front, and its air inlet 132 is after-opening, and the interior bore of air inlet 132 is greater than the interior bore of its air outlet 131.
And three annular wind guiding members coaxially arrange, the interior bore of the air outlet of each annular wind guiding member is along increasing gradually from non-heat exchange wind inlet 122 to the direction of mixing wind outlet 111.Be also, from front to back, the interior bore of the mixing wind outlet 111 of front end annular wind guiding member 11 is greater than the interior bore of the air outlet 131 of the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13, and the interior bore of the air outlet 131 of the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 is greater than the interior bore of the air outlet 121 of rear end annular wind guiding member 12.Here said interior bore, refer to the interior girth of opening.
Air-conditioner air supply device 1 for this embodiment, each annular wind guiding member is when in tandem, in two annular wind guiding members of adjacent setting, the air outlet that is positioned at the annular wind guiding member of rear end exposes to the rear in the perforation air channel that the annular wind guiding member that is positioned at front end limits.Be also, as shown in the radial section structural representation of Fig. 4, the air outlet 121 of rear end annular wind guiding member 12 is positioned at the rear of the air inlet 132 of the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13, and the air outlet 131 of the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 is positioned at the rear of the air inlet 112 of front end annular wind guiding member 11.
And, between the air outlet 121 of rear end annular wind guiding member 12 and the air inlet 132 of the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13, along the distance on the axis direction of annular wind guiding member, be H1, this H1 is defined as the axial spacing of rear end annular wind guiding member 12 and the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13.Same, the axial spacing H2 of the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 and front end annular wind guiding member 11 is that the air inlet 112 of air outlet 131 and front end annular wind guiding member 11 of the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 is along the distance on the axis direction of annular wind guiding member.In this embodiment, H2 is less than H1, and also, the axial spacing of a plurality of annular wind guiding members reduces gradually from non-heat exchange wind inlet 122 to the direction of mixing wind outlet 111.And, reduce ratio and be preferably 3-25%, be also H2=[1-(3-25%)] * H1.Preferred, reducing ratio is 8.6%.By the axial spacing of controlling each annular wind guiding member, reduce gradually from back to front, the voltage rise of air-conditioning draught fan 6 load in the time of can reducing air-conditioner air supply device and be applied in air-conditioning, reduce the risk of noise penalty, effectively improved the air-supply uniformity.
Please refer to Fig. 4, this figure is depicted as the structural representation of another embodiment of air-conditioning of application air supply method of the present invention.
As schematically shown in Figure 4, the air-conditioning of this embodiment includes front panel 2, postnotum 3, Left-Hand Panel, right panel and top board and the base plate (not marking in figure) that forms air-conditioner housing, and housing defines the air channel, inside 4 of air-conditioning.Offer on the top of front faceplate of air-conditioner 2 and mix wind outlet 21, on air-conditioning postnotum 3 tops, export 21 corresponding positions with mixing wind on front panel 2 and offer non-heat exchange wind inlet 31.Be provided with blower fan 6, heat exchanger 5 and air-conditioner air supply device 1 from bottom to top in inner air channel 4, and the mixing wind outlet 21 of wind from front panel 2 in the inner air channel 4 of air-conditioning that be arranged so that of blower fan 6 blows out.
Wherein, the structure of air-conditioner air supply device 1 please refer to shown in the backsight structural representation of the blast structural representation of three-dimensional assembling structure schematic diagram, Fig. 6 of Fig. 5 and Fig. 7.
As Fig. 5, Fig. 6 and illustrated in Figure 7, simultaneously in conjunction with illustrated in Figure 4, the air-conditioner air supply device 1 of this embodiment includes three annular wind guiding members, is respectively front end annular wind guiding member 11, the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 and rear end annular wind guiding member 12.Each annular wind guiding member in these three annular wind guiding members that front and back are arranged in order is single component, independent moulding.Wherein, connect in the middle of front end annular wind guiding member 11, there is former and later two openings, be respectively and mix wind outlet 111 and air inlet 112; Connect in the middle of the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13, there is former and later two openings, be respectively air outlet 131 and air inlet 132; Connect in the middle of rear end annular wind guiding member 12, there is former and later two openings, be respectively air outlet 121 and non-heat exchange wind inlet 122.After front end annular wind guiding member 11, the annular wind guiding member of the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 and rear end 12 front and back are arranged in order, connect the perforation air channel (not marking in figure) of all three annular wind guiding members before and after middle formation.And, be formed with the first annular heat exchange wind air channel 14 between front end annular wind guiding member 11 and the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13, be formed with the second annular heat exchange wind air channel 15 between the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 and rear end annular wind guiding member 12, the air channel, inside 4 in air-conditioning will be connected with the perforation air channel in air-conditioner air supply device 1 by the first annular heat exchange wind air channel 14 and the second annular heat exchange wind air channel 15.Be provided with on the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 to the first annular heat exchange wind air channel 14 and the second annular heat and exchange the distribution of air flow assembly 16 extended in wind air channel 15.And, for convenience of processing, distribution of air flow assembly 16 is preferably one-body molded with the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13.Certainly, can be also minute body formed, then distribution of air flow assembly 16 is fixed on the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13.
In the time of in air-conditioner air supply device 1 is assembled to air-conditioning, rear end annular wind guiding member 12 is fixed with the postnotum 3 of air-conditioning, the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 is first fixed by screw with front end annular wind guiding member 11, and the front end annular wind guiding member 11 that then will be fixed with the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13 is fixed on the front panel 2 of air-conditioning.After fix in position, mixing wind outlet 111 air outlets as whole air-conditioner air supply device 1 of front end annular wind guiding member 11, will seal assembling with the wind outlet 21 that mixes on front panel 2; Then the non-heat exchange wind inlet 122 in end ring shape wind guiding member 12 is as the non-heat exchange wind air inlet of whole air-conditioner air supply device 1, will with postnotum 3 on non-heat exchange wind inlet 31 seal assembling.
Air-conditioner air supply device 1 based on said structure, the air-conditioning method of this embodiment is as follows:
During operation of air conditioner, indoor wind enters air-conditioning inside, under the effect of blower fan 6, accelerates to blow to heat exchanger 5 and carries out heat exchange.Heat exchange wind after heat exchange air channel 4 internally blows to air-conditioner air supply device 1.When heat exchange wind enters air-conditioner air supply device 1, first utilize distribution of air flow assembly 16 to be distributed, and then deliver to equably in the first annular heat exchange wind air channel 14 and the second annular heat exchange wind air channel 15 along circumferential direction, enter through heat exchange wind air channel again and connect air channel, and then be sent to mixing wind outlet 21 through connecting air channel.As mentioned above, connect in air channel and form negative pressure, under the effect of negative pressure, using the indoor wind of air-conditioning outside as non-heat exchange wind, the non-heat exchange wind inlet 122 of the annular wind guiding member 12 in the non-heat exchange wind inlet 31 from postnotum 3 and rear end sucks and connects air channels, and from the mixing wind outlet 21 of air-conditioner air supply device 1 and the mixing wind outlet 21 front panel 2, passes out to indoor together with after the heat exchange wind formation mixing wind blown out with annular heat exchange wind air channel.Such mixing wind is comparatively soft, blows to the user and can feel more comfortable with it, has improved user's comfortableness experience effect.Simultaneously, the suction function suction part outside that utilizes air air-supply arrangement 1 to produce the not wind of heat exchange participates in the last air-out of air-conditioning, increase the whole intake of air-conditioning, accelerated flowing of room air, further improved the whole uniformity of room air.
The concrete structure of distribution of air flow assembly 16 please refer to the rearview of Fig. 7 to be illustrated, the distribution of air flow assembly 16 of this embodiment adopts a plurality of air distribution plates to realize.The distribution of air flow assembly 16 of this embodiment includes four pairs, eight air distribution plates altogether, is respectively primary air distribution plate 161 and 162, the first secondary air distribution plate 163 and the 164, second secondary air distribution plate 165 and 166, the 3rd secondary air distribution plate 167 and 168.All air distribution plates are the bent portions matching board with same flexure direction, and the surface of each air distribution plate is the arc curve face, can effectively guide wind direction, and reduce crushing and the noise of air-flow in the shunting process, realize the high speed air-supply under the low noise prerequisite.These four pairs of air distribution plates with primary air distribution plate 161 and 162 under, the first secondary air distribution plate 163 and the 164, second secondary air distribution plate 165 and the 166 and the 3rd secondary air distribution plate 167 and 168 successively order left-right symmetry up be distributed on the circumferential direction in the first annular heat exchange wind air channel 14 and the second annular heat exchange wind air channel 15.Also along on heat exchange wind air supply direction from bottom to top, the left side of air-conditioner air supply device 1 (left and right side of later view direction) is provided with primary air distribution plate 161, the first secondary air distribution plate 163, the second secondary air distribution plate 165 and the 3rd secondary air distribution plate 167 from bottom to top, and primary air distribution plate 162, the first secondary air distribution plate 164, the second secondary air distribution plate 166 and the 3rd secondary air distribution plate 168 are arranged on the right side of air-conditioner air supply device 1 with symmetrical form.And, the bending direction of each air distribution plate and heat exchange wind air supply direction contrary.Also, from bottom to top, the bending of each air distribution plate will be oppositely reverse air supply direction to heat exchange wind air supply direction, i.e. counter clockwise direction bending as shown in Figure 7.
Be by arranging the distribution of air flow assembly 16 that radial symmetrical a plurality of crooked air distribution plate forms in heat exchange wind air channel, can utilize primary air distribution plate 161 and 162 in the future the heat exchange wind of automatic heat-exchanger be divided into left, center, right three parts, and the heat exchange wind of arranged on left and right sides can be shunted again by each secondary air distribution plate, finally realize the uniformity of the heat exchange wind air channel of air-conditioner air supply device 1 in circumferential direction upper air inlet and air-out, improved the air-supply uniformity of air-conditioner air supply device 1.
Certainly, distribution of air flow assembly 16, except adopting a plurality of crooked air distribution plates realize, can also adopt other structure, as long as can guarantee that the heat exchange wind of automatic heat-exchanger 5 in future carries out uniform distribution on circumferential direction.
In above-mentioned two embodiment, as preferred embodiment, the non-heat exchange wind inlet 31 on the outlet 21 of mixing wind on front panel 2 and postnotum 3 be shaped as circle; Accordingly, in air-conditioner air supply device 1 each annular wind guiding member be shaped as annular.But be not limited to this, can also be designed to the combination of other shapes, as oval and elliptical ring, regular polygon and regular polygon ring etc., also can realize technical purpose of the present invention.
Although the air-conditioner air supply device 1 in above-mentioned two embodiment has three annular wind guiding members, is not limited to such three, can also be that front end annular wind guiding member 11 and rear end annular wind guiding member 12 these two annular wind guiding members are only arranged.Certainly, can also be more annular wind guiding members, for example, except front end annular wind guiding member 11 and rear end annular wind guiding member 12, also include two and plural the first intermediate annular wind guiding member 13, form the air-conditioner air supply device with four or more annular wind guiding member.
When front end annular wind guiding member 11 and rear end annular wind guiding member 12 this two annular wind guiding members are only arranged, two annular wind guiding members form a heat exchange wind air channel.Under this structure, the distribution of air flow assembly fixed with one of them annular wind guiding member can be set in this heat exchange wind air channel and realize the distribution to heat exchange wind.
And, for the air-conditioner air supply device with four or more annular wind guiding member, will form the heat exchange wind air channel more than three or three.In such air-conditioner air supply device, preferably in all heat exchange wind air channel, the distribution of air flow assembly all is set.And, for simplified structure, can two heat exchange wind air channels share distribution of air flow assemblies, also be about to the distribution of air flow assembly and be arranged on the annular wind guiding member in the middle of being arranged in and to being extended by formed inside and outside two the described annular heats exchange wind air channels of this annular wind guiding member.
Above embodiment is only in order to technical scheme of the present invention to be described, but not is limited; Although with reference to previous embodiment, the present invention is had been described in detail, for the person of ordinary skill of the art, the technical scheme that still can put down in writing previous embodiment is modified, or part technical characterictic wherein is equal to replacement; And these modifications or replacement do not make the essence of appropriate technical solution break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention's technical scheme required for protection.
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1. a method of utilizing air-conditioner air supply device air-supply, it is characterized in that, described method connects in the middle of arranging in the inner air channel of air-conditioning and including at least two, the air-conditioner air supply device of the annular wind guiding member of opening before and after having, each described annular wind guiding member is single component, the after-opening of described annular wind guiding member is air inlet, open front is air outlet, before and after a plurality of described annular wind guiding members, be arranged in order, the perforation air channel connected before and after middle formation, form annular heat exchange wind air channel between adjacent two described annular wind guiding members, the air inlet that is positioned at the rear end annular wind guiding member of rear end is non-heat exchange wind inlet, the air outlet that is positioned at the front end annular wind guiding member of front end exports for mixing wind, then, heat exchange wind after the heat exchanger exchange in the inner air channel of described air-conditioning is delivered to described perforation air channel from described annular heat exchange wind air channel, and be sent to described mixing wind outlet through connecting air channel, simultaneously, the non-heat exchange wind of air-conditioning outside is sucked into to described perforation air channel from described non-heat exchange wind inlet, then sends from described mixing wind outlet together with after described non-heat exchange wind and described heat exchange wind formation mixing wind.
2. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, each described annular wind guiding member is set to the interior bore that at least part of interior bore from its air inlet to its air outlet convergent and its air inlet is greater than its air outlet.
3. method according to claim 2, is characterized in that, the surface of each described annular wind guiding member is set to curved surface.
4. method according to claim 2, is characterized in that, a plurality of described annular wind guiding members coaxially arranged, and make the interior bore of the air outlet of each described annular wind guiding member increase gradually along the direction from described non-heat exchange wind inlet to described mixing wind outlet.
5. method according to claim 1, is characterized in that, in two described annular wind guiding members of adjacent setting, the air outlet that is positioned at the described annular wind guiding member of rear end exposes to the rear in the perforation air channel that the described annular wind guiding member that is positioned at front end limits.
6. method according to claim 5, it is characterized in that, described annular wind guiding member is at least three, in the adjacent annular wind guiding member in front and back two, between the air outlet of rear annular wind guiding member and the air inlet of front annular wind guiding member, along the distance on described annular wind guiding member axis direction, be the axial spacing of this two annular wind guiding member, the direction of the axial spacing of a plurality of described annular wind guiding members from described non-heat exchange wind inlet to described mixing wind outlet reduces gradually.
7. according to the described method of any one in claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that, in at least one described annular heat exchange wind air channel, the distribution of air flow assembly is set, the heat exchange wind after the heat exchanger exchange in the inner air channel of described air-conditioning is delivered to described annular heat exchange wind air channel after described distribution of air flow assembly distributes again.
8. method according to claim 7, it is characterized in that, the structure that described distribution of air flow assembly exchanges the circumferential direction uniform distribution of wind air channel with the described heat exchange wind that will enter described annular heat exchange wind air channel along described annular heat is arranged in described annular heat exchange wind air channel.
9. method according to claim 7, it is characterized in that, described distribution of air flow assembly includes a plurality of air distribution plates, and described a plurality of air distribution plates are on the circumferential direction in described annular heat exchange wind air channel, along the distribution of described heat exchange wind air-supply wind direction left-right symmetry.
10. method according to claim 9, it is characterized in that, described a plurality of air distribution plate is the bent portions matching board with same flexure direction, and the bending direction of a plurality of described bent portions matching boards and air supply direction contrary from the described heat exchange wind of described heat exchanger.
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