SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model solves the problem that in the prior art, two-phase refrigerants are subjected to phase separation under the action of centrifugal force, so that the refrigerants entering a branching body tend to flow in a layered mode, the refrigerants cannot be uniformly distributed in each branch, and the heat exchange effect of a heat exchanger is influenced.
In order to solve the problems, the utility model provides a shunt body which comprises a lower end nozzle assembly and an upper end shunt assembly, wherein the lower end nozzle assembly is fixedly connected with the upper end shunt assembly, the lower end nozzle assembly comprises a liquid inlet section and a nozzle hole, the upper end shunt assembly comprises a mixing cavity and an outlet shunt section, a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant entering the shunt body enters the mixing cavity through the nozzle hole, and the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant mixed in the mixing cavity flows out of the shunt body through the outlet shunt section.
The throttling nozzle is additionally arranged in front of the branching body, so that the mixing degree of gas-liquid two-phase refrigerants can be enhanced, the uniformity of liquid separation is improved, the refrigerants can be accelerated and pressurized to be sprayed to the mixing cavity, the refrigerants sprayed out of the nozzle holes are sprayed to the inner wall surface of the mixing cavity and then are reflected, and the refrigerants are mixed with the subsequently sprayed refrigerants, so that the mixing uniformity of the refrigerants is improved.
Further, the ratio of the inner diameter of the nozzle hole to the inner diameter of the liquid inlet section is recorded as a, and the value of a is 0.35-0.6.
The use of the nozzle leads to large pressure loss and noise, and the ratio of the inner diameter of the nozzle hole to the inner diameter of the liquid inlet section is limited in the range, so that the pressure loss and the noise of the refrigerant can be reduced while the refrigerant is uniformly distributed, and the use satisfaction of a user can be improved while a better air conditioning effect is obtained, and preferably, a is 0.45 or a is 0.5.
Furthermore, the lower end nozzle assembly further comprises an expansion section, one end of the expansion section is connected with the nozzle hole, the other end of the expansion section is connected with the mixing cavity, and the inner diameter of a connecting end of a cavity formed by the expansion section and the nozzle hole is smaller than the inner diameter of a connecting end of the cavity formed by the expansion section and the mixing cavity.
The liquid inlet section, the nozzle hole and the expansion section enable the lower end nozzle assembly to form a convergent-divergent nozzle, so that the flow of the refrigerant entering the mixing cavity is smoother, the speed of the refrigerant entering the mixing cavity is increased under the condition of reducing pressure drop, and the degree of uniformity of mixing of the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant is increased.
Further, the expansion section comprises an arc section, a streamline section and a cavity formed by the arc section and the streamline section in a surrounding mode, the arc section is arranged on one side close to the nozzle hole, the streamline section is arranged on one side close to the mixing cavity, the streamline section is connected with the arc section in a tangent mode, and the arc section is connected with the nozzle hole in a tangent mode.
The arc-shaped section enables the refrigerant to flow more smoothly after passing through the nozzle hole so as to reduce pressure drop loss caused by the branching body, the flow line section is tangentially connected with the mixing cavity so as to form smooth transition, and the mixing cavity cannot be overlarge so as to meet the requirement of the existing air conditioner indoor unit on the size of the branching body.
Further, the arc section is a smooth transition arc, two ends of the smooth transition arc are respectively and smoothly connected with the nozzle hole and the streamline section, the ratio of the radius of the smooth transition arc to the inner diameter of the nozzle hole is recorded as b, and the value of b is 2-5.
The arrangement ensures that the flowing direction of the refrigerant is changed at any time, so that the flow path is smoother, and the pressure drop in the branching body is effectively reduced.
Furthermore, the mixing chamber comprises a cylindrical cavity and an arc top-shaped cavity, one end of the cylindrical cavity is in smooth connection with the lower end nozzle assembly, the other end of the cylindrical cavity is in smooth connection with the arc top-shaped cavity, and the inner wall of the arc top-shaped cavity, which is far away from one side of the lower end nozzle assembly, is in arc top arrangement.
The arrangement enables the refrigerant sprayed from the nozzle hole to be reflected all around when impacting the top of the arc-shaped cavity, secondary mixing is generated with the refrigerant entering the mixing cavity later, so that large pressure drop is avoided, at the moment, the continuous liquid-phase refrigerant entering the mixing cavity is scattered, the mixing uniformity degree of the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant is increased, meanwhile, due to the fact that the cylindrical cavity and the lower end nozzle assembly are connected smoothly, the arc-shaped cavity and the cylindrical cavity are connected smoothly, the scattered refrigerant is easier to form vortex in the flowing process along the inner wall of the mixing cavity, and therefore backflow phenomenon occurs.
Furthermore, the arc top-shaped cavity is a hemispherical cavity, and the radius of the hemispherical cavity is equal to that of the circular section in the cylindrical cavity.
This setting can ensure cylindrical cavity with the tangent of arc top shape cavity is connected, helps the refrigerant forms backward flow phenomenon to improve its mixing efficiency, under this condition, the striking is in there is some in the refrigerant at hemisphere cavity top along the inner wall of hemisphere cavity is towards flowing all around, in the in-process that flows in the same direction as smooth, when it reaches near the nozzle hole along the inner wall of mixing chamber, expansion section, is followed the refrigerant that erupts in the nozzle hole drives, forms the backward flow body of vortex form, and the setting of cooperation exit hole can accelerate the mixture of refrigerant, thereby improves the even degree of mixture of refrigerant in the branch road body, improves the heat exchange efficiency of follow-up evaporimeter, promotes user's use experience.
Furthermore, the height of the cylindrical cavity is recorded as h, and the value range of h is 0-3 mm.
When the height of the cylindrical cavity is within the value range, the refrigerant passing through the lower end nozzle assembly can quickly pass through the cylindrical cavity and impact on the arc-top-shaped cavity to form four-side reflection, and when the cylindrical cavity is too high, the influence of backflow on the refrigerant passing through the lower end nozzle assembly in the flowing process is too large, so that the reflection range is too small when the refrigerant impacts on the arc-top-shaped cavity, and the subsequent uniform mixing of gas-liquid two-phase refrigerants is influenced.
Furthermore, the outlet shunting section comprises a plurality of outlet holes and outlet pipes, the outlet holes are arranged on the wall surface of the cavity of the mixing cavity in an equidistant and symmetrical distribution manner, and the outlet pipes are connected with the outlet holes in a one-to-one correspondence manner.
This setting can ensure that the mixed flow of the two-phase refrigerant of gas-liquid in the hybrid chamber does not receive the influence of exit position, also can ensure simultaneously that the pressure that each outlet hole bore is the same to guarantee that the refrigerant that each outlet hole flows out equals, make the process flow into the refrigerant evenly distributed of each branch road of evaporimeter behind the branching body, promoted the heat exchange efficiency of evaporimeter, and then improved user's use experience.
The utility model also discloses an air conditioner, which adopts the branching body.
The air conditioner has the same advantages as the branching body compared with the prior art, and the details are not repeated.
Compared with the prior art, the branch body and the air conditioner with the same have the following advantages: through the arrangement of the nozzle hole and the mixing cavity, the refrigerant is sprayed to the upper wall surface of the mixing cavity and then reflected, and is secondarily mixed with the refrigerant entering the mixing cavity, so that the mixing uniformity of the two-phase refrigerant in the branching body is improved. In addition, the inner wall of the streamline mixing cavity can more easily cause the secondary mixing phenomenon of the refrigerant, thereby realizing the uniform distribution of the branch body to the two-phase refrigerant. Meanwhile, the nozzle hole and the liquid inlet section are matched, and the mixing cavity with the arc-shaped or streamline-shaped inner wall provides positive effects on reducing the pressure drop and the noise of the branching body.
Detailed Description
In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention will be further described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It is to be understood that the embodiments described are only a few embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. The specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the utility model and do not delimit the utility model.
A branching body and an air conditioner having the same according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Example 1
The embodiment provides a branching body, as shown in fig. 1 to 4, which includes a lower nozzle assembly 1 and an upper branching assembly 2, the lower nozzle assembly 1 is fixedly connected to the upper branching assembly 2, the lower nozzle assembly 1 includes a liquid inlet section 11 and a nozzle hole 12, the upper branching assembly 2 includes a mixing chamber 21 and an outlet branching section 22, a gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant entering the branching body enters the mixing chamber 21 through the nozzle hole 12, and the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant mixed in the mixing chamber 21 flows out of the branching body through the outlet branching section 22.
In the prior art, limited by the size of the internal space of the air conditioner, a liquid inlet pipe in front of the branching body can be inserted into the branching body after being turned for many times, the refrigerant entering the branching body has a tendency of laminar flow under the action of centrifugal force, and finally the refrigerant can not uniformly flow into each branch of the evaporator, the mixing degree of the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant can be enhanced and the uniformity of liquid separation can be improved by adding a throttling nozzle in front of the branching body, specifically, the upper branching assembly 2 is arranged at the downstream of the lower end nozzle assembly 1, in the embodiment, the downstream refers to the downstream of the refrigerant flowing direction in the operation process of the air conditioner, the arrangement can accelerate and pressurize and spray the refrigerant to the mixing cavity 21, and the refrigerant sprayed from the nozzle hole 12 is sprayed to the inner wall surface of the mixing cavity 21 and then is reflected, mixing with the subsequently injected refrigerant, thereby improving the mixing uniformity of the refrigerant.
In some embodiments, the ratio of the inner diameter of the nozzle hole 12 to the inner diameter of the liquid inlet section 11 is recorded as a, and a is between 0.35 and 0.6, and research shows that the use of a nozzle can cause large pressure loss and noise, and the ratio of the inner diameter of the nozzle hole 12 to the inner diameter of the liquid inlet section 11 is limited in the above range, so that the pressure loss and the noise of the refrigerant can be reduced while the refrigerant is uniformly distributed, and the use satisfaction of a user can be improved while a better air conditioning effect is obtained, and preferably, a is 0.45 or 0.5.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the lower end nozzle assembly 1 further includes an expansion section 13, one end of the expansion section 13 is connected to the nozzle hole 12, and the other end of the expansion section 13 is connected to the mixing chamber 21, an inner diameter of a connection end of a cavity formed by the expansion section 13 and the nozzle hole 12 is smaller than an inner diameter of a connection end of a cavity formed by the expansion section 13 and the mixing chamber 21, and the liquid inlet section 11, the nozzle hole 12, and the expansion section 13 enable the lower end nozzle assembly 1 to form a convergent-divergent nozzle, so that a flow path of the refrigerant entering the mixing chamber 21 is smoother, and under a condition of reducing a pressure drop, a speed of the refrigerant entering the mixing chamber 21 is increased, so that a degree of uniformity of mixing the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant is increased.
Specifically, the expansion section 13 includes an arc-shaped section 131, a streamline section 132 and a cavity formed around each of the arc-shaped section 131 and the streamline section 132, the arc-shaped section 131 is disposed on a side close to the nozzle hole 12, the streamline section 132 is disposed on a side close to the mixing cavity 21, the streamline section 132 is connected tangentially to the arc-shaped section 131, the arc-shaped section 131 is connected tangentially to the nozzle hole 12, the arc-shaped section 131 is disposed to smooth the flow of the refrigerant after passing through the nozzle hole 12 so as to reduce the pressure drop loss caused by the branching body, and the streamline section 132 is connected tangentially to the mixing cavity 21 so as to form a smooth transition without making the mixing cavity 21 too large so as to meet the requirement of the existing air conditioning indoor unit on the size of the branching body.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 3, the arc-shaped segment 131 is a smooth transition arc, two ends of the smooth transition arc are respectively and smoothly connected with the nozzle hole 12 and the streamline segment 132, a ratio of a radius of the smooth transition arc to an inner diameter of the nozzle hole 12 is denoted as b, and a value of b is between 2 and 5. In a preferred embodiment, the flow line segment 132 is a divergent flow line extending from the arc segment 131 to the mixing chamber 21, or the flow line segment 132 is an arc line, and the inner wall of the chamber formed by the flow line segment 132 around the chamber is a cavity with a sphere-like inner wall, which is favorable for connection with the mixing chamber 21.
In this embodiment, the mixing cavity 21 includes a cylindrical cavity 211 and an arc-shaped cavity 212, one end of the cylindrical cavity 211 is smoothly connected to the lower nozzle assembly 1, the other end of the cylindrical cavity is smoothly connected to the arc-shaped cavity 212, the inner wall of the arc-shaped cavity 212, which is away from the lower nozzle assembly 1, is in an arc-shaped top configuration, such that the refrigerant sprayed from the nozzle hole 12 is reflected around when hitting the top of the arc-shaped cavity 212, and is secondarily mixed with the refrigerant entering the mixing cavity 21, thereby avoiding a large pressure drop, at this time, the continuous liquid-phase refrigerant entering the mixing cavity 21 is scattered, increasing the mixing uniformity of the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant, and simultaneously, due to the smooth connection between the cylindrical cavity 211 and the lower nozzle assembly 1, and between the arc-shaped cavity 212 and the cylindrical cavity 211, the scattered refrigerant is more likely to form a vortex in the flowing process along the inner wall of the mixing cavity 21, so that a backflow phenomenon occurs, the mixing uniformity of gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant is greatly improved under the combined action of secondary mixing and the backflow phenomenon, and the distribution uniformity of the refrigerant of the branching body is positively influenced.
In the embodiment, the arc-top-shaped cavity 212 is a hemispherical cavity, the radius of the hemispherical cavity is equal to the radius of the circular cross section of the cylindrical cavity 211, and this arrangement can ensure the tangential connection between the cylindrical cavity 211 and the arc-top-shaped cavity 212, which helps the refrigerant to form a backflow phenomenon, thereby improving the mixing efficiency of the refrigerant, in this case, a substantial part of the refrigerant impacting on the top of the hemispherical cavity flows around along the inner wall of the hemispherical cavity, and in the smooth flow process, when the refrigerant reaches the vicinity of the nozzle hole 12 along the inner walls of the mixing cavity 21 and the expansion section 13, the refrigerant is driven by the refrigerant jetted from the nozzle hole 12 to form a vortex-shaped backflow body, and in cooperation with the arrangement of the outlet hole 221, the mixing of the refrigerant can be accelerated, thereby improving the uniform mixing degree of the refrigerant in the branching body, the heat exchange efficiency of a subsequent evaporator is improved, the use experience of a user is improved, in some optional embodiments, the flow line segment 132 is an arc, the arc segment 131 is a smooth transition arc, the radius of the arc line, the radius of the smooth transition arc, the radius of a circular section in the cylindrical cavity 211 and the radius of the hemispherical cavity are equal, and the arrangement can easily realize the tangential connection between the arc segment 131 and the flow line segment 132, between the flow line segment 132 and the cylindrical cavity 211 and between the cylindrical cavity 211 and the hemispherical cavity, so that the mutual smooth transition is formed, the formation of a backflow phenomenon is facilitated, and the mixing uniformity of the refrigerant is ensured.
In some embodiments, the height of the cylindrical cavity 211 is recorded as h, the range of h is 0-3 mm, preferably, h is 1.5mm, when the height of the cylindrical cavity 211 is within the above range, the refrigerant passing through the lower nozzle assembly 1 can rapidly pass through the cylindrical cavity 211 and impinge on the arc-shaped cavity 212 to form four-side reflection, and when the cylindrical cavity 211 is too high, the influence of backflow on the refrigerant passing through the lower nozzle assembly 1 in the flowing process is too large, so that the reflection range is too small when the refrigerant impinges on the arc-shaped cavity 212, and the subsequent uniform mixing of the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant is affected.
As an embodiment of the present invention, the outlet diverging section 22 includes a plurality of outlet holes 221 and outlet pipes 222, the outlet holes 221 are disposed on the wall surface of the mixing chamber 21, the outlet pipes 222 are connected to the outlet holes 221 in a one-to-one correspondence, and the outlet holes 221 are used for delivering the two-phase refrigerant, which is uniformly mixed, to the evaporator through the outlet pipes 222, so as to effectively improve the evaporation efficiency of the air conditioner.
Preferably, as shown in fig. 2, the outlet holes 221 are arranged on the wall surface of the cavity of the mixing chamber 21 at equal intervals and symmetrically, and this arrangement can ensure that the mixed flow of the gas-liquid two-phase refrigerant in the mixing chamber 21 is not affected by the outlet position, and can also ensure that the pressure borne by each outlet hole 221 is the same, so as to ensure that the refrigerant flowing out of each outlet hole 221 is equal, so that the refrigerant flowing into each branch of the evaporator after passing through the branching body is uniformly distributed, thereby improving the heat exchange efficiency of the evaporator, and further improving the use experience of users.
In some embodiments, the diameter of the outlet hole 221 is recorded as d, and the value range of d is 2.5-6 mm, and the arrangement can ensure the smooth matching of the outlet pipe 222 and the capillary tube at the front end of the evaporator, so that the branched mixed refrigerant can smoothly enter the evaporator, and the air conditioner can normally operate.
As an alternative embodiment, the fixed connection mode of the lower nozzle assembly 1 and the upper flow dividing assembly 2 is a welded connection.
It should be noted that the branching body provided by the present embodiment is used for mixed branching of refrigerants in an air conditioner, the refrigerants include but are not limited to R410A and R32, and experimental studies show that the branching body has good distribution characteristics when the refrigerant flow rate is in the range of 90kg/h to 180 kg/h.
Example 2
The present embodiment discloses an air conditioner including the branching body as described in embodiment 1.
The air conditioner provided in this embodiment has the same advantages as the splitter described in embodiment 1 with respect to the prior art, and is not described herein again.
The air conditioner comprises a liquid inlet pipe and an outlet capillary pipe, wherein the liquid inlet pipe is fixedly connected with the liquid inlet section 11, and the outlet capillary pipe is fixedly connected with the outlet pipe 222, so that the branch body is connected into a pipeline system of the air conditioner.
As an alternative embodiment, the liquid inlet pipe is fixedly connected to the liquid inlet section 11 by welding, and the outlet capillary is fixedly connected to the outlet pipe 222 by welding.
It should be noted that all terms used in the present invention for directional and positional indication, such as: the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", "top", "lower", "trailing", "leading", "center", and the like are used only for explaining the relative positional relationship, connection, and the like between the respective members in a certain state, and are used only for convenience of describing the present invention, and do not require that the present invention must be constructed and operated in a certain orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention. In addition, the descriptions related to "first", "second", etc. in the present invention are for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated.
Although the present invention is disclosed above, the present invention is not limited thereto. Various changes and modifications may be effected therein by one skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the utility model as defined in the appended claims.