CN111288634A - Air conditioner capable of generating power - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention provides an air conditioner for generating power by utilizing condensed water, which is provided with a condensed water receiving tank for receiving condensed water generated during the refrigeration of the air conditioner, wherein the condensed water receiving tank is provided with a water drainage port which is connected with a water drainage channel, the outlet side of the water drainage port or the water drainage channel is provided with a micro generator, the air conditioner is provided with an energy accumulator, the micro generator is electrically connected with the energy accumulator, and the power generation by utilizing the condensed water generated during the refrigeration of the air conditioner can effectively reduce the standby power consumption.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to an air conditioner, in particular to an air conditioning device capable of generating power, and belongs to the technical field of air conditioning equipment.
Background
With the continuous development of society, people rely on energy consumption more and more, and consumers generally pay more attention to the power consumption problem of air conditioners as electric appliances with higher power consumption in household appliances. Many users are in a power-on standby state for a long time in their homes, and a large amount of power is consumed for a long time in standby.
The existing air conditioner can consume electric energy under the standby condition, and a common user does not have the habit of pulling out a plug after the air conditioner is turned off in the process of using the air conditioner, so that the air conditioner is in the standby condition for a long time, and energy waste and economic loss of the user are caused. The socket position of a common indoor air conditioner is in a hidden position, if the socket of a wall-mounted air conditioner is positioned above a room, the socket of the vertical cabinet air conditioner is often shielded by an indoor unit of the vertical cabinet air conditioner, so that no matter from the habit of a user or convenient to use, the plug of the common air conditioner can be plugged into the corresponding socket for a long time, meanwhile, the air conditioner can accumulate and consume a large amount of electric energy in long-term standby, and the problem that how to reduce the operation power consumption of the air conditioner under the standby condition and how to effectively save the power consumption of the air conditioner under the standby condition is a problem which needs to be solved urgently.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present invention provides an air conditioner to solve the problems of energy waste and economic loss of users caused by standby power consumption of the air conditioner, and specifically:
the invention provides an air conditioner capable of generating power, which is provided with a condensed water receiving tank for receiving condensed water generated during the refrigeration of the air conditioner, wherein the condensed water receiving tank is provided with a water outlet, and the outlet side of the water outlet is connected with a water outlet channel, and the air conditioner is characterized in that: the outlet of the water outlet or the water drainage channel or the outlet of the water drainage channel is provided with a micro generator, the air conditioner is provided with an energy accumulator, and the micro generator is electrically connected with the energy accumulator.
Further optionally, the drain outlet is located at the lowest position of the condensed water receiving tank.
Further optionally, the energy storage device provides electric energy required by the air conditioner in a standby state.
Further optionally, the condensed water receiving tank is provided with a float as a water level monitor.
Further optionally, a water valve is arranged on the inlet side of the water outlet, and when the floater is used as a water level monitor to monitor that the water level reaches a first preset water level, the water outlet valve is opened; and when the water level is monitored to be lower than a second preset water level, closing the water outlet valve.
Further optionally, the micro-generator is provided with a water wheel, and when the drainage water falls onto the water wheel, the water wheel rotates to generate power.
Further optionally, an open condensate water collection trough is provided downstream of the water wheel for collecting condensate water flowing out of the water wheel.
Further optionally, a circulating pipe is connected between the condensed water receiving tank and the condensed water collecting tank, and a micro water pump is connected to the circulating pipe.
Further optionally, the energy storage is provided with an electric quantity monitoring unit, and the electric quantity monitoring unit is in communication connection with the air conditioner remote controller and/or the mobile phone APP and/or the air conditioner controller.
Advantageous effects
The invention has at least the following beneficial effects: potential energy which is possessed by condensed water generated in an indoor unit of the air conditioner and is not utilized all the time can be used for generating electricity through the micro generator, and the electric energy is stored by an energy accumulator arranged on the air conditioner to be used as electric energy required by the standby state of the air conditioner. The power consumption of the air conditioner to the commercial power under the standby condition of the air conditioner can be further reduced, the cost of using the air conditioner by a user is effectively reduced, and the load of the air conditioner to the household power consumption in the standby process is reduced.
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The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present disclosure will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings. The drawings described below are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure, and other drawings may be derived from those drawings by those of ordinary skill in the art without inventive effort.
FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an indoor unit of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the control of the air conditioner to store energy internally in the cooling mode according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a control flow chart of determining whether the energy storage mechanism inside the air conditioner is working normally according to the embodiment of the present invention;
in the figure: 1-an indoor unit of an air conditioner; 11-position where the float is set; 12-a water discharge port; 13-a water wheel; 14-a condensed water receiving tank; 15-a drainage channel;
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
The terminology used in the embodiments of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the examples of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, and "a" and "an" generally include at least two, but do not exclude at least one, unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.
It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely one type of association that describes an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.
It is also noted that the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a good or system that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such good or system. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising an … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a commodity or system that includes the element.
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In this embodiment, an indoor unit 1 of an air conditioner is provided with a condensate water receiving tank 14 for receiving condensate water generated by an indoor heat exchanger in the indoor unit during refrigeration of the air conditioner, the condensate water receiving tank 14 is provided with a drain outlet 12, the drain outlet 12 is connected with a drain passage 15, a micro-generator is arranged on an outlet side of the drain outlet 12 or the drain passage 15, the air conditioner is provided with an energy accumulator, and the micro-generator is electrically connected with the energy accumulator. Further, the condensed water receiving tank 14 in the indoor unit 1 of the air conditioner of the present embodiment is disposed below the indoor heat exchanger, and the width of the condensed water receiving tank is greater than that of the indoor heat exchanger, so as to facilitate collecting the condensed water more fully.
Further preferably, the drain opening 12 is located at the lowest position of the condensate water receiving tank 14.
The condensed water receiving tank 14 is provided with a float as a water level monitor. The float is arranged at the position 11 where it is arranged as shown in fig. 1. Optionally, a water level sensor or a radar level monitoring device is disposed in the condensed water receiving tank 14 to monitor the water level of the condensed water receiving tank.
A water valve is arranged on the inlet side of the water outlet 12, and when the floater is used as a water level monitor to monitor that the water level reaches a first preset water level, the water outlet valve is opened, and when the water level is lower than a second preset water level, the water outlet valve is closed. Further, the micro-generator is provided with a water wheel 13, and when the drain water falls on the water wheel 13, the water wheel 13 rotates to generate electricity. The energy accumulator in the air conditioner stores the electric energy generated by the micro generator at the moment, and the electric energy stored in the energy accumulator provides the electric energy required by the air conditioner in the standby state.
Further alternatively, an open condensate collection trough is provided downstream of the water wheel 13 for collecting condensate flowing therefrom. Furthermore, the wind flows through the water surface of the condensed water collecting tank. Optionally, the air flowing through the water surface of the condensed water collecting tank comes from cold air blown out of the indoor unit 1 of the air conditioner, and is used for accelerating evaporation and atomization of water in the condensed water collecting tank and humidifying indoor air. Optionally, when the indoor air conditioner does not need to be humidified or the water in the condensed water collecting tank is insufficient and cannot reach the preset water level at which the indoor air conditioner can be humidified, the air of the indoor unit 1 of the air conditioner is controlled not to directly blow to the condensed water collecting tank.
Optionally, a circulation pipe is connected between the condensed water collecting tank and the condensed water receiving tank 14, and a micro water pump is connected to the circulation pipe. The micro water pump can pump the water in the condensed water collecting tank back to the condensed water receiving tank 14, and the water in the condensed water receiving tank 14 flows out from the water outlet 12 again to push the water wheel to perform secondary power generation again.
Further, the energy storage is provided with an electric quantity monitoring unit, and the electric quantity monitoring unit is connected with an air conditioner remote controller and/or a mobile phone APP communication and/or an air conditioner controller.
The control flow of the air conditioner for internal energy storage in the cooling mode in the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to fig. 2.
Specifically, the method comprises the following steps: under the condition that the air-conditioning indoor unit 1 is in a cooling mode, a user can control the air-conditioning energy storage function to be started by using a remote controller or a specific posture which can be identified by an air-conditioning sensor. The water valve in the water outlet 12 of the condensed water receiving tank 14 is closed by controlling the motor, namely the water outlet 12 is closed; and at the same time, the height of the condensed water in the condensed water receiving tank 14 is detected by the float. When the height of the condensate in the condensate water receiving tank 14 reaches a first preset water level, the water valve is opened to enable the condensate in the condensate water receiving tank 14 to be discharged out of the condensate water receiving tank 14 through the drainage channel 15, and meanwhile, the micro-generator is started, and the water wheel 13 is pushed by the downward flowing condensate to generate electricity. The electric energy generated in the process of generating electricity by the micro-generator is stored in an energy storage device of the air conditioner. When the height of the condensate water in the condensate water receiving tank 14 is monitored to be lower than a second preset water level, the water valve is closed, and water is stored in the condensate water receiving tank 14 again. Further, if the user turns off the air conditioner in the process of opening the water valve and the micro generator to generate electricity, the condensed water receiving tank 14 in the air conditioner stops the water storage program at the moment, and water in the condensed water receiving tank 14 of the indoor unit of the air conditioner is directly discharged out of the indoor unit 1 of the air conditioner through the water discharge channel 15. And simultaneously generating power in the last drainage process when the machine is shut down. This design is in order to make not let the comdenstion water receiving tank 14 among the air conditioning indoor set 1 carry out long-term ponding and lead to influencing user health, prevents to breed the germ in the comdenstion water receiving tank 14.
The energy storage is provided with electric quantity monitoring unit, and electric quantity monitoring unit is connected with air conditioner remote controller and/or cell-phone APP and/or air conditioner controller communication. As can be seen from fig. 3, under the condition that the air conditioner is in the standby state, the electric quantity detection unit feeds back the electric quantity storage condition in the energy storage device to the air conditioner controller, the air conditioner controller or the electric quantity monitoring unit can upload the electric quantity storage condition and data in the energy storage device to the system, and the system can be a network system of the air conditioner itself or a cloud system. The system analyzes, compares and processes the data uploaded each time. When the electric quantity in the accumulator is enough, the air conditioner controller controls the air conditioner to cut off the connection with the commercial power, and the air conditioner controller controls the air conditioner to preferentially use the electric energy in the accumulator for standby under the standby condition. Simultaneously, the electric quantity detection unit is in communication connection with the APP on the mobile phone of the user, so that the electric quantity use condition in the energy storage device can be informed to the user in real time, and the user can directly know the residual condition of the electric quantity in the energy storage device and the time for standby use of the electric quantity in the energy storage device through the APP of the mobile phone. When the electric quantity stored by the energy accumulator cannot meet the standby condition of the air conditioner, the air conditioner controller controls the air conditioner to be switched to the commercial power connection. The utility power here refers to the public supply network to which the air conditioner plug is connected after being plugged into the socket.
The electric quantity monitoring unit records the power generation condition every time, and uploads the power generation condition to the air conditioner controller and/or the system and/or the product cloud, the air conditioner controller and/or the system and/or the product cloud detects whether power generation keeps approximately the same every time by analyzing the power generation condition of each round, if the power generation value of continuous three-round power generation has the condition different from the previous power generation value, the air conditioner controller and/or the system and/or the product cloud informs the user through the mobile phone APP: the power generation system comprising the micro generator and the energy accumulator in the air conditioner is abnormal and cannot work continuously, and at the moment, the user cannot start the energy storage function of the air conditioner until professional maintenance personnel repair the power generation system.
When the energy accumulator of the air conditioner is started, the air conditioner can record the standby duration, if the standby time of the air conditioner can be normally ensured to be 3 hours in the design of 80% of electric quantity of the energy accumulator, and the standby time T actually supplied to the air conditioner is also set in the air conditioner when the air conditioner is in standby under the condition that the timer calculates 80% of electric quantity of the energy accumulator. If time T is less than 3 hours, the controller in the air conditioner sends warning information to the user through cell-phone APP and reminds the user, and the battery of energy storage ware is ageing, and the actual standby hours number uses reality as the standard, informs the user in time to follow the storage battery of trading simultaneously.
The air conditioner controller is connected with a user mobile phone through WIFI, and the user knows the running conditions of the air conditioner energy accumulator and the micro generator through mobile phone app information, including the charging and power utilization conditions.
The function of the air conditioner power generation function in this embodiment is illustrated by the following calculation example:
the generator used by the air conditioner capable of generating power in the embodiment is as follows: F50-12V can output direct current 12V. The parameters are as follows:
(1) output maximum voltage 12V (1.2Mpa)
(2) The maximum output current is more than or equal to 220mA (12V)
An average of 3 kg of condensed water per hour is generated in a normal 1.5-piece air conditioner in a refrigerating state. The water flow calculation formula is as follows:
1/4 × pi × square of pipe diameter (converted into meter unit) × economic flow rate (1.5 m/s), and pipe diameter is selected to be 2 cm.
The water outlet displacement can be obtained by calculation as follows: 0.000471m3/s。
The condensed water stored per hour by the air conditioner requires according to this displacement: complete in 6.36s at 0.003/0.000471. The generating current per hour is set to be 0.22A, the rated generating power is set to be 12V, and the rated generating capacity of the generator is set to be 2.64W per hour.
The electric quantity generated by each normal round of drainage is as follows: (6.36/3600) × 2.64 ═ 0.0044W. The air conditioner runs for 100 hours to generate electricity for 0.44W, the power of the air conditioner is about 0.4-0.5W/h when the air conditioner is in standby, and the electricity generated by the air conditioner running for 100 hours can be used for the air conditioner to stand by for 1 hour under the above conditions.
The air conditioner with larger cooling capacity can generate more condensed water per hour, so that the standby energy consumption of the air conditioner can be maintained by the electric energy generated by the condensed water.
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are specifically illustrated and described above. It is to be understood that the present disclosure is not limited to the precise arrangements, instrumentalities, or instrumentalities described herein; on the contrary, the disclosure is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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1. An air conditioner capable of generating power is provided with a condensed water receiving tank for receiving condensed water generated during refrigeration of the air conditioner, the condensed water receiving tank is provided with a water outlet, and the outlet side of the water outlet is connected with a water outlet channel, and the air conditioner is characterized in that: the air conditioner is characterized in that a micro generator is arranged at the outlet of the water outlet or on the water drainage channel or at the outlet of the water drainage channel, the air conditioner is provided with an energy accumulator, and the micro generator is electrically connected with the energy accumulator.
2. The air conditioner capable of generating electric power as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the water outlet is positioned at the lowest position of the condensed water receiving tank.
3. The air conditioner capable of generating electric power as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the energy storage device provides electric energy required by the air conditioner in a standby state.
4. The air conditioner capable of generating electric power as claimed in claim 1, wherein: and the condensed water receiving tank is provided with a floater as a water level monitoring meter.
5. The air conditioner capable of generating electric power as claimed in claim 1, wherein: a water valve is arranged on the inlet side of the water outlet, and when the floater is used as a water level monitor to monitor that the water level reaches a first preset water level, the water outlet valve is opened; and when the water level is monitored to be lower than a second preset water level, closing the water outlet valve.
6. The air conditioner capable of generating electric power as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the micro generator is provided with a water wheel, and when the drainage flow falls onto the water wheel, the water wheel rotates to generate electricity.
7. The air conditioner capable of generating electricity according to claim 6, wherein: the downstream of the water wheel is provided with an open condensed water collecting tank for collecting condensed water flowing out of the water wheel.
8. An air conditioner capable of generating electric power according to claim 7, wherein: and a circulating pipe is connected between the condensed water receiving tank and the condensed water collecting tank, and a micro water pump is connected to the circulating pipe.
9. An air conditioner capable of generating power as claimed in any one of claims 1-8, wherein: the energy storage is provided with electric quantity monitoring unit, electric quantity monitoring unit with air conditioner remote controller and/or cell-phone APP and/or air conditioner controller communication are connected.
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