Disclosure of Invention
In order to overcome the problems of the prior art, the main object of the present application is to provide a refrigeration device with small volume and small noise.
The present application provides a refrigeration apparatus comprising:
a frame having a first end and a second end in a first direction;
the refrigeration system is arranged in the frame and comprises a refrigeration cycle unit and an air supply unit, the refrigeration cycle unit and the air supply unit are arranged side by side in the first direction, the air supply unit is adjacent to the first end of the frame, and the refrigeration cycle unit is positioned between the air supply unit and the second end of the frame;
and the liquid cooling system is arranged in the frame and is positioned between the air supply unit and the second end of the frame, and the liquid cooling system can exchange heat with the refrigerating system.
In some embodiments, the air supply unit includes a housing provided with an air outlet and an air inlet opposite in the first direction, and a blower installed in the housing;
the shell comprises a panel and a plurality of side plates, wherein the panel is arranged at the first end of the frame, the panel is provided with an air outlet, the side plates are sequentially connected end to end, and one ends of the side plates in the first direction are connected to the panel.
In some embodiments, the refrigeration cycle unit includes a first heat exchanger disposed at or adjacent to the air intake.
In some embodiments, the refrigeration cycle unit further comprises a second heat exchanger and a compressor, the second heat exchanger and the compressor being located on a side of the first heat exchanger remote from the air intake, the second heat exchanger being adjacent the second end of the frame; the air suction port of the compressor is connected with the second heat exchanger, and the air discharge port of the compressor is connected with the first heat exchanger.
In some embodiments, the refrigeration cycle unit further comprises a reservoir located between the second heat exchanger and the first heat exchanger, and the reservoir is connected to the first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger, respectively.
In some embodiments, the liquid cooling system comprises a water pump, wherein the water pump is positioned on one side of the first heat exchanger far away from the air inlet and is arranged side by side with the compressor, and a water outlet pipe of the water pump is connected with a water inlet pipe of the second heat exchanger.
In some embodiments, the liquid cooling system further comprises a gas-liquid separator, the gas-liquid separator is located on one side of the first heat exchanger away from the air inlet and is located away from the second heat exchanger and the liquid reservoir, and the gas-liquid separator is connected with a water inlet pipe of the water pump.
In some embodiments, the liquid cooling system further comprises a water tank located on a side of the first heat exchanger remote from the air inlet and adjacent to the gas-liquid separator, the water tank being connected between the gas-liquid separator and the water pump.
In some embodiments, the liquid cooling system further comprises a heater located on a side of the first heat exchanger remote from the air intake and adjacent the second end of the frame, the heater being connected to an outlet pipe of the second heat exchanger.
In some embodiments, the compressor further comprises an electronic control assembly located on a side of the first heat exchanger remote from the air inlet, and the electronic control assembly is located above the compressor.
Compared with the prior art, the refrigeration equipment comprises the frame, the refrigeration system and the liquid cooling system, wherein the frame is provided with the first end and the second end in the first direction, the refrigeration cycle unit and the air supply unit of the refrigeration system are arranged side by side in the first direction, the air supply unit is adjacent to the first end, the refrigeration cycle unit is arranged between the air supply unit and the second end, the liquid cooling system is arranged between the air supply unit and the second end, and the liquid cooling system can exchange heat with the refrigeration system, so that the refrigeration system and the liquid cooling system are respectively installed through the frame, the air supply unit is adjacent to the first end of the frame, the refrigeration cycle unit is arranged between the air supply unit and the second end of the frame, and the liquid cooling system is arranged between the air supply unit and the second end of the frame, so that the refrigeration equipment can realize compact design, and the whole volume is reduced; in addition, the frame is adopted for installation, other components are directly installed and fixed with the frame except that the air supply unit is enclosed by plates, and the area between the other components and the frame can be the air inlet area of the refrigerating system, so that the air supply unit can reduce the wind resistance of the refrigerating system entering the air inlet of the air supply unit, and the low-noise operation of the refrigerating equipment is realized; and, adopt the frame type to install, can also reduce the cost of refrigeration plant, make refrigeration plant lighter-duty simultaneously.
Detailed Description
The present application will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and examples, in order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present application more apparent. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the application.
In the description of the present application, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance unless explicitly specified or limited otherwise; the term "plurality" means two or more, and the term "plurality" means two or more, unless specified or indicated otherwise; the terms "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, integrally connected, or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present application can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.
In the description of the present specification, it should be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", and the like used in the embodiments of the present application are described in terms of the angles shown in the drawings, and should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application. In the context of this document, it will also be understood that when an element is referred to as being "on" or "under" another element, it can be directly on the other element or be indirectly on the other element through intervening elements.
In the description of the present application, the +Y direction is the front end in the drawing, the-Y direction is the rear end in the drawing, the +X direction is the left side, the-X direction is the right side, the +Z direction is the top, and the-Z direction is the bottom.
Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a perspective view of a refrigeration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, with one side plate of the casing removed. The embodiment of the application discloses a refrigeration device, which comprises a frame 1, a refrigeration system 2 and a liquid cooling system 3 arranged inside the frame 1, wherein the frame 1 is provided with a first end 12 and a second end 11 in a first direction (the +Y direction to the-Y direction in fig. 1). The refrigeration system 2 comprises a refrigeration cycle unit and an air supply unit 5, which are arranged side by side in a first direction, and the air supply unit 5 is located closer to the first end 12 of the frame 1 than the refrigeration cycle unit, which is located between the air supply unit 5 and the second end 11 of the frame 1. The liquid cooling system 3 is located between the air supply unit 5 and the second end 11 of the frame 1, and the liquid cooling system 3 is capable of exchanging heat with the refrigeration system 2. Specifically, the liquid cooling system 3 flows with the coolant, and the refrigerating system 2 flows with the coolant, and the coolant can exchange heat with the coolant to obtain the coolant with a higher temperature and the coolant with a lower temperature, which is used for cooling the heat generating device, and the coolant with a higher temperature can be cooled by the air supply unit 5.
In a specific application, the refrigerant in the refrigerating system 2 exchanges heat with the refrigerating medium in the liquid cooling system 3, so as to obtain a refrigerant with a higher temperature and a refrigerating medium with a lower temperature, wherein the refrigerant with the higher temperature flows in the refrigerating system 2, and air is pumped by the air supply unit 5, so that the air flows through the refrigerating system 2 and exchanges heat with the refrigerant in the refrigerating system 2, and the refrigerant with the lower temperature is obtained for continuing to exchange heat with the refrigerating medium; the coolant with lower temperature circulates in the liquid cooling system 3, and the coolant takes away the heat of the heating equipment and then continuously exchanges heat with the coolant with lower temperature.
The application installs the refrigerating system 2 and the liquid cooling system 3 through the frame respectively, and makes the air supply unit 5 adjacent to the first end 12 of the frame 1, the refrigerating cycle unit is positioned between the air supply unit 5 and the second end 11 of the frame 1, and the liquid cooling system 3 is positioned between the air supply unit 5 and the second end 11 of the frame 1; the refrigerating equipment is compact in design and small in occupied area, and can be arranged in small-sized equipment such as energy storage equipment and charging pile equipment to dissipate heat, so that safe operation of the energy storage equipment and the charging pile equipment is guaranteed.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a perspective view of a refrigeration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application. The air supply unit 5 includes a housing 51 and a blower 52, the housing 51 is provided with an air outlet and an air inlet disposed opposite to each other in a first direction, and the blower 52 is installed in the housing 51. Specifically, the casing 51 includes a panel 511 and a plurality of side plates 512, the panel 511 is disposed at the first end 12 of the frame 1, and an air outlet is provided on the panel 511, the plurality of side plates 512 are sequentially connected end to end, and one end of the plurality of side plates 512 in the first direction is connected to the panel 511, and the air inlet is located at one side of the casing 51 away from the panel 511, so that air in the frame 1 and near the frame 1 can flow through the first heat exchanger 22, and then sequentially flows through the air inlet, the fan 52 and the air outlet. In the embodiment, as the frame is adopted for installation, besides the air supply unit adopts the shell for sealing, other positions are arranged in a plate-free mode, so that the refrigeration equipment has more hollowed-out positions, the first heat exchanger 22 of the refrigeration system has more air inlet positions, the wind resistance of the air inlet of the air supply unit can be reduced, and the low-noise operation of the refrigeration equipment is realized; and, adopt the frame type to install, can also reduce the cost of refrigeration plant, make refrigeration plant lighter-duty simultaneously.
In this embodiment, a plurality of fans 52 are provided, and the fans 52 are distributed on one side of the frame 1 along the length extending direction of the frame 1 to form a fan wall. The refrigerating equipment of the embodiment is provided with the plurality of fans 52, so that the air outlet is uniform, the vortex is small, and meanwhile, the rotating speed of the fans 52 can be adjusted to be lower due to the plurality of fans 52, so that the noise is further reduced.
Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a top view of a refrigeration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present application, with one side plate of the housing removed. The refrigeration cycle unit includes a compressor 21, a first heat exchanger 22, a second heat exchanger 20, an intake pipe 23, an exhaust pipe 24, a liquid pipe 25, and a throttle device 26. The first heat exchanger 22 is disposed in the frame 1 and located at or adjacent to the air inlet of the housing 51, and the length extension direction of the first heat exchanger 22 is the same as the length extension direction of the frame 1. The second heat exchanger 20, the compressor 21, the air suction pipe 23, the air exhaust pipe 24, the liquid pipe 25 and the throttling device 26 are respectively arranged in the frame 1 and are positioned on one side, away from the air inlet, of the first heat exchanger 22, wherein the second heat exchanger 20 is arranged closer to the second end 11 of the frame 1 than the compressor 21, the compressor 21 is arranged closer to the first heat exchanger 22 than the second heat exchanger 20, an air suction port of the compressor 21 is connected with the second heat exchanger 20 through the air suction pipe 23, an air exhaust port of the compressor 21 is connected with an input end of the first heat exchanger 22 through the air exhaust pipe 24, and an output end of the first heat exchanger 22 is connected with the second heat exchanger 20 through the liquid pipe 25, so that a closed refrigerant reflux system is formed. Wherein, the compressor 21 adopts horizontal installation, so, through the horizontal installation of compressor in the one side that is away from the air intake of first heat exchanger 22 to and with the second heat exchanger 20 adjacent the second end 11 setting of frame 1, make the installation of both not influence the air intake of first heat exchanger 22, rationally distributed and compact.
Further, the refrigeration system 2 further includes an air suction maintenance pipe 28a and an air discharge maintenance pipe 28b, wherein the air suction maintenance pipe 28a and the air discharge maintenance pipe 28b are disposed in the frame 1 and are located at a side of the first heat exchanger 22 away from the air inlet, the air suction maintenance pipe 28a is connected to the air suction pipe 23 of the compressor, and the air discharge maintenance pipe 28b is connected to the air discharge pipe 24 of the compressor. In this embodiment, since the refrigerating device is installed inside the charging pile and the energy storage device, the high-pressure charging and the low-pressure charging can be performed through the suction maintenance pipe 28a and the discharge maintenance pipe 28b, respectively, when the refrigerant side of the refrigerating device lacks refrigerant.
In this embodiment, the air suction maintenance pipe 28a and the air discharge maintenance pipe 28b are both designed as hoses, and are flexibly pulled to the maintenance ports according to the maintenance ports reserved by the charging pile and the energy storage unit, and the ports are designed with fluorine injection nozzles for plugging, so that the refrigerant is conveniently charged and discharged, and the pressure gauge is also conveniently connected.
Further, the second heat exchanger 20 is a liquid-liquid heat exchanger, and may be, for example, a plate heat exchanger, a shell and tube heat exchanger, or the like. The first heat exchanger 22 is a refrigerant-air heat exchanger, and may be, for example, a parallel flow heat exchanger, a tube-fin heat exchanger, or a refrigerant-air cooled heat exchanger.
In this embodiment, the first heat exchanger 22 is a parallel flow heat exchanger, the refrigeration system 2 further includes a liquid storage device 27, the liquid storage device is disposed in the frame and located between the second heat exchanger 20 and the first heat exchanger 22, and the liquid storage device 27 is connected to the liquid pipe 25 and located between the throttling device 26 and the first heat exchanger 22, so as to store more refrigerant liquid through the liquid storage device 27, so that the small-volume heat exchanger can supply liquid in time in the refrigeration system, and simultaneously accommodate redundant refrigerant liquid in the system, thereby ensuring stable operation of the system.
With continued reference to fig. 2, the liquid cooling system 3 includes a water pump 31, a water outlet pipe 32, a water inlet pipe 33 and a three-way valve 38, wherein the water pump 31, the water outlet pipe 32, the water inlet pipe 33 and the three-way valve 38 are respectively disposed on the side of the frame 1, which is far away from the air inlet, of the first heat exchanger 22, and the water pump 31 and the compressor 21 are installed side by side. The second heat exchanger 20 is connected with a three-way valve 38 through a water outlet pipe 32, the three-way valve 38 is used for being connected with a cooling pipeline arranged on heating equipment, the three-way valve 38 is connected with the second heat exchanger 20 through a water inlet pipe 33, and a water pump 31 is connected with the water inlet pipe 33, so that the secondary refrigerant flowing out of the second heat exchanger 20 can flow through the water outlet pipe 32, the cooling pipeline, the water inlet pipe 33 and the water pump in sequence and then flow back into the second heat exchanger 20. Wherein, when the secondary refrigerant circulates in the cooling pipeline, the heat of the heat generating equipment can be taken away to cool the heat generating equipment.
The embodiment is provided with the water pump and the compressor on one side of the first heat exchanger 22 far away from the air inlet, and the water pump and the compressor are arranged in the middle area of the frame as far as possible, so that the water pump and the compressor with large volume and heavy weight can be uniformly stressed relative to the whole frame while the air inlet of the first heat exchanger is not influenced, and the refrigerating equipment is hoisted on the charging pile, so that the stress is more uniform and the reliability is high.
In some embodiments, a plurality of cooling pipelines can be provided, and a plurality of cooling pipelines can be connected with the water inlet pipe 33 and the water outlet pipe 32 through the three-way valve 38, and the water outlet pipe 32 can also be provided with a plurality of cooling pipelines according to requirements.
In order to protect the water pump 31, the liquid cooling system 3 further includes a water tank 34, a gas-liquid separator 35 and an exhaust pipe 24, wherein the gas-liquid separator 35 is installed in the frame 1 and is located at one side of the first heat exchanger 22 away from the air inlet, and the gas-liquid separator 35 is located at the other side of the frame 1 relative to the second heat exchanger 20 and the liquid reservoir 27, i.e. the gas-liquid separator 35 is located away from the second heat exchanger 20 and the liquid reservoir 27, and the gas-liquid separator 35 is connected to the water inlet pipe of the water pump 31. The water tank 34 is mounted in the frame 1 on the side of the first heat exchanger 22 remote from the air inlet, and the water tank 34 is located on the same side of the frame 1 as the gas-liquid separator 35, i.e. the water tank 34 is located adjacent to the gas-liquid separator 35. The water tank 34 is connected to a connection pipe between the gas-liquid separator 35 and the water pump 31, and the water tank 34 is connected to the gas-liquid separator 35 through the exhaust pipe 24, and an exhaust port is provided at an upper portion of the water tank 34. The water tank 34 is used for carrying out constant pressure water replenishing to the water pump 31, so that unstable operation of the water pump 31 is prevented. The gas-liquid separator 35 is used for preventing the water pump 31 from being damaged by cavitation, when the secondary refrigerant flows to the gas-liquid separator 35, if the secondary refrigerant carries gas, the secondary refrigerant is separated by the gas-liquid separator 35, so that the gas is prevented from carrying out cavitation damage on the water pump 31; the gas separated in the gas-liquid separator 35 is discharged into the water tank 34 through the gas collecting pipe 37, and is discharged from the gas outlet of the water tank 34.
In this way, the water tank 34 and the gas-liquid separator 35 are respectively arranged on different sides of the water pump and the compressor, and the installation positions are selected according to the connection relation between the components and the water pump or the compressor, so that each component can be more reasonable, and the whole refrigeration equipment is more compact.
Further, the refrigeration apparatus further includes a heater 36 and an electric control device 4, the heater 36 is installed in the frame 1 and located at a side of the first heat exchanger 22 away from the air inlet, and the heater 36 is disposed closer to the second end 11 of the frame 1 than the first heat exchanger 22, and the heater 36 is connected to the water outlet pipe of the second heat exchanger 20 for heating the coolant in the water outlet pipe 32. The electric control device 4 is installed in the frame 1 and is located at one side of the first heat exchanger 22 away from the air inlet, and the electric control device 4 is located above the compressor 21, and is respectively connected with the compressor 21, the water pump 31 and the heater 36 and used for controlling the operation of the compressor 21, the water pump 31 and the heater 36. In this embodiment, when the temperature of the coolant in the system is too low, the heater 36 needs to be turned on so that the temperature of the coolant in the water outlet pipe 32 is constant; and the electric control device 4 is arranged above the compressor 21 so as to facilitate maintenance.
In an actual application scene, the secondary refrigerant cooled in the second heat exchanger 20 is sent to heat exchange terminals such as a charging pile and an energy storage unit, which need to be cooled, through a water outlet pipe 32 and a cooling pipeline, and the secondary refrigerant after heat exchange is sent into the second heat exchanger 20 through a water inlet pipe 33 to be cooled; the refrigerant absorbs heat of the secondary refrigerant in the second heat exchanger 20 and evaporates to form low-temperature low-pressure refrigerant gas, the low-temperature low-pressure refrigerant gas enters the compressor 21 through the air suction pipe 23, the high-temperature high-pressure refrigerant gas is formed after being compressed by the compressor 21, the high-temperature high-pressure refrigerant gas flows into the first heat exchanger 22 through the exhaust pipe 24, wind is driven to flow through the first heat exchanger 22 through the fan wall, so that the high-temperature high-pressure refrigerant gas in the first heat exchanger 22 is cooled, and low-temperature high-pressure refrigerant liquid obtained after cooling is throttled and depressurized through the throttling device 26 and then is conveyed to the second heat exchanger 20 through the liquid pipe 25. The coolant in the liquid cooling system 3 is cooled by the circulation.
According to the application, the current heat dissipation requirement scene of the miniaturized equipment is solved through a compact design, the noise problem is solved through the design of the air wall, and the safety devices such as the gas-liquid separator and the like are arranged in the air wall, so that when the refrigeration equipment is arranged in the energy storage and charging pile, the safe operation of the energy storage and charging pile equipment can be ensured.
The present application is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and any changes or substitutions that can be easily understood by those skilled in the art within the technical scope of the present application are intended to be included in the scope of the present application. Therefore, the protection scope of the present application should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.