CN112361579A - Anti-condensation device, air conditioner indoor unit and method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to an anti-condensation device, an air conditioner indoor unit and an air conditioner indoor unit anti-condensation method, wherein the anti-condensation device comprises the following components: the air guide plate assembly is internally provided with a cavity, one end of the air guide pipe is communicated with the circulating fan, the other end of the air guide pipe is communicated with the cavity, and in a cooling mode, the circulating fan conveys high-temperature indoor air to the inner cavity of the air guide plate assembly through the air guide pipe, so that the temperature of the inner surface of the air guide plate assembly close to one side of an air outlet of an indoor unit is increased, the temperature difference of the inner surface and the outer surface of the air guide plate assembly is effectively reduced, and the phenomenon of frost condensation is avoided.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of air conditioners, in particular to an anti-condensation device, an air conditioner indoor unit and an air conditioner indoor unit anti-condensation method.
Background
With the continuous improvement of the quality of life, people pay more and more attention to the health, safety and comfort of the environment. Especially with regard to the air quality of the indoor environment, more and more air treatment plants are in operation. An air conditioner is basically a type of air processing equipment with the widest application range as an air processing equipment with a temperature and humidity adjusting function.
When the indoor unit of the air conditioner is used for refrigerating, cold air can be continuously blown out through the air duct, part of the cold air can be blown onto the air deflector in the blowing-out process, the temperature of the inner surface of one side, close to the air outlet of the indoor unit, of the air deflector is lower than the temperature of the outer surface of the side, close to the indoor side, of the air deflector, condensation can be generated on the surface of the air deflector, and the risk of low falling can be caused when the condensation is.
Disclosure of Invention
The application aims to provide a condensation preventing device, an air conditioner indoor unit and a method, and aims to solve the problem that in the prior art, the air deflector is prone to frost condensation when the air conditioner is in a refrigeration mode.
Technical scheme (I)
To achieve the above object, a first aspect of the present invention provides a condensation preventing device, comprising: the air guide plate component is internally provided with a cavity, one end of the air guide pipe is communicated with the circulating fan, and the other end of the air guide pipe is communicated with the cavity.
Optionally, the air deflector assembly includes: the air guide plate comprises an inner air guide plate and an outer air guide plate which are connected, and a cavity is formed between the inner air guide plate and the outer air guide plate.
Optionally, a plurality of air outlet micro holes are formed in the inner air deflector.
Optionally, the air outlet micro holes are arranged at equal intervals along the length direction of the inner air deflector.
Optionally, an air inlet is formed in the top end of the circulating fan, and an air outlet communicated with the air guide pipe is formed in the side wall surface of the circulating fan.
Optionally, the circulating fan is further provided with a limiting screw hole.
In order to achieve the above object, a second aspect of the present invention provides an indoor unit of an air conditioner, including: the condensation preventing device comprises a body and the condensation preventing device, wherein the condensation preventing device is arranged at an air outlet of the body.
Optionally, the circulation fan of the condensation preventing device is mounted on one side of the body through a limiting screw hole, and the air deflector assembly of the condensation preventing device is movably connected to the air outlet of the body.
In order to achieve the above object, a third aspect of the present invention provides a condensation preventing method applied to an air conditioning indoor unit according to any one of the above aspects, the method including:
and if the refrigeration mode starting operation is detected, driving a circulating fan to convey indoor air into the cavity of the air guide plate assembly so as to reduce the temperature difference between the inner surface and the outer surface of the air guide plate assembly.
Optionally, the method further includes:
if the refrigeration mode starting operation is detected, driving a circulating fan to convey indoor air into a cavity formed between an inner air deflector and an outer air deflector;
the indoor air is blown out to the air outlet through the air outlet micro-holes arranged on the inner air deflector.
(II) advantageous effects
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the following beneficial effects:
the invention provides an anti-condensation device, an air conditioner indoor unit and an air conditioner indoor unit anti-condensation method, wherein the method comprises the following steps: the air guide plate assembly is internally provided with a cavity, one end of the air guide pipe is communicated with the circulating fan, the other end of the air guide pipe is communicated with the cavity, and in a cooling mode, the circulating fan conveys high-temperature indoor air to the inner cavity of the air guide plate assembly through the air guide pipe, so that the temperature of the inner surface of the air guide plate assembly close to one side of an air outlet of an indoor unit is increased, the temperature difference of the inner surface and the outer surface of the air guide plate assembly is effectively reduced, and the phenomenon of frost condensation is avoided.
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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments consistent with the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly described below, and it is obvious for a person skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive exercise, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of the anti-condensation device of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of an air deflection assembly according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of the inner air guiding plate of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 3 at position A;
FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of an outer wind deflector according to the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the construction of a circulating fan according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of another angle of the circulating fan of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a schematic structural view of an air conditioning indoor unit according to the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a circulating fan; 2. an air guide pipe; 3. an air deflection assembly; 4. an inner air deflector; 5. an outer air deflector; 6. air outlet micropores; 7. an air inlet; 8. an air outlet; 9. a limiting screw hole; 10. a body.
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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 obtained by a person skilled in the art without any inventive step based on the embodiments of the present invention, are within the scope of the present invention.
The invention is described in further detail below with reference to the following figures and detailed description:
in order to solve the problem that the air guide plate is prone to frost in the air conditioner in the prior art in the refrigeration mode, as shown in fig. 1 to 7, a first aspect of the present application provides an anti-condensation device, including: circulating fan 1, guide duct 2 and aviation baffle subassembly 3, specifically, aviation baffle subassembly 3 includes: the air guide device comprises an inner air guide plate 4 and an outer air guide plate 5 which are connected, a cavity is formed between the inner air guide plate 4 and the outer air guide plate 5, a cavity is formed in an air guide plate assembly 3, one end of an air guide pipe 2 is communicated with the circulating fan 1, and the other end of the air guide pipe is communicated with the cavity.
In a refrigeration mode, the circulating fan 1 conveys high-temperature indoor air into the inner cavity of the air deflector assembly 3 through the air guide pipe 2, so that the temperature of the inner surface of the air deflector assembly 3 close to the air outlet side of the indoor unit is increased, the temperature difference of the inner surface and the outer surface of the air deflector assembly 3 is effectively reduced, and the phenomenon of frost condensation is avoided, wherein the indoor air is generally 20-25 ℃ and is far higher than cold air blown out by the indoor unit, specifically, the amount of indoor air sucked through the circulating fan 1 is small, and only the temperature of the air deflector assembly 3 can be ensured to be increased without influencing the suction amount of the outlet air temperature of the indoor unit.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 6, the circulating fan 1 includes a casing, a fan blade and a motor, the motor is installed on the casing, the fan blade is installed in the circumferential direction of the motor, an air inlet 7 for allowing indoor air to enter is formed at the top end of the casing, an air outlet 8 communicated with the air guide pipe 2 is formed in the side wall surface of the casing, when the circulating fan 1 is used, firstly, the indoor air is sucked into the circulating fan 1 through the air inlet 7 under the action of the motor, then, the indoor air is conveyed into the inner cavity of the air guide plate assembly 3 through the air guide pipe 2, and at this time, the indoor air flows along the length direction of the air guide plate, so that the temperature of the portion, in contact with cold air, of the inner air guide plate 4 is increased, and the anti-frost effect is ensured.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1, fig. 3 and fig. 4, the inner air guiding plate 4 is provided with a plurality of air outlet micro holes 6, and the specific size of the air outlet micro holes 6 is set to be 2mm, and in order to ensure the frost prevention effect, preferably, the plurality of air outlet micro holes 6 are arranged at equal intervals along the length direction of the inner air guiding plate 4.
When in use, as shown in fig. 2, black arrows in the figure indicate the flow direction of indoor air, white arrows indicate the flow direction of cold air, the circulating fan 1 conveys relatively high-temperature indoor air into the inner cavity of the air deflector assembly 3 through the air guide pipe 2, at the moment, the indoor air will jump out towards the air outlet of the indoor set of the air conditioner through a plurality of air outlet micropores 6 arranged on the inner air deflector 4, and at the same time, the indoor air is merged with the cold air blown out through the air outlet, thereby increasing the temperature of the cold air blown to the inner guide plate, because the air output quantity in the air duct is far greater than the air quantity blown out from the air outlet micropores 6, most of the merged air can be blown to the surface of the air deflector under the action of the air pressure, because the temperature of the merged air is higher than the air outlet temperature of the air duct, namely, the temperature difference between the inner surface and the outer surface of the air deflector assembly 3 is effectively reduced, thereby ensuring that condensation cannot be formed in the air deflector assembly 3 in a short time;
according to an embodiment of the present invention, as shown in fig. 7, in order to ensure that the circulation fan 1 is stably installed on the indoor unit, the circulation fan 1 is further provided with two limiting screw holes 9, and preferably, the number of the limiting screw holes 9 is two.
Further, in order to adjust the air outlet direction of the air outlet micropores 6, preferably, the air outlet micropores 6 are further provided with an adjusting pipe, specifically, the adjusting pipe is hinged to the air outlet micropores 6, and when the air outlet device is used, the positions of the air outlet micropores 6 relative to the air outlet can be adjusted according to needs.
As shown in fig. 8, a second aspect of the present application provides an air conditioning indoor unit, including: the condensation preventing device comprises a body 10 and the condensation preventing device as described in any one of the above, wherein the condensation preventing device is arranged at an air outlet of the body 10.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, the circulation fan 1 of the condensation preventing device is mounted on one side of the body 10 through a limiting screw hole 9, and the air deflector assembly 3 of the condensation preventing device is movably connected to the air outlet of the body 10.
The third aspect of the application provides a condensation preventing method applied to the indoor unit of the air conditioner, wherein the method comprises the following steps:
if the refrigeration mode starting operation is detected, the circulating fan 1 is driven to convey the indoor air into the cavity of the air guide plate assembly 3, so that the temperature difference between the inner surface and the outer surface of the air guide plate assembly 3 is reduced.
According to an embodiment of the invention, the method further comprises:
if the refrigeration mode starting operation is detected, the circulating fan 1 is driven to convey indoor air into a cavity formed between the inner air deflector 4 and the outer air deflector 5;
the indoor air is blown out to the air outlet through the air outlet micropores 6 arranged on the inner air deflector 4.
Some air deflectors for refrigerating and blowing people are generally designed in the current market with air outlets directly opposite to the air deflectors, although the design can solve the effect that cold air can not blow people, however, the condensation phenomenon of the air deflector is aggravated, and in order to solve the above technical problems, technicians generally control the outlet air temperature by means of determining the temperature of the air duct to decrease, thereby indirectly controlling the condensation effect of the air deflector, but the operation can reduce the air output and the air output temperature of the indoor unit, reduce the comfort level of users, the proposal can effectively solve the problem, thereby ensuring the comfort and the concrete performance on the basis of ensuring that cold air does not blow people, because the well circulated air of this scheme comes from the room air all the time, consequently can guarantee that air deflector surface temperature is high enough the time, can promote the speed of temperature drop fast, finally guarantee that the inside and outside surface difference in temperature of air deflector is less.
The embodiments in the present description are all described in a progressive manner, and some of the embodiments are mainly described as different from other embodiments, and the same and similar parts among the embodiments can be referred to each other.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, which are merely for convenience in describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and operate, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. Furthermore, the terms "first", "second", and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying importance; the words "bottom" and "top", "inner" and "outer" refer to directions toward and away from, respectively, a particular component geometry.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; can be mechanically or electrically connected; the communication may be direct, indirect via an intermediate medium, or internal to both elements. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood in specific cases to those skilled in the art. In addition, in the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.
The present invention is not limited to the above preferred embodiments, and any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.
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1. An anti-condensation device, comprising: the air guide plate comprises a circulating fan (1), an air guide pipe (2) and an air guide plate assembly (3), wherein a cavity is formed in the air guide plate assembly (3), one end of the air guide pipe (2) is communicated with the circulating fan (1), and the other end of the air guide pipe is communicated with the cavity.
2. The condensation preventing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the air deflection assembly (3) comprises: the air-conditioner comprises an inner air deflector (4) and an outer air deflector (5) which are connected, wherein a cavity is formed between the inner air deflector (4) and the outer air deflector (5).
3. The condensation preventing device according to claim 2, wherein the inner air deflector (4) is provided with a plurality of air outlet micro-holes (6).
4. The condensation preventing device according to claim 3, wherein the plurality of air outlet micro holes (6) are arranged at equal intervals along the length direction of the inner air deflector (4).
5. The condensation preventing device according to claim 1, wherein an air inlet (7) is formed at the top end of the circulating fan (1), and an air outlet (8) communicated with the air guide pipe (2) is formed in the side wall surface of the circulating fan (1).
6. The condensation preventing device according to claim 1, wherein the circulating fan (1) is further provided with a limit screw hole (9).
7. An indoor unit of an air conditioner, comprising: a body and an anti-condensation device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the anti-condensation device being provided at an air outlet of the body.
8. The indoor unit of air conditioner as claimed in claim 7, wherein the circulating fan (1) of the anti-condensation device is installed at one side of the body (10) through a limit screw hole (9), and the air deflector assembly (3) of the anti-condensation device is movably connected to the air outlet of the body (10).
9. An anti-condensation method applied to the indoor unit of an air conditioner according to any one of claims 7 to 8, the method comprising:
if the refrigeration mode starting operation is detected, the circulating fan (1) is driven to convey indoor air into the cavity of the air guide plate assembly (3) so as to reduce the temperature difference between the inner surface and the outer surface of the air guide plate assembly (3).
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
if the starting operation of the refrigeration mode is detected, the circulating fan (1) is driven to convey indoor air into a cavity formed between the inner air deflector (4) and the outer air deflector (5);
the indoor air is blown out to an air outlet through air outlet micropores (6) arranged on the inner air guide plate (4).
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