CN109825996A - A kind of new energy air can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device - Google Patents

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CN109825996A
CN109825996A CN201910234643.5A CN201910234643A CN109825996A CN 109825996 A CN109825996 A CN 109825996A CN 201910234643 A CN201910234643 A CN 201910234643A CN 109825996 A CN109825996 A CN 109825996A
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吴江
李勇威
刘文旭
何平
王健敏
张熠
吴嘉曦
刘志强
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The present invention relates to a kind of new energy air can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device, including drying cabinet and solar panel, the air-flow generating mechanism being sequentially communicated is equipped in the drying box body, drying chamber, cooling chamber, the air-flow generating mechanism includes sequentially connected first dryer section, compression section, bringing-up section and flow-expanding section, belt conveyer is equipped in the drying chamber, conveyer belt in the belt conveyer drives operating by two bearings, the air-out direction of the flow-expanding section is perpendicular to conveyer belt plane, the conveyer belt is equipped with multiple through-holes and is equipped with fixing clamp, bedding can be laid on conveyer belt and be fixed by fixing clamp, the cooling chamber includes the cooling section being sequentially communicated and the second dryer section, the cooling tube is the heat-dissipating pipe that outer wall is equipped with radiating fin.Compared with prior art, the present invention has many advantages, such as that dehumidification efficiency is high, desiccant is replaceable, has sufficiently used green energy resource.

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A kind of new energy air can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of dehumidification devices, can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device more particularly, to a kind of new energy air.
Background technique
In the case where rainy days, power limit and bedding humidity, but currently used bedding drying unit structure Complexity, not only drying efficiency is low, but also energy consumption is high.Bedding dehumidifying drying device in the prior art is mostly that fixed single side is dry Mode, insufficient contact lead to whole low efficiency;Convection drying is heated using air in the prior art, mass transfer is caused to push Power is low, still drying efficiency is lower;And various dehumidifying drying device runing times are usually relatively long, are unfavorable for energy-saving and emission-reduction.
Summary of the invention
It is an object of the present invention to overcome the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and provide a kind of new energy air energy Recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device.
The purpose of the present invention can be achieved through the following technical solutions:
A kind of new energy air can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device, including drying cabinet and solar panel, described Solar panel is coated on drying cabinet exterior or is set up in drying top of the box, is equipped in the drying box body and successively connects Logical air-flow generating mechanism, drying chamber, cooling chamber, the air-flow generating mechanism include sequentially connected first dryer section, pressure Contracting section, bringing-up section and flow-expanding section are filled with desiccant in the dryer section, and the entrance of the dryer section is opened in drying box On the side wall of body, it is equipped with air compressor in the compression section, is equipped with electric heater, the expansion stream in the bringing-up section Section is the air-out passage of horn, and belt conveyer, the conveyer belt in the belt conveyer are equipped in the drying chamber Operating is driven by two bearings, the air-out direction of the flow-expanding section is perpendicular to conveyer belt plane, the flow-expanding section outlet The outer profile at place is fallen on conveyer belt along the projection of air-out direction, and the conveyer belt is equipped with multiple through-holes and is equipped with and fixes Folder, bedding can be laid on conveyer belt and be fixed by fixing clamp, so that bedding can be persistently driven driven by the conveyor belt, The cooling chamber includes the cooling section being sequentially communicated and the second dryer section, and the cooling tube is that outer wall is equipped with radiating fin Heat-dissipating pipe is filled with desiccant in second dryer section, and one end of the cooling tube is connected to drying chamber, the other end with One end of second dryer section connects, and the other end of the second dryer section leads on the outside of dry cabinet.
Further, battery and transformer, the battery and solar-electricity are additionally provided in the drying cabinet Pond plate passes through connection on transformer, and the transformer and the conveyer, air compressor, electric heater are logical Connection is crossed, passes through connection between the battery and solar panel.
Further, the transformer is equipped with logical shutdown control module, and the logical shutdown control module includes electricity Pressure and current tester, arm processor and multi-direction switch, described multi-direction switch one end are electrically connected with transformer, and the other end is logical It crosses route to connect with solar panel and battery respectively, the voltage and current tester passes through route and solar-electricity Pond plate and battery connection, under the first power supply state, voltage and current tester detects that solar panel exports Voltage and current be more than given threshold, arm processor to multi-direction switch issue instruct, multi-direction switch makes solar-electricity at this time Pond plate is connected to transformer bay route, and battery and transformer bay route disconnect;Under second of power supply state, voltage and current is surveyed Examination device detects that the voltage and current of solar panel output is less than given threshold, and arm processor is issued to multi-direction switch Instruction, multi-direction switch is connected to battery with transformer bay route at this time, and solar panel and transformer bay route disconnect. Further, the desiccant is silica-gel desiccant.
Further, the area of section of the flow-expanding section outlet port is the 60~80% of conveyer belt plane.
Further, the wall surface of side of the drying cabinet close to conveyer belt plane is equipped with openable and closable cover board.
Further, the valve for releasing or inputting desiccant is equipped in first dryer section and the second dryer section Door.
Further, the bringing-up section side wall be equipped with desiccant heating chamber, two valves pass through pipeline be connected to it is dry In drying prescription heating chamber, the radiating fin being connected on bringing-up section side wall is equipped with inside the desiccant heating chamber.
Further, the vacuum pump for sucking or blowing out desiccant is equipped with inside the desiccant heating chamber.Device The openable any one place's valve in the gap to stop operating releases desiccant, desiccant can be sucked out by pumping, can weigh after dry New blowback.
Compared with prior art, the invention has the following advantages that
1) dehumidification efficiency is high, first using the first dryer section to the air progress pre-dehumidified of sucking or to the sky being recycled back into Gas carries out secondary dehumidifying, and the hot-air humidity sprayed by flow-expanding section finally obtained is extremely low, can get good drying effect, and So that drying efficiency significantly improves.
2) contact is abundant, by the multiple through-holes and fixing clamp on conveyer belt in this programme, so that bedding can be laid in biography It send and takes and fixed by fixing clamp, so that bedding can be persistently driven driven by the conveyor belt, the heat sprayed by flow-expanding section Air adequately can carry out heat exchange with any position on bedding, and it is two-sided drying that it is dry, which to change single side in the prior art, Mass-transfer efficiency improves, i.e., the interior diffusion rate of moisture improves, so that the rate of drying of bedding is promoted.
3) desiccant is replaceable, and the valve for releasing or inputting desiccant is equipped in the first dryer section and the second dryer section Door, valve passes through pipeline and is connected in desiccant heating chamber, by the heat on the radiating fin on bringing-up section side wall to drying Agent is dried, and by the openable and closable cover board in desiccant heating chamber vapor is discharged, so that heating section surface dissipates Low grade heat energy out is fully utilized, and is beneficial to energy conservation emission reduction.
4) be effectively utilized clean energy resource, the solar energy energy solar panel used in the present invention can when illumination is abundant for except Wet baker function, charges a battery simultaneously, so just can be effectively utilized by storage battery power supply in illumination deficiency Solar energy meets energy-saving and emission-reduction theory.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the concrete structure schematic diagram of bedding dehumidifying drying device in the present invention.
In figure: 1, drying cabinet, 2, solar panel, 3, air-flow generating mechanism, the 31, first dryer section, 32, compression Section, 33, bringing-up section, 34, flow-expanding section, 35, desiccant heating chamber, 4, drying chamber, 41, belt conveyer, 411, fixing clamp, 412, Through-hole, 5, cooling chamber, 51, cooling section, the 52, second dryer section.
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The present invention is described in detail with specific embodiment below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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New energy air can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device, dry cabinet 1 and solar panel 2, described referring to Fig. 1 Solar panel 2 be coated on drying 1 outer wall of cabinet or be set up in drying cabinet 1 top, be equipped in the drying cabinet 1 The air-flow generating mechanism 3 that is sequentially communicated, drying chamber 4, cooling chamber 5.
3 part of air-flow generating mechanism: including sequentially connected first dryer section 31, compression section 32, bringing-up section 33 and expand stream Section 34 is filled with desiccant referring to Fig. 1 in the dryer section 31, the entrance of the dryer section 31 is opened in drying cabinet 1 Side wall on, air compressor is equipped in the compression section 32, electric heater, the expansion are equipped in the bringing-up section 33 Flow the air-out passage that section 34 is horn.The area of section of 34 outlet port of flow-expanding section be conveyer belt plane 60~ 80%.
4 part of drying chamber: being provided with belt conveyer 41, and the conveyer belt in the belt conveyer 41 passes through two Bearing drives operating, the air-out direction of the flow-expanding section 34 perpendicular to conveyer belt plane, 34 exit of flow-expanding section Outer profile is fallen on conveyer belt along the projection of air-out direction, and the conveyer belt is equipped with multiple through-holes 412 and is equipped with fixing clamp 411, bedding can be laid on conveyer belt and be fixed by fixing clamp 411, so that bedding can continue quilt driven by the conveyor belt It drives.It dries wall surface of the cabinet 1 close to the side of conveyer belt plane and is equipped with openable and closable cover board.During carrying out practically, pass The multiple through-holes 412 and fixing clamp 411 taken are sent, so that bedding can be laid on conveyer belt and be fixed by fixing clamp 411, are made Bedding can persistently be driven driven by the conveyor belt, the hot-air sprayed by flow-expanding section 34 can adequately on bedding appoint Meaning position carries out heat exchange, and it is two-sided drying that it is dry, which to change single side in the prior art, and mass-transfer efficiency improves, i.e. the interior expansion of moisture It dissipates rate to improve, so that the rate of drying of bedding is promoted.
5 part of cooling chamber: including the cooling section 51 being sequentially communicated and the second dryer section 52, referring to Fig. 1, the cooling tube 51 are equipped with the heat-dissipating pipe of radiating fin for outer wall, are filled with desiccant, the cooling tube 51 in second dryer section 52 One end be connected to drying chamber 4, the other end is connect with one end of the second dryer section 52, and the other end of the second dryer section 52 leads to dry 1 outside of cabinet.
Energy supply mechanism: battery 6 and transformer, the battery 6 and solar panel are additionally provided in drying cabinet 1 2 by connection on transformer, and the transformer and the conveyer 41, air compressor, electric heater are logical Connection is crossed, passes through connection between the battery 6 and solar panel 2.The transformer is equipped with on-off Road control module, the logical shutdown control module include voltage and current tester, arm processor and multi-direction switch, described Multi-direction switch one end be electrically connected with transformer, the other end is connect respectively by route with solar panel 2 and battery 6, The voltage and current tester passes through route and 6 connection of solar panel 2 and battery.Specific operation In, under the first power supply state, voltage and current tester detects that the voltage and current that solar panel 2 exports is more than to set Determine threshold value, arm processor is issued to multi-direction switch and instructed, and multi-direction switch makes solar panel 2 and transformer bay line at this time Road connection, battery 6 and transformer bay route disconnect;Under second of power supply state, voltage and current tester detects the sun The voltage and current that energy solar panel 2 exports is less than given threshold, and arm processor is issued to multi-direction switch and instructed, multidirectional at this time So that battery 6 is connected to transformer bay route, solar panel 2 and transformer bay route disconnect switch.
Desiccant regeneration mechanism: desiccant used in this programme is silica-gel desiccant.First dryer section, 31 He The valve for releasing or inputting desiccant is equipped in second dryer section 52.33 side wall of bringing-up section is equipped with desiccant Heating chamber 35, two valves pass through pipeline and are connected in desiccant heating chamber 35, are equipped with inside the desiccant heating chamber 35 The radiating fin being connected on 33 side wall of bringing-up section.It is equipped with inside the desiccant heating chamber 35 for sucking or blowing out drying The vacuum pump of agent.The openable any one place's valve in the gap that device stops operating releases desiccant, can be inhaled desiccant by pumping It out, can blowback again after drying.It is useful due to being all provided in the first dryer section 31 and the second dryer section 52 during carrying out practically In the valve for releasing or inputting desiccant, valve passes through pipeline and is connected in desiccant heating chamber 35, passes through 33 side wall of bringing-up section On radiating fin on heat desiccant is dried, and made by the openable and closable cover board in desiccant heating chamber 35 Vapor discharge, so that the low grade heat energy that 33 surface of bringing-up section sheds is fully utilized, is beneficial to energy conservation emission reduction.
The above description of the embodiments is intended to facilitate ordinary skill in the art to understand and use the invention. Person skilled in the art obviously easily can make various modifications to these embodiments, and described herein general Principle is applied in other embodiments without having to go through creative labor.Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, ability Field technique personnel announcement according to the present invention, improvement and modification made without departing from the scope of the present invention all should be of the invention Within protection scope.

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1. a kind of new energy air can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device, which is characterized in that including drying cabinet (1) and solar-electricity Pond plate (2), the solar panel (2) are coated on drying cabinet (1) outer wall or are set up at the top of drying cabinet (1),
The air-flow generating mechanism (3) being sequentially communicated, drying chamber (4), cooling chamber (5) are equipped in the drying cabinet (1),
The air-flow generating mechanism (3) include sequentially connected first dryer section (31), compression section (32), bringing-up section (33) and Flow-expanding section (34) is filled with desiccant in the dryer section (31), and the entrance of the dryer section (31) is opened in drying box On the side wall of body (1), it is equipped with air compressor in the compression section (32), is equipped with electric heating in the bringing-up section (33) Device, the flow-expanding section (34) are the air-out passage of horn,
Belt conveyer (41) are equipped in the drying chamber (4), the conveyer belt in the belt conveyer (41) passes through two A bearing drives operating, and perpendicular to conveyer belt plane, the flow-expanding section (34) goes out the air-out direction of the flow-expanding section (34) Outer profile at mouthful is fallen on conveyer belt along the projection of air-out direction, and the conveyer belt is equipped with multiple through-holes (412) and sets Having fixing clamp (411), bedding can be laid on conveyer belt and be fixed by fixing clamp (411),
The cooling chamber (5) includes the cooling section (51) being sequentially communicated and the second dryer section (52), the cooling tube (51) It is equipped with the heat-dissipating pipe of radiating fin for outer wall, is filled with desiccant, the cooling tube in second dryer section (52) (51) one end is connected to drying chamber (4), and the other end is connect with the one end of the second dryer section (52), the second dryer section (52) it is another One end is led on the outside of dry cabinet (1).
2. a kind of new energy air according to claim 1 can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device, which is characterized in that described It is additionally provided with battery (6) and transformer in drying cabinet (1), the battery (6) and solar panel (2) pass through line Road is connected on transformer, and the transformer and the conveyer (41), air compressor, electric heater are connected by route It connects, passes through connection between the battery (6) and solar panel (2).
3. a kind of new energy air according to claim 2 can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device, which is characterized in that described Transformer is equipped with logical shutdown control module, and the logical shutdown control module includes voltage and current tester, arm processor And multi-direction switch, described multi-direction switch one end are electrically connected with transformer, the other end by route respectively with solar panel (2) and battery (6) connection, the voltage and current tester pass through route and solar panel (2) and battery (6) Connection,
Under the first power supply state, voltage and current tester detects that the voltage and current of solar panel (2) output is super Given threshold is crossed, arm processor is issued to multi-direction switch and instructed, and multi-direction switch makes solar panel (2) and transformation at this time Route is connected between device, and battery (6) and transformer bay route disconnect;
Under second of power supply state, voltage and current tester detects the voltage and current of solar panel (2) output not More than given threshold, arm processor is issued to multi-direction switch and is instructed, and multi-direction switch makes battery (6) and transformer bay at this time Route connection, solar panel (2) and transformer bay route disconnect.
4. a kind of new energy air according to claim 1 can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device, which is characterized in that described Desiccant is silica-gel desiccant.
5. a kind of new energy air according to claim 1 can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device, which is characterized in that described The area of section of flow-expanding section (34) outlet port is the 60~80% of conveyer belt plane.
6. a kind of new energy air according to claim 1 can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device, which is characterized in that described It dries the wall surface of cabinet (1) close to the side of conveyer belt plane and is equipped with openable and closable cover board.
7. a kind of new energy air according to claim 1 can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device, which is characterized in that described The valve for releasing or inputting desiccant is equipped in first dryer section (31) and the second dryer section (52).
8. a kind of new energy air according to claim 7 can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device, which is characterized in that described Bringing-up section (33) side wall is equipped with desiccant heating chamber (35), and two valves pass through pipeline and are connected to desiccant heating chamber (35) In, the radiating fin being connected on bringing-up section (35) side wall, the drying are equipped with inside the desiccant heating chamber (35) Agent heating chamber (35) is equipped with openable and closable cover board.
9. a kind of new energy air according to claim 8 can recycle bedding dehumidifying drying device, which is characterized in that described The vacuum pump for sucking or blowing out desiccant is equipped with inside desiccant heating chamber (35).
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