CN214949491U

CN214949491U - Air conditioner

Info

Publication number: CN214949491U
Application number: CN202121386836.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 陈禹贵; 李德鹏; 黄民柱
Original assignee: Hisense Guangdong Air Conditioning Co Ltd
Current assignee: Hisense Guangdong Air Conditioning Co Ltd
Priority date: 2021-06-21
Filing date: 2021-06-21
Publication date: 2021-11-30
Anticipated expiration: 2031-06-21

Abstract

The utility model discloses an air conditioner, include: a compressor; the refrigerant control device comprises a first refrigerant port, a second refrigerant port, a third refrigerant port and a fourth refrigerant port, and when one of the first refrigerant port and the third refrigerant port is communicated with one of the second refrigerant port and the fourth refrigerant port, the other of the first refrigerant port and the third refrigerant port is communicated with the other of the second refrigerant port and the fourth refrigerant port; an outdoor heat exchanger; a throttling device; the indoor heat exchanger group comprises a plurality of indoor heat exchangers connected in parallel, and one ends of the plurality of indoor heat exchangers are connected with the fourth refrigerant port; and the refrigerant adjusting device is configured to be used for respectively and independently adjusting the refrigerant amount flowing through the plurality of second refrigerant ports. According to the utility model discloses air conditioner, through adopting refrigerant adjusting device control to enter into every indoor heat exchanger refrigerant volume, forms the air-out difference in temperature, satisfies the demand of different users to regional air-out difference in temperature.

Description

Air conditioner

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of the air conditioner technique and specifically relates to an air conditioner is related to.

Background

The air conditioner indoor unit is an electrical product widely used in life of people, plays an important role in indoor temperature adjustment, can provide healthy and comfortable indoor environment for users, and meets the requirements of normal work, life and study.

In the prior art, an evaporator is generally provided in an air conditioner. However, the air conditioner designed in this way has basically consistent temperature of the airflow blown out from the air outlet, and cannot meet the requirement of the user on the temperature difference of the outlet air of the subarea.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The utility model discloses aim at solving one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least. To this end, an object of the present invention is to provide an air conditioner capable of forming an air flow having a temperature difference.

According to the utility model discloses air conditioner, include: a compressor having an inlet and an outlet; the refrigerant control device comprises a first refrigerant port, a second refrigerant port, a third refrigerant port and a fourth refrigerant port, the first refrigerant port is connected with the outlet, the third refrigerant port is connected with the inlet, and when one of the first refrigerant port and the third refrigerant port is communicated with one of the second refrigerant port and the fourth refrigerant port, the other of the first refrigerant port and the third refrigerant port is communicated with the other of the second refrigerant port and the fourth refrigerant port; one end of the outdoor heat exchanger is connected with the second refrigerant port; one end of the throttling device is connected with the other end of the outdoor heat exchanger; the indoor heat exchanger group comprises a plurality of indoor heat exchangers connected in parallel, and one ends of the plurality of indoor heat exchangers are connected with the fourth refrigerant port; the refrigerant adjusting device comprises a first adjusting port and a plurality of second adjusting ports, the first refrigerant port is connected with the other end of the throttling device, each second refrigerant port is connected with the other end of the corresponding indoor heat exchanger, and the refrigerant adjusting device is constructed to be used for adjusting the amount of refrigerant flowing through the second refrigerant ports.

According to the utility model discloses air conditioner is through adopting refrigerant adjusting device control to enter into every indoor heat exchanger refrigerant volume for heat transfer capacity when every indoor heat exchanger carries out the heat transfer can be different, thereby the air temperature after a plurality of indoor heat exchangers carry out the heat transfer can be different, thereby can form the air-out difference in temperature, satisfies the demand of user to the air-out difference in temperature.

According to some embodiments of the invention, the first regulation orifice is switchably in communication with at least one of the plurality of second regulation orifices.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, refrigerant adjusting device includes electronic three-way valve.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, refrigerant adjusting device includes a plurality of valves, every the valve is established and is corresponded indoor heat exchanger with correspond on the branch road that the second refrigerant mouth links to each other.

According to some embodiments of the invention, each of the valves is an electronic expansion valve.

According to the utility model discloses a some embodiments, it is a plurality of indoor heat exchanger one end with be equipped with hydrops device between the fourth refrigerant mouth.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, it is a plurality of indoor heat exchanger parallel arrangement.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, it is a plurality of indoor heat exchanger arranges from top to bottom.

According to some embodiments of the utility model, every indoor heat exchanger department is equipped with indoor fan, and is a plurality of indoor fan independent work respectively.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, each of the indoor fans is a cross-flow fan or an axial-flow fan.

Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

fig. 1 is a schematic view of an air conditioner according to an embodiment of the present invention operating in a cooling mode;

FIG. 2 is another schematic diagram of the air conditioner shown in FIG. 1 operating in a cooling mode;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of the air conditioner shown in FIG. 1 operating in a heating mode;

fig. 4 is a schematic view illustrating an air conditioner according to another embodiment of the present invention operating in a cooling mode.

Reference numerals:

the air-conditioner (10) is provided with,

the compressor 100, the inlet 110, the outlet 120,

a refrigerant control device 200, a first refrigerant port 210, a second refrigerant port 220, a third refrigerant port 230, a fourth refrigerant port 240,

the outdoor heat exchanger (300) is provided with,

the flow-restriction device 400 is provided with a flow-restriction device,

an indoor heat exchanger group 500, an indoor heat exchanger 510, an indoor fan 511, a liquid accumulation device 520, an outlet loop 521,

refrigerant adjusting device 600, first adjusting port 610, second adjusting port 620, valve 630.

Detailed Description

The air conditioner performs a refrigeration cycle of the air conditioner by using a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, and an evaporator. The refrigeration cycle includes a series of processes involving compression, condensation, expansion, and evaporation, and supplies refrigerant to the air that has been conditioned and heat-exchanged.

The compressor compresses a refrigerant gas in a high-temperature and high-pressure state and discharges the compressed refrigerant gas. The discharged refrigerant gas flows into the condenser. The condenser condenses the compressed refrigerant into a liquid phase, and heat is released to the surrounding environment through the condensation process.

The expansion valve expands the liquid-phase refrigerant in a high-temperature and high-pressure state condensed in the condenser into a low-pressure liquid-phase refrigerant. The evaporator evaporates the refrigerant expanded in the expansion valve and returns the refrigerant gas in a low-temperature and low-pressure state to the compressor. The evaporator can achieve a cooling effect by heat-exchanging with a material to be cooled using latent heat of evaporation of a refrigerant. The air conditioner can adjust the temperature of the indoor space throughout the cycle.

The outdoor unit of the air conditioner refers to a portion of a refrigeration cycle including a compressor and an outdoor heat exchanger, the indoor unit of the air conditioner includes an indoor heat exchanger, and an expansion valve may be provided in the indoor unit or the outdoor unit.

The indoor heat exchanger and the outdoor heat exchanger serve as a condenser or an evaporator. When the indoor heat exchanger is used as a condenser, the air conditioner is used as a heater in a heating mode, and when the indoor heat exchanger is used as an evaporator, the air conditioner is used as a cooler in a cooling mode.

An air conditioner 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention is described below with reference to fig. 1 to 4. The air conditioner 10 may be a wall-mounted air conditioner. In the following description of the present application, the air conditioner 10 is described as a wall-mounted air conditioner as an example. Of course, the air conditioner 10 may be other types of air conditioners 10 and is not limited to a wall-mounted air conditioner.

As shown in fig. 1-4, an air conditioner 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a compressor 100, a refrigerant control device 200, an outdoor heat exchanger 300, a throttling device 400, an indoor heat exchanger group 500, and a refrigerant adjusting device 600.

Specifically, compressor 100 has an inlet 110 and an outlet 120. The refrigerant control device 200 includes a first refrigerant port 210, a second refrigerant port 220, a third refrigerant port 230, and a fourth refrigerant port 240, wherein the first refrigerant port 210 is connected to the outlet port 120, and the third refrigerant port 230 is connected to the inlet port 110. When one of the first refrigerant port 210 and the third refrigerant port 230 communicates with one of the second refrigerant port 220 and the fourth refrigerant port 240, the other of the first refrigerant port 210 and the third refrigerant port 230 communicates with the other of the second refrigerant port 220 and the fourth refrigerant port 240. That is, when the first refrigerant port 210 communicates with the second refrigerant port 220, the third refrigerant port 230 communicates with the fourth refrigerant port 240, as shown in fig. 3; alternatively, when the first refrigerant port 210 communicates with the fourth refrigerant port 240, the third refrigerant port 230 communicates with the second refrigerant port 220, as shown in fig. 1.

One end (e.g., an upper end in fig. 1) of the outdoor heat exchanger 300 is connected to the second refrigerant port 220. One end (e.g., the left end in fig. 1) of the throttling device 400 is connected to the other end (e.g., the lower end in fig. 1) of the outdoor heat exchanger 300. The indoor heat exchanger group 500 includes a plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510 connected in parallel, and one end (e.g., an upper end in fig. 1) of the plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510 is connected to the fourth refrigerant port 240. The refrigerant adjusting device 600 includes a first adjusting port 610 and a plurality of second adjusting ports 620, the first refrigerant port 210 is connected to the other end (e.g., the right end in fig. 1) of the throttling device 400, each of the second adjusting ports 620 is connected to the other end (e.g., the lower end in fig. 1) of the corresponding indoor heat exchanger 510, and the refrigerant adjusting device 600 is configured to adjust the amount of refrigerant flowing through the plurality of second adjusting ports 620.

Referring to fig. 1, when the air conditioner 10 operates in the cooling mode, the compressor 100 operates, the first refrigerant port 210 of the refrigerant control device 200 is communicated with the fourth refrigerant port 240, the third refrigerant port 230 is communicated with the second refrigerant port 220, the compressed refrigerant flows out from the outlet 120 of the compressor 100 and flows to the refrigerant control device 200, the refrigerant in the refrigerant control device 200 can be discharged from the fourth refrigerant port 240 and flows to the plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510 through the outdoor heat exchanger 300 and the throttling device 400, at this time, the refrigerant in the plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510 can exchange heat with air flowing through the refrigerant control device 200, and the heat-exchanged refrigerant is discharged from the plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510 and flows back to the compressor 100 through the refrigerant control device 200. The circulation is repeated, and the indoor temperature can be effectively reduced.

In the above operation process of the air conditioner, the refrigerant amount flowing through the second adjusting ports 620 correspondingly connected to the indoor heat exchangers 510 may be adjusted by the refrigerant adjusting device 600, so that the amount of the refrigerant entering the indoor heat exchangers 510 may be adjusted. When the refrigerant quantity in the indoor heat exchangers 510 is different, the air temperature after heat exchange with different indoor heat exchangers 510 can be different, so that the temperature difference control of the air outlet temperature of different indoor heat exchangers 510 is realized, and the requirement of a user on the air outlet temperature difference can be met. Further, at least one of the second adjusting ports 620 may be closed to prevent the refrigerant from flowing into the corresponding indoor heat exchanger 510, at this time, the indoor heat exchanger 510 stops heat exchange, and the other part of the indoor heat exchanger 510 cools, so as to achieve the effect of air outlet and mixing, and reduce energy consumption.

Referring to fig. 3, when the air conditioner 10 operates in the heating mode, the compressor 100 operates, the first refrigerant port 210 of the refrigerant control device 200 is communicated with the second refrigerant port 220, the third refrigerant port 230 is communicated with the fourth refrigerant port 240, the compressed refrigerant flows out from the outlet 120 of the compressor 100 and flows to the refrigerant control device 200, the refrigerant in the refrigerant control device 200 can be discharged from the second refrigerant port 220 and flows to the outdoor heat exchanger 300 through the throttling device 400 after passing through the plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510, at this time, the refrigerant in the plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510 can exchange heat with air flowing through the refrigerant control device 200, and the heat-exchanged refrigerant is discharged from the plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510 and flows back to the compressor 100 through the refrigerant control device 200. The circulation is repeated, and the indoor temperature can be effectively improved. Different from the heating mode, the refrigerant in the cooling mode enters the indoor heat exchanger 510 after passing through the refrigerant adjusting device 600, so that when the refrigerant flows, the refrigerant adjusting device 600 can adjust the amount of the refrigerant flowing through the corresponding indoor heat exchanger 510, and thus the requirement of the user for the outlet air temperature difference can be met. The refrigerant in the heating mode passes through the indoor heat exchanger 510 and then passes through the refrigerant adjusting device 600, and the refrigerant adjusting device 600 can adjust the amount of the refrigerant of the second adjusting port 620 connected with the corresponding indoor heat exchanger 510, so that the residence time of the refrigerant in the indoor heat exchanger 510 can be controlled, and the air temperature after heat exchange with different indoor heat exchangers 510 can be different.

According to the utility model discloses air conditioner 10 is through adopting refrigerant adjusting device 600 control to enter into every indoor heat exchanger 510's refrigerant volume for heat transfer capacity when every indoor heat exchanger 510 carries out the heat transfer can be different, thereby a plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510 carry out the air temperature after the heat transfer can be different, thereby can form different regional air-out temperature difference, satisfy the user to the demand of regional air-out difference in temperature.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, the first tuning orifice 610 is switchably in communication with at least one of the plurality of second tuning orifices 620. For example, only one of the plurality of second regulation ports 620 may communicate with the first regulation port 610, and at this time, only one of the plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510 connected to the second regulation port 620 communicating with the first regulation port 610 is operated; alternatively, only a portion of the plurality of second regulation ports 620 communicates with the first regulation port 610, and at this time, only a portion of the plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510 connected to the second regulation port 620 communicating with the first regulation port 610 is operated; alternatively, all of the second regulation ports 620 may communicate with the first regulation port 610, and all of the indoor heat exchangers 510 may be operated. It is understood that the specific communication manner and the opening size of the second adjusting ports 620 and the first adjusting ports 610 can be specifically set according to actual requirements to better meet the actual application.

Alternatively, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the refrigerant adjusting device 600 includes an electric three-way valve. The electric three-way valve may include one first regulation port 610 and two second regulation ports 620. Accordingly, the indoor heat exchangers 510 may be two, and the other ends of the two indoor heat exchangers 510 are connected to the two second regulation ports 620, respectively. Therefore, the adjustment of the refrigerant quantity of the indoor heat exchangers 510 can be conveniently realized by adopting the electric three-way valve, and the structure is simple and easy to realize. The specific structure and operation principle of the electric three-way valve are well known to those skilled in the art, and are not described herein.

Of course, the present invention is not limited thereto, according to the present invention, as shown in fig. 4, the refrigerant adjusting device 600 may further include a plurality of valves 630, and each valve 630 is disposed on the branch path connecting the corresponding indoor heat exchanger 510 and the corresponding second refrigerant port 220. In this way, the amount of refrigerant in the plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510 can be adjusted by providing the plurality of valves 630. In addition, since the valves 630 are independent of each other, the refrigerant amounts of the indoor heat exchangers 510 can be independently adjusted without affecting each other.

Optionally, each valve 630 is an electronic expansion valve. With the arrangement, the refrigerant quantity of the corresponding indoor heat exchanger 510 can be adjusted, and meanwhile, the throttling and pressure reducing effects can be further achieved.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, a liquid loading device 520 is disposed between one end of the indoor heat exchangers 510 and the fourth refrigerant port 240. Like this, through being equipped with hydrops device 520 for the refrigerant can hold the buffering in hydrops device 520, has reduced the refrigerant and has flowed the pressure to refrigerant controlling means 200, makes air conditioner 10's use more safe and reliable, has prolonged air conditioner 10's life.

Further, the effusion device 520 may include a flute tube or a porous flow diverter. It will be appreciated that depending on the type of air conditioner 10, such as a floor type air conditioner and a wall type air conditioner, the type of indoor heat exchanger 510 used therein may be different, so that a flute type duct or a perforated splitter may be selectively used according to actual needs to simplify the design of the air conditioner 10.

Further, as shown in fig. 1, the outlet circuit 521 of the indoor heat exchanger 510 may be 2-way. As shown in fig. 2, the outlet circuit 521 of the indoor heat exchanger 510 may be 3-way. Of course, the outlet circuit 521 of the indoor heat exchanger 510 may be 4 or 6 paths. Wherein the actual number of outlet circuits 521 is related to the heat exchange requirements of the air conditioner 10. Thus, by providing a plurality of outlet circuits 521, the flow path of the refrigerant in the corresponding indoor heat exchanger 510 can be shortened, and heat exchange can be enhanced.

According to some optional embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510 are arranged in parallel. For example, a plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510 may be disposed at left and right intervals. According to other alternative embodiments of the present invention, a plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510 are arranged up and down. Therefore, obvious air outlet temperature difference can be formed in the left-right direction or the up-down direction, for example, the air outlet temperature difference can be above 3 ℃.

According to some embodiments of the present invention, as shown in fig. 1 to 3, an indoor fan 511 is disposed at each indoor heat exchanger 510, and the indoor fans 511 respectively work independently. Like this, be equipped with indoor fan 511 in every indoor heat exchanger 510 department, every indoor fan 511 can be independently carry to indoor through the air current behind the indoor heat exchanger 510 heat transfer that corresponds to the heat transfer effect of every indoor heat exchanger 510 can be used to indoor environment alone, not only can avoid the influence between a plurality of indoor heat exchangers 510, can let a plurality of indoor fans 511 can discharge the air current that has the temperature difference moreover.

Alternatively, each indoor fan 511 is a cross-flow fan or an axial-flow fan. It will be appreciated that depending on the design of the air conditioner 10, such as a wall-mounted air conditioner, a cross-flow fan may be selected and an axial-flow fan may be selected for a floor air conditioner to simplify the design of the air conditioner 10.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are only for convenience of description and simplification of description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed in a specific orientation, and be operated, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

Other configurations and operations of the air conditioner according to the embodiment of the present invention are known to those skilled in the art and will not be described in detail herein.

In the description herein, references to the description of the term "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "an illustrative embodiment," "an example," "a specific example," or "some examples" or the like 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 present invention. In this specification, the schematic representations of the terms used above do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example.

While embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: various changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made to the embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims and their equivalents.

Claims

1. An air conditioner, comprising:

a compressor having an inlet and an outlet;

the refrigerant control device comprises a first refrigerant port, a second refrigerant port, a third refrigerant port and a fourth refrigerant port, the first refrigerant port is connected with the outlet, the third refrigerant port is connected with the inlet, and when one of the first refrigerant port and the third refrigerant port is communicated with one of the second refrigerant port and the fourth refrigerant port, the other of the first refrigerant port and the third refrigerant port is communicated with the other of the second refrigerant port and the fourth refrigerant port;

one end of the outdoor heat exchanger is connected with the second refrigerant port;

one end of the throttling device is connected with the other end of the outdoor heat exchanger;

the indoor heat exchanger group comprises a plurality of indoor heat exchangers connected in parallel, and one ends of the plurality of indoor heat exchangers are connected with the fourth refrigerant port;

the refrigerant adjusting device comprises a first adjusting port and a plurality of second adjusting ports, the first adjusting port is connected with the other end of the throttling device, each second adjusting port is connected with the other end of the corresponding indoor heat exchanger, and the refrigerant adjusting device is constructed to be used for adjusting the amount of refrigerant flowing through the second adjusting ports.

2. The air conditioner of claim 1, wherein the first regulating port switchably communicates with at least one of the plurality of second regulating ports.

3. The air conditioner as claimed in claim 2, wherein the refrigerant adjusting means comprises an electric three-way valve.

4. The air conditioner according to claim 1, wherein the refrigerant adjusting device includes a plurality of valves, and each valve is disposed on a branch of the corresponding indoor heat exchanger connected to the corresponding second refrigerant port.

5. The air conditioner of claim 4, wherein each of said valves is an electronic expansion valve.

6. The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a liquid accumulating device is provided between the one end of the plurality of indoor heat exchangers and the fourth refrigerant port.

7. The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a plurality of the indoor heat exchangers are arranged in parallel.

8. The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a plurality of the indoor heat exchangers are arranged one above another.

9. The air conditioner according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein an indoor fan is provided at each of the indoor heat exchangers, and the plurality of indoor fans are independently operated.

10. The air conditioner according to claim 9, wherein each of the indoor fans is a cross-flow fan or an axial-flow fan.