CN112594907A - Air duct structure and air conditioner with same - Google Patents

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CN112594907A
CN112594907A CN202011596123.8A CN202011596123A CN112594907A CN 112594907 A CN112594907 A CN 112594907A CN 202011596123 A CN202011596123 A CN 202011596123A CN 112594907 A CN112594907 A CN 112594907A
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林金煌
徐彬
王千千
郭自超
徐凤森
杜亚峰
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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24FAIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
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    • F24F13/06Outlets for directing or distributing air into rooms or spaces, e.g. ceiling air diffuser
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24FAIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
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    • F24F13/08Air-flow control members, e.g. louvres, grilles, flaps or guide plates
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24FAIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
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    • F24F13/20Casings or covers
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F24HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
    • F24FAIR-CONDITIONING; AIR-HUMIDIFICATION; VENTILATION; USE OF AIR CURRENTS FOR SCREENING
    • F24F13/00Details common to, or for air-conditioning, air-humidification, ventilation or use of air currents for screening
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    • F24F2013/205Mounting a ventilator fan therein

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Abstract

The invention provides an air duct structure and an air conditioner with the same. The air duct structure comprises an air duct shell and a fan arranged in the air duct shell, wherein the air duct shell is positioned on the inner side of an air inlet panel of the air conditioner, the air inlet panel is provided with an air inlet, and the air duct structure further comprises: the flow distribution plate is arranged in an air inlet area formed between the air duct shell and the air inlet panel and extends along the airflow flowing direction of the air inlet area; the splitter plate is arranged on one side of the rotation axis of the fan, the first end of the splitter plate is located on one side, away from the air inlet, of the rotation axis of the fan, so that partial air flow entering from the air inlet bypasses the first end of the splitter plate and then enters the inlet of the fan, the air inlet air flow in the air inlet area of the fan is uniformly distributed, and the problem of low blade utilization rate of an air conditioner in the prior art is solved.

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Air duct structure and air conditioner with same
Technical Field
The invention relates to the field of air conditioners, in particular to an air duct structure and an air conditioner with the same.
Background
The distributed air supply technology can realize the up-down air outlet and is widely applied to the cabinet air conditioner, and the distributed air supply air conditioner can realize the functions of carpet type heating/bathing type refrigeration in a heating/refrigerating mode so as to improve the comfort level of a human body.
However, the lower air inlet of the distributed air supply air conditioner is far away from the centrifugal fan, the air inlet flow is mainly sucked from one side of the centrifugal fan, the air flow in the blade flow channel cannot be uniformly distributed, and under the working conditions of different rotating speeds, the uneven distribution degrees are different, so that the problems of low utilization rate of the blades and uneven load of the motor are caused.
Therefore, the distributed air supply air conditioner in the prior art has the following technical problems:
1. the inlet air flow is distributed unevenly in the flow channel of the impeller of the centrifugal fan, and the utilization rate of the blades is low;
2. the air inflow is not uniformly distributed, so that the load of the motor is not uniformly distributed;
disclosure of Invention
The invention mainly aims to provide an air duct structure and an air conditioner with the same, and aims to solve the problem that the utilization rate of blades of the air conditioner in the prior art is low.
In order to achieve the above object, according to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an air duct structure, including an air duct housing and a fan disposed in the air duct housing, the air duct housing being located inside an air intake panel of an air conditioner, the air duct structure further including: the flow distribution plate is arranged in an air inlet area formed between the air duct shell and the air inlet panel and extends along the airflow flowing direction of the air inlet area; the first end of the flow dividing plate is located on one side, far away from the air inlet, of the rotation axis of the fan, so that partial air flow entering from the air inlet bypasses the first end of the flow dividing plate and then enters the air inlet of the fan.
Further, the splitter plate is positioned at one side of the inlet of the fan close to the side plate of the air conditioner.
Furthermore, the splitter plate is arranged opposite to a side plate of the air conditioner, and a splitter gap for air flow to flow into is formed between the splitter plate and the side plate of the air conditioner.
Further, the splitter plate is a plurality of, and a plurality of splitter plates are arranged along the distribution direction interval of two curb plates of air conditioner.
Furthermore, the number of the splitter plates is two, the two splitter plates and the two side plates of the air conditioner are oppositely arranged in a one-to-one correspondence mode, and a splitter gap for air flow to flow into is formed between each splitter plate and the corresponding side plate.
Further, the splitter plate is disposed parallel to the axis of rotation of the fan.
Furthermore, one end of the air inlet close to the fan is an air inlet top end, and the second end of the flow distribution plate is flush with the air inlet top end or is positioned on one side of the air inlet top end far away from the fan.
Further, the first end of the flow distribution plate is located below the top end of the outer peripheral surface of the fan.
Further, the wind channel structure still includes: the wind shield is arranged between the air inlet panel and the air duct structure and is positioned on one side, away from the rotation axis of the fan, of the first end of the flow distribution plate; wherein, form between deep bead and the flow distribution plate and be used for supplying the air current that flow distribution plate kept away from fan one side to the air inlet clearance of the import of fan.
Further, the splitter plate is fixedly arranged relative to the fan.
According to another aspect of the present invention, an air conditioner is provided, which includes a casing and an air duct structure disposed in the casing, wherein the air duct structure is the above-mentioned air duct structure.
By applying the technical scheme of the invention, the flow distribution plate is arranged in the air inlet area formed between the air duct shell and the air inlet panel and extends along the airflow flowing direction of the air inlet area so as to guide the inlet airflow in the air inlet area. The splitter plate is arranged on one side of the rotation axis of the fan, and the first end of the splitter plate is positioned on one side of the rotation axis of the fan, which is far away from the air inlet, so that part of air flow entering from the air inlet bypasses the first end of the splitter plate and then enters the inlet of the fan, the inlet air flow in the air inlet area of the fan is uniformly distributed, and the problem of low blade utilization rate of the air conditioner in the prior art is solved.
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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the invention and not to limit the invention. In the drawings:
fig. 1 shows a schematic configuration diagram of an embodiment of an air conditioner according to the present invention.
Wherein the figures include the following reference numerals:
20. an air conditioner; 211. an air inlet; 212. an air inlet top end; 220. a side plate; 110. an air duct housing; 120. a fan; 130. a flow distribution plate; 131. a first end; 132. a second end; 140. a shunt gap; 150. a wind deflector; 160. the air inlet clearance.
Detailed Description
It should be noted that the embodiments and features of the embodiments in the present application may be combined with each other without conflict. The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.
Referring to fig. 1, the air duct structure includes an air duct housing 110, a fan 120, and a splitter plate 130. The fan 120 is disposed within the air duct housing 110. The duct housing 110 is located inside an air intake panel of the air conditioner 20, the air intake panel has an air inlet 211, and the intake airflow enters the inside of the indoor unit of the air conditioner 20 through the air inlet 211 on the air intake panel.
In some embodiments, the diverter plate 130 is disposed within an air intake area formed between the air duct housing 110 and the air intake panel, the diverter plate 130 extending in the direction of airflow flow in the air intake area. The air inlet area is formed between the air duct housing 110 and the air inlet panel, the air inlet airflow enters the air inlet area through the air inlet 211, and the air inlet airflow flows in the vertical direction in the air inlet area (the flowing direction of the air inlet airflow is shown in the direction of the arrow in fig. 1), that is, the splitter plate 130 is vertically disposed in the indoor unit of the air conditioner 20, so as to reduce the influence on the flowing speed of the air inlet airflow.
In some embodiments, the splitter plate 130 is disposed on a side of the rotational axis of the fan 120, and the first end 131 of the splitter plate 130 is located on a side of the rotational axis of the fan 120 away from the inlet 211, such that a portion of the airflow entering from the inlet 211 bypasses the first end 131 of the splitter plate 130 and enters the inlet of the fan 120. That is, the first end 131 of the splitter plate 130 is above the axis of rotation of the fan 120 to deliver a portion of the incoming airflow to the fan 120 at an incoming air location away from the inlet 211.
According to the invention, the splitter plate 130 is arranged in the air inlet area formed between the air duct shell 110 and the air inlet panel, and the splitter plate 130 extends along the airflow flowing direction of the air inlet area so as to guide the inlet airflow in the air inlet area. The dividing plate 130 is disposed on one side of the rotation axis of the fan 120, and the first end 131 of the dividing plate 130 is located on one side of the rotation axis of the fan 120 away from the air inlet 211, so that a part of the air flow entering from the air inlet 211 bypasses the first end 131 of the dividing plate 130 and enters the inlet of the fan 120, and the air flow entering the air inlet area of the fan 120 is uniformly distributed, thereby solving the problem of low blade utilization rate of the air conditioner 20 in the prior art.
Fig. 1 shows a schematic structural view of an embodiment of an air conditioner 20 according to the present invention. Referring to fig. 1, the dividing plate 130 is located at a side of an inlet of the fan 120 adjacent to a side plate 220 of the air conditioner 20.
In some embodiments, the dividing plate 130 is disposed opposite to the side plate 220 of the air conditioner 20, and the dividing gap 140 into which the air current flows is formed between the dividing plate 130 and the side plate 220 of the air conditioner 20. The inlet airflow entering the indoor unit of the air conditioner 20 from the air inlet 211 enters the inlet area in a split manner, and one of the airflows flows into the split gap 140 and enters the position of the fan 120 far away from the air inlet 211 through the split gap.
In some embodiments, the plurality of flow dividing plates 130 are arranged at intervals along the distribution direction of the two side plates 220 of the air conditioner 20, so as to divide the air inlet area into a plurality of different flow dividing gaps 140, the flow dividing plates 130 divide the inlet airflow into a plurality of inlet airflows, and each inlet airflow flows to different positions of the fan 120 through different inlet gaps 160, so that the blades of the fan 120 are fully utilized, and the problem of low utilization rate of the blades of the fan 120 in the prior art is solved.
Referring to fig. 1, there are two flow dividing plates 130, the two flow dividing plates 130 are disposed opposite to the two side plates 220 of the air conditioner 20 in a one-to-one correspondence, and a flow dividing gap 140 into which the air flows is formed between each flow dividing plate 130 and the corresponding side plate 220. That is, the two splitter plates 130 divide the air intake area into two splitter gaps 140 and a middle air intake area that reaches the fan 120, and three different air intake streams respectively enter the three different air intake channels to reach different positions of the fan 120, so that the air intake streams are uniformly distributed.
The splitter plate 130 is disposed parallel to the axis of rotation of the fan 120 to improve the utilization of the incoming airflow.
Referring to fig. 1, one end of the air inlet 211 close to the fan 120 is an air inlet top end 212, and the second end 132 of the splitter plate 130 is flush with the air inlet top end 212 or is located on one side of the air inlet top end 212 far away from the fan 120, so as to improve the utilization rate of the inlet airflow.
In some embodiments, the first end 131 of the diverter plate 130 is located below the top of the outer circumferential surface of the fan 120.
The splitter plate 130 is fixedly disposed relative to the fan 120. In some embodiments, the splitter plate 130 is fixed to the duct housing 110 or the cabinet to prevent the splitter plate 130 from being damaged due to shaking during transportation of the air conditioner 20.
Referring to fig. 1, the air duct structure further includes a wind deflector 150. A wind deflector 150 is disposed between the air intake panel and the air duct structure, the wind deflector 150 being located on a side of the first end 131 of the diverter plate 130 remote from the axis of rotation of the fan 120. An air inlet gap 160 is formed between the wind shield 150 and the splitter plate 130 for allowing the airflow on the side of the splitter plate 130 away from the fan 120 to flow to the inlet of the fan 120. The splitter plate 130 splits the incoming airflow into a plurality of different incoming airflows, wherein a portion of the incoming airflow enters the splitter gap 140, is blocked by the wind blocking plate 150, and enters the incoming airflow gap 160, thereby reaching the position of the fan 120 away from the air inlet 211.
Referring to fig. 1, the air conditioner 20 includes a cabinet and a duct structure. The air duct structure is arranged in the machine shell and is the air duct structure of the embodiment.
In the description herein, references to the description of the terms "some embodiments," or "other embodiments," or "first embodiment," or "second embodiment," etc., mean that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. And the particular features, structures, materials, or characteristics described may be combined in any suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.
From the above description, it can be seen that the above-described embodiments of the present invention achieve the following technical effects:
according to the invention, the splitter plate 130 is arranged in the air inlet area formed between the air duct shell 110 and the air inlet panel, and the splitter plate 130 extends along the airflow flowing direction of the air inlet area so as to guide the inlet airflow in the air inlet area. The dividing plate 130 is disposed on one side of the rotation axis of the fan 120, and the first end 131 of the dividing plate 130 is located on one side of the rotation axis of the fan 120 away from the air inlet 211, so that a part of the air flow entering from the air inlet 211 bypasses the first end 131 of the dividing plate 130 and enters the inlet of the fan 120, and the air flow entering the air inlet area of the fan 120 is uniformly distributed, thereby solving the problem of low blade utilization rate of the air conditioner 20 in the prior art.
The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention and is not intended to limit the present invention, and various modifications and changes may be made by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made 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. The utility model provides an air duct structure, includes air duct casing (110) and sets up fan (120) in air duct casing (110), air duct casing (110) are located the inboard of the air inlet panel that has air intake (211) of air conditioner (20), its characterized in that, air duct structure still includes:
the flow distribution plate (130) is arranged in an air inlet area formed between the air duct shell (110) and the air inlet panel, and the flow distribution plate (130) extends along the airflow flowing direction of the air inlet area;
the flow dividing plate (130) is arranged on one side of the rotation axis of the fan (120), and the first end (131) of the flow dividing plate (130) is located on one side, far away from the air inlet (211), of the rotation axis of the fan (120), so that part of air flow entering from the air inlet (211) bypasses the first end (131) of the flow dividing plate (130) and enters the inlet of the fan (120).
2. The air duct structure according to claim 1,
the splitter plate (130) is located on one side of an inlet of the fan (120) close to a side plate (220) of the air conditioner (20).
3. The air duct structure according to claim 1,
the flow dividing plate (130) is arranged opposite to a side plate (220) of the air conditioner (20), and a flow dividing gap (140) for air flow to flow in is formed between the flow dividing plate (130) and the side plate (220) of the air conditioner (20).
4. The air duct structure according to claim 1,
the air conditioner is characterized in that the number of the splitter plates (130) is multiple, and the splitter plates (130) are arranged at intervals along the distribution direction of the two side plates (220) of the air conditioner (20).
5. The air duct structure according to claim 1,
the number of the splitter plates (130) is two, the two splitter plates (130) and two side plates (220) of the air conditioner (20) are oppositely arranged in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and a splitter gap (140) for air flow to flow in is formed between each splitter plate (130) and the corresponding side plate (220).
6. The air duct structure according to claim 1,
the diverter plate (130) is disposed parallel to the axis of rotation of the fan (120).
7. The air duct structure according to claim 1,
the air intake (211) are close to the one end of fan (120) is air inlet top (212), the second end (132) of flow distribution plate (130) with air inlet top (212) parallel and level or be located air inlet top (212) are kept away from one side of fan (120).
8. The air duct structure according to claim 1,
the first end (131) of the flow distribution plate (130) is positioned below the top end of the outer peripheral surface of the fan (120).
9. The air duct structure according to any one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the air duct structure further comprises:
a wind deflector (150), the wind deflector (150) being disposed between the wind intake panel and the air duct structure, the wind deflector (150) being located on a side of the first end (131) of the diverter plate (130) away from the axis of rotation of the fan (120);
an air inlet gap (160) for allowing the airflow on the side, away from the fan (120), of the flow dividing plate (130) to flow to the inlet of the fan (120) is formed between the wind blocking plate (150) and the flow dividing plate (130).
10. The air duct structure according to claim 1, characterized in that the splitter plate (130) is fixedly arranged with respect to the fan (120).
11. An air conditioner comprising a cabinet and an air duct structure disposed in the cabinet, wherein the air duct structure is as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 10.
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