CN215930095U - Supporting structure of water chilling unit and water chilling unit - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to a supporting structure of a water chilling unit and the water chilling unit, wherein the supporting structure of the water chilling unit is used for supporting a machine body of the water chilling unit and comprises a connecting assembly, a mounting base, a first supporting plate and a second supporting plate, the connecting assembly is used for supporting the machine body of the water chilling unit, the mounting base and the connecting assembly are arranged at intervals along a first direction, the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate are supported and arranged between the connecting assembly and the mounting base along the first direction, the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate are connected with each other in a second direction, and the first direction is intersected with the second direction. So, the supporting mechanism that this embodiment provided has realized the support of multi-direction to the cooling water set fuselage, forms a plurality of T type pressure-bearing structures between first backup pad, second backup pad and coupling assembling and installation base, has further improved support rigidity, guarantees that the cooling water set can still keep relatively stable in the shake even, promotes unit anti-seismic performance.

Description

Supporting structure of water chilling unit and water chilling unit

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the technical field of refrigeration equipment, in particular to a water chilling unit and a supporting structure thereof.

Background

Under some special use scenes, such as nuclear power plants, military plants, telecommunication data rooms and the like, the air conditioning unit has higher requirements on the anti-seismic performance of the air conditioning unit, and the air conditioning unit is required to stably and reliably operate in a specified seismic response spectrum, so that the normal cold output is ensured, and the normal operation of a refrigeration system is maintained.

The traditional water chilling unit is generally connected with tube plates at two sides of a shell tube of a unit body, the other end of each tube plate is connected with a building and used for supporting and installing the unit integrally, and meanwhile, the traditional water chilling unit is connected with a shell tube water chamber of the unit body to bear the load of a pipe network.

However, the water chilling unit adopting the supporting mode has poor rigidity, usually has a bending-resistant structure in only one or two directions, is insufficient in connection strength with a building, and cannot meet the requirement of special use scenes such as a nuclear power plant, a military plant, a telecommunication data machine room and the like on the anti-seismic performance of the water chilling unit.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

Based on this, it is necessary to provide a supporting structure of a water chilling unit and a water chilling unit, which are stable in support, can ensure the anti-seismic performance of the unit and ensure the stable operation of the unit, aiming at the problem of insufficient anti-seismic performance of the traditional water chilling unit.

A support structure for a chiller for supporting a body of the chiller, comprising:

the connecting component is used for supporting the machine body of the water chilling unit;

the mounting base and the connecting assembly are arranged at intervals along a first direction;

the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate are supported and arranged between the connecting component and the mounting base along the first direction, and are mutually connected in the second direction;

wherein the first direction and the second direction intersect.

In one embodiment, the connecting assembly and the mounting base both extend lengthwise along a third direction, the first support plate extends straight along the third direction, and the second support plate extends straight along the second direction;

the third direction intersects both the first direction and the second direction.

In one embodiment, the second support plate includes a plurality of second support plates spaced apart along the third direction, and each of the plurality of second support plates is connected to the first support plate in the second direction.

In one embodiment, the connecting assembly has a receiving groove and an opening communicated with the receiving groove, and at least a part of the body of the water chilling unit can be placed in the receiving groove through the opening.

In one embodiment, the body of the water chilling unit comprises at least two shell tubes, the connecting assembly comprises at least two connecting plates, each connecting plate is provided with an arc-shaped accommodating groove and an opening facing the shell tubes and communicated with the accommodating groove, and one shell tube is accommodated in each accommodating groove;

and a side of each of the connection plates facing away from the opening is connected to each of the first support plate and the plurality of second support plates.

In one embodiment, the radius of each of the connection plates is greater than three-quarters of the radius of the casing received therein, and the radius of each of the connection plates is less than the radius of the casing received therein.

In one embodiment, the body of the water chilling unit further comprises a support tube plate, one end of the support tube plate in the first direction is connected with the shell tube, and the other end of the support tube plate in the first direction is connected with a support structure of the water chilling unit.

In one embodiment, the connecting assembly, the mounting base, the first support plate, the second support plate and the support tube plate are all made of bending-resistant rib plates;

and the thickness of the first supporting plate and the second supporting plate is larger than 22mm, the thickness of the supporting plate is larger than 8mm, and the width of the mounting base in the second direction is larger than 300 mm.

In one embodiment, the mounting base is further provided with a plurality of mounting holes, the mounting holes are formed through the mounting base, and an anchor bolt penetrates through each mounting hole;

and the load born by each mounting hole is equal.

According to another aspect of the present application, there is provided a water chiller, comprising a body of the water chiller and a plurality of support structures of the water chiller described in any of the above embodiments, the support structures of the plurality of water chillers supporting the body of the water chiller together.

In one embodiment, the body of the water chilling unit extends along the second direction, and the support structures of the water chilling units are connected to the body of the water chilling unit at intervals along the second direction.

Above-mentioned cold water set's bearing structure, a fuselage for supporting cold water set, cold water set's bearing structure includes coupling assembling, the installation base, first backup pad and second backup pad, coupling assembling is used for bearing cold water set's fuselage, the installation base is laid along the first direction interval with coupling assembling, first backup pad and second backup pad are all supported along the first direction and are located between coupling assembling and the installation base, and, first backup pad and second backup pad interconnect in the second direction, wherein, first direction and second direction are crossing. So, the supporting mechanism that this embodiment provided, coupling assembling itself has realized supporting the fuselage of cooling water set, and first backup pad and second backup pad support coupling assembling and then have realized the fuselage that the cooling water set was supported to first direction. First backup pad and second backup pad interconnect in the second direction to realized the fuselage that the second direction supported the cooling water set, and realized the support to a plurality of directions of cooling water set fuselage, formed a plurality of T type bearing structures simultaneously between first backup pad, second backup pad and coupling assembling and installation base, further improved support rigidity, guaranteed that the cooling water set still can keep relatively stable in the earthquake, promote unit anti-seismic performance.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a supporting structure of a water chiller according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is an exploded schematic view of a water chiller according to another embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of the water chiller provided in fig. 2.

Reference numerals: 100. a support structure for the chiller; 10. a connecting assembly; 11. a connecting plate; 111. a containing groove; 112. an opening; 12. a reinforcing plate; 20. installing a base; 30. a first support plate; 40. a second support plate; 60. mounting holes; 200. a body; 210. a shell pipe; 220. supporting the tube plate; 300. a water chilling unit.

Detailed Description

In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.

In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "central," "longitudinal," "lateral," "length," "width," "thickness," "upper," "lower," "front," "rear," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," "clockwise," "counterclockwise," "axial," "radial," "circumferential," and the like are used in the orientations and positional relationships indicated in the drawings for convenience in describing the utility model and to simplify the description, and are not intended to indicate or imply that the device or element so referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and are therefore not to be considered as limiting.

Furthermore, the terms "first", "second" and "first" are used 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. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "secured," and the like are to be construed broadly and can, for example, be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally formed; can be mechanically or electrically connected; they may be directly connected or indirectly connected through intervening media, or they may be connected internally or in any other suitable relationship, unless expressly stated otherwise. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

In the present invention, unless otherwise expressly stated or limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be directly contacting the first and second features or indirectly contacting the first and second features through an intermediate. Also, a first feature "on," "over," and "above" a second feature may be directly or diagonally above the second feature, or may simply indicate that the first feature is at a higher level than the second feature. A first feature being "under," "below," and "beneath" a second feature may be directly under or obliquely under the first feature, or may simply mean that the first feature is at a lesser elevation than the second feature.

It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "secured to" or "disposed on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "vertical," "horizontal," "upper," "lower," "left," "right," and the like as used herein are for illustrative purposes only and do not denote a unique embodiment.

As described in the background art, the body of the chiller at least includes a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator and a throttle valve, wherein the condenser and the evaporator both use shell tubes, and in the conventional chiller, support tube plates are generally disposed on two sides of a water chamber of the shell tube of the condenser and a water chamber of the shell tube of the evaporator, and the other side of the tube plate is connected to a building, so as to meet the support requirement in the conventional operation. When an earthquake comes, the condenser shell tube water chamber and the evaporator shell tube water chamber transmit load to the tube plate, the tube plate supports the water chilling unit, the tube plate can only support the water chilling unit in one direction, on one hand, the support strength is obviously insufficient, on the other hand, vibration waves are transmitted to all directions, vibration amplitude generated by all angles of the water chilling unit is different, the condenser shell tube water chamber and the evaporator shell tube water chamber are seriously leaked, and therefore, the special anti-seismic requirement of the water chilling unit cannot be met by a conventional support mode.

In order to solve the above problems, referring to fig. 1 to 3, the present application provides a support structure 100 of a water chiller for supporting a body 200 of a water chiller 300. The supporting structure 100 of the water chilling unit comprises a connecting assembly 10, a mounting base 20, a first supporting plate 30 and a second supporting plate 40, wherein the connecting assembly 10 is used for supporting the machine body 200 of the water chilling unit 300, the mounting base 20 and the connecting assembly 10 are arranged at intervals along a first direction, the first supporting plate 30 and the second supporting plate 40 are both supported and arranged between the connecting assembly 10 and the mounting base 20 along the first direction, in addition, the first supporting plate 30 and the second supporting plate 40 are connected with each other in a second direction, and the first direction is crossed with the second direction. In this way, in the supporting structure 100 of the water chilling unit provided by the present embodiment, the connection assembly 10 itself realizes the support of the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300, and the first support plate 30 and the second support plate 40 support the connection assembly 10 along the first direction, thereby realizing the support of the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300 along the first direction. The first support plate 30 and the second support plate 40 are connected to each other in the second direction, thereby realizing the second direction support of the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300, and thus realizing the multi-directional support of the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300. Meanwhile, a plurality of T-shaped bearing structures are formed among the first supporting plate 30, the second supporting plate 40, the connecting assembly 10 and the mounting base 20, so that the supporting rigidity is further improved, the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300 can still be kept relatively stable even in an earthquake, and the anti-seismic performance of the water chilling unit 300 is improved.

Further, it is defined that the third direction intersects with both the first direction and the second direction, the connecting assembly 10 and the mounting base 20 extend lengthwise along the third direction, and the first supporting plate 30 extends straight along the third direction and is supported and disposed between the connecting assembly 10 and the mounting base 20 along the first direction, so that the supporting rigidity of the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300 in the first direction and the supporting rigidity of the body 200 in the third direction are improved. The second support plate 40 extends straight in the second direction and is connected to the first support plate 30 extending in the third direction in the second direction, so that the support rigidity of the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300 in the second direction is improved. Further, the supporting structure 100 of the water chilling unit provided by the application ensures the supporting rigidity of the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300 in three directions, and improves the anti-seismic performance of the unit.

As can be understood, since the first support plate 30 is connected to the connecting assembly 10 in an intersecting manner, the first support plate 30 is connected to the mounting base 20 in an intersecting manner, the second support plate 40 is connected to the connecting assembly 10 in an intersecting manner, the second support plate 40 is connected to the mounting base 20 in an intersecting manner, and the first support plate 30 is connected to the second support plate 40 in an intersecting manner, a plurality of T-shaped bearing structures are formed between the structures of the intersecting connections, so that the supporting strength of the supporting structure of the water chiller 300 is powerfully ensured.

In one embodiment, the connecting assembly 10, the mounting base 20, the first support plate 30 and the second support plate 40 are made of bending-resistant rib plates, and are mutually connected in an intersecting manner to form an integral structure, so as to further improve the anti-seismic performance of the water chiller 300.

Specifically, the thickness of the first support plate 30 and the second support plate 40 is greater than 22mm, and the width of the mounting base 20 in the second direction is greater than 300mm, so as to ensure the supporting strength of the first support plate 30 and the second support plate 40, and to stably support the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300 when the water chilling unit 300 is in an earthquake.

In one embodiment, the connecting assembly 10 has a receiving groove 111 and an opening 112 communicating with the receiving groove 111, and at least a portion of the body 200 of the water chiller 300 can be placed in the receiving groove 111 through the opening 112. Thus, the stable connection between the connecting component 10 and the water chilling unit 300 is realized, and the water chilling unit 300 can stably support the water chilling unit 200 through the connecting component 10.

Specifically, the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300 includes at least two shell tubes 210, and the shell tubes 210 may be an evaporator and a condenser, or may have other structures, which is not limited herein. The connecting assembly 10 includes at least two connecting plates 11, each connecting plate 11 is formed in an arc shape, each connecting plate 11 has a receiving groove 111 and an opening 112 facing the shell tube 210 and communicating with the receiving groove 111, and one shell tube 210 is received in each receiving groove 111. Each connecting plate 11 deviates from one side of opening 112 and all is connected with second backup pad 40 and first backup pad 30, when the installation, install shell pipe 210 and connecting plate 11 one-to-one to corresponding storage tank 111 in and through modes fixed connection such as welding to make coupling assembling 10 can set up according to the shape of the fuselage 200 of cooling water set 300, thereby provide effective support.

Specifically, the radius of each connecting plate 11 formed in an arc shape should be smaller than the radius of the shell tube 210 accommodated therein, and should be larger than the three-quarter radius of the shell tube 210 accommodated therein, so as to ensure that the span of the accommodating groove 111 of the connecting assembly 10 is sufficient, and thus the machine body 200 of the water chiller 300 is effectively supported.

In one embodiment, the connection assembly 10 further includes a reinforcing plate 12, the reinforcing plate 12 is disposed between two adjacent connection plates 11, and the reinforcing plate 12 is used for connecting two adjacent connection plates 11 in the third direction, so as to improve the support rigidity of the support structure 100 of the water chilling unit in the third direction.

In one embodiment, the second support plate 40 includes a plurality of second support plates 40, the plurality of second support plates 40 are spaced apart from each other along the third direction, and each of the plurality of second support plates 40 is connected to the first support plate 30 in the second direction, so as to realize a strong support of the connection assembly 10 by the second support plates 40, thereby improving the support rigidity of the main body 200 of the water chiller 300 by the arrangement of the second support plates 40.

In particular, at least two second support plates 40 are connected to a side of each connecting plate 11 facing away from the opening 112, so as to ensure a strong support of the connecting assembly 10 by the second support plates 40.

In one embodiment, the body 200 of the chiller 300 further includes a support tube plate 220, and one end of the support tube plate 220 in the first direction is connected to the shell tube 210 and the other end in the first direction is connected to the support structure 100 of the chiller. The force bearing points of the fuselage 200 are thus transferred from the support tube sheet 220 to the connection assembly 10, the first support plate 30, the second support plate 40 and the mounting base 20 of the support structure 100 of the chiller through the support tube sheet 220. The supporting structure 100 of the water chilling unit can enable the fixed frequency and the rigidity of a pipe network of the shell pipe 210 of the water chilling unit 300 in an earthquake to be close to those of a building while meeting the weight of the body 200, and when the same earthquake excitation is input, the differences of the amplitude, the response frequency, the vibration type and the like are small, so that the sealing reliability of the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300, such as the evaporator shell pipe 210 and the condenser shell pipe 210, is improved, the leakage risk is small, and the anti-seismic performance is high.

Preferably, the supporting tube plates 220 may be respectively disposed at two opposite ends of the shell 210 in the extending direction, and the thickness of the supporting tube plates 220 is greater than 8mm, so as to uniformly bear the force from the two ends of the shell 210 on one hand, and ensure the strength of the supporting tube plates 220 on the other hand, so as to ensure the stress balance of the fuselage 300.

In one embodiment, the mounting base 20 is further provided with a plurality of mounting holes 60, the plurality of mounting holes 60 are formed through the mounting base 20, and an anchor bolt is arranged in each mounting hole 60 in a penetrating manner and used for connecting the support structure 100 of the water chilling unit with a building; in addition, different positions of the mounting holes 60 are arranged on the mounting base 20 according to the strain response of the water chilling unit 300 to the seismic response spectrum, so that the loads borne by each mounting hole 60 are equal, and the uniform stress distribution of the mounting base 20 is ensured.

Specifically, it is required that under the input of a specified seismic spectrum, the obtained load applied to each mounting hole 60 is uniformly distributed (+ -1000N), and the stress applied to the foundation bolt is smaller than the allowable stress; generally, no less than 4 mounting holes 60 should be provided in the support structure 100 of each chiller. The diameter of the mounting hole 60 is selected according to the weight of the unit body 200 and the specific conditions of the specified reaction spectrum.

In one embodiment, the thicknesses of the first support plate 30, the second support plate 40 and the even number of support tube plates 220 are not limited to the above thicknesses, and suitable materials are selected according to the seismic strength in combination with the specifications of common materials.

Further, the heights of the first support plate 30, the second support plate 40 and the support tube plate 220 in the first direction are the lowest within the structural arrangement allowable range of the water chilling unit 300, so that the height of the center of gravity of the water chilling unit 300 is reduced, and the anti-seismic performance of the water chilling unit 300 is improved.

According to another aspect of the present application, there is provided a water chiller 300 comprising a body 200 of the water chiller 300 and a plurality of water chiller supporting structures 100 as set forth in the above embodiments, wherein the plurality of water chiller supporting structures 100 support the body 200 of the water chiller 300 together, thereby improving the shock resistance of the water chiller 300.

Specifically, the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300 extends along the second direction, and the support structures 100 of the plurality of water chilling units are connected to the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300 at intervals along the second direction, so that the shock resistance of the water chilling unit 300 is effectively ensured.

The application provides a bearing structure 100 and cooling water set of cooling water set has following advantage:

(1) the support of the water chilling unit 300 to the body 200 is realized by the connection assembly 10 itself, and the first support plate 30 and the second support plate 40 support the connection assembly 10 in the first direction to realize the first direction support of the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300. The first support plate 30 and the second support plate 40 are connected to each other in the second direction, thereby realizing the second direction support of the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300, and thus realizing the multi-directional support of the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300. Meanwhile, a plurality of T-shaped bearing structures are formed among the first supporting plate 30, the second supporting plate 40, the connecting assembly 10 and the mounting base 20, so that the supporting rigidity is further improved, the water chilling unit 300 can be kept relatively stable even in an earthquake, and the anti-seismic performance of the unit is improved;

(2) by providing the support tube plate 220, one end of the support tube plate 220 in the first direction is connected to the shell tube 210 and the other end in the first direction is connected to the support structure 100 of the chiller. The force bearing points of the fuselage 200 are thus transferred from the support tube sheet 220 to the connection assembly 10, the first support plate 30, the second support plate 40 and the mounting base 20 of the support structure 100 of the chiller through the support tube sheet 220. The supporting structure 100 of the water chilling unit can enable the fixed frequency and the rigidity of a pipe network of the shell pipe 210 of the water chilling unit 300 in an earthquake to be close to those of a building while meeting the weight of the body 200, and when the same earthquake excitation is input, the differences of the amplitude, the response frequency, the vibration type and the like are small, so that the sealing reliability of the body 200 of the water chilling unit 300, such as the evaporator shell pipe 210 and the condenser shell pipe 210, is improved, the leakage risk is small, and the anti-seismic performance is high.

The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the utility model. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.

Claims (12)

1. A support structure for a chiller for supporting a body of the chiller, comprising:

the connecting assembly (10), the connecting assembly (10) is used for supporting the machine body (200) of the water chilling unit (300);

the mounting base (20) and the connecting component (10) are arranged at intervals along a first direction;

a first support plate (30) and a second support plate (40) each supported between the connection assembly (10) and the mounting base (20) in the first direction, and the first support plate (30) and the second support plate (40) being connected to each other in the second direction;

wherein the first direction and the second direction intersect.

2. The support structure of a water chilling unit according to claim 1, wherein the connection assembly (10) and the mounting base (20) each extend lengthwise in a third direction, the first support plate (30) extending straight in the third direction, the second support plate (40) extending straight in the second direction;

the third direction intersects both the first direction and the second direction.

3. The support structure of the water chilling unit according to claim 2, wherein the second support plate (40) includes a plurality of second support plates (40), the plurality of second support plates (40) are spaced apart in the third direction, and each of the plurality of second support plates (40) is interconnected with the first support plate (30) in the second direction.

4. The support structure of a water chilling unit according to claim 3, wherein the connection assembly (10) has a receiving groove (111) and an opening (112) communicating with the receiving groove (111), and at least a part of the body (200) of the water chilling unit (300) can be placed in the receiving groove (111) through the opening (112).

5. The support structure of a water chilling unit according to claim 4, characterized in that the body (200) of the water chilling unit (300) comprises at least two shell pipes (210), the connecting assembly (10) comprises at least two connecting plates (11), each connecting plate (11) is arc-shaped, each connecting plate (11) is provided with the containing groove (111) and the opening (112) facing the shell pipe (210) and communicated with the containing groove (111), and each containing groove (111) contains one shell pipe (210);

and the side of each connecting plate (11) facing away from the opening (112) is connected to the first support plate (30) and each of the second support plates (40) of the plurality of second support plates (40).

6. Support structure for a water chilling unit according to claim 5, characterized in that the radius of each connection plate (11) is greater than three quarters of the radius of the shell tube (210) housed inside it, and the radius of each connection plate (11) is less than the radius of the shell tube (210) housed inside it.

7. The support structure of a water chilling unit according to claim 5, wherein the connection assembly (10) further includes a plurality of reinforcing plates (12), each reinforcing plate (12) being provided between two adjacent connection plates (11), each reinforcing plate (12) being used to connect two adjacent connection plates (11) in the third direction.

8. The support structure of a water chiller according to claim 7 wherein the body (200) of the water chiller (300) further comprises a support tube sheet (220), the support tube sheet (220) being connected to the shell tube (210) at one end in the first direction and to the support structure (100) of the water chiller at the other end in the first direction.

9. The support structure of the water chilling unit according to claim 8, wherein the connection assembly (10), the mounting base (20), the first support plate (30), the second support plate (40) and the support tube plate (220) are all made of bending-resistant rib plates;

and the thickness of the first support plate (30) and the second support plate (40) is greater than 22mm, the thickness of the support tube plate (220) is greater than 8mm, and the width of the mounting base (20) in the second direction is greater than 300 mm.

10. The support structure of the water chilling unit according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of mounting holes (60) are further formed in the mounting base (20), the mounting holes (60) are formed through the mounting base (20), and an anchor bolt is arranged in each mounting hole (60) in a penetrating manner;

and the load born by each mounting hole (60) is equal.

11. A water chilling unit, characterized by comprising a body (200) of the water chilling unit (300) and a plurality of water chilling unit support structures (100) according to any one of claims 1-10, the plurality of water chilling unit support structures (100) together supporting the body (200) of the water chilling unit (300).

12. The chiller according to claim 11 wherein the body (200) of the chiller (300) extends in the second direction, and a plurality of the chiller support structures (100) are connected to the body (200) of the chiller (300) at intervals in the second direction.

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